EX-99.(E)(8)(IX) 18 d252890dex99e8ix.htm AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Amendment No. 8 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement

Exhibit (e)(8)(ix)

AMENDMENT NO. 8

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC - CLASS IA SHARES

AMENDMENT NO. 8, dated as of May 1, 2017 (“Amendment No. 8”) to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2012 as amended (“Agreement”), between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and AXA Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”).

The Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Agreement relating to the Class IA shares. Unless defined herein to the contrary, terms shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement.

 

  1. Name Changes: The following Portfolio names shall be changed as follows:

 

Current Name

   

New Name

EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income

    1290 VT Equity Income

EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions

    1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions

EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value

    1290VT GAMCO Small Company Value

 

  2. Schedule A. Schedule A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which the Distributor is authorized to distribute Class IA 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 DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Kenneth Kozlowski

     By:  

/s/ Brian Winikoff

Name:   Kenneth Kozlowski    

Name:

   Brian Winikoff
Title:    Senior Vice President and Chief     Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
  Investment Officer       Chief Retirement Savings Officer

SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENT NO. 8

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

CLASS IA SHARES

 

1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio (fka, EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income Portfolio)

1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions Portfolio (fka, EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio)

1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio (fka, EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio)

1290 VT Socially Responsible Portfolio

All Asset Growth – Alt 20 Portfolio

ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio

ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio

ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA 2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA 400 Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA 500 Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio

AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio

AXA Conservative Strategy Portfolio

AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio

AXA International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio

AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio

AXA/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio

AXA/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio

AXA/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio

AXA/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Portfolio

AXA/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA/Janus Enterprise Portfolio

AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio

AXA/Mutual Large Cap Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio

AXA/Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio

EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio

EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio

EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio

EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio

EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio

EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio

EQ/Money Market Portfolio

EQ/Oppenheimer Global Portfolio

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio

EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio

EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio

EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio

Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio

Multimanager Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio

Multimanager Technology Portfolio