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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 333-17217
EQ ADVISORS TRUST
SUPPLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 25, 1997 TO THE
PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1997
This Supplement updates certain information contained in the
above-dated Prospectus of EQ Advisors Trust ("Trust") with respect to the T.
Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio, T. Rowe Price Equity Income
Portfolio, EQ/Putnam Growth & Income Value Portfolio, EQ/Putnam Balanced
Portfolio, MFS Research Portfolio, MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio,
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, Warburg Pincus Small Company
Value Portfolio, Merrill Lynch World Strategy Portfolio, and Merrill Lynch
Basic Value Equity Portfolio ("Portfolios"). You should retain both the
Supplement and the Prospectus for future reference. You may obtain an
additional copy of the Prospectus, free of charge, by writing to the Trust at
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104.
Please be advised that Robert Meyer has replaced Marianne L. Hay as
one of the portfolio managers of the Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Equity
Portfolio. Accordingly, the last paragraph on page 25 of the Prospectus is
deleted and replaced with the following:
Madhav Dhar has been responsible for the day to day management of the
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, which includes
investment decisions made on behalf of the Portfolio, since the
Portfolio commenced operations. Mr. Dhar is a Managing Director of
MSAM and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley") and a
Director of the Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. Mr. Dhar
joined MSAM in 1984. Mr. Robert Meyer is also responsible for the day
to day management of the Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Equity
Portfolio. Mr. Meyer joined MSAM in 1989, is a Principal of Morgan
Stanley and has primary responsibility for MSAM's equity investments
in Latin America. Prior to joining MSAM's Latin American Group, Mr.
Meyer worked in MSAM's U.S. Equity Group.
