AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”), dated as of April 1, 2019, is by and among AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), Hartford Series Fund, Inc., Hartford HLS Series Fund II, Inc., (each, a “Fund”), Hartford Administrative Services Company (the ‘‘Transfer Agent”), Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”) and Hartford Funds Management Company (the “Adviser”) (collectively, the “Parties”).

WHEREAS, the Company, the Funds, Transfer Agent, Distributor and the Adviser are parties to that certain Participation Agreement dated as of April 21, 2014 (the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order (as defined in the Agreement) is not being relied upon by the Company and, therefore, pursuant to IM Guidance Update issued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in October 2014 (No. 2014-10), the parties wish to amend the Agreement to remove the contractual obligations related to the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

All references in the Agreement to the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order and compliance therewith by any party are hereby deleted in their entirety from the Agreement.

Except as specifically modified by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and all capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment shall have the same meaning as in the Agreement.

Executed original copies of this Amendment may be delivered by facsimile or digital transmission and such facsimile or digital copies shall be deemed original for all purposes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed on their behalf by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

HARTFORD ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMPANY

By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

HARTFORD FUNDS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC

By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

HARTFORD FUNDS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

EACH INVESTMENT COMPANY LISTED ON SCHEDULE A TO THE AGREEMENT

By:		/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:		Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:		Assistant Secretary