EX-99.(H)(4)(XXXI) 14 d108378dex99h4xxxi.htm AMEND NO. 13 DTD 7/16/20 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGRT Amend No. 13 dtd 7/16/20 to the Second Amended and Restated Participation Agrt

Exhibit (h)(4)(xxxi)

AMENDMENT NO. 13

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 13, dated as of July 16, 2020 (“Amendment No. 13”), 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 (formerly, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company), Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC (formerly, AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC) and Equitable Distributors, LLC (formerly AXA Distributors, LLC) (collectively, the “Parties”).

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Agreement to reflect the name change of AXA Distributors, LLC, AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and certain Portfolio names listed in Schedule B (as reflected in Section 2 below).

The Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

 

  1.

All references in the Agreement to AXA Distributors, LLC, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC are hereby deleted and replaced with Equitable Distributors, LLC, Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC, respectively.

 

  2.

Portfolio Name Changes. The name of each Portfolio listed below is changed to the name set forth opposite the current name:

 

Current Portfolio Name    New Portfolio Name
All Asset Growth – Alt 20 Portfolio    EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation Portfolio
AXA 2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA 400 Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/400 Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA 500 Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/500 Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA Aggressive Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Aggressive Growth Strategy Portfolio
AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Balanced Strategy Portfolio
AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio
AXA Conservative Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Conservative Strategy Portfolio
AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Growth Strategy Portfolio
AXA International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA International Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/International Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio
AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio

AXA/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth    EQ/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth
AXA/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio    EQ/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio
AXA/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio    EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio
AXA/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio    EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio
AXA/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio    EQ/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio
AXA/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Portfolio    EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Portfolio
AXA/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio
AXA/Janus Enterprise Portfolio    EQ/Janus Enterprise Portfolio
AXA/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio    EQ/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio
AXA/Morgan Stanley Small Cap Growth Portfolio    EQ/Morgan Stanley Small Cap Growth Portfolio
EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio    EQ/Capital Group Research Portfolio
EQ/Ivy Energy Portfolio    EQ/Wellington Energy Portfolio
EQ/Ivy Mid Cap Growth Portfolio    EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth Portfolio
EQ/MFS International Value Portfolio    EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value Portfolio
EQ/Oppenheimer Global Portfolio    EQ/Invesco Global Portfolio

 

  3.

Removed Portfolios. All references to the AXA/Franklin Templeton Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio, AXA/Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio, AXA/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio, EQ/Ivy Science & Technology Portfolio, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth Portfolio and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio are removed.

 

  4.

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. 13 as of the date first above set forth.

 

EQ ADVISORS TRUST

       EQUITABLE FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY   

By:

  

/s/Brian Walsh

     By:  

/s/ Kenneth Kozlowski

   
  Name: Brian Walsh       Name: Kenneth Kozlowski   
  Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer       Title: Managing Director   
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC       EQUITABLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC   

By:

  

/s/ Nicholas B. Lane

     By:  

/s/ Michal Levy

   
  Name: Nicholas B. Lane       Name: Michal Levy   
 

Title: Chairman of the Board, President

and Chief Executive Officer

      

Title: Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

   

SCHEDULE B

AMENDMENT NO. 13

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

 

1290 VT Convertible Securities Portfolio

1290 VT DoubleLine Dynamic Allocation Portfolio

1290 VT DoubleLine Opportunistic Bond Portfolio

1290 VT Energy Portfolio

1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio

1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions Portfolio

1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio

1290 VT High Yield Bond Portfolio

1290 VT Low Volatility Global Equity Portfolio

1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio

1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio

1290 VT Multi-Alternative Strategies Portfolio

1290 VT Natural Resources Portfolio

1290 VT Real Estate Portfolio

1290 VT Small Cap Value Portfolio

1290 VT SmartBeta Equity Portfolio

1290 VT Socially Responsible Portfolio

ATM International Managed Volatility Portfolio

ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio

ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio

ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/400 Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/500 Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth Portfolio

EQ/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio

EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio

EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio

EQ/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio

EQ/Aggressive Growth Strategy Portfolio

EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/American Century Mid Cap Value Portfolio

EQ/American Century Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/AXA Investment Managers Moderate Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Balanced Strategy Portfolio

EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio

EQ/Capital Group Research Portfolio

EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Portfolio

EQ/ClearBridge Select Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio

EQ/Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio

EQ/Conservative Strategy Portfolio

EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio

EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio

EQ/Fidelity Institutional AM® Large Cap

EQ/First Trust Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Franklin Rising Dividends Portfolio

EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Franklin Strategic Income Portfolio

EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio

EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Goldman Sachs Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Portfolio

EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Growth Strategy 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 Comstock Portfolio

EQ/Invesco Global Portfolio

EQ/Invesco Global Real Estate Portfolio

EQ/Invesco International Growth Portfolio

EQ/Invesco Moderate Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Invesco Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Janus Enterprise Portfolio

EQ/JPMorgan Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio

EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio

EQ/Legg Mason Growth Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Legg Mason Moderate Allocation Portfolio

EQ/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio

EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value Portfolio

EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth Portfolio

EQ/MFS Technology Portfolio

EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio

EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio

EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio

EQ/Money Market Portfolio

EQ/Morgan Stanley Small Cap Growth Portfolio

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio

EQ/PIMCO Real Return Portfolio

EQ/PIMCO Total Return 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/T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Portfolio

EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio

EQ/Wellington Energy Portfolio

Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio

Multimanager Technology Portfolio