AMENDMENT NO. 36 AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENT
Exhibit (9)(a)(xxxvii)
AMENDMENT NO. 36
AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 36, dated as of July 16, 2020 (“Amendment No. 36”), to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2002, as amended (“Agreement”), by and between EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”), on behalf of each of the portfolios designated on Schedule C thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Bank”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
The Trust and Bank hereby agree to modify and amend the Agreement as follows:
| 1. | Removed Portfolios. The EQ/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Allocation Managed Volatility Portfolio, EQ/Ivy Science and Technology Portfolio, EQ/Xxxxxxxxx Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio, EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio, Multimanager Mid Cap Growth Portfolio and Multimanager Mid Cap Value Portfolio are removed. |
| 2. | Portfolio Name Changes. The name of each Portfolio listed below is changed to the name set forth opposite the current name: |
| 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 Aggressive Growth | EQ/AB Dynamic Aggressive Growth | |
| AXA/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio | EQ/AB Dynamic Growth Portfolio | |
| Current Portfolio Name |
New Portfolio Name | |
| 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/JPMorgan Strategic Allocation Portfolio | EQ/JPMorgan Growth Allocation | |
| 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/Ivy Energy Portfolio | EQ/Wellington Energy Portfolio | |
| EQ/Ivy Mid Cap Growth Portfolio | EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth Portfolio | |
| EQ/MFS International Value Portfolio | EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value Portfolio | |
| EQ/Xxxxxxxxxxx Global Portfolio | EQ/Invesco Global Portfolio | |
| 3. | Schedule C. Schedule C to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust on behalf of which the Trust is entering into the Agreement, is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule C attached hereto. |
| 4. | Ratification. 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. 36 as of the date first set forth above.
| EQ ADVISORS TRUST | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxx Xxxxx | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Title: | Vice President | |||||
| Date: | 10/01/2020 | |||||||
SCHEDULE C
AMENDMENT NO. 36
AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENT
