Post-Effective Amendment to Post-Effective Amendment by Investment Company (Form 485BXT)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2022

File Nos. 333-200239
811-03365

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. 12	☒
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 745	☒

(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)

Brighthouse Separate Account A

(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) (Zip Code)

Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code
(980) 365-7100

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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

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 February 27, 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. 9 ("Amendment No. 9") to Registration Statement File No. 333-200239 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. 9 and are incorporated by reference herein.

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 24th day of January, 2022.

	BRIGHTHOUSE SEPARATE ACCOUNT A (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 January 24, 2022.

/s/ Eric Steigerwalt*	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director
Eric Steigerwalt
/s/ Myles Lambert*	Director and Vice President
Myles Lambert
/s/ Conor Murphy*	Director and Vice President
Conor Murphy
/s/ Jonathan Rosenthal*	Director, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Jonathan Rosenthal
/s/ Edward A. Spehar*	Director, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Edward A. Spehar
/s/ Kristine Toscano*	Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Kristine Toscano
/s/ Gianna H. Figaro-Sterling*	Vice President and Controller
Gianna H. Figaro-Sterling

	*By:	/s/ Michele H. Abate
		Michele H. Abate, Attorney-In-Fact January 24, 2022

*

Brighthouse Life Insurance Company. Executed by Michele H. Abate, Esquire on behalf of those indicated pursuant to powers of attorney incorporated herein by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 filed as Exhibit (p) on October 7, 2021 (File Nos. 333-200239/811-03365).