AMENDMENT NO. 7 AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IA SHARES
Exhibit (e)(5)(ix)
AMENDMENT NO. 7
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IA SHARES
AMENDMENT NO. 7 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 7”), dated as of May 1, 2007, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware business 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, 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. | Amendment No. 7 includes provisions for a new portfolio of the Trust (the EQ/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Founding Strategy Portfolio) and updates the names of certain existing Portfolios. |
| 2. | MarketPLUS Portfolios. Effective as of May 25, 2007, the EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio, EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio, EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio and EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio will convert to the MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio, MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio, MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio and MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio, respectively. |
| 3. | 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. 7 as of the date first above set forth.
| 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. 7
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
CLASS IA SHARES
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Common Stock Portfolio | EQ/International ETF Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio | EQ/Janus Large Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Alliance Intermediate Government Securities | EQ/JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio | EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth | EQ/Xxxx Xxxxx Value Equity Portfolio | |
| Portfolio |
EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Growth and Income Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Quality Bond Portfolio | EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Large Cap Core Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernsteinSmall Cap Growth | EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Mid Cap Value Portfolio | |
| Portfolio |
EQ/Xxxxxxx Focus Portfolio | |
| EQ/Ariel Appreciation II | EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity Portfolio* | |
| EQ/AXA Xxxxxxxxx Value Long/Short Portfolio | EQ/Mercury International Value Portfolio* | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio | EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio* | |
| EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio* | EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio* | |
| (formerly, EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity) |
EQ/Money Market Portfolio | |
| EQ/BlackRock International Value Portfolio* | EQ/Mutual Shares Portfolio | |
| (formerly, EQ/Mercury International Value) |
EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Global Portfolio | |
| EQ/Xxxxxxx Socially Responsible Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Main Street Opportunity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Main Street Small Cap Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio* | EQ/Small Cap Value Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio | EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxxxxx Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Xxxxx New York Venture Portfolio | EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio | |
| EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio | EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Evergreen International Bond Portfolio | EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio | EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Real Estate Portfolio | |
| EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxx Fargo Xxxxxxxxxx Small Cap Portfolio | |
| EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio* | MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio* | |
| EQ/Franklin Income Portfolio | MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio* | |
| EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Portfolio | MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio* | |
| EQ/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Founding Strategy | MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio* | |
| Portfolio |
| * | Name changes effective on or about May 25, 2007. |
