AMENDMENT NO. 8 PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit (13)(h)(ix)
AMENDMENT NO. 8
Amendment No. 8, dated as of July 16, 2020 (“Amendment No. 8”), to the Participation Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2013, as amended (“Agreement”), by and among EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”), MONY Life Insurance Company and Equitable Distributors, LLC (formerly, AXA Distributors, LLC) (collectively, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Agreement to reflect the name change of AXA Distributors, LLC, AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC, AXA Financial, Inc. and certain Portfolio names listed in Schedule B (as reflected in Section 2 below).
The Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1. | All references in the Agreement to AXA Distributors, LLC, AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC and AXA Financial, Inc. are hereby deleted and replaced with Equitable Distributors, LLC, Equitable Financial Services, LLC and Equitable Holdings, Inc., respectively. |
| 2. | Name Changes: The follow Portfolio names have changed: |
| Current Portfolio Name | New Portfolio Name | |
| All Asset Growth – Alt 20 Portfolio | EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation Portfolio | |
| AXA 2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/2000 Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA 400 Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/400 Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA 500 Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/500 Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA Aggressive Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Aggressive Growth Strategy Portfolio | |
| AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Balanced Strategy Portfolio | |
| AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio | |
| AXA Conservative Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Conservative Strategy Portfolio | |
| AXA Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Growth Strategy Portfolio | |
| AXA International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA International Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/International Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio | |
| AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio | |
| AXA/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio | EQ/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio | |
| AXA/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio | EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio |
| AXA/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio | EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio | |
| AXA/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio | EQ/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| AXA/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Portfolio | EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| AXA/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio | |
| AXA/Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Strategic Allocation Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxxx Sachs Moderate Growth Allocation | |
| AXA/Invesco Strategic Allocation Portfolio | EQ/Invesco Moderate Allocation Portfolio | |
| AXA/Janus Enterprise Portfolio | EQ/Janus Enterprise Portfolio | |
| AXA/Xxxx Xxxxx Strategic Allocation Portfolio | EQ/Xxxx Xxxxx Moderate Allocation Portfolio | |
| AXA/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Portfolio | |
| AXA/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Small Cap Growth Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Small Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio | EQ/Capital Group Research Portfolio | |
| EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Global Portfolio | EQ/Invesco Global Portfolio |
| 3. | Removed Portfolios. All references to the AXA/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio, AXA/Templeton Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio, AXA/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth Portfolio and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio are removed. |
| 4. | Schedule B. Schedule B 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 B 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. 8 as of the date first above set forth.
| MONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ITS SEPARATE ACCOUNTS |
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| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx |
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| Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||||||
| Title: Senior Vice President | Title VP, Operations | |||||||||
| EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC |
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| By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
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| Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||||||||||
| Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | ||||||||||
SCHEDULE B
AMENDMENT NO. 8
