AMENDMENT NO. 7 AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES
Exhibit (e)(8)(viii)
AMENDMENT NO. 7
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES
AMENDMENT NO. 7 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 7”), dated as of May 1, 2007, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware business trust (the “Trust”) and AXA Advisors, LLC (the “Distributor”).
The Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2002, between the Trust and the Distributor (the “Agreement”), relating to the Class IB shares. Unless defined herein to the contrary, terms shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement.
| 1. | Amendment No. 7 includes provisions for a new portfolio of the Trust (the EQ/Franklin ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Founding Strategy Portfolio) and updates the names of certain existing Portfolios. |
| 2. | MarketPLUS Portfolios. Effective as of May 25, 2007, the EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio, EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio, EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio and EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio will convert to the MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio, MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio, MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio and MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio, respectively. |
| 3. | Schedule A. Schedule A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which the Distributor is authorized to distribute Class IB shares is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule A attached hereto. |
Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 7 as of the date first above set forth.
| EQ ADVISORS TRUST | AXA ADVISORS, LLC | |||||||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. | |||||
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | Name: | ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. | |||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | Title: | Chairman | |||||
SCHEDULE A
AMENDMENT NO. 7
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
CLASS IB SHARES
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Common Stock Portfolio |
EQ/International ETF Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio | EQ/Janus Large Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Intermediate Government Securities | EQ/JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio | EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth | EQ/▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Value Equity Portfolio | |
| Portfolio |
EQ/Lord ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth and Income Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Quality Bond Portfolio | EQ/Lord ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Large Cap Core Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernsteinSmall Cap Growth | EQ/Lord ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Value Portfolio | |
| Portfolio |
EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Focus Portfolio | |
| EQ/Ariel Appreciation II | EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity Portfolio* | |
| EQ/AXA ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Value Long/Short Portfolio | EQ/Mercury International Value Portfolio* | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio | EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio* | |
| EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio* | EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio* | |
| (formerly, EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity) |
EQ/Money Market Portfolio | |
| EQ/BlackRock International Value Portfolio* | EQ/Mutual Shares Portfolio | |
| (formerly, EQ/Mercury International Value) |
EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Portfolio | |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Socially Responsible Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Main Street Opportunity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Main Street Small Cap Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio* | EQ/Small Cap Value Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio | EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/▇▇▇▇▇ New York Venture Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Portfolio | |
| EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Evergreen International Bond Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Mid Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Real Estate Portfolio | |
| EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio | EQ/▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Small Cap Portfolio | |
| EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio* | MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio* | |
| EQ/Franklin Income Portfolio | MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio* | |
| EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Portfolio | MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio* | |
| EQ/Franklin ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Founding Strategy | MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio* | |
| Portfolio |
*Name changes effective on or about May 25, 2007.