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Multimanager Technology Portfolio
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)
Shareholder Fees Multimanager Technology Portfolio (USD $)
Class A Shares
Class B Shares
Class K Shares
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)         
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of
your investment)
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses Multimanager Technology Portfolio
Class A Shares
Class B Shares
Class K Shares
Management Fee 0.95% [1] 0.95% 0.95% [2]
Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees) 0.25% [1] 0.25% none [2]
Other Expenses 0.19% [1] 0.19% 0.19% [2]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.05% [1] 0.05% 0.05% [2]
Total Annual Operating Expenses 1.44% [1] 1.44% 1.19% [2]
[1] Expenses have been restated to reflect current fees.
[2] Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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:
Expense Example Multimanager Technology Portfolio (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A Shares
147 456 787 1,724
Class B Shares
147 456 787 1,724
Class K Shares
121 378 654 1,443
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 78% 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 of companies principally engaged in the technology sector. This policy may not be changed without providing at least sixty days’ written notice to the Portfolio’s shareholders. Such companies include, among others, those in the internet products and services, computer, electronic, hardware and components, communication, software, e-commerce, information service, healthcare equipment and services, including medical devices, biotechnology, chemical products and synthetic materials, defense and aerospace, environmental services, nanotechnology, energy equipment and services, and electronic manufacturing services. In addition, securities of companies in the technology sector may include financial instruments that derive their value from the securities of such companies. The Portfolio may invest in companies of any size and can invest in securities of both U.S. and foreign companies. The Portfolio intends to invest primarily in common stocks, but it may also invest in other securities that the sub-advisers believe provide opportunities for capital growth.

AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (“FMG LLC” 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”), one or more other portions of the Portfolio will be actively managed (“Active Allocated Portions”), and another portion will invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) (“ETF Allocation Portion”). Under normal circumstances, the Manager allocates approximately 30% of the Portfolio’s net assets to the Index Allocated Portion, approximately 50% of net assets among the Active Allocated Portions, and approximately 20% of net assets to the ETF Allocated Portion. These percentages are targets established by the Manager; actual allocations to the Index Allocated and Active Allocated Portions may deviate from these targets by up to 20% of the Portfolio’s net assets and by up to 25% of the Portfolio’s net assets with respect to the ETF Allocated Portion, but any allocation to the ETF Allocated Portion generally shall not exceed 20% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

The Manager has been granted relief by the Securities and Exchange Commission to hire, terminate and replace sub-advisers and amend subadvisory agreements subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees and without obtaining shareholder approval. However, the Manager may not enter into a subadvisory agreement on behalf of the Portfolio with an “affiliated person” of the Manager, such as AllianceBernstein L.P., unless the subadvisory agreement is approved by the Portfolio’s shareholders. The Manager is responsible for overseeing sub-advisers and recommending their hiring, termination and replacement to the Board of Trustees.

The Index Allocated Portion of the Portfolio seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of the S&P North American Technology Sector Index with minimal tracking error. This strategy is commonly referred to as an indexing strategy. Generally, the Index Allocated Portion uses a full replication technique, although in certain instances a sampling approach may be utilized for a portion of the Index Allocated Portion. The Index Allocated Portion also may invest in ETFs that seek to track the S&P North American Technology Sector Index to obtain comparable exposure as the index without buying the underlying securities comprising the index.

The Active Allocated Portions may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve the investment objective. The Active Allocated Portions’ sub-advisers select securities based upon fundamental analysis, such as an analysis of earnings, cash flows, competitive position and management’s abilities. These sub-advisers may sell a security for a variety of reasons, such as to make other investments believed by a sub-adviser to offer superior investment opportunities.

The ETF Allocated Portion invests in ETFs that meet the investment criteria of the Portfolio as a whole. The ETFs in which the ETF Allocated Portion may invest may be changed from time to time without notice or shareholder approval. An investor in the Portfolio will bear the expenses of the Portfolio as well as the indirect expenses associated with the ETFs held by the ETF Allocated Portion.
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.
  • 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.
  • ETFs Risk — When a Portfolio invests in ETFs, it will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the ETF, in addition to the advisory and other fees paid directly by the Portfolio. A Portfolio’s investment in an ETF involves other considerations. For example, shares of ETFs are listed and traded on securities exchanges and in over-the-counter markets, and the purchase and sale of these shares involve transaction fees and commissions. Also, even though the market price of an ETF is derived from the securities it owns, such price at any given time may be at, below or above the ETF’s net asset value. In addition, many ETFs invest in securities included in, or representative of, underlying indexes regardless of investment merit or market trends and, therefore, these ETFs do not change their investment strategies to respond to changes in the economy, which means that an ETF may be particularly susceptible to a general decline in the market segment relating to the relevant index. There is also the risk that an ETF’s performance may not match that of the relevant index. In addition, it is also possible that an active trading market for an ETF may not develop or be maintained, in which case the liquidity and value of a Portfolio’s investment in the ETF could be substantially and adversely affected.
  • Foreign Securities Risk — Investments in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, involve risks not associated with investing in U.S. securities. Foreign 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 or in the desired amount. In general, these risks are greater for small-cap companies than for mid-cap companies.
  • Portfolio Turnover Risk — High portfolio turnover (generally, turnover 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.
  • Risks of Investing in Other Investment Companies — Investors in a Portfolio that invests in Underlying Portfolios will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by those Underlying Portfolios, in addition to the Portfolio’s direct fees and expenses. The cost of investing in the Portfolio, therefore, may be higher than the cost of investing in a mutual fund that invests directly in individual stocks and bonds. In addition, the Portfolio’s net asset value is subject to fluctuations in the net asset value of each Underlying Portfolio. The Portfolio is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the Underlying Portfolios invest and the ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective will depend, to a significant degree, on the ability of the Underlying Portfolios to meet their objectives. The Portfolio and the Underlying Portfolios are subject to certain general investment risks, including market risk, issuer-specific risk, investment style risk and portfolio management risk. In addition, to the extent a Portfolio invests in Underlying Portfolios that invest in equity securities, fixed income securities and/or foreign securities, the Portfolio is subject to the risks associated with investing in such securities. The Underlying Portfolios 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 Underlying Portfolio at a time that is unfavorable to the Portfolio.
  • 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.
  • Technology Sector 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.
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 how the Portfolio’s average annual total returns for the past one, five and ten years through December 31, 2011 compared to the returns of a broad-based market index. The performance of the S&P North American Technology Sector Index also is included because it more closely reflects the securities in which the Portfolio invests. 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.

The Class K shares commenced operations on August 26, 2011. The performance information shown in the table below for the Class K shares prior to that date is the performance of the Class A shares, which would have annual returns identical to those of the Class K shares because the Class A shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and, prior to January 1, 2012, had the same expenses as the Class K shares.

Calendar Year Annual Total Returns — Class B
Bar Chart
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Total Returns Multimanager Technology Portfolio
One Year
Five Years
Ten Years
Class A Shares
(4.58%) 2.37% 2.59%
Class B Shares
(4.84%) 2.11% 2.33%
Class K Shares
(4.58%) 2.37% 2.59%
Russell 1000 Index
1.50% (0.02%) 3.34%
S&P North American Technology Sector Index
(0.88%) 3.84% 2.44%