AMENDMENT NO. 15 AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit (h)(4)(xvi)
AMENDMENT NO. 15
AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 15, dated as of June 7, 2011 (“Amendment No. 15”), to the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2002, as amended (“Agreement”), by and among EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”), AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Distributors, LLC and AXA Advisors, LLC (collectively, the “Parties”).
The Parties hereby agree to modify and amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1. | New Portfolio. The Trust hereby includes the AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio in the Agreement from and after the date hereof for all purposes on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement. |
| 2. | Removed Portfolios. The following Portfolios of the Trust are hereby deleted in their entirety from the Agreement: EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio, EQ/Lord ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth and Income Portfolio, AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio-III, AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio-III, AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio-III and AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio-III. |
| 3. | Name Changes. The names of EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio, EQ/BlackRock International Value Portfolio, EQ/International Growth Portfolio, EQ/▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Advantage Omega Growth Portfolio, AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio-I, AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio-I, AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio-I and AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio-I were changed to EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio, EQ/International Value PLUS Portfolio, EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio, EQ/▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio, AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio, AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio, AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio and AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio, respectively. |
| 4. | Schedule B. Schedule B to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust participating on behalf of which the Trust is entering into the Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule B attached hereto. |
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. 15 as of the date first above set forth.
| EQ ADVISORS TRUST | AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | |||||||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |||||
| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |||||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Title Senior Vice President | |||||||
| AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC | AXA ADVISORS, LLC | |||||||
| By: | /s/ /▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ |
By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |||||
| Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ | Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |||||||
| Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | Title: Chairman | |||||||
SCHEDULE B
AMENDMENT NO. 15
AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT