Amendment No. 10 to Distribution Agreement
Exhibit (e)(16)
Amendment No. 10 to Distribution Agreement
This Amendment No. 10, dated as of August 13, 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 two new Portfolios and three classes of each new Portfolio 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. May | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxx XxxXxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx X. May | |||||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer & Vice President | Title: | President | |||||
SCHEDULE A
LIST OF FUNDS
| FUND | CLASSES OFFERED | |
| AQR Momentum Fund | Class L Class N Class R6 | |
| AQR Small Cap Momentum Fund | Class L Class N Class R6 | |
| AQR International Momentum Fund | Class L 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 Tax-Managed Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class R6 | |
| AQR Tax-Managed Small Cap Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class R6 | |
| AQR Tax-Managed International Momentum Fund |
Class L Class N Class R6 | |
| AQR U.S. Defensive Equity Fund |
Class N Class I Class R6 | |
| AQR International Defensive Equity Fund |
Class N Class I Class R6 | |
| AQR Emerging Defensive Equity 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 Core Equity Fund |
Class N Class L Class R6 | |
| AQR Small Cap Core Equity Fund |
Class N Class L Class R6 | |
| AQR International Core Equity Fund |
Class N Class L 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 Core Equity Fund |
Class L Class N Class R6 | |
| AQR Emerging Momentum Fund |
Class L 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 | |
