485BPOS 1 d17021d485bpos.htm BRIGHTHOUSE FUND UL BRIGHTHOUSE VARIABLE LIFE POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 28 Brighthouse Fund UL Brighthouse Variable Life Post-Effective Amendment No. 28
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2021
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NOS. 333-96519
811-03927


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 28
and/or  
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940  
AMENDMENT NO. 121
Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance
(Exact name of Registrant)
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
(Name of Depositor)
11225 North Community House Road, Charlotte, NC 28277
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including area code: (980) 365-7100
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
c/o The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street
Corporation Trust Center
New Castle County
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 658-7581
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: On April 30, 2021 or as soon thereafter as practicable
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
□immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
☒on April 30, 2021 pursuant to paragraph (b)
□ ___ days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
□ on ______ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
□ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Title of Securities Being registered: Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policies


This registration statement incorporates by reference the prospectuses and supplements dated May 1, 2020, April 29, 2019, April 30, 2018, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2016, May 1, 2015, April 28, 2014, April 29, 2013, April 30, 2012, May 1, 2011, May 1, 2010, May 1, 2009 and April 28, 2008 for the Brighthouse Variable Life Policy, each as filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 filed April 3, 2020, Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 filed April 5, 2019, Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 filed April 25, 2018, Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 filed April 7, 2017, Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 filed April 8, 2016, Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 filed April 10, 2015, Post-Effective

 


Amendment No. 20 filed April 4, 2014, Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 filed April 4, 2013, Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 filed April 5, 2012, Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 filed April 6, 2011, Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 filed April 7, 2010, Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 filed April 9, 2009 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 filed April 7, 2008, respectively, to the Registration Statement on Form N-6, File No. 333-96519.


Brighthouse Variable Life
Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policies
April 30, 2021 Prospectus Supplement
Issued to Individuals by:
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company — Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance
This prospectus supplement updates certain information contained in your last prospectus dated April 28, 2008, as annually and periodically supplemented, for Brighthouse Variable Life, a flexible premium variable life insurance policy issued by Brighthouse Life Insurance Company (the “Company”). Please keep this prospectus supplement for future reference. The Company no longer offers the Policies to new purchasers. It does continue to accept additional premium payments from existing policy owners.
You can build Cash Value by investing in a variety of Investment Options, which, in turn, invest in professionally managed Mutual Funds (the “Funds”, listed below). A fixed rate option (the Fixed Account) is also available.  Except for amounts in the Fixed Account, the value of your Policy will vary based on the performance of the Funds you select. The following Funds are available under all Policies (please see “The Funds” section for additional Funds that may be available depending on when you purchased your Policy):
American Funds Insurance Series® — Class 2
American Funds Global Growth Fund
American Funds Growth Fund
American Funds Growth-Income Fund
Brighthouse Funds Trust I
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 100 Portfolio — Class B
Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio — Class B
Brighthouse/Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio — Class B
Clarion Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class A
Invesco Comstock Portfolio — Class B
Invesco Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class A
Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio — Class A
PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio — Class A
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio — Class B
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Portfolio — Class B
Brighthouse Funds Trust II
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio — Class A
BlackRock Ultra-Short Term Bond Portfolio — Class A
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 20 Portfolio — Class B
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 40 Portfolio — Class B
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 60 Portfolio — Class B
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 80 Portfolio — Class B
Brighthouse/Wellington Balanced Portfolio — Class A
Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio — Class A
Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio — Class D
MetLife Russell 2000® Index Portfolio — Class A
MetLife Stock Index Portfolio — Class A
MFS® Total Return Portfolio — Class F
MFS® Value Portfolio — Class A
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B
Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio — Class A
Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio — Class A
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products
Contrafund® Portfolio — Service Class
Mid Cap Portfolio — Service Class 2
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust — Class 2
Templeton Foreign VIP Fund
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust — Institutional Shares
Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund
Janus Aspen Series — Service Shares
Janus Henderson Enterprise Portfolio
Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust
ClearBridge Variable Dividend Strategy Portfolio — Class II
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class I
Legg Mason Partners Variable Income Trust — Class I
Western Asset Core Plus VIT Portfolio
Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust — Class II
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio
The Merger Fund VL
Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund
Mid-Cap Index Portfolio
Total Stock Market Index Portfolio
 
A Fund has been subject to a fund substitution. Please see “Additional Information Regarding Funds” for more information.
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Fund Charges and Expenses
The next two tables describe the Fund charges and expenses that you will indirectly pay periodically during the time that you own the Policy. The Investment Options purchase shares of the Funds at net asset value. The net asset value already reflects the deduction of each Fund’s Total Operating Expenses. Therefore you are indirectly bearing the costs of Fund expenses.
The first table below shows the minimum and maximum fees and expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, charged by any of the Funds as of December 31, 2020. Certain Funds may impose a redemption fee in the future. The second table shows each Fund’s fees and expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, as of December 31, 2020, unless otherwise noted. More detail concerning each Fund’s fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each Fund. Current prospectuses for the Fund can be obtained by calling 1-800-334-4298.
Minimum and Maximum Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
  Minimum   Maximum
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      
(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other expenses) 0.13%   1.95%
Fund Fees and Expenses as of December 31, 2020
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
The following table is a summary. For more complete information on Fund fees and expenses, please refer to the prospectus for each Fund.
Fund   Management
Fee
  Distribution
and/or
Service
(12b-1) Fees
  Other
Expenses
  Acquired Fund Fees
and Expenses
  Total
Annual
Operating
Expenses
  Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense
Reimbursement
  Net Total
Annual
Operating
Expenses
American Funds Insurance Series® — Class 2                            
American Funds Global Growth Fund

  0.51%   0.25%   0.05%     0.81%     0.81%
American Funds Growth Fund

  0.32%   0.25%   0.04%     0.61%     0.61%
American Funds Growth-Income Fund

  0.26%   0.25%   0.04%     0.55%     0.55%
Brighthouse Funds Trust I                            
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 100 Portfolio — Class B

  0.07%   0.25%   0.02%   0.65%   0.99%     0.99%
Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio — Class B

  0.75%   0.25%   0.04%   0.08%   1.12%   0.01%   1.11%
Brighthouse/Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio — Class A†

  0.95%     0.09%     1.04%   0.10%   0.94%
Brighthouse/Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio — Class B

  0.95%   0.25%   0.09%     1.29%   0.10%   1.19%
Clarion Global Real Estate Portfolio — Class A

  0.63%     0.05%     0.68%   0.04%   0.64%
Invesco Comstock Portfolio — Class B

  0.57%   0.25%   0.03%     0.85%   0.01%   0.84%
Invesco Global Equity Portfolio — Class A†

  0.66%     0.04%     0.70%   0.13%   0.57%
Invesco Global Equity Portfolio — Class B†

  0.66%   0.25%   0.04%     0.95%   0.13%   0.82%
Invesco Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class A

  0.85%     0.04%     0.89%   0.08%   0.81%
Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio — Class A

  0.57%     0.02%     0.59%   0.02%   0.57%
MFS® Research International Portfolio — Class B†

  0.70%   0.25%   0.05%     1.00%   0.11%   0.89%
Morgan Stanley Discovery Portfolio — Class B†

  0.64%   0.25%   0.02%     0.91%   0.03%   0.88%
PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio — Class A

  0.48%     0.30%     0.78%     0.78%
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio — Class B

  0.48%   0.25%   0.11%     0.84%   0.03%   0.81%
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Portfolio — Class B

  0.57%   0.25%   0.02%     0.84%   0.06%   0.78%
Brighthouse Funds Trust II                            
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio — Class A

  0.69%     0.03%     0.72%   0.09%   0.63%
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Fund   Management
Fee
  Distribution
and/or
Service
(12b-1) Fees
  Other
Expenses
  Acquired Fund Fees
and Expenses
  Total
Annual
Operating
Expenses
  Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense
Reimbursement
  Net Total
Annual
Operating
Expenses
BlackRock Ultra-Short Term Bond Portfolio — Class A

  0.35%     0.04%     0.39%   0.03%   0.36%
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 20 Portfolio — Class B

  0.10%   0.25%   0.03%   0.54%   0.92%   0.03%   0.89%
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 40 Portfolio — Class B

  0.06%   0.25%     0.57%   0.88%     0.88%
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 60 Portfolio — Class B

  0.05%   0.25%     0.60%   0.90%     0.90%
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 80 Portfolio — Class B

  0.05%   0.25%   0.01%   0.63%   0.94%     0.94%
Brighthouse/Wellington Balanced Portfolio — Class A

  0.46%     0.07%     0.53%     0.53%
Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio — Class A

  0.71%     0.02%     0.73%   0.12%   0.61%
Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio — Class D

  0.71%   0.10%   0.04%     0.85%   0.02%   0.83%
Jennison Growth Portfolio — Class A†

  0.60%     0.02%     0.62%   0.08%   0.54%
MetLife Russell 2000® Index Portfolio — Class A

  0.25%     0.07%   0.01%   0.33%     0.33%
MetLife Stock Index Portfolio — Class A

  0.25%     0.03%     0.28%   0.01%   0.27%
MFS® Total Return Portfolio — Class F

  0.57%   0.20%   0.07%     0.84%   0.03%   0.81%
MFS® Value Portfolio — Class A

  0.62%     0.02%     0.64%   0.06%   0.58%
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B

  0.60%   0.25%   0.03%     0.88%   0.05%   0.83%
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio — Class B

  0.47%   0.25%   0.03%     0.75%     0.75%
Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio — Class A

  0.57%     0.03%     0.60%   0.05%   0.55%
Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio — Class A

  0.48%     0.03%     0.51%   0.03%   0.48%
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products                            
Contrafund® Portfolio — Service Class

  0.53%   0.10%   0.08%     0.71%     0.71%
Equity-Income Portfolio — Initial Class†

  0.43%     0.10%     0.53%     0.53%
High Income Portfolio — Initial Class†

  0.55%     0.12%     0.67%     0.67%
Mid Cap Portfolio — Service Class 2

  0.53%   0.25%   0.09%     0.87%     0.87%
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust — Class 2                            
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund†

  0.80%   0.25%   0.05%   0.01%   1.11%   0.01%   1.10%
Templeton Foreign VIP Fund

  0.81%   0.25%   0.05%   0.02%   1.13%   0.02%   1.11%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust — Institutional Shares                            
Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund

  0.71%     0.10%     0.81%   0.07%   0.74%
Janus Aspen Series — Service Shares                            
Janus Henderson Enterprise Portfolio

  0.64%   0.25%   0.08%     0.97%     0.97%
Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust                            
ClearBridge Variable Dividend Strategy Portfolio — Class II

  0.70%   0.25%   0.06%     1.01%     1.01%
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class I

  0.70%     0.06%     0.76%     0.76%
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio — Class I†

  0.65%     0.08%     0.73%     0.73%
Legg Mason Partners Variable Income Trust — Class I                            
Western Asset Core Plus VIT Portfolio

  0.45%     0.14%     0.59%   0.05%   0.54%
Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust — Class II                            
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio

  0.65%   0.25%   0.09%     0.99%     0.99%
The Merger Fund VL

  1.25%     0.66%   0.04%   1.95%   0.45%   1.50%
Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund                            
Mid-Cap Index Portfolio

  0.16%     0.01%     0.17%     0.17%
Total Stock Market Index Portfolio

        0.13%   0.13%     0.13%
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Not available under all Policies. Availability depends on Policy issue date.
The information shown in the table above was provided by the Funds. Certain Funds and their investment adviser have entered into expense reimbursement and/or fee waiver arrangements that will continue at least until April 30, 2022. These arrangements can be terminated with respect to these Funds only with the approval of the Fund's board of directors or trustees. Please see the Funds’ prospectuses for additional information regarding these arrangements.
Certain Funds that have “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are “funds of funds.” A fund of funds invests substantially all of its assets in other underlying funds. Because the Fund invests in other funds, it will bear its pro rata portion of the operating expenses of those underlying funds, including the management fee.
The Funds
Fund   Investment Objective   Investment Adviser/Subadviser
American Funds Insurance Series®        
American Funds Global Growth Fund   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Capital Research and Management CompanySM
American Funds Growth Fund   Seeks growth of capital.   Capital Research and Management CompanySM
American Funds Growth-Income Fund   Seeks long-term growth of capital and income.   Capital Research and Management CompanySM
Brighthouse Funds Trust I        
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 100 Portfolio   Seeks growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio   Seeks long-term capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadvisers: Delaware Investments Fund Advisers; Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Brighthouse/Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio†   Seeks capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
Brighthouse/Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio   Seeks capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
Clarion Global Real Estate Portfolio   Seeks total return through investment in real estate securities, emphasizing both capital appreciation and current income.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: CBRE Clarion Securities LLC
Invesco Comstock Portfolio   Seeks capital growth and income.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Invesco Global Equity Portfolio†   Seeks capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Invesco Global Equity Portfolio†   Seeks capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Invesco Small Cap Growth Portfolio   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
MFS® Research International Portfolio†   Seeks capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
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Fund   Investment Objective   Investment Adviser/Subadviser
Morgan Stanley Discovery Portfolio†   Seeks capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio   Seeks maximum real return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio   Seeks maximum total return, consistent with the preservation of capital and prudent investment management.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Portfolio   Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in common stocks believed to be undervalued. Income is a secondary objective.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Brighthouse Funds Trust II        
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: BlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Ultra-Short Term Bond Portfolio   Seeks a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk and preservation of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 20 Portfolio   Seeks a high level of current income, with growth of capital as a secondary objective.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 40 Portfolio   Seeks high total return in the form of income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on income.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 60 Portfolio   Seeks a balance between a high level of current income and growth of capital, with a greater emphasis on growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Brighthouse Asset Allocation 80 Portfolio   Seeks growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Brighthouse/Wellington Balanced Portfolio   Seeks long-term capital appreciation with some current income.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Wellington Management Company LLP
Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio   Seeks to provide a growing stream of income over time and, secondarily, long-term capital appreciation and current income.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Wellington Management Company LLP
Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio   Seeks maximum capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC
Jennison Growth Portfolio†   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Jennison Associates LLC
MetLife Russell 2000® Index Portfolio   Seeks to track the performance of the Russell 2000® Index.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC
MetLife Stock Index Portfolio   Seeks to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500® Composite Stock Price Index.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC
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Fund   Investment Objective   Investment Adviser/Subadviser
MFS® Total Return Portfolio   Seeks a favorable total return through investment in a diversified portfolio.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
MFS® Value Portfolio   Seeks capital appreciation.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio   Seeks long-term capital growth.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio   Seeks to maximize total return consistent with preservation of capital.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Western Asset Management Company
Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio   Seeks to maximize total return consistent with preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity.   Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC
Subadviser: Western Asset Management Company
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products        
Contrafund® Portfolio   Seeks long-term capital appreciation.   Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
Subadviser: FMR UK, FMR HK, and FMR Japan
Equity-Income Portfolio†   Seeks reasonable income. The fund will also consider the potential for capital appreciation. The fund’s goal is to achieve a yield which exceeds the composite yield on the securities comprising the S&P 500® Index.   Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
Subadviser: FMR UK, FMR HK, and FMR Japan
High Income Portfolio†   Seeks a high level of current income, while also considering growth of capital.   Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
Subadviser: FMR UK, FMR HK, and FMR Japan
Mid Cap Portfolio   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
Subadviser: FMR UK, FMR HK, and FMR Japan
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust        
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund†   Seeks long-term capital growth.   Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Templeton Foreign VIP Fund   Seeks long-term capital growth.   Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust        
Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
Janus Aspen Series        
Janus Henderson Enterprise Portfolio   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Janus Capital Management LLC
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Fund   Investment Objective   Investment Adviser/Subadviser
Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust        
ClearBridge Variable Dividend Strategy Portfolio   Seeks dividend income, growth of dividend income and long-term capital appreciation.   Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC
Subadviser: ClearBridge Investments, LLC
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Growth Portfolio   Seeks long-term growth of capital.   Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC
Subadviser: ClearBridge Investments, LLC
ClearBridge Variable Large Cap Value Portfolio†   Seeks long-term growth of capital as its primary objective. Current income is a secondary objective.   Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC
Subadviser: ClearBridge Investments, LLC
Legg Mason Partners Variable Income Trust        
Western Asset Core Plus VIT Portfolio   Seeks to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs, by investing to obtain a dollar weighted average effective duration that is normally within 30% of the average duration of the domestic bond market as a whole.   Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC
Subadvisers: Western Asset Management Company, LLC; Western Asset Management Company Limited; Western Asset Management Company Ltd; Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.
Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust        
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio   Seeks capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of securities consisting primarily of common stocks.   Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.
The Merger Fund VL   Seeks capital growth.   Westchester Capital Management, LLC
Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund        
Mid-Cap Index Portfolio   Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of mid-capitalization stocks.   The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Total Stock Market Index Portfolio   Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market.   The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Not available under all Policies. Availability depends on Policy issue date.
Additional Information Regarding Funds
A Fund was subject to a fund substitution. The chart below identifies the name of the substituted Fund and the name of the Replacement Fund.
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Fund Substitution
Substituted Fund   Replacement Fund
Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust   Brighthouse Funds Trust I
ClearBridge Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio   Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio
     
     
Description of the Company, Separate Account and Funds

The Insurance Company
We are not a fiduciary and do not give advice or make recommendations regarding insurance or investment products. Ask your financial representative for guidance regarding any requests or elections and for information about your particular investment needs. Please bear in mind that your financial representative, or any financial firm or financial professional you consult to provide advice, is not acting on our behalf. We do not recommend and are not responsible for any securities transactions or investment strategies involving securities (including Investment Option recommendations).
Charges Against The Separate Account
We are waiving a portion of the Mortality and Expense Risk Charge for Investment Options investing in certain Funds. We are waiving 0.15% for the Investment Option investing in the Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio (Class A). For the Investment Options investing in the following Funds, we are waiving an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fund’s expenses over the following percentages: 0.65% for the PIMCO Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio (Class A), 0.265% for the MetLife Stock Index Portfolio (Class A), 1.10% for the Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class B), 1.10% for the MFS Research International Portfolio (Class B), 0.84% for the T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio (Class B), 0.68% for the Jennison Growth Portfolio (Class A), 0.62% for the Invesco Global Equity Portfolio (Class A), 0.87% for the Invesco Global Equity Portfolio (Class B), 0.84% for the Invesco Comstock Portfolio (Class B), and 1.22% for the T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio (Class B).
GENERAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE POLICY

COVID-19
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. The pandemic has resulted in significant financial market volatility, a deterioration in general economic conditions, record-low interest rates, global business disruptions affecting companies across various industries, and wide-ranging changes in consumer behavior. The duration and impact of the COVID-19 public health crisis on the financial markets and overall economy are uncertain, as is the efficacy of government and central bank interventions. Although the Company has implemented risk management and contingency plans and taken preventative measures and other precautions so it can continue to provide products and services to its customers, it is not currently possible to accurately estimate the full impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the Company. The Company continues to closely monitor this evolving situation, including the impact on services provided by third-party vendors. However, there can be no assurance that any future impact from the COVID-19 pandemic will not be significant to the Company and/or with respect to the services the Company or its customers receive from third-party vendors.
Significant market volatility and negative investment returns in the financial markets resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could have a negative impact on returns of the Funds in which the Separate Account invests. Declines in or sustained low interest rates can cause a reduction in investment income for the Funds. If these market conditions continue, and depending on your individual circumstances (e.g., your selected investment options and the timing of
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any transfers or withdrawals), you may experience (perhaps significant) negative returns under the Policy. You should consult with your financial representative about how the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent market conditions may impact your future investment decisions related to the Policy, such as making premium payments, transfers, or withdrawals, based on your individual circumstances.
Transfers

Restrictions on Transfers
Restrictions on Frequent Transfers. Frequent requests from Policy Owners to transfer Cash Value may dilute the value of a Fund’s shares if the frequent trading involves an attempt to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies created by a lag between a change in the value of the securities held by the Fund and the reflection of that change in the Fund’s share price (“arbitrage trading”). Frequent transfers involving arbitrage trading may adversely affect the long-term performance of the Funds, which in turn may adversely affect Policy Owners and other persons who may have an interest in the Policies (e.g. beneficiaries).
We have policies and procedures that attempt to detect and deter frequent transfers in situations where we determine there is a potential for arbitrage trading. Currently, we believe that such situations may be presented in the international, small-cap, and high-yield Funds listed below, and we monitor transfer activity in these “Monitored Funds.” In addition, as described below, we treat all American Funds Insurance Series portfolios (“American Funds portfolios”) as Monitored Funds.
American Funds Global Growth Fund
Brighthouse Small Cap Value Portfolio
Brighthouse/Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
Clarion Global Real Estate Portfolio
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund
High Income Portfolio
Invesco Global Equity Portfolio
Invesco Small Cap Growth Portfolio
MetLife Russell 2000® Index Portfolio
MFS® Research International Portfolio
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio
Templeton Foreign VIP Fund
Western Asset Core Plus VIT Portfolio
Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio
We employ various means to monitor transfer activity, such as examining the frequency and size of transfers into and out of the Monitored Funds within given periods of time. For example, we currently monitor transfer activity to determine if for each of the Monitored Funds, in a three-month period there were two or more “round-trips” of a certain dollar amount or greater. A round-trip is defined as a transfer in followed by a transfer out within the next 10 calendar days or a transfer out followed by a transfer in within the next 10 calendar days. In the case of a Policy that has been restricted previously, a single round-trip of a certain dollar amount or greater will trigger the transfer restrictions described below. We do not believe that other Funds present a significant opportunity to engage in arbitrage trading and therefore do not monitor transfer activity in those Funds. We may change the Monitored Funds at any time without notice in our sole discretion.
As a condition to making their portfolios available in our products, American Funds requires us to treat all American Funds portfolios as Monitored Funds under our current frequent transfer policies and procedures. Further, American Funds requires us to impose additional specified monitoring criteria for all American Funds portfolios available under the Policy, regardless of the potential for arbitrage trading. We are required to monitor transfer activity in American Funds portfolios to determine if there were two or more transfers in followed by transfers out, in each case of a certain dollar amount or greater, in any 30-day period. A first violation of the American Funds monitoring policy will result in a written notice of violation; any additional violation will result in the imposition of the transfer restrictions described below. Further, as Monitored Portfolios, all American Funds portfolios also will be subject to our current frequent transfer policies, procedures and restrictions, and transfer restrictions may be imposed upon a violation of either monitoring policy.
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Our policies and procedures may result in transfer restrictions being applied to deter frequent transfers. Currently, when we detect transfer activity in the Monitored Funds that exceeds our current transfer limits, upon a first violation you will receive a warning letter. Upon a second violation, we will exercise our contractual right to revise, suspend or eliminate transfer privileges, including limiting the acceptable mode of requesting transfers, and thereafter will only accept transfer requests via regular U.S. mail and will reject transfer requests requested via facsimile, telephone or Internet. In addition, we also reserve the right, but do not have the obligation, to further restrict the right to request transfers by any third party who has been authorized to initiate transfers on behalf of multiple Policy Owners. We may, among other things:
reject the transfer instructions of any agent acting under a power of attorney on behalf of more than one Policy Owner, or
reject the transfer or exchange instructions of individual owners who have executed pre-authorized transfer forms which are submitted by third parties on behalf of more than one Policy Owner.
Transfers made under a Dollar Cost Averaging Program, a rebalancing program, or, if applicable, any asset allocation program described in this prospectus are not treated as a transfer when we monitor the frequency of transfers.
The detection and deterrence of harmful transfer activity involves judgments that are inherently subjective, such as the decision to monitor only those Funds that we believe are susceptible to arbitrage trading or the determination of the transfer limits. Our ability to detect and/or restrict such transfer activity may be limited by operational and technological systems, as well as our ability to predict strategies employed by Policy Owners to avoid such detection. Our ability to restrict such transfer activity also may be limited by provisions of the Policy. Accordingly, there is no assurance that we will prevent all transfer activity that may adversely affect Policy Owners and other persons with interests in the Policies. We do not accommodate frequent transfers in any Fund and there are no arrangements in place to permit any Policy Owner to engage in frequent transfers; we apply our policies and procedures without exception, waiver, or special arrangement.
The Funds may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent transfers in their respective shares, and we reserve the right to enforce these policies and procedures. For example, Funds may assess a redemption fee (which we reserve the right to collect) on shares held for a relatively short period. The prospectuses for the Funds describe any such policies and procedures, which may be more or less restrictive than the policies and procedures we have adopted. Although we may not have the contractual authority or the operational capacity to apply the frequent transfer policies and procedures of the Funds, we have entered into a written agreement, as required by SEC regulation, with each Fund or its principal underwriter that obligates us to provide to the Fund promptly upon request certain information about the trading activity of individual Policy Owners, and to execute instructions from the Fund to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific Policy Owners who violate the frequent transfer policies established by the Fund.
In addition, Policy Owners and other persons with interests in the Policies should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the Funds generally are “omnibus” orders from intermediaries, such as retirement plans or separate accounts funding variable insurance products. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual owners of variable insurance products and/or individual retirement plan participants. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the Funds in their ability to apply their frequent transfer policies and procedures. In addition, the other insurance companies and/or retirement plans may have different policies and procedures or may not have any such policies and procedures because of contractual limitations. For these reasons, we cannot guarantee that the Funds (and thus Policy Owners) will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to other insurance companies and/or retirement plans that may invest in the Funds. If a Fund believes that an omnibus order reflects one or more transfer requests from Policy Owners engaged in frequent trading, the Fund may reject the entire omnibus order.
In accordance with applicable law, we reserve the right to modify or terminate the transfer privilege at any time. We also reserve the right to defer or restrict the transfer privilege at any time that we are unable to purchase or redeem shares of any of the Funds, including any refusal or restriction on purchases or redemptions of their shares as a result of their own policies and procedures on frequent transfers (even if an entire omnibus order is rejected due to the frequent transfers of a single Policy Owner.
You should read the Fund prospectuses for more details.
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Restrictions on Large Transfers. Large transfers may increase brokerage and administrative costs of the underlying Funds and may disrupt fund management strategy, requiring a Fund to maintain a high cash position and possibly resulting in lost investment opportunities and forced liquidations. We do not monitor for large transfers to or from Funds except where the manager of a particular underlying Fund has brought large transfer activity to our attention for investigation on a case-by-case basis. For example, some fund managers have asked us to monitor for “block transfers” where transfer requests have been submitted on behalf of multiple Policy Owners by a third party such as an investment adviser. When we detect such large trades, we may impose restrictions similar to those described above.
Federal Tax Considerations

The effect of federal income taxes on the economic benefits provided under the Policy depends on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, the tax status of the Policy Owner and the tax treatment of the Policy (whether it is a Modified Endowment Contract). This tax treatment is highly complex. The following summary provides a general description of the material federal tax consequences to the Policy owner and Beneficiary of buying, holding and exchanging rights under the Policy. This discussion is only a brief general summary and does not purport to be complete or cover all situations and is not intended as tax or legal advice. This discussion is based upon the Company’s understanding of the federal income tax laws as currently interpreted by the U.S. Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). The Company cannot guarantee that those laws or interpretations will remain unchanged.
It should be understood that this is not an exhaustive discussion of all tax questions that might arise under the Policies. No attempt has been made to address any foreign, state or local tax considerations that may arise in connection with a Policy. For complete information, a qualified tax or legal adviser should be consulted.
Potential Benefits of Life Insurance
A life insurance contract, including the Policy, is a unique financial instrument that along with providing protection for premature death, also provides a number of potential tax advantages including:
Income tax-free death benefits (e.g., the Death Benefit under the Policy, including the portion attributable to the increase in value based on the Investment Options, may pass to your Beneficiary free of income taxes if the requirements of Section 101 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“IRC” or the “Code”) are satisfied.)
Income tax-free growth of policy cash values (e.g., within the Policy, any increase in value based on the Investment Options may be tax-deferred until withdrawn — including tax-free transfers among the Investment Options, and as mentioned above, will not be subject to federal income taxes if paid as a Death Benefit.)
Income tax-free access to cash value through loans and/or withdrawals (e.g., under certain circumstances, such as where you adhere to certain premium limits, a Policy Owner may access cash from the Policy through a withdrawal, up to the tax basis, or a loan without facing tax consequences.)
Whether and how these benefits may be utilized is largely governed by IRC Sections 7702, 7702A, 817 and 101. These federal tax laws were passed to ensure that the tax advantages of life insurance are not abused.
In sum, these federal tax laws, among numerous other things, establish the following:
A definition of a life insurance contract
Diversification requirements for separate account assets
Limitations on policy owner’s control over the assets in a separate account
Guidelines to determine the maximum amount of premium that may be paid into a policy
Limitations on withdrawals from a policy
Qualification testing for all life insurance policies that have cash value features.
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Tax Status of the Policy
Definition of Life Insurance
In order for this Policy to offer some or all of the tax advantages described above, it must meet the definition of a life insurance contract under Section 7702 of the Code. Complying with either the cash value accumulation test or the guideline premium test set forth in IRC Section 7702 will satisfy this definition. This Policy uses the guideline premium test. Guidance as to how IRC Section 7702 and the guideline premium test are to be applied, however, is limited. If a Policy were determined not to be a life insurance contract for purposes of IRC Section 7702, such Policy would not provide the tax advantages normally described above.
The Company believes that it is reasonable to conclude that the Policy meets the IRC Section 7702 definition of a life insurance contract. The Company reserves the right to make changes in the Policy if such changes are deemed necessary to attempt to assure its qualification as a life insurance contract for tax purposes. The death benefit under a Policy will never be less than the minimum amount required for the Policy to be treated as life insurance under Section 7702 of the Code, as in effect on the date the Policy was issued.
Diversification
In addition to meeting the definition of a life insurance contract in IRC Section 7702, to qualify as life insurance for federal income tax purposes, separate account investments (or the investments of a Fund, the shares of which are owned by separate accounts of insurance companies) underlying the Policy must also be “adequately diversified” pursuant to Section 817(h) of the Code. If fund shares are sold directly to tax-qualified retirement plans that later lose their tax-qualified status, or to non-qualified plans, there could be adverse consequences under the diversification rules.
The Separate Account, through the funds, intends to comply with these requirements. Although the Company does not control the funds, the Company intends to monitor the investments of the mutual funds to ensure compliance with these diversification requirements.
Investor Control
In certain circumstances, owners of variable life insurance contracts may be considered the owners, for federal income tax purposes, of the assets of the separate accounts used to support their policy or contract rather than the insurance company. In those circumstances, a proportionate share of the income and gains from the separate account assets would be includable in the variable contract owner’s gross income each year.
The IRS has stated in published rulings that a variable contract owner will be considered the owner of separate account assets if the contract owner possesses incidents of ownership in those separate account assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the assets. While we believe that the Policy does not give the Policy Owner investment control over the separate account assets, we reserve the right to modify the Policy as necessary to prevent a Policy Owner from being treated as the owner of the separate account assets supporting the Policy.
Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits
The remaining tax discussion assumes that the Policy qualifies as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes.
In General
The Company believes that the Death Benefit under the Policy will be excludable from the gross income of the Beneficiary under IRC Section 101(a)(1); unless the Policy has been transferred for value and no exception to the transfer for value rules set forth in the IRC Section 101 (a) (2) applies.
In the case of employer-owned life insurance as defined in IRC Section 101(j), the amount excludable from gross income is limited to premiums paid unless the policy falls within certain specified exceptions and a notice and consent requirement is satisfied before the policy is issued. Certain specified exceptions are based on the status of an employee as highly compensated, a director or recently employed. There are also exceptions for policy proceeds paid to an employee’s heirs. These exceptions only apply if proper notice is given to the insured employee and consent is
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received from the insured employee before the issuance of the policy. These rules apply to policies issued August 18, 2006 and later and also apply to policies issued before August 18, 2006 after a material increase in the Death Benefit or other material change. An IRS reporting requirement applies to employer-owned life insurance subject to these rules. Because these rules are complex and will affect the tax treatment of Death Benefits, it is advisable to consult tax counsel.
In addition, the Policy Owner will generally not be deemed to be in constructive receipt of the Cash Value, including increments thereof, until there is a distribution or a deemed distribution. (See discussion of “Modified Endowment Contracts” below.) Depending on the circumstances, the exchange of one life insurance policy for another, a change in the policy’s face amount, a change in the policy’s death benefit option, a payment of an increased level of premiums, a policy loan, a partial or full surrender, a lapse with outstanding Indebtedness, a change in ownership, or an assignment of the policy may have federal income tax consequences. Furthermore, such actions may have Federal gift and estate, as well as state and local tax consequences that will depend upon the financial situation and other circumstances of each owner or beneficiary. You should consult your tax or legal adviser for further advice on all tax issues.
The tax consequences of distribution from, and loans taken from or secured by, a Policy depend on whether the Policy is classified as a “Modified Endowment Contract.”
Modified Endowment Contracts
Special tax considerations apply to “Modified Endowment Contracts” (“MEC”). A MEC is defined under tax law as any policy that satisfies the present definition of a life insurance contract under IRC Section 7702 but which fails to satisfy a 7-pay test set forth in IRC Section 7702A. A contract fails to satisfy the 7-pay test if the cumulative amount of premiums paid under the contract at any time during the first seven contract years exceeds the sum of the net level premiums that would have been paid on or before such time had the contract provided for paid-up future benefits after the payment of seven level annual premiums. If a material change in the contract occurs either during the first seven contract years, or later, a new seven-year testing period is begun to determine whether the policy constitutes a MEC. A decrease to the stated amount of the Policy may cause a re-test under the 7-pay test and could cause your Policy to become a MEC.
Any policy issued in exchange for a MEC will be subject to the tax treatment accorded to MECs. However, in general, any policy received in exchange for a life insurance contract that is not a MEC will generally not be treated as a MEC if the face amount of the policy is greater than or equal to the death benefit of the policy being exchanged. The payment of any premiums at the time of or after the exchange may, however, cause the policy to become a MEC.
Loans and partial withdrawals from, as well as collateral assignments of, policies that are MECs will be treated as distributions to the policy owner for tax purposes. All pre-death distributions (including loans, partial withdrawals and collateral assignments) from MECs will be included in gross income on an income-first basis to the extent of any income in the policy (the contract value less the policy owner’s investment in the policy) immediately before the distribution.
The law also imposes an additional 10% tax on pre-death distributions (including loans, collateral assignments, partial withdrawals and complete surrenders) from MECs to the extent they are included in income, unless a specific exception to the penalty applies. The penalty does not apply to amounts which are distributed on or after the date on which the taxpayer attains age 59½, because the taxpayer is disabled, or as substantially equal periodic payments over the taxpayer’s life (or life expectancy) or over the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the taxpayer and his or her beneficiary. The foregoing exceptions generally do not apply to a Policy Owner which is a non-natural person such as a corporation.
If a Policy becomes a MEC, distributions that occur during the contract year will be taxed as distributions from a MEC. In addition, distributions from a Policy within two years before it becomes a MEC will be taxed in this manner. This means that a distribution made from a Policy that is not a MEC (and therefore not taxable at the time of the distribution) could later become taxable as a distribution from a MEC if due to subsequent changes to the Policy, it later becomes a MEC.
For purposes of applying the MEC rules, all MECs that are issued by the Company (or its affiliates) to the same owner during any calendar year will be treated as one MEC contract for purposes of determining the amount includable in the owner’s gross income at the time of a distribution from any such contract.
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The death benefit of a modified endowment contract remains excludable from the gross income of the beneficiary to the extent described above in “Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits.” Furthermore, no part of the investment growth of the cash value of a MEC is includable in the gross income of the owner unless the contract matures, is distributed or partially surrendered, is pledged, collaterally assigned, or borrowed against, or otherwise terminates with income in the contract prior to death. A full surrender of a MEC after age 59½ will have the same tax consequences as life insurance policies generally as described above in “Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits.”
Due to the complexity of the MEC tax rules, a policy owner should consult a qualified tax or legal adviser as to the potential MEC consequences before taking any actions with respect to the Policy.
Distributions from Policies Not Classified as Modified Endowment Contracts
Distributions from a policy that is not classified as a modified endowment contract are generally treated as first non-taxable recovering the investment in the policy (described below) and then, only after the return of all such investment in the Policy, as gain taxable as ordinary income. An exception to this general rule occurs in the cases of a partial surrender, a decrease in the face amount, or any other change that reduces benefits under the policy in the first 15 years after the policy is issued where, as a result of that action, a cash distribution to the owner is made by the Company in order for the policy to continue complying with the IRC Section 7702 definitional limits. In that case, such distribution will be taxed in whole or in part as ordinary income (to the extent of any gain in the policy) under rules prescribed in IRC Section 7702.
Loans from, or secured by, a policy that is not a MEC are generally not treated as taxable distributions. Instead, such loans are generally treated as indebtedness of the owner. However, the tax consequences of some Policy loans are uncertain. You should consult a tax or legal adviser as to those consequences. Upon a complete surrender or lapse of a policy that is not a MEC, or when benefits are paid at such a policy’s maturity date, if the amount received plus the amount of indebtedness discharged exceeds the total investment in the policy, the excess generally will be treated as ordinary income subject to tax.
Finally, neither distributions (including distributions upon surrender or lapse) nor loans from or secured by, a policy that is not a MEC, are subject to the 10 percent additional tax previously referred to above regardless of when they are made. Certain changes to the policy may cause the policy to become a MEC. Therefore, a policy owner should consult a tax or legal advisor before effecting any change to a policy that is not a modified endowment contract.
Treatment of Loan Interest
If there is any borrowing under which the Policy is pledged as security or otherwise serves as collateral, the interest paid on loans will generally not be tax deductible. Ownership of the Policy by a corporation, trust or other non-natural person could jeopardize some (or all) of such entity’s interest deduction even where such entity’s indebtedness is in no way connected to the Policy, unless the insured is an employee, officer, director or 20% owner.
Acceleration of Death Benefit Rider
Payments received under the Acceleration of Death Benefit Rider should be excludable from the gross income of the Policy Owner except in certain business contexts. However, you should consult a qualified tax adviser about the consequences of adding this rider to a Policy or requesting payment under this rider.
Investment in the Policy
Investment in the policy generally includes the aggregate amount of premiums or other consideration paid for the policy, reduced by non-taxable distributions.
Business Uses of Policy
Businesses can use the Policies in various arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation or salary continuance plans, split dollar insurance plans, executive bonus plans, tax exempt and nonexempt welfare benefit plans, retiree medical benefit plans and others. The tax consequences of such plans may vary depending on the particular facts and circumstances. In the case of a business owned Policy, the provisions of IRC Section 101(j) may
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limit the amount of the Death Benefit excludable from gross income unless a specified exception applies and a notice and consent requirement is satisfied, as discussed above. If you are contemplating a change to an existing Policy or purchasing the Policy for any arrangement the value of which depends in part on its tax consequences, you should consult a qualified tax or legal adviser.
Transfer of Issued Life Insurance Policies to Third Parties
If you transfer the Policy to a third party, including a sale of the Policy to a life settlement company, such transfer may be taxable. As noted above, the Death Benefit will also be taxable in the case of a transfer for value unless certain exceptions apply. We may be required to report certain information to the IRS, as required under IRC Section 6050Y and applicable tax regulations. You should consult with a qualified tax adviser for additional information prior to transferring the Policy.
Tax Credits and Deductions
The Company may be entitled to certain tax benefits related to the assets of the Separate Account. These tax benefits, which may include foreign tax credits and corporate dividend received deductions, are not passed back to the Separate Account or to Policy Owners since the Company is the owner of the assets from which the tax benefits are derived.
Other Tax Considerations

The transfer of the Policy or designation of a beneficiary may have federal, state, and/or local transfer and inheritance tax consequences, including the imposition of gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. For example, the transfer of the Policy to, or the designation as a Beneficiary of, or the payment of proceeds to, a person who is assigned to a generation which is two or more generations below the generation assignment of the owner may have generation skipping transfer tax consequences under federal tax law. The individual situation of each owner or beneficiary will determine the extent, if any, to which federal, state, and local transfer and inheritance taxes may be imposed and how ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds will be treated for purposes of federal, state and local estate, inheritance, generation skipping and other taxes.
In 2021, federal tax law provides for an $11,700,000 gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption, which will be indexed for inflation in subsequent years. Current law provides that this exemption amount may sunset for tax years after December 31, 2025 and a lower exemption amount may be applicable unless the law is changed.
The complexity of the tax law, along with uncertainty as to how it might be modified in coming years, underscores the importance of seeking guidance from a qualified adviser to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses your needs and those of your beneficiaries under all possible scenarios.
Insurable Interest
The Policy Owner must have an insurable interest in the life of the Insured in order for the Policy to be valid under applicable state law and for the Policy to be treated as a life insurance policy for federal income tax purposes. State laws on this subject vary widely, but typically require that the Policy Owner have a lawful and substantial economic interest in the continued life of the person insured, which interest must exist at the time the insurance is procured, but not necessarily at the time of the Insured’s death. If no recognized insurable interest exists in a given situation, the Policy may be deemed void as against public policy under the state law and not entitled to treatment as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes. It is the responsibility of the Policy Owner, not the life insurance carrier, to determine the existence of insurable interest in the life of the Insured under applicable state law.
The Company’s Income Taxes
The Company is taxed as a life insurance company under federal income tax law. Presently, the Company does not expect to incur any income tax on the earnings or the realized capital gains retained to meet the Company’s obligations under the Policy. Based on these expectations, no charge is being made currently to the income of the
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Separate Account for federal income taxes that may be attributable to the Separate Account. However, the Company may assess a charge against the Investment Options for federal income taxes in the event that the Company incurs income or other tax liability attributable to the Separate Account under future tax law.
Under present laws, the Company may incur state and local taxes in certain states. At present, these taxes are not significant. If there is a material change in applicable state or local tax laws, charges may be made for such taxes (including such taxes), if any, attributable to the Separate Account.
Financial Statements

The financial statements comprising each of the Investment Options of the Separate Account, Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance and the consolidated financial statements and related financial statement schedules of the Company, can be found in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The financial statements of the Company only bear on the Company’s ability to meet its obligations under the Policies and should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the Separate Account.
Book 47 April 30, 2021
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Brighthouse Variable Life
Part B: Statement of Additional Information
dated
April 30, 2021
for
Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance
Issued By
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a prospectus. This SAI contains additional information about the Policies listed above and Brighthouse Life Insurance Company (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us”). The Company no longer offers the Policies to new purchasers. It does continue to accept additional premium payments from existing policy owners. You should read this SAI in conjunction with the prospectus dated April 28, 2008, as supplemented, for Brighthouse Variable Life. The defined terms used in this SAI are as defined in the prospectuses.
Copies of the prospectuses may be obtained by writing to Brighthouse Life Insurance Company, 11225 North Community House Road, Charlotte, NC 28277, or by calling 1-800-334-4298 or by accessing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 



 


GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY
The Depositor. Brighthouse Life Insurance Company (“BLIC” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation originally incorporated in Connecticut in 1863. Prior to March 6, 2017, BLIC was known as MetLife Insurance Company USA. BLIC is licensed to conduct business in all U.S. states (except New York), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. BLIC is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of, and ultimately controlled by, Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (“BHF”), a publicly-traded company. Prior to August 4, 2017, the Company was an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. On that date, MetLife, Inc. distributed approximately 80.8% of BHF’s common stock to holders of MetLife Inc.’s common stock, and BHF became a separate, publicly-traded company. BHF, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the largest providers of annuity and life insurance products in the United States. BLIC’s executive offices are located at 11225 North Community House Road, Charlotte, NC 28277.
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company History
MetLife Insurance Company USA: From the close of business on November 14, 2014 to March 6, 2017, BLIC was called MetLife Insurance Company USA (“MetLife USA”). MetLife USA was established following the close of business on November 14, 2014, when MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut, MetLife Investors Insurance Company and Exeter Reassurance Company, Ltd. were merged into MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut, and MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut was then renamed MetLife Insurance Company USA. Simultaneously, MetLife Insurance Company USA changed its domicile from Connecticut to the state of Delaware. As a result of this merger, MetLife USA assumed legal ownership of all of the assets of these predecessor companies, including assets held in the separate accounts, and became responsible for administering the Policies and paying any benefits due under all policies and contracts issued by each of its corporate predecessors. These predecessor companies that issued policies on and prior to November 14, 2014 were the following:
- MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut: MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (“MICC”), originally chartered in Connecticut in 1863, was known as Travelers Insurance Company prior to May 1, 2006 . MICC changed its name to MetLife Insurance Company USA and its state of domicile to Delaware after November 14, 2014 as described under “MetLife Insurance Company USA” above.
- MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut: MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut (“MLAC”), originally chartered in Connecticut in 1973, was known as Travelers Life and Annuity Company prior to May 1, 2006. On or about December 7, 2007, MLAC merged with and into MICC.
- MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company: MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company (“MLI USA”), originally chartered in Delaware in 1960, was known as Security First Life Insurance Company prior to January 8, 2001. MLI USA was merged into BLIC after the close of business on November 14, 2014, as described under “MetLife Insurance Company USA” above.
- MetLife Investors Insurance Company: MetLife Investors Insurance Company (“MLI”), originally chartered in Missouri in 1981, was known as Cova Financial Services Life Insurance Company prior to February 12, 2001. MLI was merged into BLIC after the close of business on November 14, 2014, as described under “MetLife Insurance Company USA” above.
- MetLife Investors Insurance Company of California: MetLife Investors Insurance Company of California (“MLI-CA”), originally chartered in California in 1972, was known as Cova Financial Life Insurance Company prior to February 12, 2001. On November 9, 2006 MLI-CA merged with and into MLI.
State Regulation. The Company is subject to the laws of the state of Delaware governing insurance companies and to regulation by the Insurance Commissioner of the state of Delaware (the “Commissioner”). An annual statement covering the operations of the Company for the preceding year, as well as its financial conditions as of December 31 of such year, must be filed with the Commissioner in a prescribed format on or before March 1 of each year. The Company’s books and assets are subject to review or examination by the Commissioner or his agents at all times, and a full examination of its operations is conducted at least once every four years.
The Company is also subject to the insurance laws and regulations of all other states in which it is licensed to operate. However, the insurance departments of each of these states generally apply the laws of the home state (jurisdiction of domicile) in determining the field of permissible investments.
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The Registrant. Effective December 8, 2008, the Company combined MetLife of CT Fund UL II for Variable Life Insurance, MetLife of CT Variable Life Insurance Separate Account One, MetLife of CT Variable Life Insurance Separate Account Two and MetLife of CT Variable Life Insurance Separate Account Three, with and into Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance (formerly MetLife of CT Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance) (“Fund UL”). Fund UL was established under the laws of Connecticut on November 10, 1983. Fund UL is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and qualifies as a “separate account.” Separate Accounts are primarily designed to keep policy assets separate from other company assets.
Registration Statements. Registration Statements have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the policies offered. The Registration Statements, their amendments and exhibits, contain information beyond that found in the prospectuses and the SAI.
The Custodian. The Company holds title to the assets in the Separate Account.
SERVICES
BLIC maintains certain books and records of Fund UL and provides certain issuance and other administrative services for the Policies. Pursuant to a services agreement, Computer Sciences Corporation, through its affiliate Alliance-One Services, Inc., provides certain other administrative and recordkeeping services for the Policies as well as other contracts and policies issued by BLIC. The amount paid by Brighthouse Services, LLC on behalf of BLIC to Computer Sciences Corporation for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 was $5,297,734.
UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS
Principal Underwriting and Distribution Agreement. Information about the distribution of the Policies is contained in the prospectus (see “Distribution & Compensation”). Additional information is provided below.
Brighthouse Securities, LLC (“Brighthouse Securities”) serves as the principal underwriter and distributor of the securities offered through the prospectus pursuant to the terms of the Principal Underwriting and Distribution Agreement. Brighthouse Securities, which is an affiliate of the Company, also acts as the principal underwriter and distributor of other variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts issued by the Company and its affiliated companies. MetLife Investors Distribution Company (“MLIDC”) served as principal underwriter and distributor prior to March 6, 2017.
Brighthouse Securities’ principal executive offices are located at 11225 North Community House Road, Charlotte, NC 28277. Brighthouse Securities is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as the securities commissions in the states in which it operates, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
The following table shows the amount of commissions paid with respect to Fund UL in the years indicated.
Underwriting Commissions
Year   Underwriting Commissions Paid
to Brighthouse Securities by the Company
  Amount of Underwriting
Commissions Retained by
Brighthouse Securities
2020

  $1,629,114   $0
2019

  $1,591,638   $0
2018

  $1,682,607   $0
The Policies are no longer offered for sale. Brighthouse Securities entered into selling agreements with broker-dealers who are registered with the SEC and are members of FINRA, and with entities that may have offered the Policies but are exempt from registration. Applications for the Policies were solicited by registered representatives who are associated persons of such broker-dealer firms. Such representatives act as appointed agents of the Company under applicable state insurance law and must be licensed to sell variable life insurance products.
Compensation. Broker-dealers who have selling agreements with Brighthouse Securities are paid compensation for the promotion and sale of the Policies. Financial representatives who solicit sales of the Policies typically receive a portion of the compensation payable to the broker-dealer firm. The amount the financial representative receives depends on
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the agreement between the firm and the financial representative. This agreement may also provide for the payment of other types of cash and on-cash compensation and other benefits. Compensation paid on the Policies, as well as other incentives or payments, are not assessed as an additional direct charge to Policy owners or the Separate Account. We intend to recoup commissions and other sales expenses through fees and charges imposed under the Policies and from profits on payments received by the Company and Brighthouse Securities from the Funds.
The Company and Brighthouse Securities have also entered into preferred distribution arrangements with certain broker-dealer firms. These arrangements are sometimes called “shelf space” arrangements. Under these arrangements, the Company and Brighthouse Securities pay separate, additional compensation to the broker-dealer firms for services the broker-dealer firms provide in connection with the distribution of the Company’s products. These services may include providing the Company with access to the distribution network of the broker-dealer firms, the hiring and training of the broker-dealer firms’ sales personnel, the sponsoring of conferences and seminars by the broker-dealer firms, or general marketing services performed by the broker-dealer firms. The broker-dealer firms may also provide other services or incur other costs in connection with distributing the Company’s products.
VALUATION OF ASSETS
Investment Options: The value of the assets of each Investment Option is determined at 4:00 p.m. eastern time on each business day, unless we need to close earlier due to an emergency. A business day is any day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Each security traded on a national securities exchange is valued at the last reported sale price on the business day. If there has been no sale on that day, then the value of the security is taken to be the mean between the reported bid and asked prices on the business day or on the basis of quotations received from a reputable broker or any other recognized source.
Any security not traded on a securities exchange but traded in the over-the-counter-market and for which market quotations are readily available is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices on the business day or on the basis of quotations received from a reputable broker or any other recognized source.
Securities traded on the over-the-counter-market and listed securities with no reported sales are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices or on the basis of quotations received from a reputable broker or other recognized source.
Short-term investments for which a quoted market price is available are valued at market. Short-term investments maturing in more than sixty days for which there is no reliable quoted market price are valued by “marking to market” (computing a market value based upon quotations from dealers or issuers for securities of a similar type, quality and maturity.) “Marking to market” takes into account unrealized appreciation or depreciation due to changes in interest rates or other factors which would influence the current fair values of such securities. Short-term investments maturing in sixty days or less for which there is no reliable quoted market price are valued at amortized cost which approximates market.
The Cash Value: The value of an Accumulation Unit on any business day is determined by multiplying the value on the preceding business day by the net investment factor for the valuation period just ended. The net investment factor is used to measure the investment performance of an Investment Option from one valuation period to the next. The net investment factor for an Investment Option for any valuation period is equal to the sum of 1.000000 plus the net investment rate (the gross investment rate less any applicable Investment Option deductions during the valuation period relating to the mortality and expense risk charge and the administrative expense charge). The gross investment rate of an Investment Option is equal to (a) minus (b), divided by (c) where:
(a) = investment income plus capital gains and losses (whether realized or unrealized);
(b) = any deduction for applicable taxes (presently zero); and
(c) = the value of the assets of the Investment Option at the beginning of the valuation period.
The gross investment rate may be either positive or negative. An Investment Option’s investment income includes any distribution whose ex-dividend date occurs during the valuation period.
Accumulation Unit Value. The value of the accumulation unit for each Investment Option was initially established at $1.00. The value of an accumulation unit on any business day is determined by multiplying the value on the preceding business day by the net investment factor for the valuation period just ended. The net investment factor is calculated
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for each Investment Option and takes into account the investment performance, expenses and the deduction of certain expenses.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT POLICY CHARGES
Special Purchase Plans. We reserve the right to waive all or a part of any fee we charge under the Policy (excluding Fund expenses). Factors we consider include one or more of the following: size and type of group to whom the Policy is issued; amount of expected premiums; relationship with us or an affiliated company, receiving distributions or making transfers from other policies we or one of our affiliates issue; type and frequency of administrative and sales service provided; or any other factor we determine relevant. Any fee modification will not discriminate unfairly against protected classes of individuals and will be done according to our rules in effect at the time the Policy is issued.
Underwriting Procedures. The Policy’s cost of insurance depends on the insured’s sex, issue age, risk class and length of time the Policy has been in force. The rates will vary depending on tobacco use and other risk factors. Guaranteed cost of insurance rates are based on the Insured’s attained age and are equal to the 1980 Insurance Commissioners Standard Ordinary Male and Female Mortality Tables. The maximum rates for the tables-rated substandard insureds are based on a multiple (shown in the schedule pages of the Policy) of the above rates. We may add flat extra ratings to reflect higher mortality risk. Any change in the cost of insurance rates will apply to all insureds of the same age, gender, risk class and whose Policies have been in effect for the same length of time.
The cost of insurance rates, Policy charges, and payment options for Policies issued in Montana, and perhaps other states are issued on a gender-neutral (unisex) basis. The unisex rates will be higher than those applicable to females and lower than those applicable to males.
Increases and Decreases in Stated Amount. For certain Policies, after the first Policy Year, you may request in writing to change the Stated Amount. When your Stated Amount changes, your Policy charges and possibly your Death Benefit will also change. If you increase or decrease your Stated Amount your Policy may become a modified endowment contract (MEC) under federal tax law (please see the Federal Income Taxes section of the Prospectus for more information and consult your tax adviser for information on the impact a modified endowment contract may affect you).
Under some circumstances you will need to provide evidence that the insured(s) is still insurable. Any change in Stated Amount will be effective on either the next or prior Monthly Deduction Date after the change has been approved by us.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The financial statements comprising each of the Investment Options of Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance, incorporated by reference in this Statement of Additional Information, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements, and related financial statement schedules, of Brighthouse Life Insurance Company, incorporated by reference in this Statement of Additional Information, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and financial statement schedules have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The principal business address of Deloitte & Touche LLP is 650 South Tryon Street, Suite 1800, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-3512.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The financial statements of the Company only bear on the Company’s ability to meet its obligations under the Policies and should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the Separate Account.
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Part C
Other Information
Item 26. Exhibits
  
  
(b) Not Applicable.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 


  
(i) Administrative Contracts. Not applicable.
  
(j) None
  
  
  
  
  
(o) Omitted Financial Statement. Not applicable.
  
(p) Initial Capital Agreements. Not applicable.
  
  
Item 27. Directors and Officers of the Depositor
Principal Business Address:
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
Name And Principal Business Address   Positions And Offices With Insurance Company
    
Eric Steigerwalt
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
    
Myles Lambert
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Director and Vice President
    
Conor Murphy
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Director and Vice President
    
John Rosenthal
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Director, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
    
Edward Spehar
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Director, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    

 


Michele Abate
One Financial Center, 21st Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Vice President
    
Devon Arendosh
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
    
D. Burt Arrington
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Secretary
    
Kimberly Berwanger
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
David Chamberlin
18205 Crane Nest Drive
Tampa, FL 33647
Vice President
    
Patrisha Cox
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Ruth Damian
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Kumar Das Gupta
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Christine DeBiase
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
    
Andrew DeRosa
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President
    
David Dooley
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President
    
Meghan Doscher
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
Micah Dowling
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Lynn Dumais
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
    

 


Tara Figard
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Gianna Figaro-Sterling
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Kevin Finneran
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Illustration Officer
    
Jason Frain
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Ryan Fuhs
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
James Grady
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President
    
Jeffrey Halperin
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
    
Christopher Hartsfield
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
    
Jeffrey Hughes
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
    
Jacob Jenkelowitz
285 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
    
Roger Kramer, Jr.
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President
    
Donald Leintz
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
John Lima
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Chief Derivatives Officer
    
Philip Melville
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
    

 


Janet Morgan
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Treasurer
    
Gerard Nigro
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Alan Otis
One Financial Center, 21st Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Vice President
    
Melissa Pavlovich
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Tax Director
    
Marc Pucci
334 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President
    
Jose Singer-Freeman
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Kristi Slavin
One Financial Center, 21st Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Vice President
    
Roger Andrew Vigar
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Michael Villella
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Illustration Actuary
    
Antoine Walthour
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
Mark Wessel
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
Natalie Wright
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
Item 28. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant
The Registrant is a separate account of Brighthouse Life Insurance Company under Delaware insurance law. Brighthouse Life Insurance Company is an indirect subsidiary of Brighthouse Financial, Inc., a publicly traded company. The following outline indicates those entities that are controlled by Brighthouse Financial, Inc. or under the common control of Brighthouse Financial, Inc. No person is controlled by the Registrant.

 


ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2020
The following is a list of subsidiaries of Brighthouse Financial, Inc. as of December 31, 2020.
That entity which is listed at the left margin (labeled with a capital letter) is a direct subsidiary of Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (DE)
Each entity which is indented under another entity is a subsidiary of that other entity and, therefore, an indirect subsidiary of Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
The voting securities of the subsidiaries listed are 100% owned by their respective parent corporations. The jurisdiction of domicile of each subsidiary listed is set forth in the parenthetical following such subsidiary. All of the entities listed below are included in the consolidated financial statements of Brighthouse Financial, Inc. Each of the entities listed under Section 2 are included in the consolidated financial statements of BLIC. Both Brighthouse Financial, Inc. and BLIC file consolidated financial statements with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
A. Brighthouse Holdings, LLC (DE)
  1. New England Life Insurance Company (MA)
  2. Brighthouse Life Insurance Company (DE)
    a.   Brighthouse Reinsurance Company of Delaware (DE)
    b.   Brighthouse Life Insurance Company of NY (NY)
    c.   Brighthouse Connecticut Properties Ventures, LLC (DE)
    d.   Brighthouse Renewables Holdings, LLC (DE)
      (i.) Greater Sandhill I, LLC (DE)
    e.   Daniel/Brighthouse Midtown Atlanta Master Limited Liability Company (DE)
      (i.) 1075 Peachtree LLC (DE)
    f.   Brighthouse Assignment Company (CT)
    g.   ML 1065 Hotel, LLC (DE)
    h.   TIC European Real Estate LP, LLC (DE)
    i.   Euro TL Investments LLC (DE)
    j.   TLA Holdings LLC (DE)
      (i.) The Prospect Company (DE)
    k.   Euro TI Investments LLC (DE)
    l.   TLA Holdings II LLC (DE)
  3. Brighthouse Securities, LLC (DE)
  4. Brighthouse Services, LLC (DE)
  5. Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC (DE)
Item 29. Indemnification
Pursuant to applicable provisions of Brighthouse Life Insurance Company’s by-laws or internal corporate policies adopted by Brighthouse Life Insurance Company or Brighthouse Financial, Inc., its ultimate parent, the directors, officers and other controlling persons of Brighthouse Life Insurance Company and of Brighthouse Life Insurance Company’s affiliate and the underwriter, Brighthouse Securities, LLC, who are made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, may be eligible to obtain indemnification against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement

 


and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred as a result of such action or proceeding. Under the principal underwriting agreement between Brighthouse Life Insurance Company and Brighthouse Securities, LLC the parties have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities and expenses from legal proceedings arising out of Brighthouse Securities LLC’s distribution of the Policies.
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. also maintains directors and officers and professional liability insurance policies under which the Registrant, the Depositor and the Underwriter, as well as certain other Brighthouse subsidiaries, are covered. Brighthouse Financial, Inc. also has secured a financial institutions bond.
Rule 484 Undertaking
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person or the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 30. Principal Underwriter
(a) Brighthouse Securities, LLC serves as principal underwriter and distributor for the following investment Companies (including the Registrant):
Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance
Brighthouse Fund UL III for Variable Life Insurance
Brighthouse Funds Trust I
Brighthouse Funds Trust II
Brighthouse Separate Account A
Brighthouse Separate Account Eleven for Variable Annuities
Brighthouse Separate Account QPN for Variable Annuities
Brighthouse Variable Annuity Account B
Brighthouse Variable Annuity Account C
Brighthouse Variable Life Account A
Brighthouse Variable Life Account One
New England Variable Annuity Separate Account
New England Variable Life Separate Account
(b) Brighthouse Securities, LLC is the principal underwriter for the Policies. The following persons are the officers and directors of Brighthouse Securities, LLC. The principal business address for Brighthouse Securities, LLC is 11225 North Community House Road, Charlotte, NC 28277.
    
Name and Principal Business Office   Positions and Offices with Underwriter
    
Myles Lambert
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Manager, President and Chief Executive Officer
    
Philip Beaulieu
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Manager and Vice President
    
Melissa Cox
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Manager and Vice President
    

 


Michael Davis
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Manager and Vice President
    
Gerard Nigro
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Manager and Vice President
    
D. Burt Arrington
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Secretary
    
Jeffrey Halperin
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer  
    
Christopher Hartsfield
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Jacob Jenkelowitz
285 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
    
John John Martinez
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Principal Financial Officer
    
Donald Leintz
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
John Lima
334 Madison Avenue Floor 3
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President and Chief Derivatives Officer
    
Janet Morgan
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Treasurer
Melissa Pavlovich
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President and Tax Director
    
Jose Singer-Freeman
11225 North Community House Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Vice President
    
James Wiviott
334 Madison Avenue Floor 3
Morristown, NJ 07960
Vice President
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(c) Brighthouse Securities, LLC, as the principal underwriter and distributor, did not receive any fees on the Policies. The Company paid compensation directly to broker-dealers who had selling agreements with Brighthouse Securities, LLC.
   

 


(1)
Name Of Principal
Underwriter
  (2)
Net
Underwriting
Discounts And
Commissions
  (3)
Compensation On
Events
Occasioning
The Deduction
Of A
Deferred Sales
Load
  (4)
Brokerage
Commissions
  (5)
Other
Compensation
Brighthouse Securities, LLC

  $1,629,114   $0   $0   $0
Item 31. Location of Accounts and Records
Omitted.
Item 32. Management Services
Not Applicable.
Item 33. Fee Representation
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Policy described in this Registration Statement, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Brighthouse Life Insurance Company.


Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, and State of North Carolina, on the 1st day of April, 2021.
Brighthouse Fund UL for Variable Life Insurance
(Registrant)
    
By: Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
By: /s/ Donald A. Leintz
  Donald A. Leintz
Vice President
    
By: Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Donald A. Leintz
  Donald A. Leintz
Vice President

 


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 1, 2021.
/s/ Eric Steigerwalt*

Eric Steigerwalt
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director
/s/ Myles Lambert*

Myles Lambert
Director and Vice President
/s/ Conor Murphy*

Conor Murphy
Director and Vice President
/s/ Jonathan Rosenthal*

Jonathan Rosenthal
Director, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
/s/ Edward A. Spehar*

Edward A. Spehar
Director, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Lynn A. Dumais*

Lynn A. Dumais
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
    
By: /s/ Michele H. Abate
  Michele H. Abate
Attorney-in-Fact,
April 1, 2021
* Brighthouse Life Insurance Company. Executed by Michele H. Abate, Esquire on behalf of those indicated pursuant to powers of attorney filed herewith.

 


Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Letter
Description
(h)10(c) Amendment Nos. 3 and 4 to The Merger Fund VL Participation Agreement
(n) Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
(r) Powers of Attorney