Exhibit (g)(3)(xiii)

AMENDMENT NO. 12

AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 12 dated as of January 1, 2009 (“Amendment No. 12”), to the Amended and Restated Global Custody Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2002, as amended (“Agreement”), by and between EQ Advisors Trust (“Trust”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPMorgan”).

The Trust and JPMorgan hereby agree to modify and amend the Agreement as follows:

1. New Portfolios: The AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio, AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio, AXA Defensive Strategy Portfolio and AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio shall be included as new Portfolios in the Agreement from and after the date hereof for all purposes on the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement.

2. Name Changes. The names of the EQ/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio, EQ/Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio, EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio, EQ/AllianceBernstein Quality Bond Portfolio, EQ/AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio, EQ/AllianceBernstein Intermediate Government Securities Portfolio and EQ/JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio are changed to EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio, EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio, EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio, EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio, EQ/Large Cap Value PLUS Portfolio, EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Index Portfolio and EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio, respectively.

2. Schedule C: Schedule C to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolios of the Trust participating on behalf of which the Trust is entering into the Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety by Schedule C 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. 12 as of the date first above set forth.

EQ ADVISORS TRUST		JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
By:	/s/ Brian Walsh	By:	/s/ John K. Breitweg
	Brian Walsh Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer		Name: John K. Breitweg Title:   Senior Vice President

SCHEDULE C

AMENDMENT NO. 12

AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL CUSTODY AGREEMENT

All Asset Allocation Portfolio AXA Balanced Strategy Portfolio AXA Conservative Growth Strategy Portfolio AXA Defensive Strategy Portfolio AXA Moderate Growth Strategy Portfolio Crossings Aggressive Allocation Portfolio Crossings Conservative Allocation Portfolio Crossings Conservative-Plus Allocation Portfolio Crossings Moderate Allocation Portfolio Crossings Moderate-Plus Allocation Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Common Stock Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein International Portfolio EQ/AllianceBernstein Small Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/Ariel Appreciation II Portfolio EQ/AXA Rosenberg Value Long/Short Equity Portfolio EQ/BlackRock Basic Value Equity Portfolio
(formerly, EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity) EQ/BlackRock International Value Portfolio
(formerly, EQ/Mercury International Value) EQ/Bond Index Portfolio EQ/Boston Advisors Equity Income Portfolio EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian Growth Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio EQ/Caywood-Scholl High Yield Bond Portfolio EQ/Core Bond Index Portfolio
(formerly, EQ/JPMorgan Core Bond Portfolio) EQ/Davis New York Venture Portfolio EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio EQ/Evergreen International Bond Portfolio EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio EQ/Franklin Income Portfolio EQ/Franklin Small Cap Value Portfolio EQ/Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio EQ/GAMCO Mergers and Acquisitions Portfolio EQ/GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio EQ/Intermediate Government Bond Index Portfolio
(formerly, EQ/AllianceBernstein Intermediate Government Securities Portfolio) EQ/Government Securities Portfolio EQ/International Core PLUS Portfolio
(formerly, MarketPLUS International Core Portfolio) EQ/International ETF Portfolio EQ/International Growth Portfolio EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities Portfolio EQ/Large Cap Core PLUS Portfolio
(formerly, MarketPLUS Large Cap Core Portfolio) EQ/Large Cap Growth Index Portfolio (formerly, EQ/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Portfolio) EQ/Large Cap Growth PLUS Portfolio (formerly, MarketPLUS Large Cap Growth Portfolio) EQ/Large Cap Value Index Portfolio (formerly,
EQ/Legg Mason Value Equity Portfolio) EQ/Large Cap Value PLUS Portfolio (formerly, EQ/AllianceBernstein Value Portfolio) EQ/Long Term Bond Portfolio EQ/Lord Abbett Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/Lord Abbett Large Cap Core Portfolio EQ/Lord Abbett Mid Cap Value Portfolio EQ/Marsico Focus Portfolio EQ/Mid Cap Index Portfolio (formerly,
EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio) EQ/Mid Cap Value PLUS Portfolio (formerly,
MarketPLUS Mid Cap Value Portfolio) EQ/Money Market Portfolio EQ/Montag & Caldwell Growth Portfolio EQ/Mutual Shares Portfolio EQ/Oppenheimer Global Portfolio EQ/Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Portfolio EQ/Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Portfolio EQ/Quality Bond PLUS Portfolio (formerly,
EQ/AllianceBernstein Quality Bond Portfolio) EQ/PIMCO Real Return Portfolio EQ/Short Duration Bond Portfolio EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio EQ/T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio (formerly,
EQ/TCW Equity Portfolio) EQ/Templeton Growth Portfolio EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen Comstock Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/Van Kampen Real Estate Portfolio