EX-99.(H)(2)(XXVII) 6 d329919dex99h2xxvii.htm TWENTY-SIXTH AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT Twenty-Sixth Amendment to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement

Amendment No. 26-Transfer Agency and Service Agreement

This amendment (the “Amendment”) between the parties signing below (“Parties”) amends the Existing Agreement as of November 22, 2021 (the “Effective Date”):

 

Term

   

Means

“Existing Agreement”    The Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between Trust and Transfer Agent dated December 8, 2008, as amended or restated from time to time
“Transfer Agent”    ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
“Trust”    AQR Funds

Except as amended hereby, all terms of the Existing Agreement remain in full force and effect. This Amendment includes the amendments in Schedule A and general terms in Schedule B hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

ALPS Fund Services, Inc.

   

AQR Funds

By:   

/s/ Ken Fullerton

    By:   

/s/ Nicole DonVito

Name:    Ken Fullerton    Name:    Nicole DonVito
Title:    Authorized Representative    Title:    Chief Legal Officer & Vice President

Schedule A to this Amendment

Amendments

As of the Effective Date, the Existing Agreement is amended as follows:

 

1.

The current Schedule A – Fund List is deleted in its entirety and replaced with new Schedule A – Fund List, attached hereto and incorporated herein.

Schedule B to this Amendment

General Terms

 

1.

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Agreement.

 

2.

The Parties’ duties and obligations are governed by and limited to the express terms and conditions of this Amendment, and shall not be modified, supplemented, amended or interpreted in accordance with, any industry custom or practice, or any internal policies or procedures of any Party. This Amendment (including any attachments, schedules and addenda hereto), along with the Existing Agreement, as amended, contains the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous communications, representations, understandings and agreements, either oral or written, between the Parties with respect thereto.

 

3.

This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original. Such counterparts together will constitute one agreement. Signatures may be exchanged via facsimile or electronic mail and signatures so exchanged shall be binding to the same extent as if original signatures were exchanged.

 

4.

This Amendment and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it, its subject matter or its formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the same jurisdiction as the Existing Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE A

FUND LIST

 

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 Diversified Arbitrage Fund   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Multi-Asset Fund   

Class N

Class I

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 Risk-Balanced Commodities Strategy Fund   

Class N

Class I

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

 

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AQR Managed Futures Strategy HV Fund   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Style Premia Alternative Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Macro Opportunities Fund   

Class N

Class I

Class R6

AQR Emerging Multi-Style II Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Equity Market Neutral Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Alternative Risk Premia Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Core Plus Bond Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR High Yield Bond Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Diversifying Strategies Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

AQR Sustainable Long-Short Equity Carbon Aware Fund   

Class I

Class N

Class R6

 

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