AMENDMENT NO. 8 AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – AXA ADVISORS, LLC - CLASS IA SHARES

Exhibit (e)(7)(ix)

AMENDMENT NO. 8

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

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

AMENDMENT NO. 8 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement (“Amendment No. 8”), dated as of July 11, 2007, 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 IA shares. Unless defined herein to the contrary, terms shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement.

1. Removed Portfolios: The following portfolios of the Trust are hereby deleted in their entirety from the Agreement: EQ/ Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Portfolio, EQ/Janus Large Cap Growth Portfolio, EQ/Small Cap Value Portfolio and EQ/ Xxxxx Fargo Xxxxxxxxxx Small Cap Portfolio.

2. Name Changes. The names of the EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio, EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio, EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio, EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio are hereby changed 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. 8 as of the date first above set forth.

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

SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENT NO. 8

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

CLASS IA SHARES

EQ/AllianceBernstein Common Stock Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Intermediate Government Securities EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Quality Bond Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/Ariel Appreciation II 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 MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio (formerly, EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio) MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio (formerly, EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio) MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio (formerly, EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio) MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio (formerly, EQ/FI Mid Cap Value Portfolio)