FORM OF AMENDMENT NO. 10 AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES

Exhibit (e)(8)(xi)

FORM OF

AMENDMENT NO. 10

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC – CLASS IB SHARES

AMENDMENT NO. 10 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 10”), dated as of May 1, 2008, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and AXA Advisors, 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. Name Changes. The names of the MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio, MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio, MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio and MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio are changed to EQ/International Core PLUS Portfolio, EQ/Large Cap Growth PLUS Portfolio, EQ/Large Cap Core PLUS Portfolio and EQ/Mid Cap Value PLUS Portfolio, respectively.

2. 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. 10 as of the date first above set forth.

EQ ADVISORS TRUST						AXA ADVISORS, LLC
By:						By:
Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx				Name:		Xxxxxx XxXxxxx
Title:		President and Chief Executive Officer				Title:		Chairman

SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENT NO. 10

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

CLASS IB SHARES

EQ/AllianceBernstein Common Stock Portfolio EQ/Alliance Xxxxxxxxx Intermediate Government Securities Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Quality Bond Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernsteinSmall Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/Ariel Appreciation II Portfolio EQ/AXA Xxxxxxxxx Value Long/Short Equity Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity) EQ/BlackRock International Value Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Mercury International Value) EQ/Xxxxxxx Socially Responsible Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio EQ/Xxxxx New York Venture Portfolio EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio EQ/Evergreen International Bond Portfolio EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio EQ/Franklin Income Portfolio EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Portfolio EQ/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Founding Strategy Portfolio EQ/International ETF Portfolio EQ/JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio EQ/Xxxx Xxxxx Value Equity Portfolio EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Large Cap Core Portfolio EQ/Lord Xxxxxx Mid Cap Value Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxxx Focus Portfolio EQ/Money Market Portfolio EQ/Mutual Shares Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Global Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Main Street Opportunity Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Main Street Small Cap Portfolio EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxxxxx Growth Portfolio EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Mid Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/Xxx Xxxxxx Real Estate Portfolio EQ/International Core PLUS Portfolio (formerly, MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio) EQ/Large Cap Growth PLUS Portfolio (formerly, MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio) EQ/Large Cap Core PLUS Portfolio (formerly, MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio) EQ/Mid Cap Value PLUS Portfolio (formerly, MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio) Crossings Conservative Allocation Portfolio Crossings Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio Crossings Moderate Allocation Portfolio Crossings Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio Crossings Aggressive Allocation Portfolio]