----------------------------- Certificate of Accounting of Securities and OMB Number: 3235-0360 Similar Investments in the Custody Expires: Dec 31, 2026 of Management Investment Companies Estimate average burden hours per response . . . . . 2.00 Pursuant to Rule 17f-2 [17 CFR 270.17f-2] ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Investment Company Act File Number: Date examination completed: 811-10183 May 31, 2026 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. State Identification Number: AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC X ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY PUERTO RICO Other (specify): ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement: Brighthouse Funds Trust I ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Address of principal executive office (number,street,city,state,zip code): 11225 North Community House Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28277 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT To the Board of Trustees of Brighthouse Funds Trust I: We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management's Assertion Regarding the Portfolios' Compliance with Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, that State Street Moderately Aggressive ETF Portfolio (formerly, SSGA Growth ETF Portfolio), State Street Moderate ETF Portfolio (formerly, SSGA Growth & Income ETF Portfolio), State Street Emerging Markets Enhanced Index Portfolio (formerly, SSGA Emerging Markets Enhanced Index Portfolio) (the "State Street Portfolios"), JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio, JPMorgan Small Cap Value Portfolio, and JPMorgan Global Active Allocation Portfolio (the "JPM Portfolios") (collectively the "Portfolios"), of Brighthouse Funds Trust I (the "Trust"), complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "specified requirements") as of May 31, 2026. The Portfolios' management is responsible for its assertion. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Portfolios' compliance with the specified requirements based on our examination. Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether management's assertion about compliance with the specified requirements is fairly stated, in all material respects. An examination involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about whether management's assertion is fairly stated, in all material respects. The nature, timing, and extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgment, including an assessment of the risks of material misstatement of management's assertion, whether due to fraud or error. We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. We are required to be independent of the Portfolios and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with relevant ethical requirements relating to the engagement. Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of May 31, 2026 (the examination date we selected without prior notice to management), and with respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period from December 31, 2025 (the date of our last examination) through May 31, 2026: 1. Confirmation of all securities held by institutions in book-entry form with the Depository Trust Company and various other sub-custodians in the case of foreign securities held on behalf of certain of the Portfolios. 2. Confirmation of all securities hypothecated, pledged, placed in escrow, or out for transfer with brokers, pledgees, and/or transfer agents. 3. Reconciliation of all such securities to the books and records of the Portfolios and State Street Bank & Trust Company for the State Street Portfolios and J.P. Morgan as a sub-accountant for the JPM Portfolios. 4. Agreement of 9 security purchases and 9 security sales or maturities from the books and records of the State Street Portfolios and agreement of 1 security purchase and 3 security sales or maturities from the books and records of the JPM Portfolios, since our last report, as applicable, to bank statements provided by SSB for State Street Portfolios and cash reports provided by JPM for JPM Portfolios. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Portfolios' compliance with specified requirements. In our opinion, management's assertion that the Portfolios complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of May 31, 2026, with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of each of the Portfolios is fairly stated, in all material respects. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Boston, Massachusetts September 11, 2026 Management's Assertion Regarding the Portfolios' Compliance with Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. We, as members of management of State Street Moderately Aggressive ETF Portfolio (formerly, SSGA Growth ETF Portfolio), State Street Moderate ETF Portfolio (formerly, SSGA Growth & Income ETF Portfolio), State Street Emerging Markets Enhanced Index Portfolio (formerly, SSGA Emerging Markets Enhanced Index Portfolio), JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio, JPMorgan Small Cap Value Portfolio, and JPMorgan Global Active Allocation Portfolio (the "Portfolios"), of Brighthouse Funds Trust I, are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, "Custody of Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies," of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Portfolios' compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of May 31, 2026, and from December 31, 2025 through May 31, 2026. Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Portfolios were in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of May 31, 2026, and from December 31, 2025 through May 31, 2026, with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Portfolios. ON BEHALF OF: Brighthouse Funds Trust I /s/ Kristi Slavin Kristi Slavin President /s/ Alan R. Otis Alan R. Otis Treasurer