EX-99.(E)(31) 3 d676698dex99e31.htm 2ND AMENDMENT TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 2nd Amendment to Distribution Agreement

Amendment No. 2 to Distribution Agreement

This Amendment No. 2, dated as of December 24, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), to the Distribution Agreement (this “Amendment”), by and between AQR Funds, a Delaware statutory trust established under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), and ALPS Distributors, Inc., a Colorado corporation, having its principal place of business at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203 (the “Distributor”).

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Distributor entered into a Distribution Agreement dated as of April 16, 2018, as amended and as in effect prior to giving effect to this Amendment (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Distributor wish to amend the Agreement to reflect the removal of one Fund and the classes of such Fund 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 – List of Funds to the Agreement in its entirety and replace it with a new Schedule A – List of Funds attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein with the result of removing the following entity from the Agreement:

           AQR Emerging Momentum Style Fund

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

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

 

AQR FUNDS

  

ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

By:

   

/s/ John Hadermayer

   

            

  

By:

  

/s/ Steven B. Price

Name: John Hadermayer

     

Name: Steven B. Price

Title: Secretary

     

Title:   SVP, Director of Distribution Services

SCHEDULE A

LIST OF FUNDS

 

FUND    CLASSES OFFERED

AQR Large Cap Momentum Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Small Cap Momentum Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR International Momentum Style Fund

   

Class I

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 TM Large Cap Momentum Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM Small Cap Momentum Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM International Momentum Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR International Defensive Style Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Emerging Defensive Style 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 Large Cap Multi-Style Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Small Cap Multi-Style Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR International Multi-Style Fund

   

Class N

Class I

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 Multi-Style Fund

   

Class I

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 I

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM Small Cap Multi-Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM International Multi-Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR TM Emerging Multi-Style Fund

   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Style Premia Alternative II Fund

   

Class N

  

Class I

Class R6

AQR Large Cap Relaxed Constraint Equity Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Small Cap Relaxed Constraint Equity Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR International Relaxed Constraint Equity Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Emerging Relaxed Constraint Equity Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Alternative Risk Premia Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Core Plus Bond Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR High Yield Bond Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Volatility Risk Premium Fund

   

Class N

Class I

Class R6