AMENDMENT NO. 14 AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IA SHARES

Exhibit (e)(5)(xvi)

AMENDMENT NO. 14

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IA SHARES

AMENDMENT NO. 14 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 14”), dated as of August 16, 2010, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and AXA Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”).

The Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2002, as amended, between the Trust and the Distributor (the “Agreement”), relating to the Class IA shares. Unless defined herein to the contrary, terms shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement.

1. New Portfolios. ATM Core Bond Portfolio and ATM Government Bond Portfolio are hereby added to the Agreement on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement.

2. Removed Portfolios. The following Portfolios of the Trust are hereby deleted in their entirety from the Agreement: Crossings Aggressive Allocation Portfolio, Crossings Conservative Allocation Portfolio, Crossings Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio, Crossings Moderate Allocation Portfolio and Crossings Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio.

3. Name Changes. Effective May 1, 2010 the names of EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio and EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio were changed to EQ/Xxxxx Fargo Advantage Omega Growth Portfolio and EQ/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, respectively. Effective August 1, 2010 the names of AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio-II, AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio-II, AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio-II and AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio-II were changed to ATM Large Cap Portfolio, ATM Mid Cap Portfolio, ATM Small Cap Portfolio and ATM International Portfolio, respectively.

4. Schedule A. Schedule A to the Agreement, 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 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 HEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 14 as of the date first above set forth.

		EQ ADVISORS TRUST						AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
		By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
		Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx				Name:		Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
		Title:		President and Chief Executive Officer				Title:		Chief Executive Officer

SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENT NO. 14

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

CLASS IA SHARES

AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio		EQ/Franklin Core Balanced Portfolio
AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio		EQ/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Allocation Portfolio EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio EQ/Global Multi-Sector Equity Portfolio EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Index Portfolio EQ/International Core PLUS Portfolio EQ/International ETF Portfolio EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Core PLUS Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Growth PLUS Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Value PLUS Portfolio EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Large Cap Core Portfolio EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio EQ/Mid Cap Value PLUS Portfolio EQ/Money Market Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio) EQ/Mutual Large Cap Equity Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Global Portfolio EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxxxxx Global Equity Portfolio EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio EQ/Xxxxx Fargo Advantage Omega Growth Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio)
AXA Conservative Strategy Portfolio
AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio
AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio
AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio-I, III
ATM Small Cap Portfolio (formerly, AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio-II)
AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio-I, III
ATM Mid Cap Portfolio (formerly, AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio-II)
AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio-I, III
ATM Large Cap Portfolio (formerly, AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio-II)
AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio-I, III
ATM International Portfolio (formerly, AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio-II)
ATM Core Bond Portfolio
ATM Government Bond Portfolio
EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio
EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio
EQ/AXA Franklin Small Cap Value Core Portfolio
EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio
EQ/BlackRock International Value Portfolio
EQ/Xxxxxxx Socially Responsible Portfolio
EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio
EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio
EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio
EQ/Core Bond Index
EQ/Xxxxx New York Venture Portfolio
EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio
EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio