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Brighthouse Funds

One season of the Brighthouse Funds record. The family page shows the latest season.

Vote records reported
177,318year to 30 June 2026
Against management
4.9%8,267 of 168,808 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
85.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
49.3%for, of for + against + abstain
84.4% for8.8% against6.8% other4.9% against management178,944 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

Brighthouse Funds reported 177,318 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 4.9% of its votes as cast against management (8,267 of 168,808), 2.9 percentage points below the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.8%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 3.4%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 85.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.2%) and it voted for 49.3% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 30.7%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (58.8% of 974), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (44.3% of 530) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (41.9% of 853).

It reported 1.25 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 5.23% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 60 families with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share4.9%7.8%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate85.3%88.2%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate49.3%30.7%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held5.23%1.53%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS95,97186,6595,2522.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES7,1836,1071,0501.5%
AUDIT-RELATED12,65511,5516811.3%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS1,4464884810.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES87761524741.9%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1,2311,103772.1%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE15,25813,6211,1464.7%
COMPENSATION15,94412,4772,81010.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE25,99219,1382,2806.9%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE99030766358.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE53023429044.3%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION46520126041.4%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES1,38770367039.8%
OTHER2,89176171921.2%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024178,8677.3%84.5%38.3%
year to 30 June 2025193,4926.9%85.7%34.4%
year to 30 June 2026177,3184.9%85.3%49.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Brighthouse Funds voted against management on 23 of the 2,526 it marked either way (0.9%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 1,048 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Brighthouse Funds voted for 363 (34.6%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
International Business Machines Corporation28 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Right to Act by Written Consent
AT&T INC.14 May 2026Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Deere & Company25 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
Boston Scientific Corporation30 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal titled "Give Shareholders the Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting."
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
United Parcel Service, Inc.7 May 2026To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
Target Corporation10 Jun 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Zoetis Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to permit shareholder action by written consent.
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Northrop Grumman Corporation20 May 2026Shareholder proposal to provide for an independent Board chair.
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent

Shares on loan

Brighthouse Funds reported 1.25 billion shares on loan at record dates against 22.67 billion shares voted: 5.23% of the two together. Median family: 1.53%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Questions

How did Brighthouse Funds vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Brighthouse Funds reported 7,151 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 6,101 were for (85.3%), 1,050 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 23 of the 2,526 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Brighthouse Funds vote against management?

4.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 8,267 of the 168,808 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did Brighthouse Funds support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 740 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 85 of them (11.5%). Across every category it voted for 49.3% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of the registrants and managers grouped under this family on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

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Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings of the filers grouped under Brighthouse Funds, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.