EX-99.(D)(6)(IX) 2 dex99d6ix.htm INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGMNT BETWEEN AXA EQUITABLE AND MSIM DTD AS OF AUGUST 1,2006 Investment Advisory Agmnt between AXA Equitable and MSIM dtd as of August 1,2006

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 Morgan Stanley 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/Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Portfolio is changed to EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio.

2. Existing Portfolios. The Manager hereby reaffirms its appointment of the Adviser as the investment adviser to the EQ/Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, EQ/Van Kampen Comstock 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     MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.
By:  

/s/ Steven M. Joenk

Name: Steven M. Joenk

Title: Senior Vice President

    By:  

/s/ Randy Takian

Name: Randy Takian

Title: Managing Director


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 Morgan Stanley Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets up to and including $100 million; 0.80% of the Morgan Stanley Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets over $100 million and up to and including $400 million; 0.60% of the Morgan Stanley Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets over $400 million and up to and including $500 million; and 0.40% of the Morgan Stanley Allocated Portion’s average daily net assets in excess of $500 million.

EQ/Morgan Stanley 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/Van Kampen Comstock 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 Morgan Stanley 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 (“Morgan Stanley Allocated Portion”).