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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2012

1933 Act File No. 033-11387
1940 Act File No. 811-04984

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
[ X ]
 
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____
[     ]
 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 149
[ X ]
 
and/or
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
[ X ]
 
Amendment No. 148
[ X ]
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
4151 Amon Carter Boulevard, MD 2450
Fort Worth, Texas  76155
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (817) 391-6100

Gene L. Needles, Jr., President
4151 Amon Carter Boulevard
MD 2450
Fort Worth, Texas  76155
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
With copies to:
Francine J. Rosenberger, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
1601 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-1601
 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[  X  ]
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[       ]
on (date) 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:
[    ]   
This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This amendment is being filed solely to submit exhibits containing risk/return summary information in interactive data format that is identical to the risk/return information contained in the Registrant’s Prospectus for the A Class, C Class, Institutional Class, Y Class and Investor Class shares of the American Beacon Bridgeway Large Cap Value Fund, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Post-Effective Amendment No. 148 to the Registrant’s registration statement on October 26, 2012.
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant represents that this Amendment meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth and the State of Texas, on November 14, 2012.
 
 
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
     
 
By:
/s/ Gene L. Needles, Jr.
   
Gene L. Needles, Jr.
   
President
     
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 

 
Signature
  
Title
Date
       
/s/ Gene L. Needles, Jr.
  
President (Principal Executive Officer)
November 14, 2012
Gene L. Needles, Jr.
      
       
/s/ Melinda G. Heika
  
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
November 14, 2012
Melinda G. Heika
      
       
Gerard J. Arpey*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
Gerard J. Arpey
      
       
W. Humphrey Bogart*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
W. Humphrey Bogart
      
       
Brenda A. Cline*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
Brenda A. Cline
      
       
Eugene J. Duffy*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
Eugene J. Duffy
      
       
Thomas M. Dunning*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
Thomas M. Dunning
      
       
Alan D. Feld*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
Alan D. Feld
      
       
Richard A. Massman*
  
Chairman and Trustee
November 14, 2012
Richard A. Massman
      
       
Barbara J. McKenna*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
Barbara J. McKenna
      
       
R. Gerald Turner*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
R. Gerald Turner
      
       
Paul J. Zucconi*
  
Trustee
November 14, 2012
Paul J. Zucconi
      

*By         /s/ Rosemary K. Behan                                           
Rosemary K. Behan, Attorney-in-Fact

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Type
Description
   
EX-101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
EX-101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
EX-101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document