SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-02-25

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<a name="sCFDF9D885DE9922608EDEB438CE53A96"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.97</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT <br>(Ratable Period of Restriction Ends in Thirds; Code 162(m) Goals)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">MetLife, Inc. confirms that, on </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">[grant date]</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;(the &#8220;Grant Date&#8221;), it granted you, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">[name]</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">[number]</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Restricted Stock Units. Your Restricted Stock Units are subject to the terms and conditions of the MetLife, Inc. 2015 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) and this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this &#8220;Agreement&#8221;), which includes the Award Agreement Supplement (the &#8220;Supplement&#8221;). Please note that the Supplement includes terms for forfeiture of your Restricted Stock Units under some circumstances.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Standard Terms</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a) These terms are the &#8220;Standard Terms&#8221; and will apply to your Restricted Stock Units except in so far as Sections S-2 (&#8220;Change of Status&#8221;), S-3 (&#8220;Change of Control&#8221;), or S-16 (&#8220;Restrictive Covenants&#8221;) apply. If Shares are paid to you, you will receive evidence of ownership of those Shares.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b) The Period of Restriction for your Restricted Stock Units will end in stages on the first business day in March on or following each of the first three anniversaries of the Grant Date. Each portion of your Restricted Stock Units subject to a different Period of Restriction shall be referred to as a &#8220;Unit Tranche&#8221; and during its Period of Restriction as an &#8220;Outstanding Unit Tranche.&#8221; The Period of Restriction for one-third (1/3) of your Restricted Stock Units (rounding down to the nearest whole number of Restricted Stock Units, the &#8220;First Unit Tranche&#8221;) will begin on the Grant Date and end on the first business day in March on or following the first anniversary of the Grant Date. The Period of Restriction for one-third (1/3) of your Restricted Stock Units (rounding down to the nearest whole number of Restricted Stock Units, the &#8220;Second Unit Tranche&#8221;) will begin on the Grant Date and end on the first business day in March on or following the second anniversary of the Grant Date. The Period of Restriction for each of your Restricted Stock Units not included in either the First or the Second Unit Tranches (the &#8220;Third Unit Tranche&#8221;) will begin on the Grant Date and end on the first business day in March on or following the third anniversary of the Grant Date. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c) Each Unit Tranche will be due and payable in the form of Shares after the conclusion of the Period of Restriction applicable to that Unit Tranche, at the time specified in Section S-8 (&#8220;Timing of Payment&#8221;), only if the Committee determines in writing that the Company met one or more of the Code Section 162(m) Goals.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MetLife, Inc. has caused this Agreement to be offered to you, and you have accepted this Agreement by the electronic means made available to you.</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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