Item 8.01 Other Events

On November 27, 2019, AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") closed the public offering of an aggregate of 29,000,000 depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares"), each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of the Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $1.00 per share and liquidation preference of $25,000 per share (the "Preferred Stock") of the Company. The offering and sale of the Depositary Shares and Preferred Stock were registered under the Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-234788), and a prospectus supplement related to the Depositary Shares dated November 20, 2019 (filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933).

The following documents are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference: (i) the Deposit Agreement, dated November 27, 2019, among the Company, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., collectively, as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein, relating to the Depositary Shares, (ii) the Form of Preferred Stock Certificate, (iii) the Form of Depositary Receipt and (iv) the validity opinion and consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP with respect to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Stock.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits



Exhibit No.                            Description of Exhibit

4.1                 Deposit Agreement, dated November  27, 2019, among the Company,
                  Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.,
                  collectively, as depositary, and the holders from time to time of
                  the depositary receipts described therein.

4.2                 Form of Preferred Stock Certificate (included as Exhibit A to
                  Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Form 8-K filed on November 21,
                  2019).

4.3                 Form of Depositary Receipt (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit
                  4.1 above).

5.1                 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP with respect to the
                  Depositary Shares and the Preferred Stock.

23.1                Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (included in Exhibit
                  5.1 above).

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