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The MetLife Stock Transfer form is a crucial document utilized for transferring ownership of MetLife, Inc. common shares. It facilitates various transactions, providing detailed instructions for heirs, name changes, or assigning shares to trusts, among others. Accurate completion and submission of this form, alongside the necessary documentation, are required to ensure the successful transfer of shares.

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Navigating through the complexities of transferring stocks can often seem daunting for many, but with the MetLife Stock Transfer form, the process is streamlined to help individuals and professionals alike. This form, designated for use by the Delivering The Promise Program, serves as a comprehensive guide to facilitate the transfer of MetLife, Inc. common shares from one account to another under specified circumstances. Akin to a roadmap, it outlines the necessary steps and documentation required for various scenarios, including transfers due to the death of a shareholder, changes in name or trust status, and outright sale or gifting of shares. The first section meticulously specifies the shareholder's details and transfer instructions, offering options for the number of shares one wishes to transfer and emphasizing the requirement for the transferor’s signature, accompanied by a Medallion Signature Guarantee which acts as a fraud prevention measure. It also delves into the reasons behind the transfer, signifying the importance of consulting a tax advisor for potential implications. The form transitions into outlining the setup for the new shareholder’s account, addressing the need for detailed information and tax certification to comply with legal and regulatory standards. Moreover, it includes provisions for selling the transferred shares and mandates the new shareholder’s agreement to the sale terms detailed in an attached disclosure. This intricate form, while detailed, serves as an indispensable tool for accurately and efficiently executing stock transfers, ensuring both compliance with regulatory mandates and adherence to individual instructions.

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Delivering The Promise Program – 1 1 – 6 7 6 R E V 2 0 5 – 2 0 – 1 1

For DTP Specialists or Designee Only:

Name:

Telephone:

Branch/District/Agency Nos.		/

Transfer Instructions

Please complete and return pages 1 and 2 with the required documentation for your transfer request.

(See page 3 for requirements on transferring shares from a Decedent's account and page 4 for Name Changes and Trusts. Instructions for completing this form are

available on page 5.) Please print clearly if completing this form by hand.

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, as transfer agent, is hereby authorized to transfer all MetLife, Inc. common shares from the account of the named owner and distribute as directed in these instructions. The undersigned understand that these instructions relate only to shares of MetLife stock held under the listed Investor ID and do not relate to the transfer or distribution of any insurance proceeds.

1.Shares To Be Transferred from the following shareholder:

Investor ID

Registration/Name and Address exactly as it appears on the account or statement

Please select one of the spaces below for the number of shares to be transferred. Enter either the Number of Shares or check () All Shares. Do not select both.

Number of Shares								or		All Shares

2. Transfer Reason — Check only one:

You may wish to consult with your tax advisor on the definition and tax implications for each type of transfer.

All transfers will be assumed to be Gifts if no reason is provided. If we receive documentation (e.g., death certificate) indicating that the shareowner is deceased, the transfer reason will be recorded as Death.

Gift	Date of Gift for Stock Certificate(s):

(MM/DD/YYYY)

(If the Date of Gift for Stock Certificate(s) is not provided, the date that the transfer is processed will be used. The Date of Gift for book entry shares will always be the date that the transfer is processed.)

Death	Date of Death:									Value Per Share: USD______._ _
Death	Date of Death:									Value Per Share: USD______._ _

(MM/DD/YYYY)

(If the Date of Death is not provided, the date of death as it appears in the documents received with the transfer instructions (e.g., death certificate) will be used or the date the transfer is processed. The Value Per Share is required to determine the cost basis to be recorded for the shares in the new shareholder(s)’ account(s).)

Private Sale Date of Private Sale:									Value Per Share: USD______._ _
Private Sale Date of Private Sale:									Value Per Share: USD______._ _

(MM/DD/YYYY)

(If the Date of Private Sale is not provided, the date that the transfer is processed will be used. The Value Per Share is the cost basis to be recorded for the shares in the new shareholder(s)’ account(s).)

None of the above:		(Please Specify)
(The existing cost basis of the shares transferred will be carried forward to the new account.)

3.Transfer Authorization

Your Signature is Required

The authorized person(s) must sign in his/her legal capacity. (When signing as executor, administrator, trustee or in another representative capacity, please give full title as such.)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint BNY Mellon Shareowner Services as attorney to transfer the shares with full power of substitution in the premises.

Signature:

Title:

Date:

Daytime Telephone #:

Medallion Signature Guarantee

Signature(s) must have a Medallion Signature Guarantee from a

Commercial Bank, Trust Company or Broker, if applicable.

New MetLife Shareholder Account Information

4. New Shareholder’s Account Information

Page 2

(If you wish to divide the shares between two or more owners individually, please use additional copies of this page specifying the total shares per account. Please note that all shares will be held electronically in Book Entry form.)

New Shareholder’s

Shares To Be

Taxpayer ID Number

Transferred to This Account

All Shares

Name of New Shareholder (Please refer to the Name Guidelines on Page 4 for Further Information)

Name of Joint Owner/Second Trustee/Minor/Other (if applicable)

Minor’s State of Residence

Name of Trust/Estate (if applicable)

Date of Trust

Address of New Shareholder

(MM/DD/YYYY)

City

State

Zip Code

5. New Shareholder’s Sale Instructions

(The new shareholder must sign on the signature line in order to sell shares. If this section is left blank or sale instructions unsigned, your MetLife shares will not be sold and will remain in Book Entry form in the new account.)

Sell only the shares received from this transfer

Signature:

Sell all shares currently held in my existing account along with the shares received from this transfer

Date:

All sale transactions will be subject to the terms and conditions described in the Sale Disclosure attached on page 6 and made part of this form. If your shares are held outside the Policyholder Trust in Book Entry form, through the Direct Registration System (DRS), they will be enrolled in the DRS Sales Program, to be sold. Please acknowledge your agree- ment with the foregoing by signing in the space above.

6.Taxpayer ID Certification (Based on Form W-9 Rev. January 2011)

YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING AT THE APPLICABLE RATE IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.

All new security holders are required to sign and return this certification. If the requested information is not known at the time of the transfer or the new owner is not available to sign, a W-9 Form will be mailed to the new shareholder(s) once the shares are transferred. The new shareholder may go online to www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/equityaccess and certify their Taxpayer Identification Number.

Check appropriate box:

Individual/

Sole proprietor

C Corporation

S Corporation

Partnership

Trust/Estate

Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C corporation, S=S corporation, P=partnership) ____

Other

(Please Specify)

New Shareholder’s

Taxpayer ID Number

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

1.The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and

2.I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and

3.I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined in the instructions).

Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the Certification, but you must provide your correct TIN.

Signature of U.S. person:

Date:

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services Requirements for Transferring MetLife Shares	Page 3

From a Decedent’s Account

A.Requirements for transferring MetLife shares where the following situations apply:

	Non-Probated Estates			Probated Estates			Joint Accounts
TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS
TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS		MORE	MORE		MORE	MORE
	50 shares	than	MORE	50 shares	than	MORE	250 shares	MORE
	50 shares	than	than 250	50 shares	than	than 250	250 shares	MORE
	or Less	50 up to	than 250	or Less	50 up to	than 250	or Less	than 250
	or Less	50 up to	shares	or Less	50 up to	shares	or Less	than 250
		250 shares	shares		250 shares	shares
		250 shares			250 shares

1. The completed Transfer of
MetLife Shares form signed by	●	●	●	▲	▲	▲	■	■
the Executor(s) or the	●	●	●	▲	▲	▲	■	■
the Executor(s) or the
Authorized Representative(s).

2.A certified copy, with original signature and seal affixed, of the

Certificate of Appointment of		▲ or (6)	▲
Executor(s) dated within one
year of the transfer

3. A photocopy of the death	●	●	■	■
certificate	●	●	■	■
certificate

4. A completed waiver of
Probate or a Small Estate
Affidavit with signatures of the
surviving tenant(s)/heir(s)	● or (6)	●
notarized. You may contact that	● or (6)	●
notarized. You may contact that
state’s local probate office for
applicable small estate
procedures.1

5.In some states an inheritance tax waiver is required. The

waiver can be requested from	●	●	●	▲	▲	▲	■	■
the state in which the deceased
shareholder lived.

6.The completed Transfer of MetLife Shares form must have a

Medallion Signature Guaranteed by a participating commercial bank, trust

company, securities	● or (4)	●	▲ or (2)	▲	■
broker/dealer, credit union or
savings association
participating in a Medallion
Program approved by the
Securities Transfer Association.

1If the deceased shareholder lived in Illinois or California, the following is also required: A completed, notarized Small Estate Affidavit (if estate is valued at less than $100,000).

The new owner will need to call BNY Mellon at 1-800-649-3593 to request these forms if applicable.

● = Non-Probated Estates; ▲ = Probated Estates; ■ = Joint Tenant Accounts

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services Requirements for Transferring MetLife Shares	Page 4

For Name Changes and Trusts

B.Requirements for transferring MetLife shares where the following situations apply:

	Name Change		Trust Account

TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS	250 shares	MORE than	250 shares	MORE than
	250 shares	MORE than	250 shares	MORE than
	or Less	250 shares	or Less	250 shares

1. The completed Transfer of MetLife Shares form	▲	▲	●	●
signed by the registered owner(s).	▲	▲	●	●
signed by the registered owner(s).

2.For name changes due to: Include a copy of:

Birth	Birth Certificate	▲	▲
Marriage	Marriage Certificate
Divorce	Divorce Decree

3. The completed Transfer of MetLife Shares form
must have a Medallion Signature Guaranteed by a
participating commercial bank, trust company,			▲	●
securities broker/dealer, credit union or savings			▲	●
securities broker/dealer, credit union or savings
association participating in a Medallion Program
approved by the Securities Transfer Association.

	4. A copy of the first and last page of the Trust
	Agreement specifying the name(s) of the	●	●
	trustee(s), the date the trust was established and	●	●
	trustee(s), the date the trust was established and
	the complete title of the trust.

▲ = Name Change; ● = Trust Account

C.Name Guidelines

•Multiple Ownership – registration types are: Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship (Jt Ten), Tenants in Common (Ten Com), or Tenants by the Entireties (Ten Ent). Use “and” between owners names.

•Trust – name identical to the Trust Agreement, must give Trust Title, Trust Date, and Trustee(s).

•Custodian – name followed by “custodian”, the minor’s name, either UGMA or UTMA and the state of minor's residency.

•Transfer On Death – registration types are “John Doe TOD Jane Smith Subject to STA TOD Rules” or “William Brown and Robert Jones JT TEN TOD James Walker Subject to STA TOD RULES.” Please be advised that not all states allow transfer on death registration.

You should consult with tax/legal counsel to determine which form of ownership is applicable to you.

D. First Class/Registered/Certified Mail	Overnight/Express Mail (ONLY)
MetLife	BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
c/o BNY Mellon Shareowner Services	Securities Transfer Services
P.O. Box 358447	500 Ross St., Room 154-0675
Pittsburgh, PA 15252	Pittsburgh, PA 15262

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