PRESS RELEASE

KIRBY NOEL JOINS AXA DISTRIBUTORS AS NATIONAL SALES MANAGER

To Lead Financial Planner Channel

New York, NY, – Kirby John Noel has joined AXA Distributors LLP. as Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager for the Financial Planner Channel, it was announced today by Jamie Shepherdson, President of AXA Distributors and Executive Vice President of AXA Equitable. Mr. Noel will report to William C. Miller, Chief Sales Officer of AXA Distributors.

Mr. Noel becomes responsible for the leadership and growth of annuity sales in the financial planner channel. “Kirby has a keen understanding of the wholesale distribution business model and an outstanding record of success in building annuity sales in the third-party industry,” said William Miller. “His appointment confirms AXA Distributors ambition to expand further in the financial planner channel.”

Prior to joining AXA Distributors, Noel was the Western Division Sales Manager for the broker-dealer channel within Lincoln Financial Distributors for the Choice Plus® product series. Before that, Noel was Eastern Division Sales Manager for Lincoln’s American Legacy® product series. Noel originally joined Lincoln as an External Wholesaler of American Legacy®.

Noel began his wholesaling career at Wood Logan Distributors. He later worked at AIG/SunAmerica as an External Wholesaler for the Seasons Select® product series, where he was responsible for the new product and channel distribution launch. Mr. Noel is a graduate of Tufts University.     

About AXA Distributors

AXA Distributors, LLC. is the wholesale distribution company of AXA Financial, Inc., a member of the global AXA Group. It is dedicated to the distribution of managed, investment products and services including the innovative line of whole and variable life insurance and fixed and variable annuities as well as the AXA Premier Funds of the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company to professional financial intermediaries like brokerages, banks, independent financial planners, and AXA Advisors, the retail distribution company of AXA Financial. Currently, AXA Distributors has over 300 employees, servicing roughly 400 partner firms and representing in excess of 17,000 individual producers.

About AXA

AXA Financial is one of the premier U.S. organizations in financial protection and wealth management through its strong brands: AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Advisors, LLC, AllianceBernstein, L.P., AXA Distributors, LLC, and the MONY family of companies, including MONY Life Insurance Company, and U.S. Financial Life Insurance Company. Member: NYSE, NASD, SIPC. AXA Financial had approximately 693.7 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2006. AXA Financial is a member of the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. AXA Group's operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific region. AXA Group had approximately $1.39 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2006.The AXA ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXA on the Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depositary Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA.