UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM  i 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  i February 26, 2021

 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 i New York

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

i 000-55029		i 13-5581829
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
i 200 Park Avenue,  i New York,  i NY		i 10166-0188
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

( i 212)  i 578-9500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
None		N/A		N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 26, 2021, MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MetLife”), and MetLife Funding, Inc. (together with MetLife, the “Borrowers”), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), amended and restated in its entirety their Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) among the Borrowers, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Several L/C Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Co-Syndication Agents, the other lenders party thereto and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement will provide for borrowings or the issuance of letters of credit up to an aggregate of $3,000,000,000 committed by the lenders party thereto. The amount available under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement may be increased to a maximum amount of $4,000,000,000, provided that no “Event of Default,” as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, has occurred and is continuing. Facilities to be made available by the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement may be used for general corporate purposes (including, in the case of loans, to back commercial paper and, in the case of letters of credit, to support variable annuity policy and reinsurance reserve requirements). All borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement must be repaid by February 26, 2026, except that letters of credit outstanding on that date may remain outstanding until no later than February 26, 2027.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties and covenants that are customary for facilities of this type. MetLife is subject under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to a consolidated net worth requirement of $34,000,000,000, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income. Amounts due under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement may be accelerated upon an Event of Default if not otherwise waived or cured.

The lenders and the agents (and their respective subsidiaries or affiliates) under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement have in the past provided, and may in the future provide, investment banking, underwriting, lending, commercial banking, trust and other advisory services to MetLife and the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates. These parties have received, and may in the future receive, customary compensation from MetLife and the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates, for such services.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

10.1		Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2021, among MetLife, Inc. and MetLife Funding, Inc., as borrowers, and the other parties signatory thereto, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to MetLife, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 2, 2021.
101		Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page is formatted in Inline XBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document and included in Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 4, 2021