AMENDMENT NO. 17 AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES
Exhibit (e)(2)(xviii)
AMENDMENT NO. 17
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES
AMENDMENT NO. 17 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 17”), dated as of April 12, 2012, 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 IB shares. Unless defined herein to the contrary, terms shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement.
| 1. | New Portfolio. AXA Aggressive Strategy Portfolio is hereby added to the Agreement on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement. |
| 2. | Name Changes. The names of ATM Core Bond Portfolio and ATM Government Bond Portfolio are changed to EQ/AllianceBernstein Short-Term Bond Portfolio and EQ/AllianceBernstein Short-Term Government Bond, 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 IB 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. 17 as of the date first above set forth.
| EQ ADVISORS TRUST | AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC | |||||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||||
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | Title: | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||
SCHEDULE A
AMENDMENT NO. 17
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
CLASS IB SHARES
| ATM International Portfolio | EQ/Core Bond Index | |
| ATM Large Cap Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxx New York Venture Portfolio | |
| ATM Mid Cap Portfolio | EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio | |
| ATM Small Cap Portfolio | EQ/Equity Growth PLUS Portfolio | |
| AXA Aggressive Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Franklin Core Balanced Portfolio | |
| AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Allocation Portfolio | |
| AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio | |
| AXA Conservative Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Global Multi-Sector Equity Portfolio | |
| AXA Growth Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Index | |
| AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio | Portfolio | |
| AXA Tactical Manager 2000 Portfolio | EQ/International Core PLUS Portfolio | |
| AXA Tactical Manager 400 Portfolio | EQ/International ETF Portfolio | |
| AXA Tactical Manager 500 Portfolio | EQ/International Value PLUS Portfolio | |
| AXA Tactical Manager International Portfolio | EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio | |
| AXA Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Core PLUS Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Dynamic Wealth | EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio | |
| Strategies Portfolio |
EQ/Large Cap Growth PLUS Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio | EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Short-Term Bond | EQ/Large Cap Value PLUS Portfolio | |
| Portfolio (formerly, ATM Core Bond Portfolio) |
EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Large Cap Core Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Short-Term | EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio | |
| Government Bond Portfolio (formerly, ATM |
EQ/Mid Cap Value PLUS Portfolio | |
| Government Bond Portfolio) |
EQ/Money Market Portfolio | |
| EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth | EQ/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio | |
| Portfolio |
EQ/Mutual Large Cap Equity Portfolio | |
| EQ/AXA Franklin Small Cap Value Core | EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Global Portfolio | |
| Portfolio |
EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio | |
| EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio | EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio | |
| EQ/Xxxxxxx Socially Responsible Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxxxxxx Global Equity Portfolio | |
| EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio | EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio | |
| EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio | EQ/Xxxxx Fargo Omega Growth Portfolio |
