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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 710826

Brighthouse Funds Trust II

fund voting report, part of Brighthouse Funds

Vote records reported
96,809year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.8%6,073 of 89,969 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
90.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
34.7%for, of for + against + abstain
81.8% for8.6% against9.6% other6.8% against management97,768 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, Brighthouse Funds Trust II listed 96,809 vote records. Votes against management made up 6.8% of those marked either way (6,073 of 89,969); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.4%. 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 90.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 34.7% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (54.1% of 353), DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (39.8% of 176) and SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (38.6% of 466).

It reported 642.3 million shares out on loan at record dates, 6.73% 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 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share6.8%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate90.5%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate34.7%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held6.73%0.00%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 ELECTIONS53,18447,1512,9134.9%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES4,1653,7483952.0%
AUDIT-RELATED7,1556,5752172.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS9563223170.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES47430016238.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS645574463.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE8,0026,8337228.5%
COMPENSATION9,0556,5651,87516.7%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE12,3737,8988868.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE3609825454.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE2118112737.9%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1776910639.8%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES56531824132.8%
OTHER1,63726646816.8%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024104,10710.2%89.5%35.1%
year to 30 June 2025101,2729.5%90.1%32.0%
year to 30 June 202696,8096.8%90.5%34.7%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Brighthouse Funds Trust II voted against management on 25 of the 2,403 it marked either way (1.0%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 900 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Brighthouse Funds Trust II voted for 349 (38.8%). 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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
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
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board chair
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Govern by Majority Vote.
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
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...
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,"
CVS Health Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal for Reducing the Threshold for Our Stockholder Right to Act By Written Consent.
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
Colgate-Palmolive Company8 May 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Board Chairman."
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 disclosure of voting results by share class.
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

Shares on loan

Brighthouse Funds Trust II reported 642.3 million shares on loan at record dates against 8.90 billion shares voted: 6.73% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. 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.

Fund series in this filing

26 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Brighthouse/Dimensional International Small Company Portfolio41,29612.3%83.3%50.0%
MetLife Russell 2000 Index Portfolio14,5810.2%87.5%59.4%
MetLife MSCI EAFE Index Portfolio12,4301.2%not reported25.7%
MetLife Stock Index Portfolio6,6005.1%90.6%39.1%
MetLife Mid Cap Stock Index Portfolio4,1191.2%94.5%60.0%
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio2,66610.3%94.1%30.0%
Brighthouse/Wellington Balanced Portfolio2,1634.8%94.0%25.4%
Loomis Sayles Small Cap Core Portfolio1,75616.5%89.7%not reported
Baillie Gifford International Stock Portfolio1,2610.3%95.0%33.3%
MFS Total Return Portfolio1,2465.2%92.1%12.3%
MFS Value Portfolio1,1295.0%100.0%12.7%
Neuberger Berman Genesis Portfolio9991.0%90.2%45.5%
Van Eck Global Natural Resources Portfolio9471.5%92.3%50.0%
Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio9132.1%83.1%85.0%
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio8556.3%94.4%10.5%
Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Portfolio80620.3%89.2%not reported
Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio77311.5%91.3%21.3%
Invesco Value Opportunities Portfolio6485.4%93.0%38.5%
Jennison Growth Portfolio6047.0%80.0%21.1%
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio4894.9%87.5%17.9%
BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio2042.9%89.5%0.0%
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 80 Portfolio850.0%not reportednot reported
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 60 Portfolio830.0%not reportednot reported
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 40 Portfolio810.0%not reportednot reported
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 20 Portfolio720.0%not reportednot reported
Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio30.0%not reportednot reported

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did Brighthouse Funds Trust II vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Brighthouse Funds Trust II reported 4,143 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 3,748 were for (90.5%), 395 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 25 of the 2,403 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does Brighthouse Funds Trust II vote against management?

6.8% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 6,073 of the 89,969 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 Trust II support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 265 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 16 of them (6.0%). Across every category it voted for 34.7% 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 this filer 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.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by Brighthouse Funds Trust II (filer no. 710826), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.