exv10w83






Exhibit 10.83




AMENDMENT NUMBER TWENTY-TWO TO

THE METLIFE PLAN FOR TRANSITION ASSISTANCE FOR OFFICERS



THE METLIFE PLAN FOR TRANSITION ASSISTANCE FOR OFFICERS (the “Plan”) is hereby amended as follows:





	 	1.	 	Section 1.4.05(b)(3) of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting the phrase
“Unless the Company or Subsidiary decides otherwise, in its sole and absolute
discretion.”
	 
	 	2.	 	Section 1.4.08 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“Discontinuance of Employment Under the Provisions of the Company’s
Staffing Adjustment Policy: ‘Discontinuance of Employment under the
Provisions of the Company’s Staffing Adjustment Policy’ means the involuntary
cessation of an Employee’s employment with the Company or Subsidiary because
of a Job Elimination or a Discontinuation of Employment for Performance. In
addition, the Company or Subsidiary may, in its sole and absolute discretion,
deem certain circumstances as voluntarily resigning from the Company or
Subsidiary. Those Employees who voluntarily resign under such deemed
circumstances will not be eligible under the Plan unless the Plan
Administrator determines that under the circumstances the Employee should be
deemed to have been terminated under the Company’s Staffing Adjustment Policy.
An Employee may be deemed to have been terminated under this Policy whether
or not the Employee was subject to a Job Elimination.”
	 
	 	3.	 	Section 1.4.11 of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting the first set of
parentheses and adding a new parenthetical phrase after the word “relocations” to read
as follows: “(where such relocations results in an Employee becoming eligible to
receive benefits under the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s relocation policy)” and by
adding the phrase “short-term or long-term” before the word “disability”.
	 
	 	4.	 	Section 1.4.19(a) of the Plan is hereby amended by adding the following
phrase immediately following the fourth comma therein: “and such reemployment occurs
after the full number of weeks used to determine the amount of such previous Severance
Pay under the Plan,”.
	 
	 	5.	 	Section 3.2 of the Plan is hereby amended by adding the phrase “or its
designate” at the end thereof.
	 
	 	6.	 	Section 4.1 of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting “Company or Subsidiary”
the first time it appears in the second sentence thereof and replacing it with “Plan
Administrator” and by restating the final sentence thereof to read as follows: “The
Company or Subsidiary, or where appropriate, the Plan Administrator, will determine,
on a case-by-case basis, whether a Participant is entitled to Severance Pay and the
amount thereof.”




 









 






	 	7.	 	For purpose of clarifying the Plan’s long standing practice, Section 4.1 of
the Plan is hereby amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof to
read as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.1 to the
contrary, the Compensation Committees of the Boards of Directors of the Company and
MetLife, Inc. must approve the amount and payment of any Severance Pay under the Plan
made to an Employee who is a member of the Executive Group of the Company or MetLife,
Inc. on such Employee’s Date of Discontinuance”
	 
	 	8.	 	Section 6.4 of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting “Company or Subsidiary”
with “Plan Administrator.”
	 
	 	9.	 	This amendment is effective as of November 1, 2009.




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this amendment to be executed by an officer thereunto
duly authorized on the date noted below the officer’s signature.




METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY




	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Lynne E DiStasio	 	 
	Name/Title:

	 	 

Lynne E DiStasio, Vice President
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Date:

	 	December 21, 2009	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Witness:

	 	/s/ Lucida Plummer	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 






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