Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2015.

Registration No. 333-148024

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

MetLife, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   13-4075851

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York

10166-0188

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of

Metropolitan Life and Participating Affiliates

(Full title of plan)

 

 

Ricardo A. Anzaldua, Esq.

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

MetLife, Inc.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166-0188

(212) 578-2211

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   þ    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

On December 12, 2007, MetLife, Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-148024) (the “Registration Statement”) to register 1,000,000 shares of its common stock issuable under the Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of Metropolitan Life and Participating Affiliates (the “SIP”), the New England Life Insurance Company 401(k) Savings Plan and Trust, the New England Agents’ Retirement Plan and Trust, or the New England Agents’ Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust. Effective January 1, 2015, the New England Life Insurance Company 401(k) Savings Plan and Trust and the New England Agents’ Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust (together, the “Merged New England Plans”) were each merged into the SIP, with the SIP being the surviving and continuing plan. This Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 is being filed to disclose that, effective January 1, 2015, no further shares of MetLife, Inc. common stock will be issued under the Merged New England Plans and to deregister any plan interests related to the Merged New England Plans registered under the Registration Statement.


SIGNATURES

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 29th day of January, 2015.

METLIFE, INC.
By:

/s/ Ricardo A. Anzaldua

Name: Ricardo A. Anzaldua
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees of (or other persons who administer) the SIP, as successor in interest to each of the Merged New England Plans, have caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 29th day of January, 2015.

 

Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of Metropolitan Life and Participating Affiliates (as successor in interest to each of the New England Life Insurance Company 401(k)Savings Plan and Trust and the New England Agents’ Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust)
By:

/s/ Mark J. Davis

Name: Mark J. Davis
Title: Plan Administrator


SIGNATURES FOR POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

NAME    TITLE   DATE

*

Cheryl W. Grisé

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

Carlos M. Gutierrez

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

R. Glenn Hubbard

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

John M. Keane

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

William E. Kennard

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

James M. Kilts

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

Catherine R. Kinney

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

Denise M. Morrison

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

Kenton J. Sicchitano

   Director   January 29, 2015

*

Lulu C. Wang

   Director   January 29, 2015

/s/ Steven A. Kandarian

Steven A. Kandarian

  

Chairman, President

and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  January 29, 2015

/s/ John C. R. Hele

John C. R. Hele

  

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  January 29, 2015

/s/ Peter M. Carlson

Peter M. Carlson

  

Executive Vice President

and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  January 29, 2015
* Pursuant to Power of Attorney:     

/s/ Ricardo A. Anzaldua

Ricardo A. Anzaldua

  

Executive Vice President

and General Counsel

  January 29, 2015


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

24.1    Powers of Attorney