As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2021

Registration Statement Nos. 333-101778

811-21262

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form N-4

 

Registration Statement Under The Securities Act Of 1933  
Pre-Effective Amendment No.  
Post-Effective Amendment No. 35  
And  
Registration Statement Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940  
Amendment No. 242  

(Check Appropriate box or boxes.)

Brighthouse Separate Account Eleven for Variable Annuities

(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)

Copies to:

Dodie C. Kent

Ronald Coenen, Jr.

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Grace Building, 40th Floor

1114 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-7703

 

 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: On [ ], 2022 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) of Rule 485.

on January 2, 2022 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.


on (date) 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.

 

 

 

 

This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed pursuant to rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the sole purpose of delaying the effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 (“Amendment No. 34”) to Registration Statement File No. 333-101778 filed pursuant to rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on October 7, 2021. Parts A, B and C were filed in Amendment No. 34 and are incorporated by reference herein.

This registration statement incorporates by reference the two prospectuses dated May 1, 2010 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity (the “Prospectuses”) filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 20/Amendment No. 117 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 6, 2010.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated May 1, 2011 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21/Amendment No. 131 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 5, 2011.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated April 30, 2012 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 22/Amendment No. 143 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 4, 2012.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated April 29, 2013 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 23/Amendment No. 152 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 3, 2013.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated April 28, 2014 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 24/Amendment No. 160 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 4, 2014.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated May 1, 2015 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 25/Amendment No. 171 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 8, 2015.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated May 1, 2016 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 26/Amendment No. 183 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 6, 2016.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated May 1, 2017 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 27/Amendment No. 193 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 5, 2017.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated April 30, 2018 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29/Amendment No. 209 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 25, 2018.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated April 29, 2019 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 30/Amendment No. 215 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 3, 2019.


This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated May 1, 2020 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 32/Amendment No. 225 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 3, 2020.

This registration statement also incorporates by reference the two Supplements dated April 30, 2021 for the Portfolio Architect Plus Annuity and the Scudder Advocates Reward Annuity to the Prospectuses filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 33/Amendment No. 234 to the registration statement on Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262) filed on April 7, 2021.


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 the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under 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 29th day of November, 2021.

BRIGHTHOUSE SEPARATE ACCOUNT ELEVEN FOR VARIABLE ANNUITIES

(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 requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 29, 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/ Kristine Toscano*

Kristine Toscano

   Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

/s/ Gianna H. Figaro-Sterling*

Gianna H. Figaro-Sterling

   Vice President and Controller

 

*By:   /s/ Michele H. Abate
  Michele H. Abate, Attorney-in-Fact,
November 29, 2021

 

*      Brighthouse Life Insurance Company. Executed by Michele H. Abate, Esquire on behalf of those indicated pursuant to powers of attorney incorporated by reference herein to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 filed as Exhibit (p) on October 7, 2021 (File Nos. 333-101778/811-21262).