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Brighthouse Funds Trust II Schedule of Investments June 30, 2021 Brighthouse Funds Trust II Table of Contents Schedule of Investments as of June 30, 2021 Baillie Gifford International Stock Portfolio ....................................................... BHFTII-1 BlackRock Bond Income Portfolio .............................................................. BHFTII-5 BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-56 BlackRock Ultra-Short Term Bond Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-60 Brighthouse/Artisan Mid Cap Value Portfolio ..................................................... BHFTII-63 Brighthouse/Dimensional International Small Company Portfolio ........................................ BHFTII-67 Brighthouse/Wellington Balanced Portfolio ....................................................... BHFTII-104 Brighthouse/Wellington Core Equity Opportunities Portfolio ........................................... BHFTII-134 Brighthouse Asset Allocation 20 Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-137 Brighthouse Asset Allocation 40 Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-138 Brighthouse Asset Allocation 60 Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-139 Brighthouse Asset Allocation 80 Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-140 Frontier Mid Cap Growth Portfolio ............................................................. BHFTII-141 Jennison Growth Portfolio ................................................................... BHFTII-145 Loomis Sayles Small Cap Core Portfolio ......................................................... BHFTII-149 Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Portfolio ....................................................... BHFTII-156 MetLife Aggregate Bond Index Portfolio ......................................................... BHFTII-160 MetLife Mid Cap Stock index Portfolio .......................................................... BHFTII-179 MetLife MSCI EAFE® Index Portfolio ............................................................ BHFTII-187 MetLife Russell 2000® Index Portfolio ........................................................... BHFTII-199 MetLife Stock Index Portfolio ................................................................. BHFTII-220 MFS® Total Return Portfolio .................................................................. BHFTII-230 MFS® Value Portfolio ...................................................................... BHFTII-244 Neuberger Berman Genesis Portfolio ........................................................... BHFTII-248 T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-251 T. Rowe Price Small Cap Growth Portfolio ........................................................ BHFTII-258 Van Eck Global Natural Resources Portfolio ...................................................... BHFTII-265 Western Asset Management Strategic Bond Opportunities Portfolio ...................................... BHFTII-269 Western Asset Management U.S. Government Portfolio .............................................. BHFTII-295 Not all Portfolios are available under every product. Refer to your prospectus for information on the Portfolios that are available. MSCI sponsors the MSCI EAFE® Index, Bloomberg Barclays sponsors the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Standard & Poor’s sponsors the S&P 500® Index and the S&P 400 MidCap Index, and FTSE Russell sponsors the Russell 2000® Index (together referred to as the “index sponsors”). Direct investment in the indexes is not possible. The index sponsors do not sponsor, endorse, sell or promote any of the Brighthouse Funds Trust II (the “Fund’s”) Portfolios (the “Portfolios”) or make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Portfolios. The index sponsors have no responsibility for and do not participate in the management of the Portfolio assets or sale of the Portfolio shares. Each index and its associated service marks are the exclusive property of the respective index sponsors, and references thereto have been made with permission. The Brighthouse Funds Trust II Statement of Additional Information contains a more detailed description of the limited relationship the index sponsors have with the Fund. Brighthouse Funds Trust II Baillie Gifford International Stock Portfolio Schedule of Investments as of June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) Common Stocks—98.5% of Net Assets Security Description Shares Value Security Description Shares Value Argentina—4.2% Hong Kong—3.5% MercadoLibre, Inc. (a) ............................ 56,237 $ 87,605,436 AIA Group, Ltd. ................................. 3,617,600 $ 44,961,993 Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd. .................. 447,900 26,697,593 Australia—2.3% 71,659,586 Cochlear, Ltd. .................................. 105,108 19,845,081 CSL, Ltd. ..................................... 132,639 28,375,154 India—2.6% 48,220,235 Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd. ................ 1,197,911 40,006,653 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co., Ltd. ............... 628,585 13,246,985 Belgium—0.9% 53,253,638 Umicore S.A. ................................... 286,132 17,491,636 Ireland—5.3% Brazil—0.8% CRHplc...................................... 718,859 36,429,487 Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (ADR) ..................... 2,774,349 16,673,838 Kingspan Group plc .............................. 350,591 33,116,580 Ryanair Holdings plc (ADR) (a) ....................... 375,612 40,644,974 Canada—2.2% Constellation Software, Inc. ......................... 11,264 17,059,653 110,191,041 Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc. ........................ 250,649 14,858,473 Topicus.com, Inc. (a) .............................. 195,377 14,193,045 Italy—0.9% FinecoBank Banca Fineco S.p.A. (a) .................... 1,109,579 19,389,323 46,111,171 Japan—12.7% China—10.9% Denso Corp. ................................... 382,900 26,109,241 Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. (a) ...................... 1,695,072 48,026,140 FANUC Corp. ................................... 94,200 22,706,941 Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co., Ltd. - Class H ........... 7,400 173,461 Japan Exchange Group, Inc. ......................... 978,400 21,747,091 KE Holdings, Inc. (ADR) (a) ......................... 229,957 10,964,350 Nidec Corp. .................................... 305,100 35,336,773 Meituan - Class B (a) ............................. 766,600 31,661,784 Nintendo Co., Ltd. ............................... 34,800 20,248,032 Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co., Ltd. (a) (b) ......... 1,455,300 18,125,706 Shimano, Inc. .................................. 119,000 28,217,689 Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China, Ltd. - Class H ......... 2,961,500 28,912,941 Shiseido Co., Ltd. (b) ............................. 340,900 25,066,963 Prosus NV (a) .................................. 169,475 16,582,388 SMC Corp. .................................... 56,100 33,136,043 Tencent Holdings, Ltd. ............................. 661,900 49,787,547 Sony Group Corp. ............................... 271,300 26,330,500 Tencent Music Entertainment Group (ADR) (a) ............. 1,347,646 20,861,560 Toyota Tsusho Corp. .............................. 498,100 23,496,033 Zai Lab, Ltd. (ADR) (a) ............................ 10,123 1,791,670 262,395,306 226,887,547 Netherlands—5.5% Denmark—3.9% Adyen NV (a) .................................. 5,775 14,113,651 Chr Hansen Holding A/S ........................... 133,672 12,065,995 ASML Holding NV ................................ 52,508 36,151,832 DSV Panalpina A/S .............................. 150,441 35,076,155 Heineken Holding NV ............................. 201,191 20,268,964 Novozymes A/S - B Shares ......................... 432,651 32,651,102 IMCD NV ..................................... 211,556 33,660,891 79,793,252 Just Eat Takeaway (a) ............................ 114,249 10,581,357 114,776,695 Finland—1.5% Kone Oyj - Class B ............................... 380,456 31,040,493 Panama—0.6% Copa Holdings S.A. - Class A (a) ...................... 171,410 12,912,315 France—3.5% Danone S.A. ................................... 318,000 22,396,073 Peru—0.6% Dassault Systemes SE ............................. 94,192 22,850,967 Credicorp, Ltd. (a) ............................... 99,457 12,045,237 Edenred (b) ................................... 471,369 26,866,324 72,113,364 Russia—1.1% Magnit PJSC (GDR) .............................. 645,319 9,365,069 Germany—7.1% MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (ADR) ...................... 395,174 13,470,916 Deutsche Boerse AG .............................. 231,146 40,346,839 22,835,985 Rational AG ................................... 26,415 23,977,051 SAPSE....................................... 289,626 40,865,491 South Africa—1.0% Scout24 AG ................................... 509,507 43,007,050 Discovery, Ltd. ................................. 2,423,322 21,427,601 148,196,431 See accompanying notes to financial statements. BHFTII-1 Brighthouse Funds Trust II Baillie Gifford International Stock Portfolio Schedule of Investments as of June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) Common Stocks—(Continued) Short-Term Investment—1.4% Shares/ Principal Security Description Shares Value Security Description Amount* Value South Korea—3.5% Repurchase Agreement—1.4% NAVER Corp. ................................... 56,456 $ 20,934,972 Fixed Income Clearing Corp.
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