AMENDMENT NO. 9 AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES
Exhibit (e)(8)(x)
AMENDMENT NO. 9
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES
AMENDMENT NO. 9 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 9”), dated as of January 1, 2008, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and AXA Advisors, LLC (the “Distributor”).
The Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2002, as amended, between the Trust and the Distributor (the “Agreement”), relating to the Class IB shares. Unless defined herein to the contrary, terms shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement.
| 1. | New Portfolios. The Trust and the Distributor have determined to add the new Crossings Conservative Allocation Portfolio, Crossings Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio, Crossings Moderate Allocation Portfolio, Crossings Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio and Crossings Aggressive Allocation Portfolio (the “New Portfolios”) to the Agreement on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement. |
| 2. |
Section 5. The following is added to Section 5 of the Agreement: With respect to the New Portfolios, as compensation to AXA Distributors for services rendered and expenses borne as a distributor hereunder, each New Portfolio shall pay AXA Distributors a monthly fee (payable on or before the fifth (5th ) business day of the following month) at a rate equal to 0.10% per annum of the average daily net assets of the New Portfolio attributable to Class IB shares with respect to which AXA distributors provides services and/or assumes expenses under the Class IB Distribution Plan. |
| 3. | Removed Portfolio. The following portfolio of the Trust is hereby deleted in its entirety from the Agreement: EQ/AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio. |
| 4. | Schedule A. Schedule A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which the Distributor is authorized to distribute Class IB shares is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule A 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 HEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 9 as of the date first above set forth.
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SCHEDULE A
AMENDMENT NO. 9
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
CLASS IB SHARES
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Common Stock Portfolio |
| EQ/Alliance ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Intermediate Government Securities Portfolio |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Quality Bond Portfolio |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio |
| EQ/Ariel Appreciation II Portfolio |
| EQ/AXA ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Value Long/Short Equity Portfolio |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio |
| EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity) |
| EQ/BlackRock International Value Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Mercury International Value) |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Socially Responsible Portfolio |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇ New York Venture Portfolio |
| EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio |
| EQ/Evergreen International Bond Portfolio |
| EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio |
| EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio |
| EQ/Franklin Income Portfolio |
| EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Portfolio |
| EQ/Franklin ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Founding Strategy Portfolio |
| EQ/International ETF Portfolio |
| EQ/JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio |
| EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Value Equity Portfolio |
| EQ/Lord ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth and Income Portfolio |
| EQ/Lord ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Large Cap Core Portfolio |
| EQ/Lord ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Value Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Focus Portfolio |
| EQ/Money Market Portfolio |
| EQ/Mutual Shares Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Main Street Opportunity Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Main Street Small Cap Portfolio |
| EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Growth Portfolio |
| EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Real Estate Portfolio |
| MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio) |
| MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio (formerly, EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio) |
| MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio (EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio) |
| MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio (formerly, EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio) |
| Crossings Conservative Allocation Portfolio |
| Crossings Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio |
| Crossings Moderate Allocation Portfolio |
| Crossings Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio |
| Crossings Aggressive Allocation Portfolio |