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Financial report summary
?Risks
- The Trust has limited resources and is dependent upon MetLife, Inc.
- Beneficiaries do not have legal title to any part of the Trust assets and have only certain limited rights.
- There is no existing trading market for the Trust Interests and Beneficiaries may transfer their Trust Interests only in limited circumstances.
- The Trust is terminable at any time at the discretion of MetLife, Inc.
- The Custodian or any of its vendors may fail to protect the confidentiality and integrity of data, including Beneficiary confidential information, as a result of a failure in any of their respective cybersecurity or other information security systems, or disaster recovery plans, and any such failure may also adversely affect the Trust’s operations.
- Litigation may result in adverse results or other consequences; a representative may be appointed for certain Beneficiaries in legal proceedings.
Management Discussion
- Net assets in the Trust decreased $1.2 billion, or 13%, to $7.8 billion at December 31, 2023 from $8.9 billion at December 31, 2022. This decrease was primarily due to (i) a decrease in net unrealized investment gains on the Trust Shares; (ii) net activity under the Purchase and Sale Program; (iii) the impact of withdrawals of Trust Shares by Beneficiaries from the Trust; and (iv) the impact of escheatment of unclaimed cash and Trust Shares. Net unrealized investment gains, which represent the difference between the estimated fair value and the cost basis of the Trust Shares, decreased $1.1 billion from the prior year. A net reduction of 6,049,457 Trust Interests resulted from (i) a net decrease of 3,761,334 Trust Interests in connection with redemptions and issuances under the Purchase and Sale Program, (ii) a decrease of 1,284,993 Trust Interests due to withdrawals of Trust Shares by Beneficiaries from the Trust, and (iii) a decrease of 1,003,130 Trust Interests due to escheatment of Trust Shares. The net reduction of Trust Interests as a result of activity through the Purchase and Sale Program, withdrawals of Trust Shares by Beneficiaries from the Trust and escheatment of unclaimed cash and Trust Shares decreased net assets for the year ended December 31, 2023 by $47 million, $16 million and $13 million, respectively. Net investment income of $249 million, which consisted of Common Stock dividends received from MetLife, Inc., and net realized investment gains of $186 million recognized on the sale of Trust Shares through the Purchase and Sale Program, were fully allocated to Beneficiaries.