As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2013
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. 165 | [ X ] | ||
and/or | |||
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | [ X ] | ||
Amendment No. 164 | [ 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: Kathy K. Ingber, Esq. K&L Gates LLP 1601 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006-1600 |
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, Y Class, Institutional Class, and Investor Class shares of the American Beacon Earnest Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Post-Effective Amendment No. 164 to the Registrant’s registration statement on August 27, 2013.
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. 165 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 September 19, 2013.
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. 165 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) | September 19, 2013 | |
Gene L. Needles, Jr. | |||
/s/ Melinda G. Heika | Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | September 21, 2013 | |
Melinda G. Heika | |||
Gerard J. Arpey* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
Gerard J. Arpey | |||
W. Humphrey Bogart* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
W. Humphrey Bogart | |||
Brenda A. Cline* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
Brenda A. Cline | |||
Eugene J. Duffy* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
Eugene J. Duffy | |||
Thomas M. Dunning* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
Thomas M. Dunning | |||
Alan D. Feld* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
Alan D. Feld | |||
Richard A. Massman* | Chairman and Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
Richard A. Massman | |||
Barbara J. McKenna* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
Barbara J. McKenna | |||
R. Gerald Turner* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
R. Gerald Turner | |||
Paul J. Zucconi* | Trustee | September 19, 2013 | |
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.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 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Gerard J. Arpey, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Gerard J. Arpey
Gerard J. Arpey, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, W. Humphrey Bogart, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ W. Humphrey Bogart
W. Humphrey Bogart, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Brenda A. Cline, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Brenda A. Cline
Brenda A. Cline, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Eugene J. Duffy, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Eugene J. Duffy
Eugene J. Duffy, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Thomas M. Dunning, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Thomas M. Dunning
Thomas M. Dunning, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Alan D. Feld, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Alan D. Feld
Alan D. Feld, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Richard A. Massman, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Richard A. Massman
Richard A. Massman, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Barbara J. McKenna, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Barbara J. McKenna
Barbara J. McKenna, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, R. Gerald Turner, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ R. Gerald Turner
R. Gerald Turner, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, Paul J. Zucconi, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Paul J. Zucconi
Paul J. Zucconi, Trustee
Label | Element | Value |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Entity Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS |
Entity Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0000809593 |
Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Aug. 27, 2013 |
Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Aug. 28, 2013 |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Aug. 28, 2013 |