FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Buberl Thomas

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

05/09/2018

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. [EQH]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)


C/O AXA EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC., 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10104
(City)
(State)
(Zip)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check applicable line)

__X__ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)



Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares



Remarks:

No securities beneficially owned. Thomas Buberl, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of AXA S.A., is a member of the Issuer's board of directors. AXA S.A. has filed a separate Form 3 reporting securities of the Issuer that it beneficially owns. Thomas Buberl disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer that are beneficially owned by AXA S.A.



Signatures

/s/ Christina Banthin, as Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas Buberl

05/09/2018
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Anders Malmstrom, Andrea Nitzan, Katharine Hermann, Dave Hattem,
Christina Banthin and Ralph Petruzzo, and each of them individually, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an Officer and/or Director of AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"),
(i) Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and
the rules thereunder (a "Section 16 Form"), and (ii) a Form ID and any other
forms required to be filed or submitted in accordance with Regulation S-T
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any
successor provision) in order to file a Section 16 Form electronically (a "Form
ID", and, together with a Section 16 Form, the "Forms and Schedules");
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and
Schedules, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such Forms and Schedules with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as he or she may approve in his or her
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or his or
her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-in-fact is serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, and is not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms and Schedules with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to each such attorney-in-fact.
From and after the date hereof, any Power of Attorney previously granted by the
undersigned concerning the subject matter hereof is hereby revoked.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 24th day of April, 2018.



By: /s/ Thomas Buberl
Thomas Buberl