AMENDMENT NO. 4 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

Exhibit (d)(6)(ix)

AMENDMENT NO. 4

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 4, effective April 30, 2010 (“Amendment No. 4”), to the Second Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2006, as amended (“Agreement”) between AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation (“AXA Equitable” or “Manager”), and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Management Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Adviser”).

AXA Equitable and Adviser agree to modify the Agreement as follows:

1. Name Change. The name of the EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Growth Portfolio is changed to EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Growth Portfolio.

2. Existing Portfolios. The Manager hereby reaffirms its appointment of the Adviser as the investment adviser to the EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Portfolio and an allocated portion of the EQ/Global Multi-Sector Equity Portfolio.

3. Appendix A. Appendix A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which the Adviser is appointed as the investment adviser and the fees payable to the Adviser with respect to each Portfolio is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix A attached hereto.

4. Ratification. Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 4 as of the date first above set forth.

 

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY						▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.
By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ Title: Senior Vice President				By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Title: Managing Director

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APPENDIX A

AMENDMENT NO. 4

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

The Manager shall pay the Adviser monthly compensation computed daily at an annual rate equal to the following:

 

Portfolios		Annual Advisory Fee Rate
EQ/Global Multi-Sector Equity Portfolio*		1.00% of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets up to and including $100 million; 0.80% of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets over $100 million and up to and including $400 million; 0.60% of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets over $400 million and up to and including $500 million; and 0.40% of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets in excess of $500 million.
EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Growth Portfolio		0.45% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to and including $250 million; 0.40% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets over $250 million and up to and including $500 million; 0.35% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets over $500 million and up to and including $1 billion; and 0.30% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion.
EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Portfolio		0.45% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to and including $250 million; 0.40% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets over $250 million and up to and including $500 million; 0.35% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets over $500 million and up to and including $1 billion; and 0.30% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion.

 

*	This Portfolio has been designated a “multi-adviser portfolio” and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Management, Inc. receives a fee based on a discrete portion of the Portfolio’s assets that have been allocated to it by the Manager (“▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Allocated Portion”).