IPO Company Profile © ipodata.com
Message Board  |   Quote  |   Chart |  News  |   SEC Filings  |   Peer IPO Companies
MetLife, Inc.
One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 * (212) 578-2211
Business Description The company is a leading provider of insurance and financial services to a broad spectrum of individual and institutional customers. The company currently provides individual insurance, annuities and investment products to approximately nine million households, or one of every eleven households in the U.S.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  MET (NYSE) Industry  Financial (SIC 6719)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  11/22/99
Domestic Shares Offered  202,000,000 Offer Date  4/4/00
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Range  $13.00 - $15.00
Company Shares  202,000,000 Offer Price  $14.25
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $0.640
Gross Proceeds  $2,878,500,000 Selling  $0.400
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  831,000,000 Employees  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
CS First Boston Lead Manager (212) 325-2000
Banc of America Securities LLC Co-manager (415) 627-2100
Conning & Company Co-manager (860) 527-1131
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. Co-manager (212) 371-0641
Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Inc. Co-manager (212) 687-1105
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Co-manager (212) 902-5959
J.P. Morgan & Co. Co-manager (212) 648-0517
Lehman Brothers Incorporated Co-manager (212) 526-8100
Merrill Lynch & Co. Co-manager (212) 449-4600
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co-manager (212) 761-5900
Salomon Smith Barney Co-manager (212) 723-7300
Utendahl Capital Partners LP Co-manager  
Warburg Dillon Read LLC Co-manager (203) 719-3000
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 9 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data 12/31/94 12/31/95 12/31/96 12/31/97 12/31/98 9/30/98 9/30/99
Revenues   19,665.000 21,869.000 23,043.000 24,465.000 27,077.000 19,810.000 18,353.000
Income from Oper.   - - - - - - -
Net Income   114.000 699.000 853.000 1,203.000 1,343.000 1,473.000 351.000
E.P.S   - - - - - - -
Revenue Growth (%)      11.21 5.37 6.17 10.676   -7.35
Net Income Growth (%)      513.16 22.03 41.03 11.64   -76.17
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    0.58 3.20 3.70 4.92 4.96 1.91 7.44
Cash Flow - Oper.     841.00 - -
Cash Flow - Inv.     2,683.00 - -
Cash Flow - Fin.     -3,134.00 - -
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 9/30/99 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    227,166.00 Current Assets    - Current Ratio    -
Total Liab.    213,609.00 Current Liab.    - Debt Ratio    94.03%
Total Equity    13,557.00 Working Cap.    - Debt to Equity Ratio    15.76
Cash    -    Return on Assets   0.15%
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to reimburse Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the crediting of policy credits; to reimburse for the payment of cash to certain policyholders in the demutualization; for the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the demutualization; for working capital, payment of dividends and for general corporate purposes.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Debevoise & Plimpton
Bank's Law Firm  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Registrar/Transfer Agent  ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.
Auditor  Deloitte & Touche
Send us feedback if you would like to request that we hyperlink a firm on this page
Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
MetLife Policyholder Trust 100.00  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

Last updated: 5/29/00 12:56:48 AM
© 1999 IPO Data Systems, Inc. - All rights reserved.