Equitable Holdings Inc

•“AB” or “AllianceBernstein” means AB Holding and ABLP.

•“AB Holding” means AllianceBernstein Holding L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

•“AB Holding Units” means units representing assignments of beneficial ownership of limited partnership interests in AB Holding.

•“AB Units” means units of limited partnership interests in ABLP.

•“ABLP” means AllianceBernstein L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership for the AB business.

•“AFS” means available-for-sale.

•“AOCI” means accumulated other comprehensive income.

•“ASR” means accelerated share repurchase

•“ASU” means Accounting Standards Update

•“ASX” means Australian Securities Exchange

•“AVR” means asset valuation reserve

•“AXA” means AXA S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of France, and formerly our controlling stockholder.

•“AXA Financial” means AXA Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a former wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Holdings. On October 1, 2018, AXA Financial merged with and into Holdings, with Holdings assuming the obligations of AXA Financial.

•“bps” means basis points

•“CDS” means credit default swaps

•“CDSC” means contingent deferred sales commissions

•“CEA” means Commodity Exchange Act

•“CECL” means current expected credit losses

•“CEI” means Corporate Equity Index

•“CEO” means Chief Executive Officer

•“CFTC” means U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

•“CLO” means collateralized loan obligation

•“CMBS” means commercial mortgage-backed security

•“COI” means cost of insurance

•“COLI” means corporate owned life insurance

•“Company” means Equitable Holdings, Inc. with its consolidated subsidiaries

•“COVID-19” means coronavirus disease of 2019

•“CS Life” means Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Holdings.

•“CSA” means credit support annex

•“CSLRC” means Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company

•“DCO” means designated clearing organization

•“DEI” means Disability Equity Index

•“DI” means disability income

•“Dodd-Frank Act” means Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

•“DOL” means U.S. Department of Labor

•“DSC” means debt service coverage

•“DTI” means debt-to-income

•“EAFE” means European, Australasia, and Far East

•“EBITDA” means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

•“EDP” means electronic data processing

•“EFS” means Equitable Financial Services, LLC, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Holdings

•“EFIM” means Equitable Financial Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•EFIMA” means Equitable Financial Investment Management America, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“EIM LLC” means Equitable Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“EIMG” means Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“EPS” means earnings per share

•“Equitable Advisors” means Equitable Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, our retail broker/dealer for our retirement and protection businesses and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“Equitable America” means Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America (f/k/a MONY Life Insurance Company of America), an Arizona corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“Equitable Distributors” means Equitable Distributors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, our wholesale broker/dealer for our retirement and protection businesses and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“Equitable L&A” means Equitable Financial Life and Annuity Company, a Colorado corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“Equitable Financial” means Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation, a life insurance company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of EFS.

•“EQ Premier VIP Trust” means EQ Premier VIP Trust, a series trust that is a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

•“EQAT” means EQ Advisors Trust, a series trust that is a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act as an open-end management investment company.

•“EQ AZ Life Re” means EQ AZ Life Re Company, an Arizona corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.

•“ERISA” means Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

•“ESB Plan” means Executive Survivor Benefits Plan

•“ESG” means environmental, social and governance

•“ETF” means exchange traded funds

•“ETR” means effective tax rate

•“Exchange Act” means Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

•“FABCP” means Funding Agreement Backed Commercial Paper

•“FABN” means Funding Agreement Backed Notes

•“FASB” means Financial Accounting Standards Board

•“FDIC” means Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

•“FHLB” means Federal Home Loan Bank

•“FINRA” means Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

•“FIO” means Federal Insurance Office

•“FMV” means fair market value

•“FSOC” means Financial Stability Oversight Council

•“FTSE” means Financial Times Stock Exchange

•“FVO” means fair value option

•“FYP” means first year premium and deposits

•“GCC” means group capital calculation tool

•“GLB” means guaranteed living benefits

•The “General Partner” means AllianceBernstein Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the general partner of AB Holding and ABLP.

•“GIO” means guaranteed interest option

•“HFS” means held-for-sale

•“Holdings” means Equitable Holdings, Inc.

•“HTM” means held-to-maturity

•“HR” means Human Resources

•“IMR” means interest maintenance reserve

•“International JV” means international joint venture

•“IPO” means initial public offering

•“IRS” means Internal Revenue Service

•“ISDA Master Agreement” means International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement

•“IT” means information technology

•“IUS” means Investments Under Surveillance

•“K-12 education market” means individuals in the kindergarten, primary and secondary education market

•“LDTI” means long duration targeted improvements

•“LGD” means loss given default

•“LIBOR” means London Interbank Offered Rate

•“LTV” means loan-to-value

•“Manual” means Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual as established by the NAIC

•“MD&A” means Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

•“MRBs” means market risk benefits

•“MSO” means Market Stabilizer Option

•“NAIC” means National Association of Insurance Commissioners

•“NAIC SAP” means NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures manual

•“NAR” means net amount at risk

•“NASAA” means North American Securities Administrators Association

•“NAV” means net asset value

•“NFA” means National Futures Association

•“NGEs” means non-guaranteed elements

•“NLG” means no-lapse guarantee

•“NMS” means National Market System

•“NYDFS” means New York State Department of Financial Services

•“NYSE” means New York Stock Exchange

•“NWOW” means New Ways of Working

•“OCI” means other comprehensive income

•“OKRs” means Outcomes Objectives & Key Results

•“OTC” means over-the-counter

•“PBO” means projected benefit obligation

•“PD” means probability of default

•“PFBL” means profits followed by losses

•“PPWG” means privacy protection working group

•“PTP” means publicly traded partnership

•“R&P” means retirement and protection

•“RBG” means the Retirement Benefits Group, a specialized division of Equitable Advisors

•“REIT” means real estate investment trusts

•“RIC” means SEC-registered investment company

•“RoU” means right of use

•“RMBS” means residential mortgage-backed security

•“ROE” means return on equity

•“RSUs” means restricted stock units

•“SAP” means statutory accounting principles

•“SCB LLC” means Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer

•“SCBL” means Sanford C. Bernstein Limited

•“SCS” means Structured Capital Strategies

•“SEC” means U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

•“SECURE” means Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement

•“Series A Preferred Stock” means Holdings’ Series A Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

•“Series B Preferred Stock” means Holdings’ Series B Fixed Rate Reset Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

•“Series C Preferred Stock” means Holdings’ Series C Fixed Rate Reset Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

•“SIA” means sales inducement asset

•“SIO” means structured investment option

•“SOA” means Society of Actuaries

•“SPE” means special purpose entity

•“SPLLC” means special purpose limited liability company

•“SSAP” means Statements of Standard Accounting Practice

•The “Standard” means NAIC accreditation standards

•“SVO” means Securities Valuation Office

•“TDRs” means troubled debt restructurings

•“TIPS” means treasury inflation-protected securities

•“Topix” means Tokyo Stock Price Index

•“TSR” means total share return

•“U.S.” means United States

•“U.S. GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America

•“U.S. JV” means North American joint venture

•“Venerable” means Venerable Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation

•“VIE” means variable interest entity

•“VISL” means variable interest-sensitive life

•“VOE” means voting interest entity