# EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC X-17A-5 (2026-03-04) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2026-03-04 - Period: 2025-12-31 - Accession: 0000858875-26-000002 - CIK: 858875 - File #: 8-42123 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Auditor location: NY, NY - Contact: Candace Scappator - Phone: 704-341-6841 - Email: candace.scappator@equitable.com - Website: equitable.com - Signed by: Candace L Scappator (Assistant VP; Controller) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858875/000085887526000002/EDLX17a52025.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ **UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549** 0MB APPROVAL 0MB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: Nov. 30, 2026 Estimated average burden hours per response: 12 > SEC FILE NUMBER 8-42123 ### **ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17A-5 PART** Ill **FACING PAGE** **Information Required Pursuant to Rules 17a-5, 17a-12, and lSa-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** FILING FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING **O 1/01/2025** AND ENDING **12/31/2025** MM/DD/YY MM/DD/YY **A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION** # NAME oF FIRM: Equitable Distributors, LLC TYPE OF REG ISTRANT {check all applicable boxes): C!J Broker-dealer □ Securit y-based sw ap dealer □ Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer □ Major security-based swap participant ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: {Do not use a P.O. box no.) ## 1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York | NY | 10105 | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| | (City) | (State) | (Zip Code) | | PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FI LI NG | | | | Candace Scappator 704-341-6841 | | Candace.scappator@equitable.com | | (Name) | (Area Code - Telephone Number) | (Email Address) | | | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION | | | INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT w hose reports are contained in t his fili ng* | | | | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | (Name - if individual, state last, first, and middle name) | | | 300 Madison Avenue | New York | NY
10017 | | (Address) | (City) | (State)
(Zip Code) | | 10/20/2003 | | 238 | | | | | | r
te of Registcatioo with PCAOB)[if applica ble) | FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | (PCAOB Registcatioo Nombec, if applicable) I | \* Claims for exemption from t he requirement t hat t he annua l reports be covered by t he reports of an independent public accou ntant must be supported by a statement of facts and circumstances relied on as the basis of the exempt ion . See 17 CFR 240.17a-S(e)(l )(ii), if applica ble. **Persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid 0MB control number.** {1}------------------------------------------------ #### OATH OR AFFIRMATION | I, Candace Scappator | swear (or affirm) t hat, t o the best of my kn
ow ledge and belief, t he | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------| | fi nancial report pertaining to the firm of Equitable Distributors, LLC | | as of | | 2~
December 31 | is t rue and correct. I furt her swear (or affirm) that neit her t he company nor any | | partner, officer, director, or equivalent person, as t he case may be, has any proprietary interest in any account classifi ed solely as t hat of a customer. Sign~S~1-- Title: Assistant VP; Controller #### **Th is filing\*\* contains (check all applicable boxes):** - **iii** (a) Statement of financial condit ion. - **iii** (b) Notes to consolidated statement of financial condit ion. - **iii** (c) Statement of income (loss) or, if t here is ot her comprehensive income in the period(s) presented, a statement of comprehensive income (as defined in§ 210.1-02 of Regulation S-X). - **iii** (d) Statement of cash flows. - **iii** (e) Statement of changes in stockholders' or partners' or sole proprietor's equity. - □ (f) Statement of changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of creditors. - **iii** (g) Notes to consolidated financial statements. - **iii** (h) Computation of net capital under 17 CFR 240. 15c3-1 or 17 CFR 240. 18a-1, as applicable. - □ (i) Computat ion of tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240. 18a-2. - □ (j) Computation for determination of customer reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - □ (k) Computation for determinat ion of security-based swap reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit B to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - □ (I) Computation for Determination of PAB Requirements under Exhibit A to § 240.15c3-3. - **iii** (m) Information relating to possession or control requirements for customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - □ (n) Information relating to possession or control requirements for security-based swap customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(p)(2) or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - **iii** (o) Reconciliations, including appropriate explanations, of the FOCUS Report with computation of net capital or t angible net worth under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1, 17 CFR 240.18a-1, or 17 CFR 240.18a-2, as applicable, and the reserve requirements under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable, if material differences exist, or a statement t hat no material differences exist. - □ (p) Summary of financial data for subsidiaries not consolidated in the statement of financial condit ion. - iii (q) Oath or affirmat ion in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.17a-12, or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (r) Compliance report in accordance wit h 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - iii (s) Exemption report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (t) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the statement of financial condition. - **iii** (u) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the financial report or financial statements under 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240. 18a-7, or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - □ (v) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of certain statements in the compliance report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - iii (w) Independent public accountant's report based on a review of the exemption report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (x) Supplemental reports on applying agreed-upon procedures, in accordance with 17 CFR 240.15c3-1e or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - □ (y) Report describing any material inadequacies found to exist or found to have existed since t he date of t he previous audit, or a statement that no material inadequacies exist, under 17 CFR 240.17a-12(k). □ (z) other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_ - - \*\*To request confidential treatment of certain portions of this filing, see 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(3} or 17 CFR 240.18a-7{d}(2), as applicable. Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.