Amendment No. 8 to Distribution Agreement
Exhibit (e)(14)
Amendment No. 8 to Distribution Agreement
This Amendment No. 8, dated as of February 21, 2014 (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 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Distributor”).
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Distributor entered into a Distribution Agreement dated as of November 1, 2011, 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 provisions of the Agreement to reflect the addition of three new Portfolios and up to three classes of each new Portfolio, as well as a new class for certain existing 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 – 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.
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/ Xxxxxx XxxXxxx |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxxxx XxxXxxx | Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||
| Title: Vice President | Title: President | |||||||
SCHEDULE A
LIST OF FUNDS
| FUND | CLASSES OFFERED | |
| AQR Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class Z | |
| AQR Small Cap Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class Z | |
| AQR International Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class Z | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Class Z | |
| AQR Tax-Managed Small Cap Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class Z | |
| AQR Tax-Managed International Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class Z | |
| 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 | |
| AQR Core Equity Fund |
Class N Class L Class Z | |
| AQR Small Cap Core Equity Fund |
Class N Class L Class Z | |
| AQR International Core Equity Fund |
Class N Class L Class Z | |
| AQR Long-Short Equity Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Managed Futures Strategy HV Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Style Premia Alternative Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Global Macro Fund |
Class N Class I | |
| AQR Emerging Core Equity Fund |
Class L Class N Class Z | |
| AQR Emerging Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class Z | |
