MetLife Announces Q1 Preferred Stock Dividend Actions

MetLife, Inc. MET announced today that it has declared first quarter 2013 dividends of $0.2500000 per share on the company's floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A (NYSE: METPrA), and $0.4062500 per share on the company's 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B (NYSE: METPrB), subject to the final confirmation that it has met the financial tests specified in the Series A and Series B preferred stock, which the company anticipates will be made on or about March 5, 2013, the earliest date permitted in accordance with the terms of the securities. Both dividends will be payable March 15, 2013 to shareholders of record as of February 28, 2013.