EQ ADVISORS TRUST AMENDMENT NO. 2 INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(54)(ii)
AMENDMENT NO. 2
AMENDMENT NO. 2 to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated as of July 1, 2008 between AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation (“AXA Equitable” or “Manager”) and BlackRock Investment Management LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Adviser”).
WHEREAS, AXA Equitable and the Adviser have entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2006, as amended, (“Agreement”) relating to the EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio (“Portfolio”) of EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”); and
WHEREAS, AXA Equitable and the Adviser desire to modify the fee payable to the Adviser for investment advisory and other services the Adviser provides to the Portfolio.
NOW, THEREFORE, AXA Equitable and Adviser agree to modify the Agreement as follows:
1. Existing Portfolio. The Manager hereby reaffirms its appointment of the Adviser as the investment adviser to the Portfolio.
2. Appendix A. Appendix A to the Agreement setting forth the Portfolio of the Trust for which the Adviser is appointed as the investment adviser and the fee payable to the Adviser with respect to the Portfolio is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix A attached hereto. Appendix A also includes, for purposes of calculating the fee payable to the Adviser, a series of a related trust, the AXA Offshore Multimanager Funds Trust.
3. Ratification. Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 2 as of the date first set forth above.
AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | |||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||||
Senior Vice President | Title: Managing Director |
APPENDIX A
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
Related Portfolios |
Annual Advisory Fee Rate*** | |
Basic Value Portfolios, which shall consist of the following Portfolio and Other Allocated Portion(s)** (collectively, referred to as “Basic Value Portfolios”):
EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio AXA Conservative Multimanager Fund, a series of the AXA Offshore Multimanager Funds Trust*,** AXA Moderate Multimanager Fund, a series of the AXA Offshore Multimanager Funds Trust* ,** AXA Aggressive Multimanager Fund, a series of the AXA Offshore Multimanager Funds Trust*,** |
.40% of the Basic Value Portfolios’ average daily net assets up to and including $100 million; 0.375% of the Basic Value Portfolios’ average daily net assets in excess of $100 million up to and including $300 million; 0.35% of the Basic Value Portfolios’ average daily net assets in excess of $300 million up to and including $500 million; 0.325% of the Basic Value Portfolios’ average daily net assets in excess of $500 million up to and including $1 billion; and 0.30% in excess of $1 billion. |
* | Fee to be paid with respect to this Portfolio shall be based only on the portion of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets advised by the Adviser, which is referred to as an “Allocated Portion.” |
** | Other Allocated Portions are other investment companies (or series or portions thereof that are managed by the Manager and advised by the Adviser, which are classified as “Basic Value Portfolios.” |
*** | The daily advisory fee for the Basic Value Portfolios is calculated by multiplying the aggregate net assets of the Basic Value Portfolios at the close of the immediately preceding day by the Annual Advisory Fee Rate calculated as set forth above and then dividing the result by the number of days in the year. The daily fee applicable to each Allocated Portion is the portion of the daily advisory fee for the Related Portfolios equal to the Allocated Portion’s net assets relative to the aggregate net assets of the Related Portfolios, including the Allocated Portion used in the fee calculation. |