FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(1)(xix)
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This first amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement is made as of the 13th day of August, 2014 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 dated and effective as of June 10, 2010, as amended (the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the parties have entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement dated as of May 1, 2014 (the “Amended and Restated Agreement”) in order to add additional Funds to, and amend the terms of, Exhibit A of the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend Exhibit A of the Amended and Restated Agreement in order to add the AQR Equity Market Neutral Fund and AQR Style Premia Alternative LV 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 Amended and Restated 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 Amended and Restated 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/ Xxxxxx XxxXxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx XxxXxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx XxxXxxx | Name: Xxxxxx XxxXxxx | |||||||
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Vice President | Title: Senior Counsel—Head of Registered Products |
EXHIBIT A
(Amended as of August 13, 2014)
Name of Series |
Commencement Date |
Advisory Fee | ||
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 Amended and Restated Agreement. | ||||
AQR Risk Parity Fund | June 10, 2010 | 0.75% on the first $1 billion of assets | ||
0.70% on assets in excess of $1 billion | ||||
AQR Diversified Arbitrage Fund | October 1, 2010 | 1.00% | ||
AQR Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund | July 18, 2011 | 1.80% | ||
AQR Long-Short Equity Fund | July 16, 2013 | 1.10% | ||
AQR Managed Futures Strategy HV Fund | July 16, 2013 | 1.45% | ||
AQR Style Premia Alternative Fund | October 30, 2013 | 1.35% | ||
AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund | January 5, 2010 | 1.05% | ||
AQR Risk Parity II MV Fund | November 5, 2012 | 0.75% on the first $1 billion in assets | ||
0.725% on assets in excess of $1 billion up to $3 billion | ||||
0.70% on assets in excess of $3 billion | ||||
AQR Risk Parity II HV Fund | November 5, 2012 | 0.95% on the first $1 billion in assets | ||
0.925% on assets in excess of $1 billion up to $3 billion | ||||
0.90% on assets in excess of $3 billion | ||||
AQR Risk-Balanced Commodities Strategy Fund | July 9, 2012 | 0.80% | ||
AQR Global Macro Fund | April 8, 2014 | 1.25% | ||
AQR Equity Market Neutral Fund | September [ ], 2014 | 1.10% | ||
AQR Style Premia Alternative LV Fund | September [ ], 2014 | 0.65% |