Exhibit (e)(8)(ix)

AMENDMENT NO. 8

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES

AMENDMENT NO. 8 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 8”), dated as of July 11, 2007, 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. Removed Portfolios: The following portfolios of the Trust are hereby deleted in their entirety from the Agreement: EQ/Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Portfolio, EQ/Janus Large Cap Growth Portfolio, EQ/Small Cap Value Portfolio and EQ/Wells Fargo Montgomery Small Cap Portfolio.

2. Name Changes. The names of the EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio, EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio, EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio, EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio are hereby changed to the MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio, MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio, MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio and MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio, respectively.

3. 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. 8 as of the date first above set forth.

EQ ADVISORS TRUST		AXA ADVISORS, LLC
By:	/s/ Steven M. Joenk	By:	/s/ Andrew McMahon
Name:	Steven M. Joenk	Name:	Andrew McMahon
Title:	President and Chief	Title:	Chairman
	Executive Officer

SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENT NO. 8

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

CLASS IB SHARES

EQ/AllianceBernstein Common Stock Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Intermediate Government Securities 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 EQ/AXA Rosenberg 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/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio EQ/Davis 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 Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio EQ/International ETF Portfolio EQ/JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio EQ/Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio EQ/Lord Abbett Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/Lord Abbett Large Cap Core Portfolio EQ/Lord Abbett Mid Cap Value Portfolio EQ/Marsico Focus Portfolio EQ/Money Market Portfolio EQ/Mutual Shares Portfolio EQ/Oppenheimer Global Portfolio EQ/Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Portfolio EQ/Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Portfolio EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio EQ/Templeton Growth Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen Comstock Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen 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)