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PROSPECTUS May 1, 2009

AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST

Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio

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INTRODUCTION

AXA Premier VIP Trust (“Trust”) is comprised of twenty-two (22) distinct mutual funds, each with its own investment strategy and risk/reward profile. This prospectus describes Class A shares of ten (10) of the Trust’s portfolios. Each portfolio is a diversified portfolio. Information on each portfolio, including its investment objective, investment strategies and investment risks, can be found on the pages following this introduction. In addition, a Glossary of Terms can also be found at the back of this prospectus. The investment objective and policies of a portfolio are not fundamental and may be changed without a shareholder vote, except where otherwise noted. Each portfolio has a policy to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in the type of investment suggested by its name as more specifically set forth in the portfolio descriptions. These policies may not be changed without providing at least sixty (60) days’ written notice to shareholders of the relevant portfolio.

The Trust’s shares are currently sold only to insurance company separate accounts in connection with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts (“Contracts”) issued or to be issued by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable”) and other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies and to the AXA Equitable Retirement Plan (“Retirement Plan”). Shares also may be sold to tax-qualified retirement plans, to other series of the Trust and to series of EQ Advisors Trust, a separate registered investment company managed by AXA Equitable. The Prospectus is designed to help you make informed decisions about the portfolios that are available to the Retirement Plan. You will find information about your Contract and how it works in the accompanying prospectus for the Contracts if you are a Contractholder or participant of a retirement plan under a Contract. Not all of the portfolios may be available under your Contract or under your retirement plan. In addition, certain of these portfolios may be available only as underlying investment portfolios of the AXA Allocation Portfolios and may not be available directly as an investment option under your Contract or under your retirement plan. You should consult your Contract prospectus or retirement plan documents to see which portfolios are available.

The investment manager to each portfolio is AXA Equitable (the “Manager”). The day-to-day management of each portfolio is provided by three or more investment sub-advisers. Information regarding AXA Equitable and the sub-advisers is included under “Management Team” in this prospectus. AXA Equitable may allocate a portfolio’s assets to additional sub-advisers subject to approval of the Trust’s board of trustees. In addition, AXA Equitable may, subject to the approval of the Trust’s board of trustees, appoint, dismiss and replace sub-advisers and amend sub-advisory agreements without obtaining shareholder approval. If a new sub-adviser is retained for a portfolio, shareholders would receive notice of such action. However, AXA Equitable may not enter into a sub-advisory agreement with an “affiliated person” of AXA Equitable (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act) (“Affiliated Adviser”), such as AllianceBernstein L.P. or AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC, unless the sub-advisory agreement with the Affiliated Adviser is approved by the affected portfolio’s shareholders.

AXA Equitable will generally allocate a portfolio’s assets among three or more investment sub-advisers, each of which will manage its portion of a portfolio using different yet complimentary investment strategies. Under normal circumstances, one portion of a portfolio will track the performance of a particular Index (“Index Allocated Portion(s)”) and the other portions of the portfolio will be actively managed by two or more sub-advisers (“Active Allocated Portions”). Under normal circumstances, AXA Equitable anticipates allocating approximately 50% of each portfolio’s net assets to the Index Allocated Portion and the remaining 50% of net assets among the Active Allocated Portions. As a result, there may be periods in which one of the two indexes may not receive an equal, or any sub-allocation. Each of the above percentages is a target established by AXA Equitable and actual allocations between the Index Allocated Portion and Active Allocated Portions may deviate from the amounts shown by up to 20% of each portfolio’s net assets.

The co-distributors for each portfolio are AXA Advisors, LLC and AXA Distributors, LLC.

An investment in a portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Because you could lose money by investing in these portfolios, be sure to read all risk disclosures carefully before investing.

Table of

CONTENTS


Goals, Strategies & Risks
Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio		1
Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio		3

Portfolio Fees & Expenses		5

More About Investment Strategies & Risks
More About Investment Strategies & Risks		7

Management Team
The Manager and the Sub-advisers		11

Portfolio Services
Buying and Selling Shares		19
Restrictions on Buying and Selling Shares		19
How Portfolio Shares are Priced		20
Dividends and Other Distributions		21
Tax Consequences		22
Additional Information		22

Glossary of Terms		23

Description of Benchmarks		24

Financial Highlights		25

MULTIMANAGER LARGE CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO


Manager:		AXA Equitable

Sub-advisers:		Goodman & Co. NY Ltd. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Westfield Capital Management Company LP

Key Terms

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Growth Investing — An investment style that emphasizes companies with strong earnings growth. Growth investing is generally considered more aggressive than “value” investing.

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Large Cap Companies — Companies with market capitalization within the range of the Russell 1000 Index at the time of investment (market capitalization range of approximately $24.4 million to $406.1 billion as of December 31, 2008).

Investment Goal

Long-term growth of capital.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, the portfolio intends to invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of U.S. large capitalization companies. For purposes of this portfolio, large capitalization companies are companies with market capitalization within the range of the Russell 1000 Index at the time of investment (market capitalization range of approximately $24.4 million to $406.1 billion as of December 31, 2008).

As noted above, AXA Equitable anticipates, under normal circumstances, allocating approximately 50% of the portfolio’s net assets to the Index Allocated Portion and the remaining 50% of net assets among the Active Allocated Portions.

The Index Allocated Portion of the Portfolio seeks to track the performance (before expenses) of the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Generally, the Index Allocated Portion utilizes a passive, full replication investment style in which the Index Allocated Portion owns the same stock and sectors in approximately the same weights as the index identified above. Under this passive investment style, the Index Allocated Portion seeks to achieve (before expenses) the total return performance of its index while maintaining as minimal tracking error as possible.

The portfolio intends to invest primarily in common stocks, but it may also invest in other securities that the sub-advisers believe provide opportunities for capital growth, such as preferred stocks, warrants and securities convertible into common stock. The portfolio also may invest, to a limited extent, in derivatives, including futures and options. Certain derivative securities may have the effect of creating financial leverage by multiplying a change in the value of the asset underlying the derivative to produce a greater change in the value of the derivative security. This creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the same time, creates the possibility for greater loss (including the likelihood of greater volatility in the net asset value of the shares of the portfolio). The Active Allocated Portions may invest, to a limited extent, in foreign securities and depositary receipts of foreign based companies, and companies based in developing countries. The Active Allocated Portions may invest, to a limited extent, in illiquid securities.

Utilizing a due diligence process covering a number of key factors, AXA Equitable selects sub-advisers to manage the portfolio’s assets. These key factors include, but are not limited to, the sub-adviser’s reputation, organizational stability, investment personnel, long-term performance, investment philosophy and style and correlation with other sub-advisers retained for other allocated portions of the portfolio. AXA Equitable normally allocates the portfolio’s assets to at least three or more sub-advisers. AXA Equitable monitors the sub-advisers and may dismiss, replace or appoint sub-advisers subject to the approval of the Trust’s board of trustees.

The Active Allocated Portions’ sub-advisers focus on identifying companies expected to grow at a faster rate than the U.S. economy. This process involves researching and evaluating individual companies for potential investment. The sub-advisers may sell a security for a variety of reasons, including to seek more attractive growth prospects.

For temporary defensive purposes, the portfolio may invest, without limit, in cash, money market instruments or high quality short-term debt securities, including repurchase agreements. To the extent that the portfolio is invested in these instruments, the portfolio will not be pursuing its investment goal.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the portfolio is not guaranteed; you may lose money by investing in the portfolio. When you sell your shares of the portfolio, they could be worth more or less than what you paid for them.

The principal risks presented by the portfolio are:

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Derivatives Risk — Derivatives are financial contracts whose value is based on the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. The portfolio’s investment in derivatives may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. These transactions are subject to changes in the underlying security on which such transactions are based. Even a small investment in derivative securities can have a significant impact on the portfolio’s exposure to stock market values, interest rates or currency exchange rates. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit/default risk and portfolio management risk depending on the type of underlying asset, reference rate or index. They also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate well with the underlying asset, reference rate or index. The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for derivatives and the resulting inability of the portfolio to sell or otherwise close a derivatives position could expose the portfolio to losses and could make derivatives more difficult for the portfolio to value accurately. These types of transactions will be used primarily as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or for

hedging purposes. When a derivative security is used as a hedge against an offsetting position that the portfolio also holds, any loss generated by the derivative security should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged instrument, and vice versa. To the extent that the portfolio uses a derivative security for purposes other than as a hedge, the portfolio is directly exposed to the risks of that derivative security and any loss generated by the derivative security will not be offset by a gain.

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Equity Risk — Stocks and other equity securities generally fluctuate in value more than bonds and may decline in value over short or extended periods. The value of such securities will change based on changes in a company’s financial condition and in overall market and economic conditions.

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Foreign Investing and Emerging Markets Risk — The value of the portfolio’s investments in foreign securities may fall due to adverse political, social and economic developments abroad and due to decreases in foreign currency values relative to the U.S. dollar. There may be difficulties enforcing contractual obligations and it may take more time for trades to clear and settle. Foreign markets also may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets. These risks are greater generally for investments in emerging market issuers than for issuers in more developed countries.

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Index-Fund Risk — The Index Allocated Portion of a portfolio invests in the securities included in the relevant index or a representative sample of such securities regardless of market trends. The Index Allocated Portion of a portfolio cannot modify its investment strategies to respond to changes in the economy, which means it may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. In addition, although the Index Allocated Portion attempts to closely track its benchmark index, the Index Allocated Portion may not invest in all of the securities in the index. Also, the Index Allocated Portion’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index, are reduced by the fees and expenses of the portfolio. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the Index Allocated Portion will match that of the benchmark index.

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Investment Style Risk — The sub-advisers primarily use a particular style or set of styles – in this case “growth” styles – to select investments for the portfolio. Those styles may be out of favor or may not produce the best results over short or longer time periods. They may also increase the volatility of the portfolio’s share price. Growth stocks tend to be more volatile than value stocks, so in a declining market, their prices may decrease more than value stocks in general.

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Issuer-Specific Risk — The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the market as a whole. The portfolio could lose all of its investment in a company’s securities.

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Large Capitalization Risk — Larger more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Many larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

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Leverage Risk — The risk associated with securities or practices (e.g. borrowing) that multiply small price movements into large changes in value.

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Liquidity Risk — The risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the seller would like. This may result in a loss or may be costly to the portfolio.

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Portfolio Management Risk — The risk that the strategies used by a portfolio’s sub-advisers and their securities selections fail to produce the intended result.

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Sub-Adviser Selection Risk — The risk that AXA Equitable’s process for selecting or replacing a sub-adviser and its decision to select or replace a sub-adviser does not produce the intended result.

More information about the risks of an investment in the portfolio is provided below in “More About Investment Strategies & Risks.”

PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE

The following information gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the portfolio by showing yearly changes in the portfolio’s performance and by comparing the portfolio’s performance with a broad measure of market performance. Both the bar chart and table below assume reinvestment of dividends and other distributions and include the effect of expense limitations that were in place during the period shown. The performance results presented below do not reflect any insurance and Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results. Since AXA Equitable may appoint, dismiss or replace the sub-advisers for a portfolio, the portfolio’s historical performance may cover periods when portions of the portfolio were advised by different sub-advisers. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. This may be particularly true for this portfolio because prior to January 15, 2009, the portfolio did not have an Index Allocated Portion and consisted entirely of an actively managed portfolio of equity securities.

The following bar chart illustrates the calendar year annual total returns for the periods indicated. The inception date for the portfolio is December 31, 2001.

Calendar Year Annual Total Returns — Class A

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Best quarter (% and time period)		Worst quarter (% and time period)
13.51% (2003 2nd Quarter)		–25.69% (2008 4th Quarter)

The table below shows how the average annual total returns for the one-year, five-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2008 compare to those of a broadbased index.


Average Annual Total Returns
	One Year	Five Years	Since Inception
Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio — Class A	–45.32%	–6.74%	–6.24%
Russell 1000 Growth Index*	–38.44%	–3.42%	–3.38%

For more information on this index, see “Description of Benchmarks.”

MULTIMANAGER LARGE CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO


Manager:		AXA Equitable

Sub-advisers:		AllianceBernstein L.P. Institutional Capital LLC MFS Investment Management SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

Key Terms

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Value Investing — An investment style that focuses on companies that may be temporarily out of favor or have earnings or assets not fully reflected in their stock prices.

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Investment Goal

Long-term growth of capital.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Index Allocated Portion of the Portfolio seeks to track the performance (before expenses) of the Russell 1000 Value Index. Generally, the Index Allocated Portion utilizes a passive, full replication investment style in which the Index Allocated Portion owns the same stock and sectors in approximately the same weights as the index identified above. Under this passive investment style, the Index Allocated Portion seeks to achieve (before expenses) the total return performance of its index while maintaining as minimal tracking error as possible.

Utilizing a due diligence process covering a number of key factors, AXA Equitable selects sub-advisers to manage the portfolio’s assets. These key factors include, but are not limited to, the sub-adviser’s reputation, organizational stability, investment personnel, long-term performance, investment philosophy and style and correlation with other sub-advisers retained for other allocated portions of the portfolio. AXA Equitable normally allocates the portfolio’s assets to at least three or more sub-advisers. AXA Equitable monitors the sub- advisers and may dismiss, replace or appoint sub-advisers subject to the approval of the Trust’s board of trustees.

The Active Allocated Portions’ sub-advisers utilize a value-oriented investment style that emphasizes companies deemed to be currently underpriced according to certain financial measurements, which may include price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios and dividend income potential. This process involves researching and evaluating individual companies for potential investment. This approach often leads the portfolio to focus on “strong companies” in out-of-favor sectors or out-of-favor companies exhibiting a catalyst for change. The sub-advisers may sell a security for a variety of reasons, such as because it becomes overvalued or shows deteriorating fundamentals.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal risks presented by the portfolio are:

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Index-Fund Risk — The Index Allocated Portion of a portfolio invests in the securities included in the relevant index or a representative sample of such securities regardless of market trends. The Index Allocated Portion of a portfolio cannot modify its investment strategies to respond to changes in the economy, which means they may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. In addition, although the Index Allocated Portion attempts to closely track its benchmark index, the Index Allocated Portion may not invest in all of the securities in the index. Also, the Index Allocated Portion’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index, are reduced by the fees and expenses of the portfolio. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the Index Allocated Portion will match that of the benchmark index.

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Investment Style Risk — The sub-advisers primarily use a particular style or set of styles – in this case “value” styles – to select investments for the portfolio. Those styles may be out of favor or may not produce the best results over short or longer time periods. They may also increase the volatility of the portfolio’s share price.

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Portfolio Management Risk — The risk that the strategies used by a portfolio’s sub-advisers and their securities selections fail to produce the intended result.

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More information about the risks of an investment in the portfolio is provided below in “More About Investment Strategies & Risks.”

PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE

The following information gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the portfolio by showing yearly changes in the portfolio’s performance and by comparing the portfolio’s performance with a broad measure of market performance. Both the bar chart and table below assume reinvestment of dividends and other distributions and include the effect of expense limitations that were in place during the period shown. The performance results presented below do not reflect any insurance and Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results. Since AXA Equitable may appoint, dismiss or replace the sub- advisers for a portfolio, the portfolio’s historical performance may cover periods when portions of the portfolio were advised by different sub-advisers. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. This may be particularly true for this portfolio because prior to January 15, 2009, the portfolio did not have an Index Allocated Portion and consisted entirely of an actively managed portfolio of equity securities.

The following bar chart illustrates the calendar year annual total returns for the periods indicated. The inception date for the portfolio is December 31, 2001.

Calendar Year Annual Total Returns — Class A

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Best quarter (% and time period)		Worst quarter (% and time period)
15.52% (2003 2nd Quarter)		–21.16% (2008 4th Quarter)

The table below shows how the average annual total returns for the one-year, five-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2008 compare to those of a broad-based index.


Average Annual Total Returns
	One Year	Five Years	Since Inception
Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio — Class A	–37.33%	–0.83%	0.19%
Russell 1000 Value Index*	–36.85%	–0.79%	0.78%

For more information on this index, see “Description of Benchmarks.”

PORTFOLIO FEES & EXPENSES

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of a portfolio. There are no fees or charges to buy or sell shares of a portfolio, reinvest dividends or other distributions or exchange into other portfolios. The tables below do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would increase overall fees and expenses. See the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses

(expenses that are deducted from portfolio assets, as a percentage of average daily net assets)


	Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio	Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio
	CLASS A	CLASS A
Management fee†	0.75%	0.72%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees	0.00%	0.00%
Other expenses†	0.24%	0.20%
Total annual operating expenses	0.99%*	0.92%*

†	“Management Fee” and “Other Expenses” have been restated to reflect current fees.

A portion of the brokerage commissions that the portfolio pays is used to reduce the portfolio’s expenses. Including this reduction, the Net Annual Operating Expenses for each of the portfolio’s Class A shares for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 was 0.90% for Large Cap Growth Portfolio and 0.90% for Large Cap Value Portfolio.

The portfolio invests in shares of unaffiliated investment companies. Therefore, the portfolio will, in addition to its own expenses such as management fees, bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the unaffiliated investment companies and the unaffiliated investment companies’ expenses will reduce the investment return of the portfolio.

PORTFOLIO FEES & EXPENSES (cont’d)

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the direct and indirect cost of investing in each portfolio with the cost of investing in other investment options.

The example assumes that:

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You invest $10,000 in the portfolio for the time periods indicated;

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Your investment has a 5% return each year;

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The portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same; and

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The expense limitation currently in place is not renewed.

This example should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses of the portfolios. Actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown. The costs in this example would be the same whether or not you redeemed all of your shares at the end of these periods. This example does not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, including redemption fees (if any) at the Contract level. If such fees and expenses were reflected, the total expenses would be substantially higher. Similarly, the annual rate of return assumed in the example is not an estimate or guarantee of future investment performance. Based on these assumptions your costs would be:


	Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio	Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio
	CLASS A	CLASS A
1 year	$ 101	$ 94
3 years	$ 315	$ 293
5 years	$ 547	$ 509
10 years	$1,213	$1,131

MORE ABOUT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES & RISKS

Additional Risks

The portfolios have principal investment strategies that come with inherent risks. Each portfolio’s principal risks are described in its principal risks section. The following is a list of additional risks to which each portfolio may be subject by investing in various types of securities or engaging in various practices. Each risk may apply to all the portfolios.

Convertible Securities Risk. Convertible securities may include both convertible debt and convertible preferred stock. Such securities may be converted into shares of the underlying common stock at either a stated price or stated rate. Therefore, convertible securities enable the holder to benefit from increases in the market price of the underlying common stock. Convertible securities provide higher yields than the underlying common stock, but generally offer lower yields than nonconvertible securities of similar quality. The value of convertible securities fluctuates in relation to changes in interest rates and, in addition, fluctuates in relation to the underlying common stock. While no securities investment is without some risk, investments in convertible securities generally entail less risk than the issuer’s common stock; however, the extent to which such risk is reduced depends in large measure upon the degree to which the convertible security sells above its value as a fixed income security. A convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible security’s governing instrument. If a convertible security held by a portfolio is called for redemption, the portfolio will be required to permit the issuer to redeem the security, convert it into underlying common stock or sell it to a third party. Investments by certain of the portfolios in convertible debt securities may not subject to any ratings restrictions, although the adviser of a portfolio will consider such ratings, and any changes in such ratings, in its determination of whether a portfolio should invest and/or continue to hold the securities. The credit standing of the issuer and other factors may have an effect on a convertible security’s investment value. Convertible securities rank senior to common stock in a corporation’s capital structure, but are usually subordinated to comparable non-convertible securities. Convertible securities are subject to interest rate risk and credit/default risk and are often lower-quality securities.

Credit Quality Risk. The actual or perceived reduction in the creditworthiness of debt issuers generally will have adverse effects on the values of their debt securities. It is possible that the issuer of a security will not be able to make interest and principal payments when due. Discontinuation of these payments could substantially adversely affect the price of the bond. Lower rated bonds involve greater risks of default or downgrade and are more volatile than investment-grade securities. Lower rated bonds involve a greater risk of price declines than investment-grade securities due to actual or perceived changes to an issuer’s creditworthiness. In addition, issuers of lower rated bonds may be more susceptible than other issuers to economic downturns. Lower rated bonds are especially subject to the risk that the issuer may not be able to pay interest and ultimately repay principal upon maturity.

Currency Risk. The risk that fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect an investment. A change in the value of any such currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S. dollar value of a portfolio’s asset and income.

Depositary Receipts Risk. American Depositary Receipts are receipts typically issued by an American bank or trust company that evidence underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. European Depositary Receipts (issued in Europe) and Global Depositary Receipts (issued throughout the world) each evidence a similar ownership arrangement. An portfolio may invest in unsponsored depositary receipts. The issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose information that is considered material in the United States, therefore, there may be less information available regarding these issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts. Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted.

Derivatives Risk. Derivatives are financial contracts whose value is based on the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. A portfolio’s investment in derivatives may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. These transactions are subject to changes in the underlying security on which such transactions are based. Even a small investment in derivative securities can have a significant impact on a portfolio’s exposure to stock market values, interest rates or currency exchange rates. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit/default risk and portfolio management risk depending on the type of underlying asset, reference rate or index. They also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate well with the underlying asset, reference rate or index. The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for derivatives and the resulting inability of the portfolio to sell or otherwise close a derivatives position could expose the portfolio to losses and could make derivatives more difficult for the portfolio to value accurately. These types of transactions will be used primarily as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or for hedging purposes. When a derivative security is used as a hedge against an offsetting position that a portfolio also holds, any loss generated by the derivative security should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged instrument, and vice versa. To the extent that a portfolio uses a derivative security for purposes other than as a hedge, that portfolio is directly exposed to the risks of that derivative security and any loss generated by the derivative security will not be offset by a gain.

Foreign Investing and Emerging Markets Risks. The value of a portfolio’s investments in foreign securities may fall due to adverse political, social and economic developments abroad and due to decreases in foreign currency values relative to the U.S. dollar. There may be difficulties enforcing contractual obligations and it may take more time for trades to clear and settle. Foreign markets also may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets. These risks are greater generally for investments in emerging market issuers than for issuers in more developed countries.

MORE ABOUT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES & RISKS (cont’d)

Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk. Illiquid securities are securities that a portfolio cannot sell on an open market. This means that a portfolio might not be able to sell an illiquid security when it desires and that it might be difficult to value such a security. Restricted securities are securities that are subject to contractual restrictions on resale. Such a restriction could limit a security’s liquidity.

Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) Risk. A portfolio that purchases securities issued in an IPO is subject to the risk that the value of the securities may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. Prior to an IPO, there is generally no public market for an issuer’s common stock. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will develop or be sustained following the IPO, therefore, the market price for the securities may be subject to significant fluctuations and a portfolio may be affected by such fluctuations. In addition, securities issued in an IPO are often issued by a company that may be in the early stages of development with a history of little or no revenues and such company may operate at a loss following the offering. A portfolio’s ability to obtain shares of an IPO security may be substantially limited in the event of high demand for the securities and there is no guarantee that the portfolio will receive an allocation of shares. To the extent a portfolio invests in IPOs, a significant portion of its returns may be attributable to its investments in IPOs, which have a magnified impact on portfolios with small asset bases. There is no guarantee that as those portfolios’ assets grow they will continue to experience substantially similar performance by investing in IPOs.

Information Risk. The risk that key information about a security is inaccurate or unavailable.

Interest Rate Risk. The risk of market losses attributable to changes in interest rates. When interest rates decline, the value of a portfolio’s debt securities generally rises. Conversely, when interest rates rise, the value of a portfolio’s debt securities generally declines. The magnitude of the decline will often be greater for longer-term debt securities than shorter-term debt securities.

Investment Grade Securities Risk. Debt securities generally are rated by national bond rating agencies. Securities rated BBB and higher by S&P or Fitch and Baa or higher by Moody’s (or, if unrated, determined by the sub-adviser to be of comparable quality) are considered investment grade securities, but securities rated BBB or Baa (or, if unrated, determined by the sub-adviser to be of comparable quality) are somewhat riskier than higher rated obligations because they are regarded as having only an adequate capacity to pay principal and interest, and are considered to lack outstanding investment characteristics.

Lending Risk. Each portfolio may lend portfolio securities with a value of up to 33¹/3% of a portfolio’s total assets, including collateral received for securities lent. If a portfolio lends securities, there is a risk that the securities will not be available to the portfolio on a timely basis, and the portfolio, therefore, may lose the opportunity to sell the securities at a desirable price. In addition, there is the risk of possible delay in receiving additional collateral or in the recovery of the securities, possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially or a decline in the value of the collateral held by a portfolio.

Leverage Risk. The risk associated with securities or practices (e.g. borrowing) that multiply small price movements into large changes in value.

Liquidity Risk. The risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the seller would like. This may result in a loss or may be costly to a portfolio.

Loan Participation and Assignment Risk. A Portfolio’s investments in loan participations and assignments are subject to the risk that the financial institution acting as agent for all interests in a loan might fail financially. It is also possible that a Portfolio could be held liable as a co-lender.

Lower-Rated Securities Risk. Lower rated bonds are especially subject to the risk that the issuer may not be able to pay interest and ultimately to repay principal upon maturity. Bonds rated below investment grade (i.e., BB or lower by S&P or Fitch or Ba or lower by Moody’s) are speculative in nature, involve greater risk of default by the issuing entity and may be subject to greater market fluctuations than higher rated fixed income securities. They are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by those companies with questionable credit strength and tend to more greatly affected by economic downturn than issuers of higher grade securities. The retail secondary market for these “junk bonds” may be less liquid than that of higher rated securities and adverse conditions could make it difficult at times to sell certain securities or could result in lower prices than those used in calculating the portfolio’s net asset value. A portfolio investing in “junk bonds” may also be subject to greater credit/default risk because it may invest in debt securities issued in connection with corporate restructuring by highly leveraged issuers or in debt securities not current in the payment of interest or principal or in default. Lower-rated securities may contain redemption or call provisions. If an issuer exercises these provisions in a declining interest rate market, the portfolio would have to replace the security with a lower yielding security, resulting in a decreased return. Conversely, a lower rated security’s value will decrease in a rising interest rate market, as will the value of the portfolio’s assets. If the portfolio experiences unexpected net redemptions, this may force it to sell its lower-rated securities, without regard to their investment merits, thereby decreasing the asset base upon which the portfolio expenses can be spread and possibly reducing the portfolio’s rate of return.

Market Risk. The risk that the value of a security will move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably based upon overall economic conditions and other factors. Events in the financial markets may cause an unusually high degree of volatility in the markets, both domestic and foreign, and in the net asset values of many mutual funds. These events also may decrease liquidity in some markets, which may adversely affect the ability of a portfolio to sell a security at the time and price that it desires. Financial market conditions like this may be isolated or widespread and may persist for a long period of time.

Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. The risk that the principal on mortgage- or asset-backed securities may be prepaid at any time, which will reduce their yield and market value. If interest rates fall, the rate of prepayments tends to increase as borrowers are motivated to pay off debt and refinance at new lower rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of mortgage-

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related securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, a portfolio that holds mortgage-related securities may exhibit additional volatility. This is known as extension risk. In addition, the risk of default by borrowers is greater during periods of rising interest rates and/or unemployment rates. The early retirement of particular classes or series of a collateralized mortgage obligation held by a portfolio would have the same effect as the prepayment of mortgages underlying other mortgage-backed securities.

If a portfolio purchases mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities that are “subordinated” to other interests in the same mortgage pool, the portfolio as a holder of those securities may only receive payments after the pool’s obligations to other investors have been satisfied. For example, an unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool may limit substantially the pool’s ability to make payments of principal or interest to the portfolio as a holder of such subordinated securities, reducing the values of those securities or in some cases rendering them worthless. Certain mortgage-backed securities may include securities backed by pools of mortgage loans made to “subprime” borrowers or borrowers with blemished credit histories; the risk of defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage pools that include such subprime mortgages. The underwriting standards for subprime loans are more flexible than the standards generally used by banks for borrowers with non-blemished credit histories with regard to the borrowers credit standing and repayment ability. Borrowers who qualify generally have impaired credit histories, which may include a record of major derogatory credit items such as outstanding judgments or prior bankruptcies. In addition, they may not have the documentation required to qualify for a standard mortgage loan. As a result, the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool are likely to experience rates of delinquency, foreclosure, and bankruptcy that are higher, and that may be substantially higher, than those experienced by mortgage loans underwritten in a more traditional manner. In addition, changes in the values of the mortgaged properties, as well as changes in interest rates, may have a greater effect on the delinquency, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and loss experience of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool than on mortgage loans originated in a more traditional manner. Moreover, instability in the markets for mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may affect the liquidity of such securities, which means that a portfolio may be unable to sell such securities at an advantageous time and price. As a result, the value of such securities may decrease and a portfolio may incur greater losses on the sale of such securities than under more stable market conditions. Furthermore, instability and illiquidity in the market for lower-rated mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may affect the overall market for such securities, thereby impacting the liquidity and value of higher-rated securities.

Multiple Sub-Adviser Risk. Each of the portfolios employs multiple sub-advisers. Each sub-adviser independently chooses and maintains a portfolio of securities for the portfolio and each is responsible for investing a specific allocated portion of the portfolio’s assets. Because each sub-adviser will be managing its allocated portion of the portfolio independently from the other sub- adviser(s), the same security may be held in different portions of a portfolio, or may be acquired for one portion of a portfolio at a time when a sub-adviser to another portion deems it appropriate to dispose of the security from that other portion. Similarly, under some market conditions, one sub-adviser may believe that temporary, defensive investments in short-term instruments or cash are appropriate when the other sub-adviser(s) believes continued exposure to the equity or debt markets is appropriate for its allocated portion of the portfolio. Because each sub-adviser directs the trading for its own portion of the portfolio, and does not aggregate its transactions with those of the other sub-advisers, the portfolio may incur higher brokerage costs than would be the case if a single sub-adviser were managing the entire portfolio.

Opportunity Risk. The risk of missing out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less profitable investments.

Political Risk. The risk of losses directly attributable to government or political actions.

Portfolio Turnover Risk. High portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs to a portfolio, which would reduce investment returns.

Repurchase Agreements Risk. A portfolio may enter into repurchase agreements under which it purchases a security that a seller has agreed to repurchase from the portfolio at a later date at the same price plus interest. If a seller defaults and the security declines in value, the portfolio might incur a loss. If the seller declares bankruptcy, a portfolio may not be able to sell the security at the desired time.

Securities Risk. The risk that the value of a security may move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably based upon changes in a company’s financial condition as well as overall market and economic conditions.

Short Sale Risk. A “short sale” is the sale by a portfolio of a security which has been borrowed from a third party on the expectation that the market price will drop. If the price of the security rises, the portfolio may have to cover short positions at a higher price than the short sale price, resulting in a loss.

Small-cap and/or Mid-cap Company Risk. To the extent a portfolio invests in securities of small- and mid-capitalization issuers, it will be exposed to the risks of investing in such issuers. A portfolio’s investments in small-cap and mid-cap companies may involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established issuers. Risk is greater for the common stocks of small- and mid- capitalization companies because they generally are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments. Smaller companies generally have narrower product lines, more limited financial resources and more limited markets for their stock, as compared with larger companies. Their securities may be less well-known and trade less frequently and in limited volume compared with the securities of larger, more established companies. As a result, the value of such securities may be more volatile than the securities of larger companies, and a portfolio may experience difficulty in purchasing or selling such securities at the desired time and price. In addition, small-cap and mid-cap companies are typically subject to greater changes in earnings and business prospects than larger companies. Consequently, the prices of small- cap and mid-cap company stocks tend to rise and fall in value more

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frequently than the stocks of larger companies. Although investing in small-cap and mid-cap companies offers potential for above-average returns, the companies may not succeed and the value of their stock could decline significantly. In general, these risks are far greater for small-capitalization companies than mid-capitalization companies.

Special Situations Risk. The portfolios may use aggressive investment techniques, including seeking to benefit from “special situations,” such as mergers, reorganizations or other unusual events expected to affect a particular issuer. There is a risk that the “special situation” might not occur, which could have a negative impact on the price of the issuer’s securities and fail to produce the expected gains or produce a loss for the portfolio.

Unseasoned Companies Risk. The portfolios can invest in small unseasoned companies. These are companies that have been in operation less than three years, including operation of any predecessors. These securities may have limited liquidity and their prices may be very volatile.

Valuation Risk. The risk that a portfolio has valued certain securities at a higher price than it can sell them for.

Additional Investment Strategies

The following is a list of additional investment strategies. Each investment strategy may apply to all the portfolios. For further information about investment strategies, see the portfolios’ Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

Derivatives. The portfolios can use “derivative” instruments to seek enhanced returns or to try to hedge investment risks, although it is not anticipated that they will do so to a significant degree. In general terms, a derivative instrument is an investment contract whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Options, futures contracts and forward contracts are examples of “derivatives.”

Foreign Investing. The portfolios may invest in foreign securities, including depositary receipts of foreign based companies and including securities of companies based in developing countries.

Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”). Each of the portfolios that may invest in equity securities may participate in the IPO market, and a significant portion of those portfolios’ returns may be attributable to their investment in IPOs, which have a magnified impact on portfolios with small asset bases. There is no guarantee that as those portfolios’ assets grow they will continue to experience substantially similar performance by investing in IPOs.

Portfolio Turnover. The portfolios do not restrict the frequency of trading to limit expenses. The portfolios may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve their investment objectives. Frequent trading can result in a portfolio turnover in excess of 100% (high portfolio turnover).

Securities Lending. For purposes of realizing additional income, a portfolio may lend its portfolio securities with a value of up to 33¹/3% of the portfolio’s total assets (including collateral received for securities lent) to broker-dealers approved by the Trust’s board of trustees. Generally, any such loan of portfolio securities will be continuously secured by collateral at least equal to the value of the security loaned. Such collateral will be in the form of cash, marketable securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies, or a standby letter of credit issued by qualified banks. Loans will only be made to firms deemed by the Manager to be of good standing and will not be made unless, in the judgment of the sub-adviser, the consideration to be earned from such loans would justify the risk.

Short Sales. The portfolios may engage in short sales. A “short sale” is the sale by a portfolio of a security that has been borrowed from a third party on the expectation that the market price will drop. If the price of the security drops, the portfolio will make a profit by purchasing the security in the open market at a lower price than at which it sold the security. If the price of the security rises, the portfolio may have to cover short positions at a higher price than the short sale price, resulting in a loss. The portfolios generally will only engage in covered short sales. In a covered short sale, a portfolio either (1) borrows and sells securities it already owns (also known as a short sale “against the box”), or (2) deposits in a segregated account cash, U.S. government securities, or other liquid securities in an amount equal to the market value of the securities sold short.

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The Manager

AXA Equitable, through its Funds Management Group unit, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104, serves as the manager of each portfolio. AXA Equitable is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc., a subsidiary of AXA, a French insurance holding company.

As manager, AXA Equitable has a variety of responsibilities for the general management and administration of the Trust and the portfolios, including the selection of sub-advisers. AXA Equitable plays an active role in monitoring each portfolio and sub-adviser and uses portfolio analytics systems to strengthen its evaluation of performance, style, risk levels, diversification and other criteria. AXA Equitable also monitors each sub-adviser’s portfolio management team to ensure that investment activities remain consistent with the portfolios’ investment style and objectives.

Beyond performance analysis, AXA Equitable monitors significant changes that may impact the sub-adviser’s overall business. AXA Equitable monitors continuity in the sub-adviser’s operations and changes in investment personnel and senior management. AXA Equitable also performs due diligence reviews with each sub-adviser no less frequently than annually.

In its capacity as manager, AXA Equitable obtains detailed, comprehensive information concerning portfolio and sub-adviser performance and portfolio operations that is used to oversee and monitor the sub-advisers and the portfolio operations. A team is responsible for conducting ongoing investment reviews with each sub-adviser and for developing the criteria by which portfolio performance is measured.

AXA Equitable selects sub-advisers from a pool of candidates, including its affiliates, to manage the portfolios. AXA Equitable may appoint, dismiss and replace sub-advisers and amend sub-advisory agreements subject to the approval of the Trust’s board of trustees. AXA Equitable also may allocate a portfolio’s assets among additional sub-advisers subject to the approval of the Trust’s board of trustees and has discretion to allocate each portfolio’s assets among the portfolio’s current sub-advisers. AXA Equitable recommends sub-advisers for each portfolio to the board of trustees based upon its continuing quantitative and qualitative evaluation of each sub-adviser’s skills in managing assets pursuant to specific investment styles and strategies. Unlike many other mutual funds, the portfolios are not associated with any one portfolio manager, and seek to benefit from different specialists selected from the investment management industry. Short-term investment performance, by itself, is not a significant factor in selecting or terminating a sub-adviser, and AXA Equitable does not expect to recommend frequent changes of sub-advisers.

AXA Equitable has received an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to permit it and the board of trustees to appoint, dismiss and replace a portfolio’s sub-advisers and to amend the sub-advisory agreements between AXA Equitable and the sub-advisers without obtaining shareholder approval. Accordingly, AXA Equitable is able, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, to appoint, dismiss and replace sub-advisers and to amend sub-advisory agreements without obtaining shareholder approval. If a new sub-adviser is retained for a portfolio, shareholders would receive notice of such action. However, AXA Equitable may not enter into a sub-advisory agreement with an Affiliated Adviser unless the sub-advisory agreement with the Affiliated Adviser, including compensation, is also approved by the affected portfolio’s shareholders. AllianceBernstein L.P., one of the current sub-advisers, is an affiliate of AXA Equitable.

The Sub-advisers

Each portfolio’s investments are selected by three or more sub-advisers, which act independently of one another. The following describes each portfolio’s sub-advisers, portfolio managers and each portfolio manager’s business experience. Information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts they manage and their ownership of securities of the portfolios is available in the Trust’s SAI.

AllianceBernstein L.P. (“AllianceBernstein”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio. AllianceBernstein, a limited partnership, is a majority owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc. As of December 31, 2008, AllianceBernstein had approximately $462 billion in assets under management.

Goodman &. Co. NY Ltd. (“Goodman”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio. Goodman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dundee Wealth Management, Ltd., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company. As of December 31, 2008, Goodman had approximately $19.6 billion in assets under management.

Institutional Capital LLC (“ICAP”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio. ICAP is a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Investment Management Holdings, LLC, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company. As of December 31, 2008, ICAP had approximately $12.2 billion in assets under management.

MFS Investment Management (“MFS”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio. MFS is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., which in turn is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc., a publicly traded diversified financial services organization. As of December 31, 2008, the MFS organization had approximately $128 billion in assets under management.

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SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA FM”) serves as a sub-adviser to the Index Allocated Portion of each portfolio. SSgA FM is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. As of December 31, 2008, SSgA FM had over $118 billion in assets under management. SSgA FM and other State Street advisory affiliates make up State Street Global Advisors (“SSgA”), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation. With over $1.44 trillion under management as of December 31, 2008, SSgA provides complete global investment management services from offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio. T. Rowe is a wholly owned subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, which is a publicly-traded financial services firm. As of December 31, 2008, T. Rowe and its affiliates had approximately $276.3 billion in assets under management.

Westfield Capital Management Company LP (“WCM”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio. WCM is a subsidiary of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded corporation. WCM employees effectively own 40% of the firm, with the right to purchase a remaining 30% in 2010 and the final 30% in 2014. As of December 31, 2008, WCM had approximately $8.8 billion in assets under management.

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Portfolio	Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Manager(s)	Business Experience
Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio	Goodman &. Co. NY Ltd. 1 Adelaide Street East Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C2V9 Portfolio Manager Noah Blackstein	Noah Blackstein is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the portfolio. Mr. Blackstein is a Vice President of Goodman and joined Goodman in 1997 as a portfolio manager. Mr. Blackstein has more than 14 years of securities business experience, 11 of which has been with Goodman.

	SSgA Funds Management, Inc. State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 Portfolios Managers Lynn Blake John Tucker	Lynn Blake and John Tucker are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the index allocated portion of the portfolio. Ms. Blake is a Principal of SSgA FM, Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors and the Head of Non-US Markets in the Global Structured Products Group. Ms. Blake joined SSgA FM in 1987, and since that time has had portfolio management responsibilities and is currently responsible for overseeing the management of all non-US equity index portfolios. Mr. Tucker is a Principal of SSgA FM, Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors and the Head of US Equity Markets in the Global Structured Products Group. He is also responsible for all Derivative Strategies and Exchange Traded Funds. Mr. Tucker manages numerous index strategies and works closely with the other Unit Heads in the group. He joined State Street in 1988 and since that time has had portfolio management responsibilities.

	T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202. Portfolio Manager Robert W. Sharps	An Investment Advisory Committee is responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the portfolio. Robert W. Sharps, lead Portfolio Manager, has primary responsibility for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the portfolio and works with the committee in developing and executing the allocated portion’s investment program. Mr. Sharps has been chairman of the committee since 2002. He joined T. Rowe Price in 1997 and his investment experience dates from 1996.

	Westfield Capital Management Company LP One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 Portfolio Management Team	WCM’s Investment Committee is responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the portfolio, which consists of Arthur J. Bauernfeind, William A. Muggia, Ethan J. Meyers, Scott R. Emerman and Matthew Strobeck as well as WCM’s other security analysts. Industry sectors are divided among the committee members. Arthur J. Bauernfeind has been Chairman since 1990. Mr. Bauernfeind covers macroeconomic events for the WCM Allocated Portion. William A. Muggia has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer since 1994. Mr. Muggia covers the

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Portfolio	Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Manager(s)	Business Experience
		Healthcare and Energy sectors for the WCM Allocated Portion and is the lead member of the Investment Committee. Ethan J. Meyers has been a Partner since 1999. Mr. Meyers is responsible for covering the Financials sector and the consumer services industry of the WCM Allocated Portion. Scott R. Emerman has been a Partner since 2002. Mr. Emerman is responsible for covering the Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors for the WCM Allocated Portion. Matthew Strobeck has been a Partner since 2003. Mr. Strobeck is responsible for covering the Healthcare sector for the WCM Allocated Portion.
Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio	AllianceBernstein L.P. 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 Portfolio Management Team	The management of and investment decisions for the allocated portion of the portfolio are made by the US Value Investment Policy Group, comprised of Senior US Value Investment Team members. The US Value Investment Policy Group relies heavily on the fundamental analysis and research of AllianceBernstein’s large internal research staff. No one person is principally responsible for making recommendations for the portfolio. The members of the US Value Investment Policy Group with the most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of the portfolio are Marilyn Fedak, John Mahedy, Chris Marx, John Phillips and David Yuen. Ms. Fedak is an executive vice president of AllianceBernstein and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. She also is President of Sanford C. Bernstein Mutual Funds and a Director of SCB Inc. Ms. Fedak joined Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc (a predecessor company of AllianceBernstein) in 1984 as a senior portfolio manager. From 1993 to 2003, she was Chief Investment Officer for US Large-Cap Value Equities. John Mahedy is Co-CIO of AllianceBernstein’s US Value Equities having held the position since 2003. Previously, he served as director of research — US Value Equities from 2001-2003. Prior to that position, Mr. Mahedy was a senior research analyst in Bernstein’s institutional research and brokerage unit, covering the domestic and international energy industry from 1995 to 2001 and the oil-services industry from 1988 to 1991. Mr. Marx is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Member of the US Value Equity Investment Policy Group. He joined AllianceBernstein in 1997 as a Research Analyst and has covered a variety of industries both domestically and internationally, including chemicals, food, supermarkets, beverages and tobacco. He has had portfolio management responsibilities since he joined the firm. Mr. Phillips is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Member of the US Value Equity Investment Policy Group. He is also chairman of AllianceBernstein’s Proxy Voting Committee. Mr. Phillips joined AllianceBernstein in 1994 and has had portfolio management responsibilities since he joined the firm.

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Portfolio	Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Manager(s)	Business Experience
		David Yuen was appointed Director of Research — US Large Cap Value in early 2008. Previously, Mr. Yuen was named Director of Research — Emerging Markets Value in August 2002. Mr. Yuen joined Bernstein in 1998 as a research analyst covering the global retailing industry and has had portfolio management responsibilities since that time.

	Institutional Capital LLC 225 West Wacker Drive Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60606 Portfolio Managers Jerrold K. Senser Thomas R. Wenzel	Jerrold K. Senser and Thomas R. Wenzel are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the portfolio. Mr. Senser serves as chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ICAP. As CEO and CIO, Mr. Senser heads the investment committee and is the lead portfolio manager for all of ICAP’s investment strategies. Mr. Senser joined the firm in 1986 and has had portfolio management responsibilities since that time. Mr. Wenzel serves as executive vice president and director of research of ICAP. Mr. Wenzel is a senior member of the investment committee and serves as a lead portfolio manager for all of ICAP’s investment strategies. Mr. Wenzel joined ICAP in 1993 and has had portfolio management responsibilities since that time.

	MFS Investment Management 500 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Portfolio Managers Nevin P. Chitkara Steven R. Gorham	Nevin P. Chitkara and Steven R. Gorham are primarily responsible for day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the portfolio. Mr. Chitkara is an Investment Officer and portfolio manager with MFS and has been employed in the investment area of MFS since 1997. Mr. Gorham is an Investment Officer and portfolio manager with MFS and has been employed in the investment area of MFS since 1992.

	SSgA Funds Management, Inc. State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 Portfolios Managers Lynn Blake John Tucker	Lynn Blake and John Tucker are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the index allocated portion of the portfolio. Ms. Blake is a Principal of SSgA FM, Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors and the Head of Non-US Markets in the Global Structured Products Group. Ms. Blake joined SSgA FM in 1987, and since that time, has had portfolio management responsibilities and is currently responsible for overseeing the management of all non-US equity index portfolios. Mr. Tucker is a Principal of SSgA FM, Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors and the Head of US Equity Markets in the Global Structured Products Group. He is also responsible for all Derivative Strategies and Exchange Traded Funds. Mr. Tucker manages numerous index strategies and works closely with the other Unit Heads in the group. He joined State Street in 1988 and since that time, has had portfolio management responsibilities.

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Management Fees

Each portfolio pays a contractual fee to AXA Equitable for management services. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the Large Cap Growth Portfolio paid a management fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the portfolio. The Large Cap Value Portfolio paid a management fee at an annual rate of 0.72%.

During fiscal year 2008, the Manager agreed to reduce the contractual management for certain Portfolios. The following table shows the contractual rate of the management fees (as a percentage of the portfolio’s average daily net assets) payable by each portfolio.


Portfolio	First $750 Million	Next $1 Billion	Next $3 Billion	Next $5 Billion	Thereafter
Multimanager Large Cap Growth	0.750%	0.700%	0.675%	0.650%	0.625%
Multimanager Large Cap Value	0.750%	0.700%	0.675%	0.650%	0.625%

A discussion of the basis for the decision by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to approve the investment management agreement with AXA Equitable and the investment advisory agreements with the sub-advisers is available in the Trust’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the period ended December 31, 2008, except that a discussion of the basis for the decision by the Trust’s Board of Trustees to approve the investment advisory agreements with WCM on behalf of the Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Goodman on behalf of the Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio, is available in the Trust’s Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the period ended June 30, 2008.

The sub-advisers are paid by AXA Equitable. Changes to the sub-advisory fees may be negotiated, which could result in an increase or decrease in the amount of the management fee retained by AXA Equitable, without shareholder approval.

AXA Equitable also provides administrative services to the Trust including coordination of the Trust’s audit, financial statements and tax returns; expense management and budgeting; legal administrative services and compliance monitoring; portfolio accounting services, including daily net asset value accounting; operational risk management; and oversight of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures and anti-money laundering program. For administrative services, in addition to the management fee, the portfolios pay AXA Equitable a contractual fee at an annual rate of 0.15% of the portfolios’ total average net assets up to and including $15 billion, 0.125% of the portfolios’ total average net assets over $15 billion up to and including $30 billion, and 0.100% of the portfolios’ total average net assets over $30 billion, plus $35,000 per portfolio and an additional $35,000 for each portion of the portfolio for which separate administrative services are provided (e.g., portions of a portfolio allocated to separate sub-advisers and/or managed in a discrete style).

Legal Proceedings Relating to the Sub-advisers

AllianceBernstein L.P.

All aspects of AllianceBernstein L.P.’s (“AllianceBernstein” and “the firm”) business are subject to various federal and state laws and regulations, and to laws in foreign countries in which AllianceBernstein’s subsidiaries conduct business. Accordingly, from time to time, regulators contact AllianceBernstein seeking information concerning the firm and its business activities. At any given time, AllianceBernstein is also a party to civil lawsuits.

Please see below for details on current material litigation against AllianceBernstein and material regulatory matters involving AllianceBernstein:

Pending Litigation

Market Timing Litigation. On October 2, 2003, a complaint (Hindo v. Alliance Capital Management L.P., et al.) was filed in federal court in New York alleging that AllianceBernstein and numerous other defendants entered into agreements under which certain parties were permitted to engage in “late trading” and “market timing” transactions in certain firm-sponsored mutual funds in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Hindo further alleges that the prospectuses for certain of these funds were false and misleading. Numerous additional lawsuits making factual allegations generally similar to those in Hindo were later filed in federal and state court, including a lawsuit by the State of West Virginia. In February 2004, all of the pending actions were transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. In September 2004, plaintiffs filed consolidated amended class action complaints

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with respect to four types of claim against the firm and other defendants - mutual fund shareholder claims, mutual fund derivative claims, ERISA claims by participants in the firm’s profit sharing plan, and derivative claims brought on behalf of AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. In general terms, these lawsuits allege facts similar to those in the Hindo complaint, and assert claims under the Securities Act and Exchange Act, as well as claims under the 1940 Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and common law. They seek unspecified damages. AllianceBernstein has moved to dismiss the consolidated complaints.

On April 21, 2006, the firm and attorneys for plaintiffs entered into a confidential memorandum of understanding containing their agreement to settle the claims in the mutual fund shareholder, mutual fund derivative and ERISA actions. The agreement will be documented by a stipulation of settlement and will be submitted for court approval at a later date. AllianceBernstein and the other defendants in these actions continue to vigorously defend against any remaining and/or unsettled claims.

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At the present time, AllianceBernstein is unable to predict the outcome or estimate a possible loss or range of loss in respect of the foregoing matters because of the inherent uncertainty regarding the outcome of complex litigation.

With respect to all significant litigation matters, AllianceBernstein conducts a probability assessment of the likelihood of a negative outcome. If the likelihood of a negative outcome is probable, and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, AllianceBernstein records an estimated loss for the expected outcome of the litigation as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 (“SFAS No. 5”), “Accounting for Contingencies”, and Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 14, “Reasonable Estimation of the Amount of a Loss — an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 5”.

If the likelihood of a negative outcome is reasonably possible and AllianceBernstein is able to indicate an estimate of the possible loss or range of loss, AllianceBernstein discloses that fact together with the estimate of the possible loss or range of loss. However, it is difficult to predict the outcome or estimate a possible loss or range of loss because litigation is subject to significant uncertainties, particularly when plaintiffs allege substantial or indeterminate damages, or when the litigation is highly complex or broad in scope.

Pending Regulatory Matters

Mutual Fund Trading Matters. Certain regulatory authorities, including the SEC and the Office of the New York State Attorney General (“NYAG”), are investigating practices in the mutual fund industry identified as “market timing” and “late trading” of mutual fund shares and have requested that the firm provide information to them. Our firm has cooperated and will continue to cooperate with all of these authorities.

On December 18, 2003, the firm reached terms with the SEC for the resolution of regulatory claims against Alliance Capital Management L.P. with respect to market timing. The SEC Order reflecting the agreement found that the firm maintained relationships with certain investors who were permitted to engage in market timing trades in certain domestic mutual funds sponsored by the firm in return for or in connection with making investments (which were not actively traded) in other firm products, including hedge funds and mutual funds, for which it receives advisory fees (“Market Timing Relationships”). The Order also stated that the SEC determined to accept an Offer of Settlement submitted by Alliance Capital Management L.P. The firm concurrently reached an agreement in principle with the NYAG which was subject to final, definitive documentation. That documentation, titled the Assurance of Discontinuance, is dated September 1, 2004.

Under both the SEC Order and the NYAG agreement, the firm must establish a $250 million fund to compensate fund shareholders for the adverse effect of market timing. Of the $250 million fund, the Agreements characterize $150 million as disgorgement and $100 million as a penalty. The Agreement with the NYAG requires a weighted average reduction in fees of 20% with respect to investment advisory agreements with AllianceBernstein-sponsored U.S. long-term open-end retail mutual funds for a minimum of five years, which commenced January 1, 2004. The terms of the agreements also call for the formation of certain compliance and ethics committees and the election of independent chairman to mutual fund boards, among other things.

On February 10, 2004, AllianceBernstein received (i) a subpoena duces tecum from the Office of the Attorney General of the State of West Virginia and (ii) a request for information from West Virginia’s Office of the State Auditor, Securities Commission (“West Virginia Securities Commission”) (together, the “Information Requests”). Both Information Requests require AllianceBernstein to produce documents concerning, among other things, any market timing or late trading in our sponsored mutual funds. AllianceBernstein responded to the Information Requests and is cooperating fully with the investigation.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

The Manager and the Sub-advisers (cont’d)

On August 30, 2005, the deputy commissioner of securities of the West Virginia Securities Commission signed a “Summary Order to Cease and Desist, and Notice of Right to Hearing” addressed to Alliance Capital Management L.P. and Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. The Summary Order claims that the firms violated the West Virginia Uniform Securities Act, and makes factual allegations generally similar to those in the Hindo Complaint. On January 25, 2006, AllianceBernstein and several unaffiliated firms filed a Petition for Writ of Prohibition and Order Suspending Proceedings in West Virginia state court, seeking to vacate the Summary Order and for other relief. The court denied the writ and in September 2006 the Supreme Court of Appeals declined our petition for appeal. On September 22, 2006, AllianceBernstein filed an answer and motion to dismiss the Summary Order with the Securities Commissioner. AllianceBernstein intends to vigorously defend against the allegations in the Summary Order.

On September 16, 2005, the SEC issued a Wells notice to the firm claiming that it aided and abetted violations of Section 19(a) of the 1940 Act by the Alliance All-Market Advantage Fund and the Spain Fund. The notice alleged that the funds did not, under Section 19(a), provide the required disclosure of the character of dividend distributions. The funds revised their dividend disclosures in 2004 in response to the SEC’s review of this matter and the firm believes that the disclosures now fully comply with Section 19(a). The firm has reached an agreement in principle with the SEC to resolve this matter, and has recorded a $450,000 earnings charge in connection therewith.

A discussion of material litigation and regulatory matters also is contained in AllianceBernstein’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. If you would like additional information concerning any of these matters, or any other matters, please let us know.

PORTFOLIO SERVICES

Buying and Selling Shares

Each portfolio offers Class A and Class B shares. All shares are purchased and sold at their net asset value without any sales load. These portfolios are not designed for market-timers, see the section entitled “Purchase Restrictions on Market-Timers and Active Traders.”

The price at which a purchase or sale is effected is based on the next calculation of net asset value after an order is placed by an insurance company or qualified retirement plan investing in or redeeming from the Trust. All redemption requests will be processed and payment with respect thereto will normally be made within seven days after tender.

Restrictions on Buying and Selling Shares

Purchase Restrictions

The portfolios reserve the right to suspend or change the terms of purchasing or selling shares.

Purchase Restrictions on Market-Timers and Active Traders

Frequent transfers or purchases and redemptions of portfolio shares, including market timing and other program trading or short-term trading strategies, may be disruptive to the portfolios. Excessive purchases and redemptions of shares of a portfolio may adversely affect portfolio performance and the interests of long-term investors by requiring it to maintain larger amounts of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time or price. For example, when market timing occurs, a portfolio may have to sell its holdings to have the cash necessary to redeem the market timer’s shares. This can happen when it is not advantageous to sell any securities, so the portfolio’s performance may be hurt. When large dollar amounts are involved, market timing can also make it difficult to use long-term investment strategies because a portfolio cannot predict how much cash it will have to invest. In addition, disruptive transfers or purchases and redemptions of portfolio shares may impede efficient portfolio management and impose increased transaction costs, such as brokerage costs, by requiring the portfolio manager to effect more frequent purchases and sales of portfolio securities. Similarly, a portfolio may bear increased administrative costs as a result of the asset level and investment volatility that accompanies patterns of excessive or short-term trading. Portfolios that invest a significant portion of their assets in foreign securities, the securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies or high-yield securities tend to be subject to the risks associated with market timing and short-term trading strategies to a greater extent than funds that do not. Securities trading in overseas markets present time zone arbitrage opportunities when events affecting portfolio securities values occur after the close of the overseas market but prior to the close of the U.S. market. Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies and high-yield securities also present arbitrage opportunities because the market for such securities may be less liquid than the market for the securities of larger companies and higher quality bonds, which could result in pricing inefficiencies.

The Trust’s board of trustees has adopted policies and procedures regarding disruptive transfer activity. The Trust and the portfolios discourage frequent purchases and redemptions of portfolio shares by Contractholders and will not make special arrangements to accommodate such transactions in portfolio shares. As a general matter, each portfolio and the Trust reserve the right to reject a transfer that they believe, in their sole discretion, is disruptive (or potentially disruptive) to the management of the portfolio.

The Trust’s polices and procedures seek to discourage what it considers to be disruptive trading activity. The Trust seeks to apply its policies and procedures to all Contractholders, including any omnibus accounts, uniformly. It should be recognized, however, that such policies and procedures are subject to limitations:

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They do not eliminate the possibility that disruptive transfer activity, including market timing, will occur or that portfolio performance will be affected by such activity.

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The design of such policies and procedures involves inherently subjective judgments, which AXA Equitable, on behalf of the Trust, seeks to make in a fair and reasonable manner consistent with the interests of all Contractholders.

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The limits on AXA Equitable’s ability to monitor certain potentially disruptive transfer activity means that some Contractholders may be treated differently than others, resulting in the risk that some Contractholders may be able to engage in frequent transfer activity while others will bear the effect of that frequent transfer activity.

If AXA Equitable, on behalf of the Trust, determines that a Contractholder’s transfer patterns among the Trust’s portfolios are disruptive to the Trust’s portfolios, it may, among other things, restrict the availability of personal telephone requests, facsimile transmissions, automated

PORTFOLIO SERVICES (cont’d)

telephone services, internet services or any electronic transfer services. AXA Equitable may also refuse to act on transfer instructions on an agent acting under a power of attorney who is acting on behalf of more than one owner. In making these determinations, AXA Equitable may consider the combined transfer activity of Contracts that it believes are under common ownership, control or direction.

The Trust currently considers transfers into and out of (or vice versa) the same portfolio within a five-business day period as potentially disruptive transfer activity. In order to reduce disruptive activity, it monitors the frequency of transfers, including the size of transfers in relation to portfolio assets, in each portfolio. The Trust aggregates inflows and outflows for each portfolio on a daily basis. When a potentially disruptive transfer into or out of a portfolio occurs on a day when the portfolio’s net inflows and outflows exceed an established monitoring threshold, AXA Equitable sends a letter to the Contractholder explaining that there is a policy against disruptive transfer activity and that if such activity continues, AXA Equitable may take the actions described above to restrict the availability of voice, fax and automated transaction services. If such Contractholder is identified a second time as engaging in potentially disruptive transfer activity, AXA Equitable currently restricts the availability of voice, fax and automated transaction services. AXA Equitable currently applies such action for the remaining life of each affected Contract. Because AXA Equitable exercises discretion in determining whether or not to take the actions discussed above, some Contractholders may be treated differently than others, resulting in the risk that some Contractholders may be able to engage in frequent transfer activity while others will bear the effect of the frequent transfer activity. Although AXA Equitable currently provides a letter to Contractholders who have engaged in disruptive transfer activity of its intention to restrict access to communication services, AXA Equitable may not continue to provide such letters. Consistent with seeking to discourage potentially disruptive transfer activity, AXA Equitable or the Trust may also, in its sole discretion and without further notice, change what it considers potentially disruptive transfer activity and its monitoring procedures and thresholds, as well as change its procedures to restrict this activity. You should consult the Contract prospectus that accompanies this Prospectus for information on other specific limitations on the transfer privilege.

The above policies and procedures with respect to frequent transfers or purchases and redemptions of portfolio shares also apply to retirement plan participants, but do not apply to transfers or purchases of portfolio shares by AXA Equitable’s funds of funds.

Notwithstanding our efforts, we may be unable to detect or deter market timing activity by certain persons, which can lead to disruption of management of, and excess costs to, the particular portfolio.

Selling Restrictions

The table below describes restrictions placed on selling shares of any portfolio described in this Prospectus.



Restriction		Situation
The portfolio may suspend the right of redemption or postpone payment for more than 7 days:		• When the New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than a weekend/holiday). • During an emergency. • Any other period permitted by the SEC.
A portfolio may pay the redemption price in whole or part by a distribution in kind of readily marketable securities in lieu of cash or may take up to 7 days to pay a redemption request in order to raise capital:		• When it is detrimental for a portfolio to make cash payments as determined in the sole discretion of AXA Equitable.

How Portfolio Shares are Priced

“Net asset value” is the price of one share of a portfolio without a sales charge, and is calculated each business day using the following formula:


Net Asset Value =		Total market value of securities + Cash and other assets – Liabilities
Net Asset Value =		Number of outstanding shares

The net asset value of portfolio shares is determined according to this schedule:

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A share’s net asset value is determined as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange”) on the days the Exchange is open for trading. This is normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

PORTFOLIO SERVICES (cont’d)

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The price you pay for purchasing or redeeming a share will be based upon the net asset value next calculated after your order is placed by an insurance company or qualified retirement plan.

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A portfolio heavily invested in foreign securities may have net asset value changes on days when you cannot buy or sell its shares because foreign securities sometimes trade on days when a portfolio’s shares are not priced.

Generally, portfolio securities are valued as follows:

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Equity securities (including securities issued by exchange traded funds (“ETFs”)) — most recent sales price or official closing price or if there is no sale or official closing price, latest available bid price.

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Debt securities — based upon pricing service valuations.

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Securities traded on foreign exchanges — most recent sales or bid price on the foreign exchange or market, unless a significant event or circumstance occurs after the close of that market or exchange that will materially affect its value. In that case, fair value as determined by or under the direction of the Trust’s board of trustees at the close of regular trading on the Exchange. Foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollar equivalent daily at current exchange rates.

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Options — last sales price or, if not available, previous day’s sales price. If the bid price is higher or the asked price is lower than the last sales price, the higher bid or lower asked price may be used. Options not traded on an exchange or actively traded are valued according to fair value methods.

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Futures — last sales price or, if there is no sale, latest available bid price.

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Investment Company Securities — shares of open-end mutual funds (other than ETFs) held by a portfolio will be valued at the net asset value of the shares of such funds as described in those funds’ prospectuses.

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Other Securities — other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available or for which valuation cannot be provided are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Trust’s board of trustees. For example, a security whose trading has been halted during the trading day may be fair valued based on the available information at the time of the close of the trading market. Similarly, securities for which there is no ready market (e.g., securities of certain small capitalization issuers and certain issuers located in emerging markets) also may be fair valued. Some methods for valuing these securities may include: fundamental analysis (earnings multiple, etc.), matrix pricing (a method that takes into consideration the value of other securities with similar characteristics, such as ratings, yield and maturity), discounts from market prices of similar securities, or discounts applied due to the nature and duration of restrictions on the disposition on the securities.

Events or circumstances affecting the values of portfolio securities that occur between the closing of their principal markets and the time the net asset value is determined, such as foreign securities trading on foreign exchanges that close before the time the net asset value is determined, may be reflected in the Trust’s calculation of net asset values for each applicable portfolio when the Trust deems that the event or circumstance would materially affect such portfolio’s net asset value. Such events or circumstances may be company specific, such as an earning report, country or region specific, such as a natural disaster, or global in nature. Such events or circumstances also may include price movements in the U.S. securities markets.

The effect of fair value pricing as described above is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded, but rather may be priced by another method that the Trust’s board of trustees believes reflects fair value. As such, fair value pricing is based on subjective judgments and it is possible that fair value may differ materially from the value realized on a sale. This policy is intended to assure that the portfolio’s net asset value fairly reflects security values as of the time of pricing. Also, fair valuation of a portfolio’s securities can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing policies will prevent dilution of the portfolio’s NAV by those traders.

Dividends and Other Distributions

The portfolios generally distribute most or all of their net investment income and their net realized gains, if any, annually. Dividends and other distributions by a portfolio are automatically reinvested at net asset value in shares of that portfolio.

PORTFOLIO SERVICES (cont’d)

Tax Consequences

Each portfolio is treated as a separate corporation, and intends to continue to qualify to be treated as a regulated investment company, for federal tax purposes. A portfolio will be so treated if it meets specified federal income tax rules, including its requirements regarding types of investments, limits on investments, types of income, and distributions. A regulated investment company is not taxed at the entity (portfolio) level to the extent it passes through its net income and gains to its shareholders by making distributions. Although the Trust intends that each portfolio will be operated to have no federal tax liability, if any portfolio does have any federal tax liability, that would hurt its investment performance. Also, any portfolio that invests in foreign securities or holds (and certain other requirements) foreign currencies could be subject to foreign taxes that could reduce its investment performance.

It is important for each portfolio to maintain its regulated investment company status (and to satisfy certain other requirements), because the shareholders of the portfolio that are insurance company separate accounts will then be able to use a “look-through” rule in determining whether the Contracts indirectly funded by the portfolio meet the investment diversification rules for separate accounts. If a portfolio failed to meet those diversification rules, owners of non-pension plan Contracts funded through that portfolio would be taxed immediately on the accumulated investment earnings under their Contracts and would lose any benefit of tax deferral. AXA Equitable, in its capacity as Manager and as the administrator for the Trust, therefore carefully monitors the portfolios’ compliance with all of the regulated investment company rules and separate account investment diversification rules.

Contractholders seeking to more fully understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product or refer to their Contract prospectus.

Additional Information

Portfolio Distribution Arrangements

The portfolios are distributed by AXA Advisors, LLC and AXA Distributors, LLC, affiliates of AXA Equitable, (the “Co-distributors”).

The Co-distributors may receive payments from certain sub-advisers of the portfolios or their affiliates to help defray expenses for sales meetings or seminar sponsorships that may relate to the Contracts and/or the sub-advisers’ respective portfolios. These sales meetings or seminar sponsorships may provide the sub-advisers with increased access to persons involved in the distribution of the Contracts. The Co-distributors also may receive other marketing support from the sub-advisers in connection with the distribution of the Contracts.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Bid price — The price a prospective buyer is ready to pay. This term is used by traders who maintain firm bid and offer prices in a given security by standing ready to buy or sell security units at publicly quoted prices.

Capital gain distributions — Payments to a portfolio’s shareholders of profits earned from selling securities in that portfolio. Capital gain distributions are usually paid once a year.

Core investing — An investment style that includes both the strategies used when seeking either growth companies (those with strong earnings growth) or value companies (those that may be temporarily out of favor or have earnings or assets not fully reflected in their stock price).

Derivative — A financial instrument whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.

Diversification — The strategy of investing in a wide range of companies to reduce the risk if an individual company suffers losses.

Duration — A measure of how much a bond’s price fluctuates with changes in interest rates.

Earnings growth — A pattern of increasing rate of growth in earnings per share from one period to another, which usually causes a stock’s price to rise.

Fundamental analysis — An analysis of the balance sheet and income statements of a company in order to forecast its future stock price movements. Fundamental analysis considers past records of assets, earnings, sales, products, management and markets in predicting future trends in these indicators of a company’s success or failure. By appraising a company’s prospects, analysts using such an approach assess whether a particular stock or group of stocks is undervalued or overvalued at its current market price.

Growth investing — An investment style that emphasizes companies with strong earnings growth. Growth investing is generally considered more aggressive than “value” investing.

Interest rate — Rate of interest charged for the use of money, usually expressed as an annual rate.

Market capitalization — Market price of a company’s shares multiplied by number of shares outstanding. A common measure of the relative size of a company.

Net asset value (NAV) — The market value of one share of a portfolio on any given day without taking into account any front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. It is determined by dividing a portfolio’s total net assets by the number of shares outstanding.

Price-to-book value ratio — Current market price of a stock divided by its book value, or net asset value.

Price-to-earnings ratio — Current market price of a stock divided by its earnings per share. Also known as the “multiple,” the price-to-earnings ratio gives investors an idea of how much they are paying for a company’s earning power and is a useful tool for evaluating the costs of different securities.

Value investing — An investment style that focuses on companies that may be temporarily out of favor or have earnings or assets not fully reflected in their stock prices.

Volatility — The general variability of a portfolio’s value resulting from price fluctuations of its investments. In most cases, the more diversified a portfolio is, the less volatile it will be.

Yield — The rate at which a portfolio earns income, expressed as a percentage. Mutual fund yield calculations are standardized, based upon a formula developed by the SEC.

DESCRIPTION OF BENCHMARKS

Each portfolio’s performance is compared to that of a broad-based securities market index.

Broad-based securities indices are unmanaged and are not subject to fees and expenses typically associated with managed investment company portfolios. Investments cannot be made directly in a broad-based securities index.

Russell 1000^® Index

Contains 1,000 of the largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, representing approximately 92% of the investable U.S. equity market. The Russell 3000 Index is composed of 3,000 large U.S. securities, as determined by total market capitalization. This index is capitalization weighted and represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

Russell 1000^® Growth Index

Contains those Russell 1000 securities (1,000 largest securities in the Russell 3000 Index) with a greater-than-average growth orientation. Securities in this index tend to exhibit higher price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios, lower dividend yields and higher forecasted growth values than the Value universe.

Russell 1000^® Value Index

Contains those Russell 1000 securities (1,000 largest securities in the Russell 3000 Index) with a less-than-average growth orientation. It represents the universe of stocks from which value managers typically select. Securities in this index tend to exhibit lower price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios, higher dividend yields and lower forecasted growth values than the Growth universe.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the financial performance of the Trust’s Class A and Class B shares for each of the portfolios. The financial information in the table below is for the past five (5) years. The information below has been derived from the financial statements of the Trust, which have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s report on the Trust’s financial statements as of December 31, 2008 and the financial statements themselves appear in the Trust’s Annual Report.

Certain information reflects financial results for a single portfolio share. The total returns in the tables represent the rate that a shareholder would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the portfolio (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions). The total return figures shown below do not reflect any separate account or Contract fees and charges. The total return figures would be lower if they did reflect such fees and charges. The information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements contained in the Trust’s Annual Report which are incorporated by reference into the Trust’s SAI and available upon request.

Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio


	Class A
	Year Ended December 31,
	2008(c)			2007(c)			2006(c)			2005(c)			2004
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	9.84		$	9.96		$	10.40		$	9.66		$	9.03

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss		(0.02	)		(0.01	)		(0.03	)		(0.05	)		(0.01	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments		(4.44	)		1.13			0.08			0.79			0.64

Total from investment operations		(4.46	)		1.12			0.05			0.74			0.63

Less distributions:
Distributions from realized gains		—	#		(1.24	)		(0.49	)		—			—

Net asset value, end of year	$	5.38		$	9.84		$	9.96		$	10.40		$	9.66

Total return		(45.32	)%		11.51	%		0.44	%		7.66	%		6.98	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	6,823		$	25,968		$	21,104		$	17,780		$	12,166
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.01	%		1.04	%		1.08	%		1.08	%		1.05	%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.14	%		1.12	%		1.12	%		1.13	%		1.16	%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		(0.35	)%		(0.12	)%		(0.27	)%		(0.49	)%		(0.23	)%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		(0.25	)%		(0.06	)%		(0.25	)%		(0.47	)%		(0.18	)%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		(0.38	)%		(0.14	)%		(0.28	)%		(0.52	)%		(0.29	)%
Portfolio turnover rate		162	%		77	%		48	%		42	%		53	%
Effect of contractual expense limitation during the year:
Per share benefit to net investment loss	$	—	#	$	—	#	$	—	#	$	—	#	$	0.01

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (cont’d)

Multimanager Large Cap Growth Portfolio (continued)


	Class B
	Year Ended December 31,
	2008(c)			2007(c)			2006(c)			2005(c)			2004
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	9.67		$	9.83		$	10.30		$	9.58		$	8.99

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss		(0.04	)		(0.03	)		(0.05	)		(0.07	)		(0.04	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments		(4.35	)		1.11			0.07			0.79			0.63

Total from investment operations		(4.39	)		1.08			0.02			0.72			0.59

Less distributions:
Distributions from realized gains		—	#		(1.24	)		(0.49	)		—			—

Net asset value, end of year	$	5.28		$	9.67		$	9.83		$	10.30		$	9.58

Total return		(45.39	)%		11.26	%		0.15	%		7.52	%		6.56	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	203,047		$	391,335		$	372,653		$	362,850		$	343,638
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		1.35	%		1.35	%		1.35	%		1.35	%		1.35	%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.26	%		1.29	%(e)		1.33	%		1.33	%		1.30	%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.39	%		1.37	%		1.37	%		1.38	%		1.41	%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		(0.58	)%		(0.37	)%		(0.52	)%		(0.74	)%		(0.48	)%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		(0.49	)%		(0.30	)%		(0.50	)%		(0.72	)%		(0.43	)%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		(0.62	)%		(0.39	)%		(0.53	)%		(0.77	)%		(0.54	)%
Portfolio turnover rate		162	%		77	%		48	%		42	%		53	%
Effect of contractual expense limitation during the year:
Per share benefit to net investment loss	$	—	#	$	—	#	$	—	#	$	—	#	$	0.01

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (cont’d)

Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio


	Class A
	Year Ended December 31,
	2008(c)			2007(c)			2006(c)			2005(c)			2004
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	11.79		$	12.83		$	11.19		$	10.99		$	10.28

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income		0.18			0.19			0.14			0.13			0.13
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions		(4.58	)		0.29			2.05			0.68			1.36

Total from investment operations		(4.40	)		0.48			2.19			0.81			1.49

Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.16	)		(0.18	)		(0.12	)		(0.09	)		(0.14	)
Distributions from realized gains		(0.02	)		(1.34	)		(0.43	)		(0.52	)		(0.64	)

Total dividends and distributions		(0.18	)		(1.52	)		(0.55	)		(0.61	)		(0.78	)

Net asset value, end of year	$	7.21		$	11.79		$	12.83		$	11.19		$	10.99

Total return		(37.33	)%		3.88	%		19.62	%		7.37	%		14.71	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	1,180,738		$	1,220,184		$	914,471		$	309,385		$	9,758
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		1.05	%		1.07	%		1.10	%		1.10	%		1.10	%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.03	%		1.01	%		1.06	%		1.04	%		0.96	%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.05	%		1.07	%		1.10	%		1.12	%		1.15	%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		1.79	%		1.38	%		1.12	%		1.03	%		1.35	%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.82	%		1.44	%		1.16	%		1.09	%		1.49	%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.79	%		1.38	%		1.12	%		1.01	%		1.30	%
Portfolio turnover rate		60	%		77	%		63	%		76	%		99	%
Effect of contractual expense limitation during the year:
Per share benefit to net investment income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—	#	$	0.01

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (cont’d)

Multimanager Large Cap Value Portfolio (continued)


	Class B
	Year Ended December 31,
	2008(c)			2007(c)			2006(c)			2005(c)			2004
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	11.79		$	12.83		$	11.19		$	10.99		$	10.28

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income		0.15			0.16			0.11			0.09			0.12
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions		(4.57	)		0.29			2.05			0.69			1.34

Total from investment operations		(4.42	)		0.45			2.16			0.78			1.46

Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.14	)		(0.15	)		(0.09	)		(0.06	)		(0.11	)
Distributions from realized gains		(0.02	)		(1.34	)		(0.43	)		(0.52	)		(0.64	)

Total dividends and distributions		(0.16	)		(1.49	)		(0.52	)		(0.58	)		(0.75	)

Net asset value, end of year	$	7.21		$	11.79		$	12.83		$	11.19		$	10.99

Total return		(37.49	)%		3.61	%		19.32	%		7.10	%		14.42	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	439,812		$	718,323		$	702,312		$	526,727		$	406,626
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		1.30	%		1.32	%		1.35	%		1.35	%		1.35	%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.28	%		1.26	%(e)		1.31	%(e)		1.29	%		1.21	%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.30	%		1.32	%		1.35	%		1.37	%		1.40	%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
After waivers and reimbursements		1.51	%		1.12	%		0.85	%		0.78	%		1.10	%
After waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.53	%		1.18	%		0.89	%		0.84	%		1.24	%
Before waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly		1.51	%		1.12	%		0.85	%		0.76	%		1.05	%
Portfolio turnover rate		60	%		77	%		63	%		76	%		99	%
Effect of contractual expense limitation during the year:
Per share benefit to net investment income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—	#	$	0.01

*	Commencement of operations.

#	Per share amount is less than $0.01.

(†)	The capital contribution from affiliate is related to certain adjustments to historic net asset values.

(a)	Ratios for periods less than one year are annualized.

(b)	Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

(c)	Net investment income and capital changes are based on average shares outstanding.

(e)	Reflects overall fund ratios for investment income and non-class specific expense.

(f)	Includes a gain incurred resulting from a litigation payment. Without this gain, the total return would have been (46.77)%.

(g)	Includes a gain incurred resulting from a litigation payment. Without this gain, the total return would have been (46.87)%.

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