AMENDMENT NO. 2 DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EQ ADVISORS TRUST – EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IA SHARES

Exhibit (e)(3)(iii)

AMENDMENT NO. 2

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

EQ ADVISORS TRUST – EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC – CLASS IA SHARES

AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of February 26, 2021 (“Amendment No. 2”), to the Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2020 (the “Agreement”), between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and Equitable Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”), relating to Class IA shares.

WHEREAS, the Trust has determined not to proceed with the registration of certain new portfolios of the Trust described in Amendment No. 1 dated February 1, 2021 to the Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, the Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Agreement as follows:

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 WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 2 as of the date first set forth above.

EQ ADVISORS TRUST						EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx Title: Vice President						Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Title: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENT NO. 2

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

CLASS IA SHARES

1290 VT Equity Income Portfolio 1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions Portfolio 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio 1290 VT Socially Responsible Portfolio EQ/AB Dynamic Moderate Growth Portfolio EQ/AB Short Duration Government Bond Portfolio EQ/AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation Portfolio EQ/Balanced Strategy Portfolio EQ/Capital Group Research Portfolio EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/ClearBridge Select Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Common Stock Index Portfolio EQ/Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio EQ/Conservative Strategy Portfolio EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio EQ/Franklin Balanced Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Global Bond PLUS Portfolio EQ/Global Equity Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Growth Strategy Portfolio EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio EQ/International Core Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/International Equity Index Portfolio EQ/International Value Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Invesco Xxxxxxxx Portfolio EQ/Invesco Global Portfolio EQ/Janus Enterprise Portfolio EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Growth Portfolio EQ/MFS International Growth Portfolio EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility Portfolio EQ/Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio EQ/Money Market Portfolio EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond Portfolio EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio EQ/X. Xxxx Price Growth Stock Portfolio EQ/Ultra Conservative Strategy Portfolio EQ/Value Equity Portfolio Multimanager Aggressive Equity Portfolio Multimanager Core Bond Portfolio Multimanager Technology Portfolio

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