AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
EQ FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, INC. / CLASS 1A SHARES
AMENDMENT NO. 2 to Distribution Agreement ("Amendment No. 2"), dated as
of December 31, 1998, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware business trust (the
"Trust") and EQ Financial Consultants, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Distributor").
The Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Distribution
Agreement relating to Class 1A Shares (the "Original Agreement") dated as of
April 14, 1997 between them, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December
9, 1997 (the Original Agreement, together with such Amendment, the "Agreement")
as herein provided. All terms used in this Amendment No. 2, unless defined
herein to the contrary, shall have the meaning given such terms in the
Agreement.
1. New Portfolios The Trust hereby authorizes the Distributor to
participate in the distribution of Class 1A Shares of the MFS Growth with Income
Portfolio, the Evergreen Foundation Portfolio and the Evergreen Portfolio (the
"New Portfolios) on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement.
2. Duration of Agreement as to New Portfolios This Agreement shall
continue in effect until December 31, 1999 with respect to the New Portfolios
and thereafter will continue annually with respect only so long as such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually either by (a) the Board
of Trustees of the Trust or (b) persons having voting rights in respect of the
Trust, by the vote stated in Section 11 of the Original Agreement, voted in
accordance with the provisions contained in the Participation Agreement (as
defined in the Original Agreement) or any policies on conflicts adopted by the
Board of Trustees; provided, however, that in either event such continuance
shall also be approved by a vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who
are not interested persons of any party to the Agreement, cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
3. Appendix A. Appendix A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios
of the Trust for which the Distributor is authorized to distribute Class 1A
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. 2 as of the date first above set forth.
EQ ADVISORS TRUST EQ FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, INC.
By: By:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
President and Trustee Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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APPENDIX A
TO
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
CLASS 1A SHARES
Portfolios
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Portfolios In Original Agreement:
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EQ/Xxxxxx Growth & Income Value Portfolio
EQ/Xxxxxx International Equity Portfolio
EQ/Xxxxxx Investors Growth Portfolio
EQ/Xxxxxx Balanced Portfolio
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx World Strategy Portfolio
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Basic Value Equity Portfolio
MFS Research Portfolio
MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
X. Xxxx Price International Stock Portfolio
X. Xxxx Price Equity Income Portfolio
Warburg Pincus Small Company Value Portfolio
Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 1:
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BT Equity 500 Index Portfolio
BT International Equity Index Portfolio
BT Small Company Index Portfolio
JPM Core Bond Portfolio
Lazard Small Cap Value Portfolio
Lazard Large Cap Value Portfolio
Portfolios Added by Amendment No. 2:
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EQ/Evergreen Foundation Portfolio
EQ/Evergreen Portfolio
MFS Growth with Income Portfolio
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