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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2020

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38469	90-0226248
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York		10104
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 554-1234

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of Exchange on which registered
Common Stock	EQH	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A	EQH PR A	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 6, 2020, Thomas Buberl resigned as a director of Equitable Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Buberl’s resignation follows the sale by AXA S.A. (“AXA”) on December 10, 2019 of an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which reduced AXA’s ownership interest in the Company below 10%. As a result of AXA ceasing to beneficially own more than 10% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, the number of directors that AXA may designate to the Company’s board of directors decreased from two to zero.

The Company has waived the requirement under the Shareholder Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, between the Company and AXA (the “Shareholder Agreement”) that George Stansfield resign as a director.  Accordingly, Mr. Stansfield will continue to serve as a director for the remainder of his term but will no longer be an “AXA Director” as defined in the Shareholder Agreement.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: February 7, 2020	By:	/s/ Dave S. Hattem
	Name:	Dave S. Hattem
	Title:	Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary