EX-99.(D)(4)(III) 2 d385584dex99d4iii.htm INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT II Investment Management Agreement II

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT II

This second amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Investment Management Agreement II is made as of the 17th day of August, 2017 by and between AQR Funds (“Trust”), on behalf of each Fund listed on Exhibit A, and AQR Capital Management, LLC (“AQR”).

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into an Investment Management Agreement II dated and effective as of November 13, 2015, as amended (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend Exhibit A of the Agreement in order to add the AQR Alternative Risk Premia Fund.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Trust and AQR agree as follows:

 

1. AMENDMENT OF EXHIBIT A. Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

2. Except as modified hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

AQR FUNDS     AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:  

/s/ Nicole DonVito

    By:  

/s/ Brendan Kalb

Name:   Nicole DonVito     Name:   Brendan Kalb
Title:   Chief Legal Officer & Vice President     Title:   Managing Director & General Counsel


EXHIBIT A

(Amended as of August 17, 2017)

 

         

Advisory Fee

 

Name of Series

  

Commencement Date

   Each fee will be based on the average daily net assets of the
Fund managed by  the Adviser, and calculated as described in
Section 7 of the Agreement.
 
AQR Style Premia
Alternative II Fund
   [     ], 2016      1.15%  
AQR Large Cap Relaxed
Constraint Equity Fund
   December 14, 2016      0.60%  
AQR Small Cap Relaxed
Constraint Equity Fund
   December 14, 2016      0.80%  
AQR International Relaxed
Constraint Equity Fund
   December 14, 2016      0.75%  
AQR Emerging Relaxed
Constraint Equity Fund
   December 14, 2016      0.95%  
AQR Alternative Risk
Premia Fund
   [     ], 2017      1.20%