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Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)
AQR FUNDS
Supplement dated March 30, 2026 ("Supplement")
to the Class I, Class N and Class R6 Shares Summary Prospectuses and Prospectus, each dated January 29, 2026, as amended ("Summary Prospectus" and "Prospectus," respectively), of the AQR Emerging Multi-Style II Fund, AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund, and AQR Global Equity Fund (each a "Fund")
This Supplement updates certain information contained in the Summary Prospectuses and Prospectus. Please review this important information carefully. You may obtain copies of the Funds' Summary Prospectuses, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information free of charge, upon request, by calling (866) 290-2688, or by writing to AQR Funds, P.O. Box 219512, Kansas City, MO 64121-9512.
Effective on or around May 12, 2026, the section titled "Fund Summary-Fees and Expenses of the Fund" of the AQR Emerging Multi-Style II Fund's Summary Prospectus and Prospectus, beginning on page 1 and page 17, respectively, is restated in its entirety as follows:
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
| Class N | Class I | Class R6 | ||||
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Management Fee |
0.50% | 0.50% | 0.50% | |||
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Distribution (12b-1) Fee |
0.25% | None | None | |||
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Other Expenses1,2 |
0.28% | 0.23% | 0.15% | |||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2 |
1.03% | 0.73% | 0.65% | |||
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Less: Expense Reimbursements3 |
0.02% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements2 |
1.01% | 0.73% | 0.61% |
| 1 |
Other Expenses have been restated to reflect the implementation of the Updated Expense Cap (as defined below). |
| 2 |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements do not correlate to the Ratio to Average Net Assets of Expenses, Before Reimbursements or Ratio to Average Net Assets of Expenses, Net of Reimbursements given in the Fund's most recent Annual Financial Statements and Other Information included in Form N-CSR, which do not include the restatement of Other Expenses. |
| 3 |
Effective on or around May 12, 2026, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.25% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.10% for Class R6 Shares (the "Updated Expense Cap"). From January 29, 2026 to May 11, 2026, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.20% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.10% for Class R6 Shares. "Specified Expenses" for this purpose include all Fund operating expenses other than management fees and 12b-1 fees and exclude interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, borrowing costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense relating to short sales, expenses related to class action claims, contingent expenses related to tax reclaim receipts, reorganization expenses and extraordinary expenses. This agreement (the "Expense Limitation Agreement") will continue at least through January 28, 2028. The Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated with the consent of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Non-Interested Trustees of the Trust. The Adviser is entitled to recapture any expenses reimbursed during the thirty-six month period following the end of the month during which the Adviser reimbursed expenses, provided that the amount recaptured may not cause the Specified Expenses attributable to a share class of the Fund during a year in which a repayment is made to exceed either of (i) the applicable limits in effect at the time of the reimbursement and (ii) the applicable limits in effect at the time of recapture. |
Example: This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same and takes into account the effect of the Expense Limitation Agreement through January 28, 2028 as discussed in Footnote No. 3 to the Fee Table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||
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Class N Shares |
$103 | $324 | $565 | $1,256 | ||||
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Class I Shares |
$75 | $233 | $406 | $906 | ||||
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Class R6 Shares |
$62 | $201 | $355 | $804 |
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.
Effective on or around May 12, 2026, the section titled "Fund Summary-Fees and Expenses of the Fund" of the AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund's Summary Prospectus and Prospectus, beginning on page 1 and page 39, respectively, is restated in its entirety as follows:
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
| Class N | Class I | Class R6 | ||||
|
Management Fee |
0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | |||
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fee |
0.25% | None | None | |||
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Other Expenses |
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Dividends on Short Sales1 and Interest Expense2,3 |
0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% | |||
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All Other Expenses3,4 |
0.19% | 0.11% | 0.05% | |||
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Total Other Expenses |
0.42% | 0.34% | 0.28% | |||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses3 |
0.92% | 0.59% | 0.53% | |||
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Less: Expense Reimbursements5 |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements3,6 |
0.92% | 0.59% | 0.53% |
| 1 |
When a cash dividend is declared on a stock the Fund has sold short, the Fund is required to pay an amount equal to the dividend to the party from which the Fund has borrowed the stock, and to record the payment as an expense. |
| 2 |
Dividends on Short Sales and Interest Expense have been restated to reflect estimated expenses for the current fiscal year due to the Fund's implementation of a new principal investment strategy that permits the Fund to take long and short positions in equity securities effective on or around May 12, 2026. |
| 3 |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements do not correlate to the Ratio to Average Net Assets of Expenses, Before Reimbursements or Ratio to Average Net Assets of Expenses, Net of Reimbursements given in the Fund's most recent Annual Financial Statements and Other Information included in Form N-CSR, which do not include the restatement of Dividends on Short Sales and Interest Expense or the restatement of All Other Expenses. |
| 4 |
All Other Expenses have been restated to reflect the implementation of the Updated Expense Cap (as defined below). |
| 5 |
Effective on or around May 12, 2026, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.20% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.05% for Class R6 Shares (the "Updated Expense Cap"). From January 29, 2026 to May 11, 2026, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.15% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.05% for Class R6 Shares. "Specified Expenses" for this purpose include all Fund operating expenses other than management fees and 12b-1 fees and exclude interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, borrowing costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense relating to short sales, expenses related to class action claims, contingent expenses related to tax reclaim receipts, reorganization expenses and extraordinary expenses. This agreement (the "Expense Limitation Agreement") will continue at least through January 28, 2028. The Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated with the consent of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Non-Interested Trustees of the Trust. The Adviser is entitled to recapture any expenses reimbursed during the thirty-six month period following the end of the month during which the Adviser reimbursed expenses, provided that the amount recaptured may not cause the Specified Expenses attributable to a share class of the Fund during a year in which a repayment is made to exceed either of (i) the applicable limits in effect at the time of the reimbursement and (ii) the applicable limits in effect at the time of recapture. |
| 6 |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements are 0.69%, 0.36% and 0.30% for Class N Shares, Class I Shares and Class R6 Shares, respectively, if Dividends on Short Sales and Interest Expense are not included. |
Example: This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same and takes into account the effect of the Expense Limitation Agreement through January 28, 2028 as discussed in Footnote No. 5 to the Fee Table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||
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Class N Shares |
$94 | $293 | $509 | $1,131 | ||||
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Class I Shares |
$60 | $189 | $329 | $737 | ||||
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Class R6 Shares |
$54 | $170 | $296 | $664 |
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 24% of the average value of its portfolio.
As previously disclosed, effective on or around May 12, 2026, the AQR Global Equity Fund is renamed AQR Global Fund.
Effective on or around May 12, 2026, the section titled "Fund Summary-Fees and Expenses of the Fund" of the AQR Global Equity Fund's Summary Prospectus and Prospectus, beginning on page 1 and page 51, respectively, is restated in its entirety as follows:
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
| Class N | Class I | Class R6 | ||||
|
Management Fee |
0.60% | 0.60% | 0.60% | |||
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fee |
0.25% | None | None | |||
|
Other Expenses |
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Dividends on Short Sales1 and Interest Expense2,3 |
0.32% | 0.32% | 0.32% | |||
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All Other Expenses3,4 |
0.27% | 0.26% | 0.13% | |||
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Total Other Expenses |
0.59% | 0.58% | 0.45% | |||
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Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses5 |
0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | |||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses3 |
1.45% | 1.19% | 1.06% | |||
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Less: Expense Reimbursements6 |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements3,7 |
1.45% | 1.19% | 1.06% |
| 1 |
When a cash dividend is declared on a stock the Fund has sold short, the Fund is required to pay an amount equal to the dividend to the party from which the Fund has borrowed the stock, and to record the payment as an expense. |
| 2 |
Dividends on Short Sales and Interest Expense have been restated to reflect estimated expenses for the current fiscal year due to the Fund's implementation of a new principal investment strategy that permits the Fund to take long and short positions in equity securities effective on or around May 12, 2026. |
| 3 |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements do not correlate to the Ratio to Average Net Assets of Expenses, Before Reimbursements or Ratio to Average Net Assets of Expenses, Net of Reimbursements given in the Fund's most recent Annual Financial Statements and Other Information included in Form N-CSR, which do not include the restatement of Dividends on Short Sales and Interest Expense or the restatement of All Other Expenses. |
| 4 |
All Other Expenses have been restated to reflect the implementation of the Updated Expense Cap (as defined below). |
| 5 |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses reflect the expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund as a result of the Fund's investments in underlying money market mutual funds, exchange-traded funds or other pooled investment vehicles. |
| 6 |
Effective on or around May 12, 2026, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.25% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.10% for Class R6 Shares (the "Updated Expense Cap"). From January 29, 2026 to May 11, 2026, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.20% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.10% for Class R6 Shares. "Specified Expenses" for this purpose include all Fund operating expenses other than management fees and 12b-1 fees and exclude interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, borrowing costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense relating to short sales, expenses related to class action claims, contingent expenses related to tax reclaim receipts, reorganization expenses and extraordinary expenses. This agreement (the "Expense Limitation Agreement") will continue at least through January 28, 2028. The Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated with the consent of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Non-Interested Trustees of the Trust. The Adviser is entitled to recapture any expenses reimbursed during the thirty-six month period following the end of the month during which the Adviser reimbursed expenses, provided that the amount recaptured may not cause the Specified Expenses attributable to a share class of the Fund during a year in which a repayment is made to exceed either of (i) the applicable limits in effect at the time of the reimbursement and (ii) the applicable limits in effect at the time of recapture. |
| 7 |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursements are 1.13%, 0.87% and 0.74% for Class N Shares, Class I Shares and Class R6 Shares, respectively, if Dividends on Short Sales and Interest Expense are not included. |
Example: This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same and takes into account the effect of the Expense Limitation Agreement through January 28, 2028 as discussed in Footnote No. 6 to the Fee Table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||
|
Class N Shares |
$148 | $459 | $792 | $1,736 | ||||
|
Class I Shares |
$121 | $378 | $654 | $1,443 | ||||
|
Class R6 Shares |
$108 | $337 | $585 | $1,294 |
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 119% of the average value of its portfolio.
Effective on or around May 12, 2026, the section titled "Management of the Funds-Expense Limitation Agreement" of the Funds' Prospectus, beginning on page 86, is restated in its entirety as follows:
Expense Limitation Agreement
The Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of Class N, Class I and Class R6 Shares of the Funds (the "Expense Limitation Agreement") in an amount sufficient to limit the other operating expenses of a class, exclusive of certain expenses, at no more than the set percentages as described in each Fund's current prospectus. These percentages are as follows:
|
Fund |
Class N Shares | Class I Shares | Class R6 Shares | |||
|
AQR Large Cap Multi-Style Fund |
0.20% | 0.20% | 0.05% | |||
|
AQR Small Cap Multi-Style Fund |
0.20% | 0.20% | 0.05% | |||
|
AQR International Multi-Style Fund |
0.20% | 0.20% | 0.05% | |||
|
AQR Emerging Multi-Style II Fund |
0.25% | 0.25% | 0.10% | |||
|
AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund |
0.20% | 0.20% | 0.05% | |||
|
AQR Global Fund |
0.25% | 0.25% | 0.10% | |||
The Expense Limitation Agreement is effective for each Fund at least through January 28, 2028.
From January 29, 2026 to May 3, 2026, with respect to the AQR Large Cap Multi-Style Fund, AQR Small Cap Multi-Style Fund, and AQR International Multi-Style Fund, and
from January 29, 2026 to May 11, 2026, with respect to the AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.15% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.05% for Class R6 Shares.
From January 29, 2026 to May 11, 2026, with respect to the AQR Emerging Multi-Style II Fund and AQR Global Fund, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reimburse operating expenses of the Fund in an amount sufficient to limit certain Specified Expenses at no more than 0.20% for Class N Shares and Class I Shares and 0.10% for Class R6 Shares.
The Expense Limitation Agreement may be terminated with the consent of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Non-Interested Trustees of the Trust, and does not extend to management fees, 12b-1 fees, interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, borrowing costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense relating to short sales, expenses related to class action claims, contingent expenses related to tax reclaim receipts, reorganization expenses and extraordinary expenses (for this purpose referred to as "Specified Expenses"). The Adviser is entitled to recapture any expenses reimbursed during the thirty-six month period following the end of the month during which the Adviser reimbursed expenses provided that the amount recaptured may not cause Specified Expenses attributable to a share class of the Fund during a year in which a repayment is made to exceed either of (i) the applicable limits in effect at the time of the reimbursement and (ii) the applicable limits in effect at the time of recapture.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, the Adviser recaptured expenses reimbursed in an amount equal to approximately 0.01% or less of the average daily net assets of each of the AQR Large Cap Multi-Style Fund, AQR Emerging Multi-Style II Fund, AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund, and AQR Global Fund.
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