EX-99.(D)(1)(XI) 2 d93596dex99d1xi.htm FORM OF AMENDMENT NO. XX TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREE FORM OF AMENDMENT NO. XX TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREE

Exhibit (d)(1)(xi)

FORM OF AMENDMENT NO. XX

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

FORM OF AMENDMENT NO. XX dated ________, 2023 (Amendment No. XX”), to the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement dated July 16, 2020 (“Agreement”) between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (“Trust”), and Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC, a limited liability company organized in the State of Delaware (“Adviser”).

WHEREAS, the Trust and Adviser desire to add newly registered Portfolios (the “New Portfolios”) to the Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, the Trust and Adviser agree to modify and amend the Agreement as follows:

 

  1.

New Portfolios. Effective November ___, 2023, the following New Portfolios are hereby added to the Agreement on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement:

 

 

EQ/Aggressive Allocation Portfolio

 

EQ/Conservative Allocation Portfolio

 

EQ/Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio

 

EQ/Core Plus Bond Portfolio

 

EQ/Moderate Allocation Portfolio

 

EQ/Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio

 

Target 2015 Allocation Portfolio

 

Target 2025 Allocation Portfolio

 

Target 2035 Allocation Portfolio

 

Target 2045 Allocation Portfolio

 

Target 2055 Allocation Portfolio

(“New Portfolios”)

 

  2.

Duration of Agreement for the New Portfolios.

 

  a.

With respect to the New Portfolios, the Agreement will continue in effect for two years after the applicable date specified in section 1 above and may be continued thereafter pursuant to subsection (b) below.

 

  b.

With respect to the New Portfolios, the Agreement shall continue in effect annually after the applicable date specified in section 1 above only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a majority of the Trustees who are not a party to the Agreement or interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (“Independent Trustees”), by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and by either the Board of Trustees or a vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the New Portfolios. The required shareholder approval of the Agreement or of any continuance of the Agreement shall be effective with respect to the New Portfolios if a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the series (as defined in Rule 18f-2(h) under the 1940 Act) vote to approve the Agreement or its continuance, notwithstanding that the Agreement or its continuance may not have been approved by majority of the outstanding voting securities of (a) any other Portfolio affected by the Agreement, or (b) all the Portfolios of the Trust.

 

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  3.

Appendix A. Appendix A to the Agreement, which sets forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which the Adviser is appointed investment adviser, is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix A attached hereto.

 

  4.

Appendix B. Appendix B to the Agreement, which sets forth the fees payable to the Adviser with respect to each Portfolio, is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix 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. XX as of the date first above set forth.

 

EQ ADVISORS TRUST     EQUITABLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC
By:         By:    
  Brian Walsh       Kenneth Kozlowski
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer       Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

 

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APPENDIX A

FORM OF AMENDMENT NO. XX

AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

Portfolios

 

1290 VT Convertible Securities Portfolio    EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS Portfolio
1290 VT DoubleLine Opportunistic Bond Portfolio    EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio
1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio    EQ/Fidelity Institutional AM®Large Cap Portfolio
1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions Portfolio    EQ/Franklin Moderate Allocation Portfolio
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio    EQ/Franklin Rising Dividends Portfolio
1290 VT High Yield Bond Portfolio    EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio
1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio    EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio
1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio    EQ/Goldman Sachs Growth Allocation Portfolio
1290 VT Multi-Alternative Strategies Portfolio    EQ/Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Portfolio
1290 VT Natural Resources Portfolio    EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio
1290 VT Real Estate Portfolio    EQ/Growth Strategy Portfolio
1290 VT Small Cap Value Portfolio    EQ/Intermediate Corporate Bond Portfolio
1290 VT SmartBeta Equity ESG Portfolio    EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio
1290 VT Socially Responsible Portfolio    EQ/International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio
ATM International Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio
ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/International Managed Volatility Portfolio
ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio
ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Invesco Comstock Portfolio
EQ/2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Invesco Global Portfolio
EQ/400 Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Invesco Global Real Assets Portfolio
EQ/500 Managed Volatility Portfolio    EQ/Invesco Moderate Allocation Portfolio
EQ/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth Portfolio    EQ/Invesco Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio
EQ/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio    EQ/Janus Enterprise Portfolio
EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio    EQ/JPMorgan Growth Allocation Portfolio
EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio    EQ/JPMorgan Growth Stock Portfolio
EQ/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio    EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio
EQ/AB Sustainable U.S. Thematic Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio
EQ/Aggressive Growth Strategy Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio
EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio
EQ/American Century Mid Cap Value Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio
EQ/American Century Moderate Growth Allocation Portfolio    EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio
EQ/Balanced Strategy Portfolio   
EQ/Capital Group Research Portfolio   
EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG 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   

 

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EQ/Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio    EQ/PIMCO Real Return Portfolio

EQ/Long-Term Bond Portfolio

   EQ/PIMCO Total Return ESG Portfolio

EQ/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio

   EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio

EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio

   EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio

EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value Portfolio

   EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio

EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth Portfolio

   EQ/T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Portfolio

EQ/MFS Technology Portfolio

   EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio

EQ/MFS Utilities Series Portfolio

   EQ/Value Equity Portfolio

EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio

   EQ/Wellington Energy Portfolio

EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio

   Equitable Conservative Growth MF/ETF Portfolio

EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio

  

Equitable Growth MF/ETF Portfolio

EQ/Money Market Portfolio

  

Equitable Moderate Growth MF/ETF Portfolio

EQ/Morgan Stanley Small Cap Growth Portfolio

  

Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return Portfolio

  

Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio

   Multimanager Technology Portfolio

EQ/Aggressive Allocation Portfolio

  

EQ/Conservative Allocation Portfolio

  

EQ/Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio

  
EQ/Core Plus Bond Portfolio   
EQ/Moderate Allocation Portfolio   
EQ/Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio   
Target 2015 Allocation Portfolio   
Target 2025 Allocation Portfolio   
Target 2035 Allocation Portfolio   

Target 2045 Allocation Portfolio

Target 2055 Allocation Portfolio

  

 

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APPENDIX B

AMENDMENT NO. 12

AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

The Trust shall pay the Adviser, at the end of each calendar month, compensation computed daily at an annual rate equal to the following:

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Index Portfolios

   First
$2 Billion
    Next
$4 Billion
    Next
$2 Billion
    Thereafter  

1290 VT Convertible Securities

     0.500     0.450     0.425     0.400

1290 VT Natural Resources

     0.500     0.450     0.425     0.400

1290 VT Real Estate

     0.500     0.450     0.425     0.400

1290 VT Socially Responsible

     0.500     0.450     0.425     0.400

EQ/Common Stock Index

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/Core Bond Index

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/Equity 500 Index

     0.250     0.200     0.175     0.150

EQ/Intermediate Corporate Bond

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/Intermediate Government Bond

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/International Equity Index

     0.400     0.350     0.325     0.300

EQ/Large Cap Growth Index

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/Large Cap Value Index

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/Long-Term Bond

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/Mid Cap Index

     0.350     0.300     0.275     0.250

EQ/Small Company Index

     0.250     0.200     0.175     0.150

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

ETF Portfolios

   First
$2 Billion
    Next
$4 Billion
    Thereafter  

1290 VT Multi-Alternative Strategies

     0.500     0.450     0.425

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Money Market Portfolio

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

EQ/Money Market

     0.350     0.325     0.280     0.270     0.250

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Equity Portfolios

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

1290 VT Equity Income

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions

     0.900     0.850     0.825     0.800     0.775

1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

1290 VT SmartBeta Equity ESG

     0.700     0.650     0.625     0.600     0.575

EQ/American Century Mid Cap Value

     0.900     0.850     0.825     0.800     0.775


(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Equity Portfolios

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

EQ/Capital Group Research

     0.650     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.525

EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG

     0.650     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.525

EQ/Fidelity Institutional AM® Large Cap

     0.540     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.425

EQ/Franklin Rising Dividends

     0.600     0.550     0.510     0.490     0.475

EQ/Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value

     0.770     0.750     0.725     0.680     0.670

EQ/Invesco Comstock

     0.650     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.525

EQ/Invesco Global

     0.850     0.800     0.775     0.750     0.725

EQ/Invesco Global Real Assets

     0.735     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

EQ/Janus Enterprise

     0.700     0.650     0.625     0.600     0.575

EQ/JPMorgan Growth Stock

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities

     0.600     0.550     0.525     0.500     0.475

EQ/Lazard Emerging Markets Equity

     1.000     0.950     0.925     0.900     0.875

EQ/Loomis Sayles Growth Portfolio

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

EQ/MFS International Growth

     0.850     0.800     0.775     0.750     0.725

EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value

     0.860     0.820     0.700     0.700     0.700

EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth

     0.850     0.800     0.775     0.750     0.725

EQ/MFS Technology

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

EQ/MFS Utilities Series

     0.730     0.700     0.670     0.650     0.625

EQ/T. Rowe Price Health Sciences

     0.950     0.900     0.875     0.850     0.825

EQ/Value Equity

     0.560     0.540     0.520     0.500     0.475

EQ/Wellington Energy

     0.850     0.800     0.775     0.750     0.725

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Allocation Portfolios

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

1290 VT Moderate Growth Allocation

     0.700     0.650     0.625     0.600     0.575

EQ/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

EQ/AB Dynamic Growth

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth

     0.750     0.700     0.675     0.650     0.625

EQ/American Century Moderate Growth Allocation

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

EQ/Franklin Moderate Allocation

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

EQ/Goldman Sachs Growth Allocation

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

EQ/Goldman Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

EQ/Invesco Moderate Allocation

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

EQ/Invesco Moderate Growth Allocation

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

EQ/JPMorgan Growth Allocation

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Pactive Equity Portfolios

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

1290 VT Micro Cap

     0.850     0.800     0.775     0.750     0.725

1290 VT Small Cap Value

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

EQ/AB Small Cap Growth

     0.550     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.425

EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS

     0.700     0.650     0.625     0.600     0.575

EQ/Morgan Stanley Small Cap Growth

     0.800     0.750     0.725     0.700     0.675

Multimanager Aggressive Equity

     0.580     0.550     0.525     0.500     0.475

Multimanager Technology

     0.950     0.900     0.875     0.850     0.825


(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Pactive Volatility Managed Equity Portfolios

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

EQ/ClearBridge Select Equity Managed Volatility

     0.700     0.665     0.635     0.610     0.560     0.540

EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility

     0.700     0.665     0.635     0.610     0.560     0.540

EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility

     0.740     0.720     0.690     0.665     0.615     0.590

EQ/International Core Managed Volatility

     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.525     0.475     0.450

EQ/International Value Managed Volatility

     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.525     0.475     0.450

EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility

     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.425     0.375     0.350

EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility

     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.425     0.375     0.350

EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility

     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.425     0.375     0.350

EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility

     0.550     0.525     0.500     0.475     0.425     0.400

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Pactive Fixed Income Portfolios

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

1290 VT High Yield

     0.600     0.580     0.560     0.540     0.530

EQ/Quality Bond PLUS

     0.400     0.380     0.360     0.340     0.330

Multimanager Core Bond

     0.550     0.530     0.510     0.490     0.480

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Fixed Income Portfolios

   First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

1290 VT DoubleLine Opportunistic Bond

     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.530     0.520

EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond

     0.450     0.430     0.410     0.390     0.380

EQ/Core PLUS Bond

     0.600     0.580     0.560     0.540     0.530

EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return

     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.530     0.520

EQ/PIMCO Real Return

     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.430     0.420

EQ/PIMCO Total Return ESG

     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.430     0.420

EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond

     0.500     0.475     0.450     0.430     0.420


(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 
     First
$2 Billion
    Next
$2 Billion
    Next
$2 Billion
    Next
$3 Billion
    Next
$3 Billion
    Thereafter  

ATM Portfolios

            

ATM International Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

ATM Large Cap Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

ATM Mid Cap Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

ATM Small Cap Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

EQ/2000 Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

EQ/400 Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

EQ/500 Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

EQ/International Managed Volatility

     0.450     0.425     0.400     0.375     0.350     0.325

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

Strategic Allocation Portfolios

   First
$1 Billion
    Next
$1Billion
    Next
$3 Billion
    Next
$4 Billion
    Next
$3 Billion
    Thereafter  

EQ/Aggressive Growth Strategy

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Balanced Strategy

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Conservative Growth Strategy

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Conservative Strategy

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Growth Strategy

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

 

(as percentage of daily net assets)

 

Classic Allocation Portfolios

   First
$1 Billion
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$3 Billion
    Next
$4 Billion
    Next
$3 Billion
    Thereafter  

EQ/Aggressive Allocation

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Conservative Allocation

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Conservative-Plus Allocation

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Moderate Allocation

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

EQ/Moderate-Plus Allocation

     0.100     0.0925     0.0900     0.0875     0.0825     0.0800

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation

     0.100

 

(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 
     First
$2 Billion
    Next
$2Billion
    Next
$2 Billion
    Next
$3 Billion
    Thereafter  

Equitable Growth MF/ETF

     0.1500     0.1425     0.1400     0.1375     0.1350

Equitable Moderate Growth MF/ETF

     0.1500     0.1425     0.1400     0.1375     0.1350

Equitable Conservative Growth MF/ETF

     0.1500     0.1425     0.1400     0.1375     0.1350


(as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 
     First
$750 Million
    Next
$750 Million
    Next
$1 Billion
    Next
$2.5 Billion
    Thereafter  

EQ/AB Sustainable U.S. Thematic

     0.650     0.600     0.575     0.550     0.525

 

(as percentage of daily net assets)

Target Date Portfolios

  

Target 2015 Allocation

   0.10% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets

Target 2025 Allocation

   0.10% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets

Target 2035 Allocation

   0.10% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets

Target 2045 Allocation

   0.10% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets

Target 2055 Allocation

   0.10% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets