AMENDMENT NO. 3 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RETIREMENT PLAN PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit (h)(5)(v)

AMENDMENT NO. 3

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RETIREMENT PLAN PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 3, dated as of May 1, 2017 (“Amendment No. 3”), to the Second Amended and Restated Retirement Plan Participation Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2012 (“Agreement”), by and among EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”), AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Equitable 401(K) Plan and AXA Distributors, LLC (collectively, the “Parties”).

The Parties hereby agree to modify and amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Name Change.    The name of EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio is changed to 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio.

2. Schedule A. Schedule A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust participating on behalf of which the Trust is entering into the Agreement 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 WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 3 as of the date first above set forth.

		EQ ADVISORS TRUST				AXA EQUITABLE 401(K) PLAN
		By: Name: Title:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer		By:		Investment Committee established by the employee benefit plans sponsored by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, as Plan Fiduciary
						By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
						Name:		Xxxx Xxxxxxx
						Title:		Chairman of Investment
								Committee for Benefit Plans
		AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC				AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx		By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name:		Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx		Name:		Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title:		Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Retirement Savings Officer		Title:		Director

SCHEDULE A

AXA EQUITABLE 401(K) PLAN PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

DESIGNATED PORTFOLIOS AND CLASSES

Portfolios
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio			Class K
AXA/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio			Class K
EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio			Class K