Amendment No. 8 to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement
Exhibit (h)(2)(ix)
Amendment No. 8 to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement
This Amendment No. 8, dated as of December 17, 2012 (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 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Trust”), and ALPS Fund Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation, having its principal place of business at 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (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 a new Class N shares of certain Portfolios 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/ Xxxxxx XxxXxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. May | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxx XxxXxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx X. May | |||||
| Title: | Vice President | Title: | President | |||||
SCHEDULE A
FUND LIST
| FUND |
CLASSES OFFERED | |
| AQR Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N | |
| AQR Small Cap Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N | |
| AQR International Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N | |
| AQR Global Equity Fund |
Class N Class I Class Y | |
| AQR International Equity Fund |
Class N Class I Class Y | |
| 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 | |
| AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Risk Parity Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Tax-Managed Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N | |
| AQR Tax-Managed Small Cap Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N | |
| AQR Tax-Managed International Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N | |
| AQR U.S. Defensive Equity Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR International Defensive Equity Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Emerging Defensive Equity Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Risk-Balanced Commodities Strategy Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Risk-Balanced Commodities Strategy LV Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Risk Parity II MV Fund |
Class N Class I Class Y | |
| AQR Risk Parity II HV Fund |
Class N Class I Class Y | |
