UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, DCD.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~Pursuant~~PURSUANT toTO ~~Section~~SECTION 13 orOR 15(d) ~~of the~~

~~Securities~~OF ~~Exchange~~THE ~~Act~~SECURITIES ofEXCHANGE ~~1934~~ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of ~~earliest~~Earliest ~~event~~Event ~~reported~~Reported): ~~September~~— November 174, 2003

THE MONY GROUP INC.

(Exact name of Registrant ~~registrant~~ as specified in its charter)

~~Delaware~~DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of ~~incorporation~~Incorporation) 1-14603 (Commission File Number) 13-3976138 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

1740 Broadway

New York, New York

(Address of principal executive offices)

10019

(Zip Code)

(212) 708-2000 ~~(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)~~

~~Item~~(Registrant’s ~~5. Other~~telephone ~~Events~~number, ~~and~~including ~~Regulation~~area FDcode) ~~Disclosure.~~

OnItem ~~September 17, 2003, The MONY Group Inc~~5. ~~(“MONY”),~~Other ~~AXA Financial, Inc~~Events. (“AXA Financial”) and AIMA Acquisition Co. (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 17, 2003 (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into MONY, and MONY will continue as the surviving corporation of the merger.

AsOn ~~more~~November ~~specifically~~4, ~~set~~2003, ~~forth~~The inMONY ~~the~~Group ~~Merger~~Inc. ~~Agreement,~~issued ~~which~~a isNews ~~subject~~Release toreporting ~~approval~~its byfinancial ~~the~~results ~~stockholders~~for ofthe ~~MONY,~~quarter ~~regulatory~~ended ~~review~~September ~~and certain other conditions~~30, ~~each~~2003 ~~issued~~ and ~~outstanding~~made ~~share of common stock, par~~available ~~value~~supplemental ~~$0.01~~statistical ~~per~~information ~~share,~~with ofrespect ~~MONY will be converted into the right~~ to ~~receive~~such ~~$31.00~~financial ~~in cash~~results. ~~The merger is expected to close in the first quarter of 2004.~~

~~The~~Item ~~description~~12. Results of ~~the~~Operations ~~proposed merger described in this report does not purport to be complete~~ and isFinancial ~~qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, filed as Exhibit 2~~Condition.1 ~~hereto and incorporated herein by reference.~~

On ~~September~~November 174, 2003, ~~the~~The ~~Company~~MONY ~~and~~Group ~~AXA Financial,~~ Inc. issued a ~~joint~~News ~~press~~Release ~~release~~reporting ~~announcing~~its financial results for the ~~merger.~~quarter Aended ~~copy~~September 30, 2003 and made available supplemental statistical information with respect to such financial results. Copies of ~~this~~the ~~press~~News ~~release~~Release isand the Statistical Supplement are attached as ~~Exhibit~~Exhibits 99.1 ~~hereto~~and 99.2 to this Report. The information set forth under this “Item 12. Results of Operations and ~~incorporated~~Financial ~~herein~~Condition,” byincluding Exhibits ~~reference~~99.1 and 99.2, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The information contained in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Report is also intended to be furnished under “Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.”

~~Item~~SIGNATURE ~~7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.~~

~~(c) Exhibits~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The MONY Group Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 17, 2003, among AXA Financial, Inc., AIMA Acquisition Co. and The MONY Group Inc.
99.1		Joint Press Release, dated September 17, 2003.

THE MONY GROUP INC.


By:		/s/ Richard Daddario
		Richard Daddario Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

~~Pursuant~~Date: November ~~to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~4, ~~the~~2003 ~~Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~

~~THE~~Exhibit ~~MONY~~Index ~~GROUP INC. By: /S/ BART SCHWARTZ Bart Schwartz Senior Vice President and General Counsel~~

Date: September 17, 2003

99.1		News Release of The MONY Group Inc., dated November 4, 2003.

99.2		Presentation entitled “The MONY Group Inc. Statistical Supplement as of and for the Three and Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2003 and 2002.”

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 17, 2003, among AXA Financial, Inc., AIMA Acquisition Co. and The MONY Group Inc.
99.1		Joint Press Release, dated September 17, 2003.

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