# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001444822
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-169439
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 6875
**Document Hash:** e8283909d276ade03df8ecd8027da595
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-169439.hdr.sgml**: 20260422

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-169439

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260422

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260422

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AQR Funds
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001444822

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-22235
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26882463

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE GREENWICH PLAZA
- **CITY:** GREENWICH
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06830
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 203-742-3600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE GREENWICH PLAZA
- **CITY:** GREENWICH
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06830
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AQR Funds
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001444822

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-153445
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26882462

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE GREENWICH PLAZA
- **CITY:** GREENWICH
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06830
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 203-742-3600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE GREENWICH PLAZA
- **CITY:** GREENWICH
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06830

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### AQR Global Equity Fund (Series ID: S000024170)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000070949 | Class N      | AQGNX           |
| C000070950 | Class I      | AQGIX           |
| C000135923 | Class R6     | AQGRX           |

### AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund (Series ID: S000037429)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000115553 | Class N      | AUENX           |
| C000115554 | Class I      | AUEIX           |
| C000145934 | Class R6     | QUERX           |

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2026

**Securities Act File (No. 333-153445)** 

**Investment Company Act File (No. 811-22235)** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM N-1A** 

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| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** | ☒ |
| **Pre-Effective Amendment No.** | ☐ |
| **Post-Effective Amendment No. 164** | ☒ |
| **and/or** |  |
| **REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940** | ☒ |
| **Amendment No. 166** | ☒ |
| **(Check appropriate box or boxes)** |  |

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## AQR Funds
**(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)** 

**One Greenwich Plaza** 

**Suite 130** 

**Greenwich, CT 06830** 

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** 

**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (203) 742-3600** 

**H.J. Willcox, Esq.** 

**Principal & Chief Legal Officer** 

**AQR Capital Management, LLC** 

**One Greenwich Plaza** 

**Suite 130** 

**Greenwich, CT 06830** 

**(Name and Address of Agent for Service)** 

***With copies to:***

**David W. Blass, Esq.** 

**Ryan P. Brizek, Esq.** 

**Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP** 

**900 G Street, N.W.** 

**Washington, D.C. 20001** 

**Bissie K. Bonner, Esq.** 

**Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP** 

**425 Lexington Avenue** 

**New York, NY 10017** 

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|:---|:---|
| **It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)** | **It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)** |
| [ ] | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| [x] | on May 12, 2026, pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| [ ] | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| [ ] | on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| [ ] | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
| [ ] | on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485. |
|  **If appropriate, check the following box:** | **If appropriate, check the following box:** |

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[x] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

[Post-Effective Amendment No. 161](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444822/000119312526076741/d115459d485apos.htm) (the "Amendment") to the Registration Statement was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), on February 26, 2026 to (i) change the name of the AQR Global Equity Fund (the "Global Fund"), to "AQR Global Fund," and make certain material changes to the Global Fund's principal investment strategies and risks and (ii) make certain material changes to the principal investment strategies and risks of the AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund. The Amendment would have become effective on April 27, 2026. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 164 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the 1933 Act solely for the purpose of delaying, until May 12, 2026, the effectiveness of the Amendment. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 164 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and Part C of the Amendment.

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements of effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenwich, Connecticut, on the 22nd day of April, 2026.

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|:---|:---|
| AQR Funds | AQR Funds |
|  By | /s/ John Howard |
|  | **John Howard**<br> **President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee** |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ John Howard | John Howard |  |
| (John Howard) | <br> President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee<br>(Principal Executive Officer) | April 22, 2026 |
| /s/ Matthew Plastina | Matthew Plastina |  |
| (Matthew Plastina) | <br> Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial Officer) | April 22, 2026 |
| \* | Gregg D. Behrens |  |
| (Gregg D. Behrens) | <br> Trustee |  |
| \* | Kathleen M. Hagerty |  |
| (Kathleen M. Hagerty) | <br> Trustee |  |
| \* | Lisa Polsky |  |
| (Lisa Polsky) | <br> Trustee |  |
| \* | Roy Swan |  |
| (Roy Swan) | <br> Trustee |  |
| \* | Mark A. Zurack |  |
| (Mark A. Zurack) | <br> Trustee |  |

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|:---|:---|:---|
| \*By: | /s/ Nicole DonVito | April 22, 2026 |
|  | Nicole DonVito <br> Attorney-in-fact for each Trustee  |  |

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