EX-99.(G)(3)(III) 7 d752654dex99g3iii.htm AMENDMENT TO MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN AQR FUNDS AND STATE STREET BANK Amendment to Master Custodian Agreement between AQR Funds and State Street Bank

Exhibit (g)(3)(iii)

 

LOGO

August 13, 2014

State Street Bank and Trust Company

100 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

Copley Plaza Tower, CPH 5

Boston, MA 02116

Attention: James Meagher, Managing Director

State Street Alternative Investment Solutions

 

  Re: AQR Funds (the “Fund”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Please be advised that the undersigned Fund has established two new series of shares to be known, respectively, as (i) AQR Equity Market Neutral Fund and (ii) AQR Style Premia Alternative LV Fund (the “Portfolio”).

In accordance with Section 20.5, the Additional Portfolios provision, of the Master Custodian Agreement dated as of October 4, 2013, as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time (the “Agreement”), by and among each registered investment company party thereto, and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), the undersigned Fund hereby requests that State Street act as Custodian for the new Portfolios under the terms of the Agreement. In connection with such request, the undersigned Fund hereby confirms, as of the date hereof, its representations and warranties set forth in Section 20.6.2 of the Agreement.

Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by executing two copies of this letter agreement, returning one to the Fund and retaining one for your records.

 

Sincerely,

 

AQR Funds
on behalf of:

AQR Equity Market Neutral Fund and AQR Style Premia Alternative LV Fund

 

By:  

/s/ Nicole DonVito

Name:   Nicole DonVito
Title:   Chief Legal Officer & VP, Duly Authorized


Agreed and Accepted:

 

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

 

By:  

/s/ George Sullivan

Name:   George Sullivan
Title:   Executive Vice President, Duly Authorized

Effective Date: August 13, 2014