EX-99.(H)(2)(XVI) 10 d819816dex99h2xvi.htm AMENDMENT FIFTEEN TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN REGISTRANT Amendment Fifteen to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Registrant

Exhibit (h)(2)(xvi)

Amendment No. 15 to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement

This Amendment No. 15, dated as of November 7, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (this “Amendment”), by and between AQR Funds, a Delaware statutory trust established under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal place of business at Two Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 (the “Trust”), and ALPS Fund Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation, having its principal place of business at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203 (the “Transfer Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Transfer Agent entered into a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2008, as amended and as in effect prior to giving effect to this Amendment (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Transfer Agent wish to amend the provisions of the Agreement to reflect the addition of two new Portfolios and three classes of each new Portfolio under Schedule A of the Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Upon the Effective Date, the parties hereto agree to delete the current SCHEDULE A – FUND LIST of the Agreement in its entirety and replace it with a new SCHEDULE A – FUND LIST attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

2. Except as specifically set forth herein, all other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Any items not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the Effective Date.

 

AQR FUNDS

   

ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Nicole DonVito

   

By:

 

/s/ Jeremy O. May

Name: Nicole DonVito

   

Name: Jeremy O. May

Title: Chief Legal Officer & Vice President

   

Title: President


SCHEDULE A

FUND LIST

 

FUND

 

CLASSES OFFERED

AQR Momentum Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR Small Cap Momentum Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR International Momentum Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR Global Equity Fund  

Class N
Class I
Class Y

Class R6

AQR International Equity Fund  

Class N
Class I
Class Y

Class R6

AQR International Small Cap Fund   Class N
Class I
Class Y
AQR Emerging Markets Fund   Class N
Class I
Class Y
AQR Equity Plus Fund   Class N
Class I
AQR Small Cap Core Fund   Class N
Class I
AQR Small Cap Growth Fund   Class N
Class I
AQR Diversified Arbitrage Fund  

Class N
Class I

Class R6

AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Risk Parity Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6


AQR Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Tax-Managed Momentum Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR Tax-Managed Small Cap Momentum Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR Tax-Managed International Momentum Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR U.S. Defensive Equity Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR International Defensive Equity Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Emerging Defensive Equity Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Risk-Balanced Commodities Strategy Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Risk-Balanced Commodities Strategy LV Fund  

Class N

Class I

AQR Risk Parity II MV Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class Y

Class R6

AQR Risk Parity II HV Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class Y

Class R6

AQR Core Equity Fund  

Class N

Class L

Class R6

AQR Small Cap Core Equity Fund  

Class N

Class L

Class R6

AQR International Core Equity Fund  

Class N

Class L

Class R6

AQR Long-Short Equity Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Managed Futures Strategy HV Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6


AQR Style Premia Alternative Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Global Macro Fund  

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Emerging Core Equity Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR Emerging Momentum Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR Equity Market Neutral Fund  

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Style Premia Alternative LV Fund  

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM Large Cap Multi-Style Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM Small Cap Multi-Style Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM International Multi-Style Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM Emerging Multi-Style Fund  

Class L

Class N

Class R6