AMENDMENT NO. 16 TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT This Amendment No. 16 to the Management Agreement dated December 8, 2000 as amended on February 12, 2001, October 1, 2001, May 1, 2002, January 1, 2003, May 1, 2003, December 1, 2003, January 1, 2004, April 30,...

                    AMENDMENT NO. 16 TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT


         This Amendment No. 16 to the Management Agreement dated December 8,
2000 as amended on February 12, 2001, October 1, 2001, May 1, 2002, January 1,
2003, May 1, 2003, December 1, 2003, January 1, 2004, April 30, 2004, January 1,
2005, April 30, 2005, September 30, 2005, November 1, 2005, December 1, 2005 and
December 19, 2005 (the "Agreement"), by and between Met Investors Series Trust
and Met Investors Advisory Corp. (now know as Met Investors Advisory LLC) (the
"Manager"), is entered into effective the 1st day of January, 2006.

     WHEREAS the Agreement  provides for the Manager to provide certain services
to the Trust for which the Manager is to receive agreed upon fees; and

     WHEREAS  the Manager and the Trust  desire to make  certain  changes to the
Agreement;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  the Manager and the Trust hereby agree that the Agreement
is amended as follows:

1.   Schedule A of the Agreement  hereby is amended to change the Management fee
     to the following:





                         Portfolio                                    Percentage of average daily net assets
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Lord Xxxxxx Growth and Income Portfolio                      0.60% of first $600 million of such assets, plus 0.55%
                                                             of such assets over $600 million up to $1.1 billion,
                                                             plus 0.50% of such assets over $1.1 billion up to $1.5
                                                             billion, plus 0.45% of such assets over $1.5 billion.
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2    All other terms and conditions of the Agreement  shall remain in full force
     and effect.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have caused this  Amendment to be
executed on the 1st day of January, 2006.

                                             MET INVESTORS SERIES TRUST


                                             By:______________________
                                                Name:  Xxxxxxxxx X. Forget
                                                Title:    President



                                             MET INVESTORS ADVISORY LLC


                                             By:_______________________
                                                Name:  Xxxxxxxxx X. Forget
                                                Title:    President