Resonant coupling between metal surface plasmons ͑MSP's͒ and intersubband plasmons ͑IP's͒ excited in ''metal-multiple quantum well-dielectric'' structures is discussed theoretically, taking into account the retardation effects. The nonradiative electromagnetic modes of the structures have been calculated modeling a multiple quantum well slab by a uniform uniaxial effective medium. The results obtained indicate that in the frequency region of intersubband excitations hybrid MSP-IP-photon modes are formed. We demonstrate that, in general, the normal-mode spectrum consists of two sets of branches separated by a gap. The manifestation of the hybrid modes in attenuated total reflection spectra is considered in detail.