---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001685040-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHF"
cik: "0001685040"
company_name: "Brighthouse Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-03T20:14:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T20:43:25.016593+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brighthouse Financial annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with votes for ranging from 37.5M to 37.7M; broker non-votes 5.5M.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for FY2026: 43.1M for, 0.15M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 37.1M for, 0.5M against, 0.2M abstentions.
- No other proposals or material events reported at the June 2, 2026 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001685040-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHF
- cik: 0001685040
- company_name: Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T20:14:24+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000022/0001685040-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000022/bhf-20260603.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026 at the 2026-06-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-02
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000022/0001685040-26-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2026-06-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-02
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved an advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (the “Say-on-Pay” vote).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000022/0001685040-26-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Brighthouse Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees to serve one-year term at the 2026-06-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-02
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the nine director nominees named in the 2026 Proxy Statement to serve a one-year term ending at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1685040/000168504026000022/0001685040-26-000022-index.htm

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