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American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund | American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund
  
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American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund
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American Beacon Balanced Fund
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund
American Beacon Mid-Cap Value Fund
American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund
American Beacon International Equity Fund
American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund
American Beacon High Yield Bond Fund
American Beacon Retirement Income and Appreciation Fund
American Beacon Intermediate Bond Fund
American Beacon Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Supplement dated June 30, 2014
to the
Prospectus dated February 28, 2014

 

Effective July 1, 2014, American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (“Manager”) will reduce the administrative service fee charged to the Fund's A Class and C Class shares from 0.40% to 0.30% of each Class's average daily net assets. At that time, the contractual fee limit for the A Class and C Class shares also will be reduced by 0.10%. The information below supplements the Fund's Prospectus dated February 28, 2014, and is in addition to any other supplement(s):

 

In the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” section, the fee table and expense example are replaced with the following:

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund
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In the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” section, the fee table and expense example are replaced with the following:

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets provided in the Fund’s Financial Highlights table, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
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Example
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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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

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Assuming no redemption of shares:

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American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund | American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund | A Class
  
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Maximum sales charge imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.75%
Maximum deferred sales charge (as a percentage of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther 0.50% [1]
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.23% [2]
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25% [2]
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.50% [2]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01% [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.99% [2],[3]
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 670
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 872
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,090
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,718
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund | American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund | C Class
  
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Maximum sales charge imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum deferred sales charge (as a percentage of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther 1.00%
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.23% [2]
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00% [2]
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.51% [2]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01% [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.75% [2],[3]
Recoupment of prior fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets 0.07% [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after recoupment of prior fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.82% [2]
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 285
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 558
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 956
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,069
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 185
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 558
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 956
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,069
[1] A contingent deferred sales charge ('CDSC') of 0.50% will be charged on certain purchases of $1,000,000 or more of A Class shares that are redeemed in whole or part within 18 months of purchase.
[2] The fee table has been restated with respect to the Fund's A Class and C Class Shares to reflect a reduction in the administrative services fee effective July 1, 2014.
[3] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets provided in the Fund's Financial Highlights table, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.