American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
4151 Amon Carter Blvd. MD 2450
Fort Worth, TX 76155
October 9, 2013
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| Re: | American Beacon Funds |
| 1933 Act File No. 33-11387 | |
| 1940 Act File No. 811-4984 |
Dear Sir or Madam:
Enclosed for filing, pursuant to Rule 497(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are exhibits containing risk/return summary information in interactive data format for the shares of beneficial interest in the American Beacon Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund and American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund (the “Funds”), a series of the American Beacon Funds. The exhibits reflect updated risk/return summary information for the Fund, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 497(c) on September 17, 2013 (Accession Number: 0000809593-13-000095), which is incorporated herein by reference.
If you have any questions concerning the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (817) 391-6175.
| Sincerely, | |
| /s/ John Okray | |
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| John Okray | |
| Deputy General Counsel | |
| cc: | Kathy K. Ingber, Esq. |
| K&L Gates LLP |
| American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund | American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund |
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American Beacon Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Supplement dated September 17, 2013 to the Prospectus dated March 28, 2013
The information below supplements the Prospectus dated March 28, 2013 and is in addition to any other supplement(s):
American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund
The bar chart and table below provide an indication of risk by showing how the Fund's performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the Fund's performance compares to the Russell Midcap® Growth Index, which is the Fund's primary benchmark and is a broad measure of market performance. In addition, the Fund's performance is compared to the S&P 500® Index, which is the Fund's secondary index and is provided to offer a broader market perspective.
The Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund have adopted the performance history and financial statements of the Class A and Class I shares, respectively, of the Fund's predecessor. The performance of the Fund's Investor Class shares shown in the chart and table below represents the returns achieved by the Class A shares of the Fund's predecessor from February 1, 2006 to February 24, 2012, and the performance of the Investor Class from February 24, 2012 through December 31, 2012. The table below also shows the performance of the A Class, C Class, Y Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund. The performance shown for the Institutional Class shares of the Fund represent the performance of the Class I shares from August 31, 2006 to February 24, 2012 and the performance of the Institutional Class shares from February 24, 2012 through December 31, 2012. Returns shown for the Fund's Y Class, A Class and C Class shares represent the returns achieved by the Class A shares of the Fund's predecessor from February 1, 2006 to February 24, 2012, and the performance of the Y Class, A Class and C Class shares, respectively, from February 24, 2012 through December 31, 2012. In each case, the newer share classes would have had similar annual returns to the predecessor Fund's Class A and Class I shares because the shares of each class represent investments in the same portfolio securities. However, because the Class A shares of the predecessor Fund had higher expenses than the Fund's Y Class shares now have, the total returns were lower than the Y Class shares would have realized had the Y Class shares been in existence since February 1, 2006. Since the Investor Class shares had lower expenses than the Fund's A Class and C Class shares now have, its performance was better than the performance of the A Class and C Class shares would have realized in the same period. The performance of the Fund and the Fund's predecessor shown in the bar chart below do not include sales charges. If sales charges were reflected, returns would be lower. You may obtain updated performance information on the Fund's website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. |
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Calendar year total returns for Investor Class shares Year-By-Year Percentage Returns as of 12/31 of each Year |
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| Highest Quarterly Return: 16.31% (2/1/06 through 12/31/12) (3rd Quarter 2009) Lowest Quarterly Return: -28.39% (2/1/06 through 12/31/12) (4th Quarter 2008) |
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Average Annual Total Returns For the periods ended December 31, 2012 |
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| 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 | Sep. 17, 2013 |
| Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Sep. 17, 2013 |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Mar. 28, 2013 |