AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT (MFS Total Return Portfolio)

Exhibit (d)(b)(18)(i)

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO THE

SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

(MFS Total Return Portfolio)

This Amendment No. 1 to the Subadvisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated August 4, 2017, by and between Massachusetts Financial Services Company (the “Subadviser”) and Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Manager”), with respect to the MFS® Total Return Portfolio, a series of Brighthouse Funds Trust II (the “Trust”), shall be effective January 1, 2021.

WHEREAS the Agreement provides for the Subadviser to provide certain investment advisory services to the Manager, for which the Subadviser is to receive agreed upon fees; and

WHEREAS the Manager and the Subadviser desire to make certain changes to the Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the Manager and the Subadviser hereby agree that the Agreement is amended as follows:

1. CHANGE TO COMPENSATION OF SUBADVISER

Pursuant to paragraph 11 of the Agreement, the compensation of the Subadviser referenced in Paragraph 7, which contains the schedule of fees, is hereby amended as follows :

Compensation of the Sub-Adviser. As full compensation for all services rendered, facilities furnished and expenses borne by the Sub-Adviser hereunder, the Manager shall pay the Sub-Adviser compensation at the annual rate of 0.35% of the first $200 million of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio, 0.28% of the next $300 million of such assets, 0.25% of the next $500 million of such assets and 0.225% of such assets in excess of $1 billion. Such compensation shall be payable monthly in arrears or at such other intervals, not less frequently than quarterly, as the Manager is paid by the Portfolio pursuant to the Advisory Agreement. If the Sub-Adviser shall serve for less than the whole of any month, the foregoing compensation shall be prorated. The Manager may from time to time waive the compensation it is entitled to receive from the Fund, however, any such waiver will have no effect on the Manager’s obligation to pay the Sub-Adviser the compensation provided for herein.

2. SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

In all other respects, the Agreement is confirmed and remains in full force and effect.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Amendment shall be effective as of January 1, 2021.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of January 1, 2021.

BRIGHTHOUSE INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC						MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Xxxxxx Xxxxxx						Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Executive Vice President						President