AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC/CLASS IA SHARES
Exhibit (e)(5)(vii)
AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC/CLASS IA SHARES
AMENDMENT NO. 5 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 5”), dated as of , 2005, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware business trust (the “Trust”) and AXA Distributors, LLC, a Delaware corporation (the “Distributor”).
The Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement relating to Class IA Shares dated as of July 15, 2002 (the “Agreement”) and as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of May 2, 2003, Amendment No. 2 dated as of July 8, 2004, Amendment No. 3 dated as of October 1, 2004 and Amendment No. 4 dated as of May 1, 2005 (collectively, the “Amendments”). Capitalized terms, unless defined herein to the contrary, shall have the meaning given such terms in the Agreement.
1. Appendix A. Appendix A to the Agreement and Amendments, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust for which the Distributor is authorized to distribute Class IA Shares, is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix 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 WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 5 as of the date first above set forth.
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| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | Name: | |||||||
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APPENDIX A
AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
CLASS IA SHARES
| EQ/Alliance Common Stock Portfolio | EQ/FI Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio (fka Warburg Pincus Small Company Value Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio | EQ/Janus Large Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Intermediate Government Securities Portfolio | EQ/X.X. Xxxxxx Core Bond Portfolio (fka JPM Core Bond Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Alliance International Portfolio | EQ/Lazard Small Cap Value Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Quality Bond Portfolio | EQ/Xxxx Xxxxx Value Equity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Small Cap Growth Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxxx Focus Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Large Cap Growth Portfolio (fka EQ/Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio) |
EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity Portfolio (fka Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Basic Value Equity Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Ariel Appreciation II Portfolio | EQ/Mercury International Value Portfolio (fka EQ/Xxxxxx International Equity Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Xxxxxxxxx Diversified Value Portfolio | EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio | |
| EQ/Xxxxxxx Socially Responsible Portfolio | EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio (fka EQ/MFS Investors Growth Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio | EQ/Money Market Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio | EQ/XX Xxxxxx Value Opportinites Portfolio (fka EQ/Xxxxxx Growth & Income Value Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Portfolio | EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio (fka EQ/Xxxxxx Voyager Portfolio) (fka EQ/Xxxxxx Investors Growth Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio (fka EQ/Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio) |
EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio (fka BT Small Company Index Portfolio) | |
| EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio (fka Alliance Equity Index Portfolio) |
EQ/Xxxxx Fargo Xxxxxxxxxx Small Cap Portfolio | |
| EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio | EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio | |
| EQ/Evergreen International Bond Portfolio | EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Growth and Income Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Mid Cap Value Portfolio | ||
| EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Large Cap Core Portfolio | ||
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