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PROSPECTUS MAY 1, 2010

Class A and Class B Shares

Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio

Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved any portfolio’s shares or determined whether this Prospectus is accurate or complete. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

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CONTENTS


Portfolio Goals, Strategies & Risks
Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio		3
Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio		7

More About Portfolio Fees & Expenses
Commission Recapture Program		11

More About Investment Strategies & Risks
More About Investment Strategies & Risks		12

More Information About The Manager and the Sub-advisers
The Trust		21
The Manager		21
The Sub-advisers		22
Management Fees		25
Legal Proceedings Related to the Sub-advisers		26

Portfolio Services
More Information About Buying and Selling Shares		28
Restrictions on Buying and Selling Shares		28
How Portfolio Shares are Priced		29
Dividends and Other Distributions		30
Tax Consequences		30
Additional Information		31

Glossary of Terms		32

Description of Benchmarks		33

Financial Highlights		34

MULTIMANAGER AGGRESSIVE EQUITY PORTFOLIO – CLASS A AND B SHARES

Investment Objective: Seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The table below does not reflect any fees and expenses associated with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts (“Contracts”), which would increase overall fees and expenses. See the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

Not applicable.


Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio	Class A Shares	Class B Shares
Management Fee	0.59%	0.59%
Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees)	None	0.25%
Other Expenses	0.23%	0.23%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses	0.82%	1.07%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other portfolios. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of these periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. 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 higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:


	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A Shares	$ 84	$262	$455	$1,014
Class B Shares	$109	$340	$590	$1,306

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 91% of the average value of the Portfolio.

INVESTMENTS, RISKS, AND PERFORMANCE

Principal Investment Strategies of the Portfolio

Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio intends to invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities. This policy may not be changed without providing at least sixty days’ written notice to the portfolio’s shareholders. For purposes of this Portfolio, equity securities shall include common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants, securities convertible into common stocks, and other equity securities, and financial instruments that derive their value from such securities. The Portfolio invests primarily in securities of large capitalization growth companies. For purposes of this Portfolio, large capitalization companies are companies with market capitalization within the range of the Russell 3000 Index at the time of investment (market capitalization range of approximately $20.3 million to $322.7 billion as of December 31, 2009). The Portfolio intends to invest primarily in common stocks, but may also invest in other equity securities that the sub-advisers believe provide opportunities for capital growth.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable” or “Manager”) will generally allocate the Portfolio’s assets among three or more sub-advisers, each of which will manage its portion of the Portfolio using different yet complementary investment strategies. Under normal circumstances, one portion of the Portfolio will track the performance of a particular index (“Index Allocated Portion”) and the other portions of the Portfolio will be actively managed (“Active Allocated Portions”). Under normal circumstances, AXA Equitable anticipates 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. These percentages are targets established by AXA Equitable and actual allocations between the portions may deviate from these targets by up to 20% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

The Index Allocated Portion of the Portfolio seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of the Russell 3000 Growth Index with minimal tracking error. Generally, the Index Allocated Portion utilizes a stratified sampling construction process in which the Index Allocation Portion invests in a subset of the companies represented in the Russell 3000 Growth Index based on the sub-adviser’s analysis of key risk factors and characteristics. Such factors and characteristics include industry weightings, market capitalizations, return variability and yield. The Index Allocated Portion also may invest in other instruments, such as futures and options contracts, that provide comparable exposure as the index without buying the underlying securities comprising the index.

The Manager also may utilize futures and options to manage equity exposure. Futures and options can provide exposure to the performance of a securities index without buying the underlying securities comprising the index. They also provide a means to manage the Portfolio’s equity exposure without having to buy or sell securities. When market volatility is increasing above specific

thresholds set for the Portfolio, the Manager may limit equity exposure either by reducing investments in securities, selling long futures and options positions on an index, increasing cash levels, and/or shorting an index. Although these actions are intended to reduce the overall risk of investing in the Portfolio, they may result in periods of underperformance. The Portfolio may invest up to 25% of its assets in derivatives, such as exchange-traded futures and options contracts on indices or other similar investments. Because such investments typically require an initial investment that is less than the amount required to buy the securities that relate to the relevant contract, such contracts may be deemed to involve the use of leverage. It is not expected, however, that the Portfolio will use leverage to pursue its investment objective (e.g., it is not expected that the Portfolio will borrow money for investment purposes).

Each Active Allocated Portions invests primarily in equity securities of companies whose above-average prospective earnings growth is not fully reflected, in the view of the sub-adviser, in current market valuations. The Portfolio may also invest in companies in cyclical industries, emerging growth companies, companies whose securities are temporarily undervalued, companies in special situations (e.g., change in management, new products or changes in customer demand), companies whose growth prospects are not recognized by the market and less widely known companies. For purposes of the Active Allocated Portions of this Portfolio, emerging growth companies are those that a sub-adviser believes are early in their life cycle but which have the potential to become major enterprises or are major enterprises which a sub-adviser believes have above-average growth prospects or those whose rates of earnings growth are expected to accelerate because of special factors such as rejuvenated management, new products, changes in customer demand or basic changes in the economic environment.

The Active Allocated Portions may invest up to 25% of their total assets in securities of foreign companies, including companies based in developing countries. A sub-adviser may sell a security for a variety of reasons, such as to invest in a company believed by a sub-adviser to offer superior investment opportunities.

The Principal Risks of Investing in the Portfolio

An investment in the 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. You may lose money by investing in the Portfolio. The principal risks presented by the Portfolio are discussed below and are described in detail in the section of AXA Premier VIP Trust’s (the “Trust”) prospectus entitled “More About Investment Strategies and Risks”:

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Derivatives Risk — A Portfolio’s investments in derivatives may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and a Portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested. Derivatives are also subject to a number of risks such as leverage risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk and also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation.

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Equity Risk — In general, stocks and other equity security values fluctuate, and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to changes in a company’s financial condition as well as general market, economic, and political conditions.

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Foreign Securities Risk — Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with investing in U.S. securities. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less government supervision than domestic markets. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulating regimes and market practices also may impact security values and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities.

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Index Strategy Risk — A Portfolio that employs an index strategy generally invests in the securities included in the relevant index or a representative sample of such securities regardless of market trends. Such a portfolio generally will not modify its index strategy to respond to changes in the economy, which means that it may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. In addition, although the index strategy attempts to closely track its benchmark index, the Portfolio may not invest in all of the securities in the index. Also, the Portfolio’s fees and expenses will reduce the Portfolio’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index. Cash flow into and out of the Portfolio, portfolio transaction costs, changes in the securities that comprise the index, and the Portfolio’s valuation procedures also may affect the Portfolio’s performance. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the index strategy will match that of the benchmark index.

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Large-Cap Company 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 — When a Portfolio leverages its holdings, the value of an investment in that Portfolio will be more volatile and all other risks will tend to be compounded. For example, a Portfolio may take on leveraging risk when it engages in derivatives transactions, invests in collateral from securities loans or borrows money.

Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year and by showing the Portfolio’s average annual total returns for the past one, five and ten years through December 31, 2009 compared to the returns of a broad-based market index. Past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.

The performance results do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results.

Calendar Year Annual Total Returns — Class B

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Best quarter (% and time period)		Worst quarter (% and time period)
18.20% (2001 4th Qtr)		–25.44% (2008 4th Quarter)


Average Annual Total Returns
	One Year	Five Years	Ten Years
Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio — Class A Shares	37.63%	–1.25%	–3.84%
Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio — Class B Shares	37.28%	–1.50%	–4.08%
Russell 3000 Growth Index	37.01%	1.58%	–3.79%

WHO MANAGES THE PORTFOLIO

Investment Manager: AXA Equitable

AXA Equitable is responsible for overseeing the sub-advisers listed below, each of which is responsible for the day-to-day management of an allocated portion of the Portfolio’s assets. AXA Equitable has been granted relief by the Securities and Exchange Commission to appoint, dismiss and replace sub-advisers and amend advisory agreements subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees and without obtaining shareholder approval. However, AXA Equitable may not enter into an advisory agreement with an “affiliated person” of AXA Equitable, such as AllianceBernstein L.P., unless the advisory agreement is approved by the affected Portfolio’s shareholders.

Portfolio Managers:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing the Portfolio
Steven M. Joenk	Senior Vice President of AXA Equitable	May 2009
Alwi Chan	Vice President of AXA Equitable	May 2009

Sub-adviser: AllianceBernstein L.P.

Portfolio Managers:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing a Portion of the Portfolio
Judith DeVivo	Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager	December 29, 2009
Catherine Wood	Senior Vice President	December 31, 2001

Sub-adviser: ClearBridge Advisors, LLC

Portfolio Managers:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing a Portion of the Portfolio
Richard Freeman	Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager	January 18, 2007
Evan Bauman	Managing Director and Portfolio Manager	January 18, 2007

Sub-adviser: Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc.

Portfolio Manager:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing a Portion of the Portfolio
Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr.	Senior Vice President	June 27, 2005

Sub-adviser: Marsico Capital Management, LLC

Portfolio Managers:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing a Portion of the Portfolio
Thomas F. Marsico	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	January 2001
A. Douglas Rao	Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst	May 2010

PURCHASE AND SALE OF PORTFOLIO SHARES

The Trust’s shares are currently sold only to insurance company separate accounts in connection with Contracts issued or to be issued by AXA Equitable and other affiliated or unaffiliated insurance companies. Shares also may be sold to other tax-qualified retirement plans, to other portfolios managed by AXA Equitable that currently sell their shares to such accounts and plans and other eligible investments.

The Portfolio does not have minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements. Shares of the Portfolio are redeemable on any business day upon receipt of a request. All redemption requests will be processed and payment with respect thereto will normally be made within seven days after tender. Please refer to your Contract prospectus for more information on purchasing and redeeming Portfolio shares.

TAX INFORMATION

Because the Portfolio currently only sells its shares to insurance company separate accounts, qualified plans and other eligible investors, distributions the Portfolio makes of its net investment income and net realized gains — most or all of which it intends to distribute annually — and redemptions or exchanges of Portfolio shares generally will not be taxable to its shareholders (or to the holders of underlying Contracts or plan participants or beneficiaries). See the prospectus for your Contract for further tax information.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

This Portfolio is not sold directly to the general public but instead is offered as an underlying investment option for Contracts and retirement plans and other eligible investors. The Portfolio and its related companies may make payments to a sponsoring insurance company (or its affiliates) or other financial intermediary for distribution and/or other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the insurance company or other financial intermediary and your financial adviser to recommend the Portfolio over another investment or by influencing an insurance company to include the Portfolio as an underlying investment option in the Contract. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Contract may contain additional information about these payments.

MULTIMANAGER MULTI-SECTOR BOND PORTFOLIO – CLASS A AND B SHARES

Investment Objective: Seeks to achieve high total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The table below does not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses associated with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts (“Contracts”), which would increase overall fees and expenses. See the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

Not applicable.


Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio	Class A Shares	Class B Shares
Management Fee	0.53%	0.53%
Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees)	None	0.25%
Other Expenses	0.21%	0.21%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses	0.74%	0.99%

Example


	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A Shares	$ 76	$237	$411	$ 918
Class B Shares	$101	$309	$532	$1,172

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

INVESTMENTS, RISKS, AND PERFORMANCE

Principal Investment Strategies of the Portfolio

Under normal circumstances, the portfolio intends to invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in a diversified mix of bonds, including investment grade bonds and bonds that are rated below investment grade (so called “junk bonds”). Junk bonds generally involve greater volatility of price and risk to principal and income than higher quality fixed income securities. This policy may not be changed without providing at least sixty days’ written notice to the portfolio’s shareholders. For purposes of this investment policy, a debt security is considered a “bond.” Debt securities represent an issuer’s obligation to repay a loan of money that generally pays interest to the holder. Bonds, notes and debentures are examples of debt securities.

Investment grade bonds are rated Baa or higher by Moody’s or BBB or higher by S&P and Fitch or, if unrated, are determined by the sub-adviser to be of comparable quality. Junk bonds generally have a higher current yield but are rated Ba or lower by Moody’s or BB or lower by S&P or Fitch or, if unrated, are determined to be of comparable quality by a sub-adviser. The Portfolio may invest up to 20% of its total assets in junk bonds. In the event that any securities held by the portfolio fall below these ratings after the time of purchase, the portfolio will not be obligated to dispose of such securities and may continue to hold such securities if the sub-adviser believes that such investments are considered appropriate under the circumstances.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (“AXA Equitable” or “Manager”) will generally allocate the portfolio’s assets among three or more sub-advisers, each of which will manage its portion of the portfolio using different yet complementary investment strategies. Under normal circumstances, two portions of the portfolio will each track the performance of a particular index (“Index Allocated Portions”) and the other portions of the portfolio will be actively managed (“Active Allocated Portions”). Under normal circumstances, AXA Equitable anticipates allocating approximately 50% of the Portfolio’s net assets to the Index Allocated Portions and the remaining 50% of net assets among the active Allocated Portions. With respect to the Index Allocated Portions of the portfolio, AXA Equitable will determine the sub-allocation to the two indexes as it deems appropriate, based on its view of market conditions and its investment outlook. As a result, there may be periods in which one of the two indexes may not receive an equal, or any, sub-allocation. The allocation percentages are targets established by AXA Equitable and actual allocations between the portions may deviate from these targets by up to 30% of the portfolio’s net assets.

One of the Index Allocated Portions of the Portfolio seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses and including reinvestment of coupon payments) of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index with minimal tracking error. The sub-adviser

to this Index Allocated Portion generally will invest in a well-diversified portfolio that is representative of the domestic investment grade bond market, including U.S. Treasury, agency, credit, mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities. The second Index Allocated Portion seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses and including reinvestment of coupon payments) of the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index with minimal tracking error. Generally, each Index Allocated Portion uses a sampling technique. Each Index Allocated Portion also may invest in other instruments, such as futures and options contracts, that provide comparable exposure as the relevant index without buying the underlying securities comprising the index.

The Active Allocated Portions may invest, to a limited extent, in securities denominated in foreign currencies and U.S. dollar denominated securities of foreign issuers, including issuers located in emerging markets. Foreign currency exposure (from non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities or currencies) normally will be limited to 10% of the portfolio’s total assets. The Active Allocated Portions may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve the investment objective.

The portfolio may purchase bonds of any maturity, but generally the portfolio’s overall effective duration will be of an intermediate-term nature (similar to that of five- to seven-year U.S. Treasury notes) and have a comparable duration to that of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (approximately 4.57 years as of December 31, 2009). The portfolio also may use financial instruments such as futures and options to manage duration. Effective duration is a measure of the expected change in value from changes in interest rates. Typically, a bond with a low (short) duration means that its value is less sensitive to interest rate changes, while bonds with a high (long) duration are more sensitive.

In selecting investments, the Active Allocated Portions’ sub-advisers evaluate several sectors of the bond market and individual securities within these sectors. The sub-advisers select bonds from several sectors including: commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, corporate bonds and bonds of foreign issuers, including issuers located in emerging markets. The portfolio attempts to maximize current income by taking advantage of market developments, yield disparities and variations in the creditworthiness of issuers. The Active Allocated Portions’ sub-advisers may sell a security for a variety of reasons, such as to invest in a company believed by the sub-adviser to offer superior investment opportunities.

The Principal Risks of Investing in the Portfolio

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Credit Risk — The risk that the issuer or the guarantor of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement, loan of portfolio securities or other transaction, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in their credit ratings. Securities rated below investment grade (e.g., “junk bonds”) may include a substantial risk of default.

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Foreign Securities Risk — Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with investing in U.S. securities. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less government supervision than domestic markets. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulatory regimes and market practices also may impact security values and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities.

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Currency Risk — Investments in foreign currencies and in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Any such decline may erode or reverse any potential gains from an investment in securities denominated in foreign currency or may widen existing loss. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention by governments, central banks or supranational entities, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad.

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Emerging Markets Risk — There are greater risks involved in investing in emerging market countries and/or their securities markets. Investments in these countries and/or markets may present market, credit, currency, liquidity, legal, political, technical and other risks different from, or greater than, the risks of investing in developed countries. In addition, the risks associated with investing in a narrowly defined geographic area are generally more pronounced with respect to investments in emerging market countries.

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the Portfolio’s fees and expenses will reduce the Portfolio’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index. Cash flow into and out of the Portfolio, portfolio transaction costs, changes in the securities that comprise the index, and the Portfolio’s valuation procedures also may affect the Portfolio’s performance. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the index strategy will match that of the benchmark index.

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Interest Rate Risk — The risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of 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. A Portfolio with a longer average duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average duration.

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Investment Grade Securities Risk — Debt securities are rated by national bond ratings agencies. Securities rated BBB by S&P or Fitch or Baa by Moody’s are considered investment grade securities, but 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.

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Liquidity Risk — The risk that certain investments may be difficult or impossible for a Portfolio to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price or in sufficient amounts to achieve the desired level of exposure, which may result in a loss or may be costly to the Portfolio.

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Junk Bonds or Lower Rated Securities Risk — Bonds rated below investment grade (i.e. BB by S&P or Fitch or Ba by Moody’s) are speculative in nature and are subject to additional risk factors such as increased possibility of default, illiquidity of the security, and changes in value based on changes in interest rates. “Junk bonds” are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by those companies with questionable credit strength.

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Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk — The risk that the principal on mortgage- and asset-backed securities held by a Portfolio will be prepaid, which generally will reduce the yield and market value of these securities. 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 may increase the risk of default by borrowers and tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, a Portfolio that holds these types of securities may experience additional volatility and losses. This is known as extension risk. Moreover, declines in the credit quality of the issuers of mortgage- and asset-backed securities or instability in the markets for such securities may affect the value and liquidity of such securities, which could result in losses to the Portfolio.

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Portfolio Turnover Risk — High portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs to a Portfolio, which may result in higher fund expenses and lower total return.

Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table

The performance results do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results.

Calendar Year Annual Total Returns — Class B

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Best quarter (% and time period)		Worst quarter (% and time period)
7.69% (2003 2nd Quarter)		–15.87% (2008 4th Quarter)


Average Annual Total Returns
	One Year	Five Years	Ten Years
Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio — Class A Shares	10.09%	–0.17%	1.77%
Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio — Class B Shares	9.53%	–0.41%	1.50%
Barclays Capital U.S. Universal Index*	8.60%	5.01%	6.44%

Effective as of May 1, 2009, the Portfolio changed its benchmark from the Merrill Lynch High Yield Master Cash Pay Only Index to Barclays Capital U.S. Universal Index. The Portfolio changed its benchmark because the Manager believes the new benchmark represents a better comparison against which to measure the Portfolio’s performance.

WHO MANAGES THE PORTFOLIO

Investment Manager: AXA Equitable

without obtaining shareholder approval. However, AXA Equitable may not enter into an advisory agreement with an “affiliated person” of AXA Equitable, such as AllianceBernstein L.P., unless the advisory agreement is approved by the affected Portfolio’s shareholders.

Sub-adviser: Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

Portfolio Manager:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing the Portfolio
Paul A. McCulley	Managing Director and Generalist Portfolio Manager

Sub-adviser: Post Advisory Group, LLC

Portfolio Manager:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing the Portfolio
Allan Schweitzer	Chief Investment Officer	June 28, 2005

Sub-adviser: SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA”)

Portfolio Managers:


Name	Title	Date Began Managing the Portfolio
John Kirby	Principal of SSgA	April 2009
Elya Schwartzman	Principal of SSgA	April 2009

PURCHASE AND SALE OF PORTFOLIO SHARES

TAX INFORMATION

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

MORE ABOUT PORTFOLIO FEES & EXPENSES

Additional information about the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares is included below.

Commission Recapture Program

Certain Portfolios pay brokerage commissions, a portion of which may be used to reduce the Portfolio’s expenses. Including this reduction, the annual portfolio operating expenses for the Class A and Class B shares of the Portfolios listed below would be:


Portfolio	CLASS A	CLASS B
Aggressive Equity Portfolio	0.81%	1.06%

MORE ABOUT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES & RISKS

Additional Information About Risks

Risk is the chance that you will lose money on your investment or that it will not earn as much as you expect. In general, the greater the risk, the more money your investment can earn for you and the more you can lose. Like other investment companies, the value of each Portfolio’s shares may be affected by the Portfolio’s investment objective(s), principal investment strategies and particular risk factors. Consequently, each Portfolio may be subject to different risks. Some of the risks, including principal risks, of investing in the Portfolios are discussed below. However, other factors may also affect each Portfolio’s investment results. There is no guarantee that a Portfolio will achieve its investment objective(s) or that it will not lose value.

General Investment Risks: Each Portfolio is subject to the following risks:

Asset Class Risk. There is the risk that the returns from the types of securities in which a Portfolio invests will underperform the general securities markets or different asset classes. Different types of securities and asset classes tend to go through cycles of outperformance and underperformance in comparison to the general securities markets.

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.

Market Risk. The risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably based on overall economic conditions and other factors.

Multiple Adviser Risk. A Portfolio may have multiple Advisers, each of which is responsible for investing a specific allocated portion of the Portfolio’s assets. Because each Adviser manages its allocated portion of the Portfolio independently from another Adviser, the same security may be held in different portions of the Portfolio, or may be acquired for one portion of the Portfolio at a time when an Adviser to another portion deems it appropriate to dispose of the security from that other portion. Similarly, under some market conditions, one Adviser may believe that temporary, defensive investments in short-term instruments or cash are appropriate when another Adviser believes continued exposure to the equity or debt markets is appropriate for its allocated portion of the Portfolio. Because each Adviser directs the trading for its own portion of the Portfolio, and does not aggregate its transactions with those of the other Adviser, the Portfolio may incur higher brokerage costs than would be the case if a single Adviser were managing the entire Portfolio. In addition, while the Manager seeks to allocate a Portfolio’s assets among the Portfolio’s Advisers in a manner that it believes is consistent with achieving the Portfolio’s investment objective, the Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in allocating the Portfolio’s assets among Advisers because the Manager pays different fees to the Advisers and due to other factors that could impact the Manager’s revenues and profits.

Portfolio Management Risk. The risk that strategies used by the Manager or the Advisers and their securities selections fail to produce the intended results. In addition, the Manager may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in connection with providing advice to a Portfolio with respect to the allocation of assets between passively and actively managed portions of a Portfolio and the development and implementation of the models used to manage a Portfolio to the extent that such advice may impact its obligations with respect to any death benefit, income benefit or other guarantees that it and its affiliates may provide through Contracts that offer the Portfolio as an investment option. Consistent with its fiduciary duties, the Manager seeks to implement each Portfolio’s investment program in a manner that is in the best interests of the Portfolio and that is consistent with the Portfolio’s investment objective, policies and strategies described in detail in this Prospectus.

Securities Lending Risk. A Portfolio that lends securities is subject to the risk that the loaned securities will not be available to the Portfolio on a timely basis and, therefore, that the Portfolio may lose the opportunity to sell the securities at a desirable time and price. There is also the risk that the Portfolio will not receive (or will experience delays in receiving) additional collateral or the loaned securities when due, which could result in a loss to the Portfolio. If the borrower fails financially, it is also possible that the Portfolio could lose its right to the collateral it holds. In addition, the Portfolio bears the risk of a decline in the value of the collateral held by a Portfolio in connection with a securities loan.

Securities Selection Risk. The securities selected for a Portfolio may not perform as well as other securities that were not selected for a Portfolio. As a result, a Portfolio may underperform other funds with the same objective or in the same asset class.

Sub-adviser Selection Risk. The risk that the Manager’s process for selecting or replacing an Adviser and its decision to select or replace an Adviser does not produce the intended results.

As indicated in “Goals, Strategies & Risks,” a particular Portfolio may be subject to the following as principal risks. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio invests in a particular type of investment, it will be subject to the risks of such investment as described below:

Convertible Securities Risk. The value of convertible securities fluctuates in relation to changes in interest rates and, in addition, fluctuates in relation to the underlying common stock. A convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible security’s governing

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instrument, which may be different than the current market price of the security. 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 a Portfolio in convertible debt securities may not be subject to any ratings restrictions, although in such cases the Portfolio’s Adviser will consider such ratings, and any changes in such ratings, in its determination of whether the Portfolio should invest and/or continue to hold the securities. Convertible securities are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk and are often lower-quality securities.

Credit Risk. The risk that the issuer or the guarantor of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement, loan of portfolio securities or other transaction, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in their credit ratings. Securities rated below investment grade (e.g., “junk bonds”) may include a substantial risk of default.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives are financial instruments whose value depends upon, or is derived from, the value of something else, such as one or more underlying investments, indexes or currencies. Derivatives include options, swaps, futures, options on futures, forward contracts and structured securities. Investing in derivatives involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary mutual fund securities transactions. A Portfolio’s investment in derivatives may rise or fall more rapidly than other investments. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and a Portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested. Derivatives are also subject to a number of risks such as leverage risk, liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk and also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. The use of derivatives may increase the volatility of a Portfolio’s net asset value. Derivatives may be leveraged such that a small investment in derivative securities can have a significant impact on a Portfolio’s exposure to stock market values, interest rates, currency exchange rates or other investments. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a derivatives contract may cause an immediate and substantial loss or gain. Derivatives may be illiquid in that a Portfolio may not be able to sell or otherwise close a derivative position when desired. The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for derivatives and the resulting inability of a 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. Over-the-counter derivatives often do not have liquidity beyond the counterparty to the transaction, and because they are not traded on exchanges, they do not offer the protections provided by exchanges in the event that the counterparty is unable to fulfill its contractual obligation. Over-the-counter derivatives therefore involve greater counterparty and credit risk and may be more difficult to value than exchange-traded derivatives.

Equity Risk. In general, stocks and other equity security values fluctuate, and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to changes in a company’s financial condition as well as general market, economic and political conditions.

ETF Risk. When a Portfolio invests in ETFs, it will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETFs, in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses. Therefore, the cost of investing in the Portfolio may be higher than the cost of investing in mutual funds that invest directly in individual stocks and bonds. In addition, when a Portfolio invests in an ETF, it is subject to the risks associated with the underlying securities in which that ETF invests. ETFs also may change their investment objectives or policies without the approval of the Portfolio. If that were to occur, the Portfolio might be forced to withdraw its investment from the ETF at a time and price that is unfavorable to the Portfolio. Most ETFs are not actively managed. An ETF invests in the securities included in, or representative of, its underlying index regardless of their investment merit or market trends. It is possible for an ETF to miss out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of it are tied up in less profitable investments. In addition, ETFs do not change their investment strategies to respond to changes in the economy. This means that an ETF may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the underlying index. Imperfect correlation between an ETF’s securities and those in the index it seeks to track, rounding of prices, changes to the indices and regulatory policies may cause an ETF’s performance to not match the performance of its index. No ETF fully replicates its index and may hold securities not included in the index. Therefore, there is a risk that the investment strategy of the ETF manager may not produce the intended results. Moreover, there is the risk that an ETF may value certain securities at a higher price than it can sell them for. Secondary market trading in shares of ETFs may be halted by a national securities exchange because of market conditions or for other reasons. In addition, trading in these shares is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to “circuit breaker” rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the shares will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. In addition, although ETFs are listed for trading on national securities exchanges and certain foreign exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such shares will develop or be maintained. The market price of an ETF may be different from the net asset value of such ETF (i.e., an ETF may trade at a discount or premium to its net asset value). The performance of a Portfolio that invests in such an ETF could be adversely impacted.

Foreign Securities Risks. Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with investing in U.S. securities. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, may be less liquid, more volatile and subject to less

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government supervision than domestic markets. Security values also may be negatively affected by changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Differences between U.S. and foreign legal, political and economic systems, regulatory regimes and market practices also may impact security values and it may take more time to clear and settle trades involving foreign securities.

Currency Risk. Investments in foreign currencies and in securities that trade in, or receive revenues in, foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Any such decline may erode or reverse any potential gains from an investment in securities denominated in foreign currency or may widen existing loss. Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention by governments, central banks or supranational entities, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad.

Depositary Receipts. Investments in depositary receipts (including American Depositary Receipts, European Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts) are generally subject to the same risks of investing in the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition, issuers underlying unsponsored depositary receipts may not provide as much information as U.S. issuers and issuers underlying sponsored depositary receipts. Unsponsored depositary receipts also may not carry the same voting privileges as sponsored depositary receipts.

Emerging Markets Risk: Emerging market countries generally are located in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central and South America and Africa. There are greater risks involved in investing in emerging market countries and/or their securities markets. Investments in these countries and/or markets may present market, credit, currency, liquidity, legal, political, technical and other risks different from, or greater than, the risks of investing in developed countries. For instance, these countries may be more likely than developed countries to experience rapid and significant developments in their political or economic structures. Some emerging market countries restrict foreign investments, impose withholding or other taxes on foreign investments, or may nationalize or expropriate the assets of private countries. Therefore, a Portfolio may be limited in its ability to make direct or additional investments in an emerging markets country. Such restrictions also may have negative impacts on transaction costs, market price, investment returns and the legal rights and remedies of a Portfolio. In addition, the securities markets of emerging markets countries generally are smaller, less liquid and more volatile than those of developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting and reporting requirements and less reliable settlement, registration and custodial procedures. Emerging market countries also may be subject to high inflation and rapid currency devaluations and may be heavily dependent on international trade, which can materially affect their securities markets. The risks associated with investing in a narrowly defined geographic area also generally are more pronounced with respect to investments in emerging market countries.

Geographic Risk. The economies and financial markets of certain regions, such as Latin America and Asia, can be highly interdependent and may decline all at the same time. In addition, certain markets are prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, droughts or tsunamis and are economically sensitive to environmental events.

Political/Economic Risk. Changes in economic and tax policies, government instability, war or other political or economic actions or factors may have an adverse effect on a Portfolio’s foreign investments.

Regulatory Risk. Less information may be available about foreign companies. In general, foreign companies are not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or to other regulatory practices and requirements as are U.S. companies.

Settlement Risk. Settlement and clearance procedures in certain foreign markets differ significantly from those in the United States. Foreign settlement and clearance procedures and trade regulations also may involve certain risks (such as delays in payment for or delivery of securities) not typically associated with the settlement of U.S. investments. At times, settlements in certain foreign countries have not kept pace with the number of securities transactions. These problems may make it difficult for a Portfolio to carry out transactions. If a Portfolio cannot settle or is delayed in settling a purchase of securities, it may miss attractive investment opportunities and certain of its assets may be uninvested with no return earned thereon for some period. If a Portfolio cannot settle or is delayed in settling a sale of securities, it may lose money if the value of the security then declines or, if it has contracted to sell the security to another party, the Portfolio could be liable for any losses incurred.

Transaction Costs Risk. The costs of buying and selling foreign securities, including tax, brokerage and custody costs, generally are higher than those involving domestic transactions.

Index Strategy Risk: A Portfolio that employs an index strategy generally invests in the securities included in the relevant index or a representative sample of such securities regardless of market trends to track the performance of an unmanaged index of securities, whereas actively managed portfolios typically seek to outperform a benchmark index. Such a portfolio generally will not modify its index strategy to respond to changes in the economy, which means that it may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. In addition, although the index strategy attempts to closely track its benchmark index, the

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Portfolio may not invest in all of the securities in the index. Also, the Portfolio’s fees and expenses will reduce the Portfolio’s returns, unlike those of the benchmark index. Cash flow into and out of the Portfolio, portfolio transaction costs, changes in the securities that comprise the index, and the Portfolio’s valuation procedures also may affect the Portfolio’s performance. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the performance of the index strategy will match that of the benchmark index.

Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) Risk. Securities issued in IPOs have no trading history, and information about the companies may be available for very limited periods. In addition, the prices of securities sold in IPOs may be highly volatile. At any particular time or from time to time, a Portfolio may not be able to invest in securities issued in IPOs, or invest to the extent desired, because, for example, only a small portion (if any) of the securities being offered in an IPO may be made available to the Portfolio. In addition, under certain market conditions, a relatively small number of companies may issue securities in IPOs. Similarly, as the number of Portfolios to which IPO securities are allocated increases, the number of securities issued to any one Portfolio may decrease. 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 a Portfolio’s assets grow it will continue to experience substantially similar performance by investing in IPOs.

Interest Rate Risk. The risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of 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. A Portfolio with a longer average duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average duration.

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 are considered investment grade securities, but 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.

Investment Company Securities Risk. A Portfolio may invest in investment company securities as permitted by the 1940 Act. Investment company securities are securities of other open-end or closed-end investment companies. Investing in other investment companies involves substantially the same risks as investing directly in the underlying instruments, but the total return on such investments at the Portfolio level may be reduced by the operating expenses and fees of such other investment companies, including advisory fees.

Investment Style Risk. An Adviser may use a particular style or set of styles, for example, growth, value, momentum or quantitative investing styles, to select investments. 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 investing generally focuses on companies that, due to their strong earnings and revenue potential, offer above-average prospects for capital growth, with less emphasis on dividend income. Earnings predictability and confidence in earnings forecasts are an important part of the selection process. As a result, the price of growth stocks may be more sensitive to changes in current or expected earnings than the prices of other stocks. An Adviser using this approach generally seeks out companies experiencing some or all of the following: high sales growth, high unit growth, high or improving returns on assets and equity, and a strong balance sheet. Such an Adviser also prefers companies with a competitive advantage such as unique management, marketing or research and development. Growth investing is also subject to the risk that the stock price of one or more companies will fall or will fail to appreciate as anticipated by the Adviser, regardless of movements in the securities market. 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.

Value investing attempts to identify strong companies selling at a discount from their perceived true worth. An Adviser using this approach generally selects stocks at prices that, in its view, are temporarily low relative to the company’s earnings, assets, cash flow and dividends. Value investing is subject to the risk that a stock’s intrinsic value may never be fully recognized or realized by the market, or its price may go down. In addition, there is the risk that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced. Value investing generally emphasizes companies that, considering their assets and earnings history, are attractively priced and may provide dividend income.

Junk Bonds or Lower Rated Securities Risk. Bonds rated below investment grade (i.e. BB by S&P or Fitch or Ba 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. 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 a Portfolio’s net asset value. A Portfolio investing in “junk bonds” may also be subject to greater credit 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. “Junk Bonds” 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

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with a lower yielding security, resulting in a decreased return. Conversely, a junk bond’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 junk bonds, 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.

Large-Cap Company 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.

Leverage Risk. When a Portfolio leverages its holdings, the value of an investment in that Portfolio will be more volatile and all other risks will tend to be compounded. For example, a Portfolio may take on leveraging risk when it engages in derivatives transactions, invests in collateral from securities loans or borrows money.

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, which may result in a loss or may be costly to the 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.

Market Risk. The risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably based on overall economic conditions and other factors.

Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Company Risk. A Portfolio’s investments in mid- and small-cap companies may involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established issuers because they generally are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments. Such companies generally have narrower product lines, more limited financial resources and more limited markets for their stock as compared with larger companies. As a result, the value of such securities may be more volatile than the securities of larger companies, and the Portfolio may experience difficulty in purchasing or selling such securities at the desired time and price. In general, these risks are greater for small-capitalization companies than for mid-capitalization companies.

Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. The risk that the principal on mortgage- and asset-backed securities held by a Portfolio may be prepaid, which generally will reduce the yield and market value of these securities. 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 may increase the risk of default by borrowers and tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, a Portfolio that holds these types of securities may experience additional volatility and losses. This is known as extension risk. Moreover, declines in the credit quality of the issuers of mortgage- and asset-backed securities or instability in the markets for such securities may affect the value and liquidity of such securities, which could result in losses to the Portfolio. If a Portfolio purchases mortgage- or asset-backed securities that are “subordinated” to other interests in the same 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- and asset-backed securities may include securities backed by pools of 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 loan. As a result, the loans in the pool are likely to experience rates of delinquency, foreclosure, and bankruptcy that are higher, and that may be substantially higher, than those experienced by loans underwritten in a more traditional manner. In addition, changes in the values of the assets underlying the loans (if any), as well as changes in interest rates, may have a greater effect on the delinquency, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and loss experience of the loans in the pool than on loans originated in a more traditional manner. Moreover, instability in the markets for mortgage- 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- and asset-backed securities may affect the overall market for such securities, thereby impacting the liquidity and value of higher-rated securities.

Portfolio Turnover Risk. High portfolio turnover (generally, turnover in excess of 100% in any given fiscal year) may result in increased transaction costs to a Portfolio, which may result in higher fund expenses and lower total return.

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

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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, the Portfolio may not be able to sell the security at the desired time.

Sector Concentration Risk. A Portfolio that invests primarily in a particular sector could experience greater volatility than funds investing in a broader range of industries.

Securities Lending Risk. A Portfolio that lends securities is subject to the risk that the loaned securities will not be available to the portfolio on a timely basis and, therefore, that the Portfolio may lose the opportunity to sell the securities at a desirable time and price. There is also the risk that the Portfolio will not receive (or will experience delays in receiving) additional collateral or the loaned securities when due, which could result in a loss to the Portfolio. If the borrower fails financially, it is also possible that the Portfolio could lose its right to the collateral it holds. In addition, the Portfolio bears the risk of a decline in the value of the collateral held by a Portfolio in connection with a securities loan.

Short Sale Risk. A Portfolio may sell a security short by borrowing it from a third party and selling it at the then-current market price. A Portfolio is then obligated to buy the security on a later date so it can be returned to the lender. Short sales, therefore, involve the risk that the Portfolio will incur a loss by subsequently buying a security at a higher price than the price at which the Portfolio previously sold the security short. In addition, because a Portfolio’s potential loss on a short sale arises from increases in the value of the security sold short, the extent of such loss, like the price of the security sold short, is theoretically unlimited.

Special Situations Risk. A Portfolio may use aggressive investment techniques, including seeking to benefit from “special situations,” such as mergers, consolidations, liquidations, reorganizations, restructurings, tender or exchange offers or other unusual events expected to affect a particular issuer. In general, securities of companies which are the subject of a tender or exchange offer or a merger, consolidation, liquidation, restructuring or reorganization proposal sell at a premium to their historic market price immediately prior to the announcement of an offer for the company. However, it is possible that the value of securities of a company involved in such a transaction will not rise and in fact may fall, in which case a Portfolio would lose money. It is also possible that an Adviser’s assessment that a particular company is likely to be acquired or acquired during a specific time frame may be incorrect, in which case a Portfolio may not realize any premium on its investment and could lose money if the value of the securities declines during the Portfolio’s holding period. A Portfolio’s return also could be adversely impacted to the extent that an Adviser’s strategies fail to identify companies for investment by the Portfolio that become the subject of a merger or similar transaction that results in an increase in the value of the securities of those companies. Moreover, publicly announced mergers and similar types of transactions may be renegotiated or terminated, in which case a Portfolio may lose money. In addition, if a transaction takes longer time to close than an Adviser originally anticipated, a Portfolio may realize a lower-than-expected rate of return.

Technology Risk. The value of the shares of a Portfolio that invests primarily in technology companies is particularly vulnerable to factors affecting the technology sector, such as dependency on consumer and business acceptance as new technology evolves, large and rapid price movements resulting from competition, rapid obsolescence of products and services and short product cycles. Many technology companies are small and at an earlier stage of development and, therefore, may be subject to risks such as those arising out of limited product lines, markets and financial and managerial resources.

Unseasoned Companies Risk. 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.

Additional Information About Investment Strategies

Changes in Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies

As described in this prospectus, each Portfolio has its own investment objective(s), policies and strategies. There is no assurance that a Portfolio will achieve its investment objective. All investment objectives, policies and strategies that are not specifically designated as fundamental may be changed without shareholder approval.

80% Policies

Each of the Portfolios has a policy that it will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in a particular type of investment connoted by the Portfolio’s name, as more fully described in the section of the prospectus entitled “Goals, Strategies & Risks.” Each such policy is subject to change only upon at least sixty (60) days’ prior notice to shareholders of the affected Portfolio.

Indexing Strategies

As discussed in this prospectus, one or more Index Allocated Portions of each Portfolio seeks to track the total return performance (before fees and expenses) of a particular index. The following provides additional information regarding the management strategies employed by the sub-advisers of these Index Allocated Portions in pursuing these objectives.

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The sub-adviser to an Index Allocated Portion does not utilize customary economic, financial or market analyses or other traditional investment techniques to manage the portion. Rather, the sub-adviser may employ a full replication technique or sampling technique in seeking to track the total return performance (before fees and expenses) of the index. A full replication technique generally involves holding each security in a particular index in approximately the same weight that the security represents in the index. Conversely, a sampling technique strives to match the characteristics of a particular index without having to purchase every stock in that index by selecting a representative sample of securities for the Index Allocated Portion thereof based on the characteristics of the index and the particular securities included therein. Such characteristics may include, with respect to equity indexes, industry weightings, market capitalizations and fundamental characteristics and, with respect to fixed income indexes, interest rate sensitivity, credit quality and sector diversification.

Allocation Strategies

As described in this prospectus, the Manager generally allocates a Portfolio’s assets among three or more sub-advisers, each of which manages its portion of a Portfolio using different yet complementary investment strategies. The following provides additional information regarding the allocation of the Portfolios’ assets among their distinct portions.

Each allocation percentage for each Portfolio is an asset allocation target established by AXA Equitable to achieve the Portfolio’s investment objective and may be changed without shareholder approval. Each portion of a Portfolio may deviate temporarily from its asset allocation target for defensive purposes or as a result of appreciation or depreciation of its holdings. AXA Equitable rebalances each portion of the Portfolio as it deems appropriate. To the extent that the Portfolio is being rebalanced or takes a temporary defensive position, it may not be pursuing its investment goal or executing its principal investment strategy.

Active Management Strategies

Each sub-adviser has complete discretion to select portfolio securities for its portion of a Portfolio’s assets, subject to the Portfolio’s investment objectives, restrictions and policies and other parameters that may be developed from time to time by the Manager. In selecting investments, the sub-advisers use their proprietary investment strategy, which are summarized above in the section “Portfolio Goals, Strategies & Risks” for each Portfolio. The following is an additional general description of certain common types of active management strategies that may be used by the sub-advisers to the Portfolios.

Growth investing generally focuses on companies that, due to their strong earnings and revenue potential, offer above-average prospects for capital growth, with less emphasis on dividend income. Earnings predictability and confidence in earnings forecasts are an important part of the selection process. An Adviser using this approach generally seeks out companies experiencing some or all of the following: high sales growth, high unit growth, high or improving returns on assets and equity, and a strong balance sheet. Such an Adviser also prefers companies with a competitive advantage such as unique management, marketing or research and development.

Value investing attempts to identify strong companies selling at a discount from their perceived true worth. An Adviser using this approach generally selects stocks at prices that, in its view, are

temporarily low relative to the company’s earnings, assets, cash flow and dividends. Value investing generally emphasizes companies that, considering their assets and earnings history, are attractively priced and may provide dividend income.

Core investing is 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).

Fundamental analysis generally involves the 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.

Additional Strategies

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

Below Investment Grade Securities. Certain Portfolios, including Portfolios that invest primarily in equity securities, may invest in below investment grade debt securities. Securities rated below investment grade (i.e. BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”), Ba or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or deemed to be of comparable quality by a sub-adviser) 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. 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.

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Derivatives. Each Portfolio may use “derivative” instruments to hedge its portfolio against market, economic, currency, issuer and other risks, to gain or manage exposure to the markets, sectors and securities in which the Portfolio may invest and to other economic factors that affect the Portfolio’s performance (such as interest rate movements), to increase total return or income, to reduce transaction costs, to manage cash, and for other portfolio management purposes. In general terms, a derivative instrument is an investment contract the value of which is linked to (or is derived from), in whole or in part, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index (e.g., stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates and market indexes). 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 a Portfolio). Futures and options contracts (including futures and options on individual securities and equity and bond market indexes and options on futures contracts), swaps and forward contracts, including forward currency contracts, are examples of derivatives in which a Portfolio may invest.

Equity Securities. Each Portfolio, including the Portfolios that invest primarily in debt securities, may invest in equity securities. Equity securities may be bought on stock exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. Equity securities generally include common stock, preferred stock, warrants, securities convertible into common stock, securities of other investment companies and securities of real estate investment trusts.

Fixed Income Securities. Each Portfolio may invest in short- and long-term fixed income securities in pursuing its investment objective and for other portfolio management purposes, such as to manage cash. Fixed income securities are debt securities such as bonds, notes and commercial paper. Domestic and foreign governments, banks and companies raise cash by issuing or selling debt securities to investors. Most debt securities pay fixed or adjustable rates of interest at regular intervals until they mature, at which point investors receive their principal back.

Foreign Securities. Each Portfolio may invest in foreign securities, including securities of companies in emerging markets. Generally, foreign securities are issued by companies organized outside the U.S. or by foreign governments or international organizations, are traded primarily in markets outside the U.S., and are denominated in a foreign currency. Foreign securities may include securities of issuers in developing countries or emerging markets, which generally involve greater risk because the economic structures of these countries and markets are less developed and their political systems are less stable. In addition, foreign securities may include depositary receipts of foreign companies. 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. Depositary receipts also may be convertible into securities of foreign issuers. These securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities into which they may be converted.

Large-Cap Companies. Each Portfolio may invest in the securities of large-cap companies. These companies are typically larger, more established companies that are well-known in the market. They are a generally less vulnerable than mid- and small-cap companies to adverse business or economic developments; however, unlike mid-and small-cap companies, they may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes.

Loan Participations and Assignments. Certain Portfolios may invest in loan participations and assignments. These investments are typically secured or unsecured fixed or floating rate loans arranged through private negotiations between a borrowing corporation, government or other entity and one or more financial institutions, and may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties.

Illiquid Securities. Each Portfolio may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities are securities that have no ready market.

Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”). Each Portfolio may participate in the IPO market. If a Portfolio invests in IPOs, a significant portion of that Portfolio’s returns may be attributable to its investment in the IPOs, which have a magnified impact on Portfolios with small asset bases. An IPO is generally the first sale of stock by a company to the public. Companies offering an IPO are sometimes new, young companies or sometimes companies which have been around for many years but are deciding to go public. Prior to an IPO, there is generally no public market for an issuer’s common stock and 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.

Investment Grade Securities. Each Portfolio may invest in investment grade debt securities. Securities rated BBB and higher by S&P or Fitch, Baa or higher by Moody’s or deemed to be of comparable quality by a sub-adviser are considered investment grade securities.

Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Companies. Each Portfolio may invest in the securities of mid- and small-cap companies. These companies are more likely than larger companies to have limited product lines, markets or financial resources or to depend on a small, inexperienced management groups. Generally, they are more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments and their securities may be less well-known, trade less

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frequently and in more limited volume than the securities of larger more established companies.

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).

Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”). Certain Portfolios may invest REITs, which are pooled vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or loans related to real estate. REITs also may include, among other businesses, real estate developers, brokers and operating companies whose products and services are significantly related to the real estate industry such as building suppliers and mortgage lenders.

Securities Lending. For purposes of realizing additional income, each 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 the consideration to be earned from such loans justifies the risk.

Securities of Other Investment Companies. Each Portfolio may invest in the securities of other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), to the extent permitted by applicable law. Generally, a Portfolio’s investments in other investment companies are subject to statutory limitations in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), including in certain circumstances a prohibition against acquiring shares of another investment company if, immediately after such acquisition, the Portfolio and its affiliated persons (i) would hold more than 3% of such other investment company’s total outstanding shares, (ii) would have invested more than 5% of its total assets in such other investment company, or (iii) would have invested more than 10% of its total assets in investment companies. However, there are statutory and regulatory exemptions from these restrictions under the 1940 Act on which the Portfolios may rely to invest in other investment companies in excess of these limits, subject to certain conditions. In addition, many ETFs have obtained exemptive relief from the SEC to permit unaffiliated funds (such as the Portfolios) to invest in their shares beyond the statutory limits, subject to certain conditions and pursuant to contractual arrangements between the ETFs and the investing funds. A Portfolio may rely on these exemptive orders in investing in ETFs. A Portfolio that invests in other investment companies indirectly bears the fees and expenses of that investment company.

Short Sales. Certain 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.

Temporary Defensive Investments. For temporary defensive purposes, each Portfolio may invest without limit, in cash, money market instruments or high quality short-term debt securities, including repurchase agreements. To the extent a Portfolio is invested in these instruments, the Portfolio will not be pursuing its investment strategies and may not achieve its investment objective. In addition, each Portfolio may deviate from its asset allocation targets for defensive purposes.

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The Trust

The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered with the SEC as an open-end management investment company. The Trust’s board of trustees is responsible for the overall management of the Trust and the Portfolios. The Trust issues shares of beneficial interest that are currently divided among twenty-one (21) distinct mutual funds, each with its own investment strategy and risk/reward profile. This prospectus describes the Class A and Class B shares of two (2) of the Trust’s Portfolios.

The Manager

AXA Equitable, through its Funds Management Group unit (“FMG”), 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 of December 31, 2009, AXA Equitable had approximately $82.2 billion in assets under management.

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. Utilizing a due diligence process covering a number of key factors, AXA Equitable selects sub-advisers to manage each Portfolio’s assets. These key factors include, but are not limited to, a 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 a Portfolio. AXA Equitable normally allocates a Portfolio’s assets to at least three or more 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 to 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.

If the Manager appoints, dismisses or replaces a sub-adviser for a Portfolio, or adjusts the asset allocation among sub-advisers in a Portfolio, the affected Portfolio may experience a period of transition during which the securities held in the Portfolio may be repositioned in connection with the change in sub-adviser(s). A Portfolio may not pursue its principal investment strategies during such a transition period and may incur increased brokerage commissions and other transaction costs in connection with the change(s). Generally, transitions vary in length, may be implemented before or after the effective date of the new sub-adviser’s appointment as a sub-adviser to the Portfolio, and may be completed in several days to several weeks depending on the particular circumstances of the transition. In addition, as described in “Portfolio Goals, Strategies & Risks” above for each Portfolio, the past performance of a Portfolio is not necessarily an indication of future performance. This may be particularly true for any portfolios that have undergone sub-adviser changes and/or changes to the investment objectives or policies of the Portfolio.

AXA Equitable has received an exemptive order from the 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 person” of AXA Equitable (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act) (“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. As of December 31, 2009, AXA Equitable had approximately $82.2 billion in assets under management.

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The Sub-advisers

Each Portfolio’s investments generally 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 Aggressive Equity Portfolio. In particular, two separate investment management teams within AllianceBernstein serve as sub-adviser to two distinct allocated portions of Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio. AllianceBernstein, a limited partnership, is indirectly majority owned by, and therefore controlled by and affiliated with, AXA Equitable, a life insurance company. As of December 31, 2009, AllianceBernstein had approximately $496 billion in assets under management.

ClearBridge Advisors, LLC (“ClearBridge”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio. ClearBridge is a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., a publicly-traded financial services holding company. As of December 31, 2009, ClearBridge had approximately $53.7 billion in assets under management.

Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc. (“Legg Mason”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio. Legg Mason is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., a publicly traded financial services holding company. As of December 31, 2009, Legg Mason had approximately $17.2 billion in assets under management.

Marsico Capital Management, LLC (“Marsico”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio. Marsico was organized in September 1997 as a registered investment adviser and is an independently-owned investment management firm. Thomas F. Marsico is the founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Marsico. Marsico provides investment services to mutual funds and private accounts. As of December 31, 2009, Marsico had approximately $55 billion in assets under management.

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio. PIMCO, a Delaware limited liability company, is a majority owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P., (“AGI LP”). Allianz SE (“Allianz SE”) is the indirect majority owner of AGI LP. Allianz SE is a European-based, publicly-traded, multinational insurance and financial services holding company. As of December 31, 2009, PIMCO had approximately $1 trillion in assets under management.

Post Advisory Group, LLC (“Post”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio. Post is the successor advisory entity of Post Advisory Group, Inc. Post is affiliated with Principal Global Investors, Inc. (“Principal”), a member of the Principal Financial Group. Principal is the 100% owner of Post. As of December 31, 2009, Post had approximately $9.2 billion in assets under management.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA FM”) serves as a sub-adviser to Multimanager Multi- Sector Bond 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, 2009, SSgA FM had over $168.4 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 $1.91 trillion under management as of December 31, 2009, SSgA provides complete global investment management services from offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

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Portfolio	Manager/Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Manager(s)	Business Experience
Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio	AXA Equitable 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10104 Portfolio Managers Steven M. Joenk Alwi Chan	Steven M. Joenk and Alwi Chan are jointly and primarily responsible for determining the allocation of assets between the actively and passively managed portions of the Portfolio, overseeing the models used to manage the Portfolio, selecting and monitoring the Advisers for the Portfolio, and ensuring that asset allocations are consistent with the guidelines that have been approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Steven M. Joenk is President of AXA FMG and has held this position since 2004. Mr. Joenk also has served as Trustee and Chairman of the Trust’s Board of Trustees since 2004 and as the Trust’s Chief Executive Officer since 2002 and President since 2001. Alwi Chan is a Vice President of AXA FMG and has held this position since 2007. Prior to that, he served as an Assistant Vice President (2005-2007) and Senior Investment Analyst (2002-2005) of AXA Equitable. He also has served as a Vice President of the Trust since 2007.

	AllianceBernstein L.P. 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 Portfolio Manager Catherine Wood Judith DeVivo	The management of and investment decisions for the Active allocated portion of the Portfolio are made by Catherine Wood. Ms. Wood is a member of AllianceBernstein’s US Mid/All Cap Growth team. In addition, Ms. Wood relies heavily on the fundamental analysis and research of AllianceBernstein’s large internal research staff and the Research for Strategic Change Team. Ms. Wood is Senior Vice President and Team Leader for AllianceBernstein’s US Mid/All Cap Growth. She is also the Chief Investment Officer of AllianceBernstein’s Regent Investor Services. Ms. Wood joined AllianceBernstein in 2001 and has held her current positions since that time. The management of and investment decisions for the Index allocated portion of the Portfolio are made by AllianceBernstein’s Passive Equity Investment Team (“Passive Team”), which is responsible for management of all of AllianceBernstein’s Passive Equity accounts. Ms. DeVivo, a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager for the Passive Team, will be primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of an Index Allocated Portion of the Portfolio. Ms. DeVivo manages equity portfolios benchmarked to a variety of indexes including the S&P 500, S&P Mid Cap, S&P Small Cap and Russell 2000 in addition to several customized accounts. Ms. DeVivo, a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, joined AllianceBernstein in 1971, joined the Passive Management Group in 1984 and has had portfolio management responsibility since that time.

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Portfolio	Manager/Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Manager(s)	Business Experience
	Clearbridge Advisors, LLC 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Portfolio Managers Richard Freeman Evan Bauman	Richard Freeman and Evan Bauman are responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the Portfolio. Mr. Freeman, Senior Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of ClearBridge since 1983, has more than 33 years of securities business experience, 26 years of which has been with ClearBridge or its predecessors. Mr. Bauman, Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of ClearBridge, has been with ClearBridge or its predecessors since 1996. He has more than 13 years of investment industry experience.

	Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc. 100 International Drive Baltimore, MD 21202 Portfolio Manager Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr.	Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr. is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the Portfolio. Mr. Hagstrom has been employed by one or more subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. in a portfolio management capacity since 1998. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc.

	Marsico Capital Management, LLC 1200 17th Street Suite 1600 Denver, CO 80202 Portfolio Managers Thomas F. Marsico A. Douglas Rao	Thomas F. Marsico and A. Douglas Rao are responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the Portfolio. Thomas F. Marsico is primarily responsible for day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the Portfolio. Thomas F. Marsico has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Marsico since its inception in 1997 and has over 20 years of experience as a securities analyst and a portfolio manager. Mr. Rao, a portfolio manager and senior analyst, joined Marsico Capital in 2005, and has 10 years of experience as a securities analyst. Prior to joining Marsico Capital, Mr. Rao spent more than four years at Trust Company of the West (TCW) where he was a Senior Vice President and Financial Services Analyst for U.S. equities.
Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio	Pacific Investment Management Company LLC 840 Newport Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 Portfolio Manager Paul A. McCulley	Paul A. McCulley is primarily responsible for day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the Portfolio. Mr. McCulley is Managing Director, Generalist Portfolio Manager, member of the investment committee and head of PIMCO’s Short-Term Desk. Mr. McCulley joined the firm in 1999 and has had portfolio management responsibilities since that time.

	Post Advisory Group, LLC 1620 26th Street Suite 6500 Santa Monica, CA 90404 Portfolio Managers Allan Schweitzer	Allan Schweitzer is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated portion of the Portfolio. Mr. Schweitzer, Chief Investment Officer of Post, joined Post in 2000 as a Managing Director and has held his current position since January 2009.

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Portfolio

Manager/Sub-Advisers and
Portfolio Manager(s)

Business Experience

SSgA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Portfolios Managers

John Kirby
Elya Schwartzman

The Index Allocated Portion of the Portfolio is managed by SSgA’s Fixed Income Index Team. Portfolio Managers John Kirby and Elya Schwartzman are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio.

Mr. Kirby is a Principal of SSgA FM and a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors. He is head of the firm’s Fixed Income Index team and has managed the product since 1999 and portfolios within the group since 1997.

Mr. Schwartzman is a Principal of SSgA FM and a Vice President of State Street Global Advisors and is a member of the Passive Fixed Income Team. Previously, Mr. Schwartzman spent ten years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the Active Credit group, covering a broad group of industry sectors in both investment grade and speculative grade markets. He joined SSgA in 1999 and has been working in the Fixed Income field since 1996.

Management Fees

Each Portfolio pays a contractual fee to AXA Equitable for management services. The Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio paid a management fee at an annual rate of 0.53% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio. The Aggressive Equity Portfolio paid a management fee at an annual rate of 0.59% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio.

During fiscal year 2009, the Manager agreed to reduce the contractual management fee 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 Aggressive Equity	0.600%	0.550%	0.525%	0.500%	0.475%

Portfolio	First $500 Million	Next $750 Million	Next $1 Billion	Next $2.5 Billion	Thereafter
Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond	0.550%	0.525%	0.500%	0.480%	0.470%

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, 2009.

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 $32,500 per Portfolio and an additional $32,500 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).

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Legal Proceedings Relating to the Sub-advisers

AllianceBernstein L.P.

On October 2, 2003, a purported class action complaint entitled Hindo et al. v. AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Fund et al. (the “Hindo Complaint”) was filed against the Adviser; AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (“Holding”); AllianceBernstein Corporation; AXA Financial, Inc.; the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds, certain officers of the Adviser (“AllianceBernstein defendants”); and certain other unaffiliated defendants, as well as unnamed Doe defendants. The Hindo Complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by alleged shareholders of two of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. The Hindo Complaint alleges that certain of the Alliance defendants failed to disclose that they improperly allowed certain hedge funds and other unidentified parties to engage in “late trading” and “market timing” of AllianceBernstein Mutual Fund securities, violating Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and Sections 206 and 215 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Plaintiffs seek an unspecified amount of compensatory damages and rescission of their contracts with the Adviser, including recovery of all fees paid to the Adviser pursuant to such contracts.

Following October 2, 2003, additional lawsuits making factual allegations generally similar to those in the Hindo Complaint were filed in various federal and state courts against the Adviser and certain other defendants. On September 29, 2004, plaintiffs filed consolidated amended complaints with respect to four claim types: mutual fund shareholder claims; mutual fund derivative claims; derivative claims brought on behalf of Holding; and claims brought under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) by participants in the Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of the Adviser. All four complaints include substantially identical factual allegations, which appear to be based in large part on the Order of the SEC dated December 18, 2003 as amended and restated January 15, 2004 and the New York State Attorney General Assurance of Discontinuance dated September 1, 2004.

On April 21, 2006, the Adviser and attorneys for the plaintiffs in the mutual fund shareholder claims, mutual fund derivative claims, and ERISA claims entered into a confidential memorandum of understanding containing their agreement to settle these claims. The agreement will be documented by a stipulation of settlement and will be submitted for court approval at a later date. The settlement amount ($30 million), which the Adviser previously accrued and disclosed, has been disbursed. The derivative claims brought on behalf of Holding, in which plaintiffs seek an unspecified amount of damages, remain pending.

It is possible that these matters and or other developments resulting from these matters could result in increased redemptions of the affected fund’s shares or other adverse consequences to those funds. This may require those funds to sell investments to provide for sufficient liquidity and could also have an adverse effect on the investment performance of the Portfolios. However, the Adviser believes that these matters are not likely to have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform advisory services relating to those funds or the Portfolios.

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”)

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”), a subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P., and PIMCO Funds are the subject of a lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division in which the complaint alleges that plaintiffs each purchased and sold a 10-year Treasury note futures contract and suffered damages from an alleged shortage when PIMCO held both physical and futures positions in 10-year Treasury notes for its client accounts. In July 2007, the court granted class certification of a class consisting of those persons who purchased futures contracts to offset short positions between May 9, 2005 and June 30, 2005. Management currently believes that the complaint is without merit and PIMCO and PIMCO Funds intend to vigorously defend against this action.

In April 2006, certain registered investment companies and other funds managed by PIMCO were served in an adversary proceeding brought by the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants of G-I Holdings, Inc. in G-I Holdings, Inc.’s bankruptcy in the District of New Jersey. In July 2004, PIMCO was named in this lawsuit and remains a defendant. The plaintiff seeks to recover for the bankruptcy estate assets that were transferred by the predecessor entity of G-I Holdings, Inc. to a wholly-owned subsidiary in 1994. The subsidiary has since issued notes, of which certain registered investment companies and other funds managed by PIMCO are alleged to be holders. The complaint alleges that in 2000, more than two hundred noteholders — including certain registered investment companies and other funds managed by PIMCO — were granted a second priority lien on the assets of the subsidiary in exchange for their consent to a refinancing transaction and the granting of a first priority lien to the lending banks. The plaintiff is seeking invalidation of the lien in favor of the noteholders and/or the value of the lien. On November 12, 2009, the District Court and Bankruptcy Court issued an order confirming a Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) in the underlying bankruptcy case. As part of the Plan, the adversary proceeding to which PIMCO and other funds managed by PIMCO (“PIMCO Entities”) are parties will be dismissed. In confirming the Plan, the Courts overruled certain objections (unrelated to the dismissal of claims against PIMCO and PIMCO Entities) made by the IRS and rejected the IRS’s request for a stay pending appeal. The IRS is expected to

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seek emergency relief by appealing this to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. It is not known at this time when and whether such emergency relief has or will be sought. This matter is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the relevant PIMCO Entities.

It is possible that these matters and/or other developments resulting from these matters could result in increased fund redemptions or other adverse consequences. However, PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC (“AGID”) believe that these matters are not likely to have a material adverse effect on a fund or on PIMCO’s or AGID’s ability to perform their respective investment advisory or distribution services relating to the funds.

The foregoing speaks only as of the date of this prospectus. While there may be additional litigation or regulatory developments in connection with the matters discussed above, the foregoing disclosure of litigation and regulatory matters will be updated only if those developments are material.

PORTFOLIO SERVICES

More Information About 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 (or ETFs in which a Portfolio invests) that invest a significant portion of their assets in foreign securities, the securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies or high-yield securities (e.g., Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio) 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 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 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.

PORTFOLIO SERVICES (cont’d)

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.

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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.

PORTFOLIO SERVICES (cont’d)

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.

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.

PORTFOLIO SERVICES (cont’d)

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 Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for the Portfolios’ Class B shares. Under the plan, Class B shares are charged an annual fee to compensate each of the Co-distributors for promoting, selling and servicing shares of the Portfolios. The maximum distribution and/or service (12b-1) fee for each Portfolio’s Class B shares is 0.50% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class B shares. Under an arrangement approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, the distribution and/or service (12b-1) fee currently is limited to 0.25% of each Portfolio’s average daily net assets attributable to Class B shares. This arrangement will be in effect at least until April 30, 2011. Because these distribution fees are paid out of the Portfolio’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase your cost of investing and may cost you more than paying other types of charges.

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.

Barclays Capital U.S. Universal Bond Index

The Barclays Capital U.S. Universal Bond Index is an unmanaged, market value weighted index of fixed income securities issued in U.S. dollars, including U.S. government and investment grade debt, non-investment grade debt, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, Eurobonds, Rule 144A securities and emerging market debt with maturities of at least one year.

Russell 3000^® Growth Index

Is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 3000 Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 3000 Index is composed of the 3,000 largest U.S. securities as determined by total market capitalization. The index is capitalization weighted and represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the financial performance for each Portfolio’s Class A and Class B shares. The financial information in the table below is for the past five (5) years. The financial information below has been derived from the financial statements of each Portfolio, which have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s report on each Portfolio’s financial statements as of December 31, 2009 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 Aggressive Equity Portfolio(p)


	Class A
	Year Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007			2006			2005
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	17.03		$	32.11		$	28.78		$	27.36		$	25.23

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)		0.19	(e)		0.08	(e)		0.04	(e)		0.05	(e)		(0.02	)(e)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions		6.23			(15.09	)		3.32			1.42			2.15

Total from investment operations		6.42			(15.01	)		3.36			1.47			2.13

Capital contribution from affiliate (†)		—			0.06			—			—			—

Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.08	)		(0.13	)		(0.03	)		(0.05	)		—

Net asset value, end of year	$	23.37		$	17.03		$	32.11		$	28.78		$	27.36

Total return		37.69	%		(46.55	)%(n)		11.69	%		5.38	%		8.44	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	914,031		$	690,098		$	2,638,093		$	2,332,898		$	2,122,576
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
After fees paid indirectly		0.67	%		0.77	%		0.72	%		0.78	%		0.73	%
Before fees paid indirectly		0.82	%		0.79	%		0.79	%		0.80	%		0.80	%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:
After fees paid indirectly		0.96	%		0.31	%		0.14	%		0.20	%		(0.07	)%
Before fees paid indirectly		0.81	%		0.30	%		0.07	%		0.18	%		(0.14	)%
Portfolio turnover rate		91	%		98	%		87	%		90	%		96	%

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (cont’d)

Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio(p) (continued)


	Class B
	Year Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007			2006			2005
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	16.74		$	31.56		$	28.33		$	26.96		$	24.91

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)		0.16	(e)		0.02	(e)		(0.03	)(e)		(0.01	)(e)		(0.08	)(e)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions		6.09			(14.82	)		3.26			1.38			2.13

Total from investment operations		6.25			(14.80	)		3.23			1.37			2.05

Capital contribution from affiliate (†)		—			0.07			—			—			—

Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.02	)		(0.09	)		—			—			—

Net asset value, end of year	$	22.97		$	16.74		$	31.56		$	28.33		$	26.96

Total return		37.34	%		(46.68	)%(o)		11.40	%		5.08	%		8.23	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	430,402		$	115,805		$	244,593		$	261,648		$	267,802
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
After fees paid indirectly		0.92	%		1.02	%		0.97	%		1.03	%		0.98	%
Before fees paid indirectly		1.07	%(c)		1.04	%		1.04	%		1.05	%		1.05	%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:
After fees paid indirectly		0.79	%		0.08	%		(0.10	)%		(0.05	)%		(0.32	)%
Before fees paid indirectly		0.65	%		0.06	%		(0.18	)%		(0.07	)%		(0.39	)%
Portfolio turnover rate		91	%		98	%		87	%		90	%		96	%

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

(c)	Reflects overall fund ratios for non-class specific expense.

(e)	Net investment income is based on average shares outstanding.

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

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

(p)

On September 18, 2009, this Portfolio received, through a reorganization, the assets and liabilities of the Multimanager Health Care Portfolio that followed comparable investment objectives as this Portfolio. Information prior to the year ended December 31, 2009 represents the results of operations of the Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (cont’d)

Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio


	Class A
	Year Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007			2006			2005
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	3.56		$	5.34		$	5.61		$	5.47		$	5.75

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)		0.18	(e)		0.44	(e)		0.45	(e)		0.42	(e)		0.41	(e)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions		0.18			(1.72	)		(0.27	)		0.14			(0.23	)

Total from investment operations		0.36			(1.28	)		0.18			0.56			0.18

Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.18	)		(0.50	)		(0.45	)		(0.42	)		(0.46	)

Net asset value, end of year	$	3.74		$	3.56		$	5.34		$	5.61		$	5.47

Total return		10.09	%		(23.39	)%		3.29	%		10.21	%		3.26	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	911,802		$	682,451		$	887,961		$	855,156		$	770,374
Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.74	%		0.76	%		0.76	%		0.76	%		0.76	%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets		4.72	%		8.81	%		7.78	%		7.45	%		7.08	%
Portfolio turnover rate		371	%		155	%		108	%		103	%		116	%

	Class B
	Year Ended December 31,
	2009			2008			2007			2006			2005
Net asset value, beginning of year	$	3.55		$	5.32		$	5.58		$	5.44		$	5.71

Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)		0.17	(e)		0.42	(e)		0.43	(e)		0.41	(e)		0.39	(e)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions		0.17			(1.70	)		(0.25	)		0.13			(0.21	)

Total from investment operations		0.34			(1.28	)		0.18			0.54			0.18

Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.17	)		(0.49	)		(0.44	)		(0.40	)		(0.45	)

Net asset value, end of year	$	3.72		$	3.55		$	5.32		$	5.58		$	5.44

Total return		9.53	%		(23.55	)%		3.18	%		9.93	%		3.13	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year (000’s)	$	670,375		$	623,307		$	1,034,629		$	1,101,281		$	1,043,950
Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.99	%(c)		1.01	%		1.01	%		1.01	%		1.01	%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets		4.62	%		8.46	%		7.53	%		7.20	%		6.83	%
Portfolio turnover rate		371	%		155	%		108	%		103	%		116	%

(c)	Reflects overall fund ratios for non-class specific expense.

(e)	Net investment income is based on average shares outstanding.

If you would like more information about the Portfolios, the following documents (including a copy of this Prospectus) are available at the Trust’s website: www.axa-equitablefunds.com, free of charge.

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports — Include more information about the Portfolios’ investments and performance. The reports usually include performance information, a discussion of market conditions and the investment strategies that affected the Portfolios’ performance during the last fiscal year.

Statement of Additional Information (SAI) — Provides more detailed information about the Portfolios, has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated into this Prospectus by reference.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure — A description of the Portfolios’ policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of their portfolio securities holdings is available in the Portfolios’ SAI.

To order a free copy of a Portfolio’s SAI and/or Annual and Semi-Annual Report, request other information about a Portfolio, or make other shareholder inquiries, contact your financial professional, or the Portfolios at:

AXA Premier VIP Trust

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10104

Telephone: 877-222-2144

Your financial professional or AXA Premier VIP Trust will also be happy to answer your questions or to provide any additional information that you may require.

Information about the Portfolios (including the SAI) can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090. Reports and other information about the portfolios are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s Internet site at:

http://www.sec.gov.

Investors may also obtain copies of this information, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address:

publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the SEC’s

Public Reference Section,

Washington, D.C. 20549-1520

AXA Premier VIP Trust


Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio		Multimanager Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

(Investment Company Act File No. 811-10509)