AMENDMENT NO. 21 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 21
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 21, dated as of July 31, 2023 (“Amendment No. 21”), to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2012, as amended (“Agreement”), by and among EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”), Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC and Equitable Distributors, LLC (collectively, the “Parties”).
The Parties wish to amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1. | Name Change. Effective July 31, 2023, the name of the EQ/▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Growth Stock Portfolio is changed to EQ/JPMorgan Growth Stock Portfolio. |
| 2. | Schedule B. Schedule B to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust 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. 21 as of the date first above set forth.
| EQ ADVISORS TRUST | EQUITABLE FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | |||||||||
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| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | ||||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Title: Signatory Officer | ||||||||
| EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC | EQUITABLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC | |||||||||
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| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ | Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ | ||||||||
| Title: | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Title: President and Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||
SCHEDULE B
AMENDMENT NO. 21
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
| 1290 VT Convertible Securities Portfolio | EQ/Invesco Global Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT DoubleLine Opportunistic Bond Portfolio | EQ/Invesco Global Real Assets Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio | EQ/Invesco Moderate Allocation Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions Portfolio | EQ/Invesco Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio | EQ/Janus Enterprise Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT High Yield Bond Portfolio | EQ/JPMorgan Growth Allocation Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio 1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio |
EQ/JPMorgan Growth Stock Portfolio (formerly, EQ/▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Growth Stock Portfolio) | |
| 1290 VT Multi-Alternative Strategies Portfolio | EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT Natural Resources Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT Real Estate Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT Small Cap Value Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT SmartBeta Equity ESG Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio | |
| 1290 VT Socially Responsible Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| ATM International Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio | |
| ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Long-Term Bond Portfolio | |
| ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth Portfolio | |
| ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value Portfolio | |
| EQ/400 Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/500 Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/MFS Technology Portfolio | |
| EQ/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth Portfolio | EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio | |
| EQ/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio | EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio | |
| EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio | EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio | EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio | |
| EQ/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio | EQ/Money Market Portfolio | |
| EQ/AB Sustainable U.S. Thematic Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Small Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Aggressive Growth Strategy Portfolio | EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio | |
| EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation Portfolio | EQ/PIMCO Real Return Portfolio | |
| EQ/American Century Mid Cap Value Portfolio | EQ/PIMCO Total Return ESG Portfolio | |
| EQ/American Century Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio | EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio | |
| EQ/Balanced Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Group Research Portfolio | EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio | |
| EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG Portfolio | EQ/▇. ▇▇▇▇ Price Health Sciences Portfolio | |
| EQ/ClearBridge Select Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio | |
| EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio | EQ/Value Equity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Wellington Energy Portfolio | |
| EQ/Conservative Strategy Portfolio | Equitable Conservative Growth MF/ETF Portfolio | |
| EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio | Equitable Growth MF/ETF Portfolio | |
| EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio | Equitable Moderate Growth MF/ETF Portfolio | |
| EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio | Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Fidelity Institutional AM® Large Cap | Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio | |
| EQ/Franklin Moderate Allocation Portfolio | Multimanager Technology Portfolio | |
| EQ/Franklin Rising Dividends Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio | ||
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Growth Allocation Portfolio | ||
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Value Portfolio | ||
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Growth Strategy Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Intermediate Corporate Bond Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio | ||
| EQ/International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio | ||
| EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio | ||
| EQ/International Managed Volatility Portfolio | ||
| EQ/International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Invesco ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Portfolio |