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(American Beacon Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund ℠)

Investment Objective

The Fund's investment objective is to seek capital appreciation with low volatility and reduced correlation to equities and interest rates.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales discounts if you and your eligible family members invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in all classes of the American Beacon Funds on an aggregated basis. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "Choosing Your Share Class" on page 21 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Sale Information for A Class Shares" on page 28 of the statement of additional information ("SAI").

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees - (American Beacon Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund ℠)
Class A
Class C
Class Y
Institutional Class
Investor Class
Maximum sales charge imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none none none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (as a percentage of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds) 0.50% [1] 1.00% none none none
[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.

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

Annual Fund Operating Expenses - (American Beacon Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund ℠)
Class A
Class C
Class Y
Institutional Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 1.05% 1.05% 1.05% 1.05% 1.05%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% none none none
Other Expenses [1] 3.21% 3.21% 3.16% 3.06% 3.44%
Dividends & Interest Expenses on Securities Sold Short 1.74% 1.74% 1.74% 1.74% 1.74%
Remaining Other Expenses (including service fee) 1.47% 1.47% 1.42% 1.32% 1.70%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1] 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 4.61% 5.36% 4.31% 4.21% 4.59%
Fee Waiver and/or expense reimbursement (0.83%) (0.83%) (0.83%) (0.83%) (0.83%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement [2] 3.78% 4.53% 3.48% 3.38% 3.76%
[1] Other expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year.
[2] The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund's A Class, C Class, Y Class, Institutional Class and Investor Class shares, as applicable, through April 30, 2017 to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 1.94% for the A Class, 2.69% for the C Class, 1.64% for the Y Class, 1.54% for the Institutional Class and 1.92% for the Investor Class (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, securities lending fees, expenses associated with securities sold short, litigation, and other extraordinary expenses). The contractual expense reimbursement can be changed only with the approval of a majority of the Fund's Board of Trustees. The Manager can be reimbursed by the Fund for any contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements if reimbursement to the Manager (a) occurs within three years after the Manager's own waiver or reimbursement and (b) does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses of a class to exceed the contractual percentage limit in effect at the time of the waiver/reimbursement.

Example

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, that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same, and that the expense limitation arrangement is not renewed. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example - (American Beacon Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund ℠) - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
Class A 837 1,730
Class C 554 1,527
Class Y 351 1,232
Institutional Class 341 1,203
Investor Class 378 1,312

Assuming no redemption of shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption - (American Beacon Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund ℠)
1 Year
3 Years
Class C | USD ($) 454 1,527

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or ''turns over'' its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate for the Fund's last fiscal year is not provided because the Fund has not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by implementing a strategic arbitrage strategy comprised of: convertible arbitrage, credit/rates relative value arbitrage, equity arbitrage and volatility arbitrage. The Fund seeks to employ a "market neutral," strategy, meaning that the Fund's returns are not intended to be closely correlated to the stock market as a whole, interest rates, or a particular market index. The allocation of the Fund's assets among its arbitrage strategies and the use of various hedging strategies are intended to enhance returns and mitigate downside risk.

The Fund will invest in a portfolio of instruments, including, but not limited to, convertible securities, Rule 144A securities, common stock, preferred stock, exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), exchange-traded notes ("ETNs"), closed-end funds and derivative instruments, including, but not limited to, listed options and futures, (including equity index options and equity index futures and options thereon, currency forwards (generally for hedging purposes), warrants, credit default swaps, total return swaps, currency swaps, interest rate swaps, and mortgage derivatives (including, without limitation, collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs"), mortgage-backed securities and stripped mortgage-backed securities, such as interest only ("IOs") and principal only ("POs") obligations). The Fund may invest in the securities and financial instruments of issuers of any market capitalization, as well as securities and financial instruments of foreign and emerging market issuers, which may be denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any credit quality or maturity, including high yield, below-investment grade debt securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds").

The Fund's arbitrage strategies generally seek to exploit differences in the prices of, or the price relationships between, various types of securities. The Fund initially intends to allocate its assets among arbitrage investment strategies in the following manner:

  • 40-50% to Convertible Arbitrage. Convertible arbitrage generally seeks to capitalize on the pricing of a company's convertible securities relative to its common stock, typically by the purchase of convertible securities and short sales of the underlying common stock. It seeks to generate consistent returns and benefit from corporate events, or changes in volatility or credit assumptions.

  • 20-30% to Credit/Rates Relative Value Arbitrage. The Fund's credit/rates relative value arbitrage strategy seeks to invest in mortgage and other derivatives that the Fund considers to be inexpensive relative to key characteristics of such investments. For example, the Fund may identify a mortgage backed security that trades at a perceived discount to the implied pre-payment risk, which is the risk related to the early payment of principal. This strategy seeks to consistently produce income while actively managing duration risk (i.e., the price sensitivity to changes in interest rates). The credit/rates relative value arbitrage strategy also seeks to invest in closed-end funds that are trading at a discount to net asset value. By purchasing a closed-end fund trading at a discount to its net asset value and shorting an ETF holding a similar investment, the Fund will employ an arbitrage strategy to capture this discount. Investments in such closed-end funds have the potential for appreciation as the discount between a fund's price and its net asset value narrows, and also can generate cash flow through periodic dividend payments.

  • 30-40% to Equity Arbitrage. The Fund's equity arbitrage strategy seeks to capture inefficiencies between the prices of an issuer's securities, such as, for example, prices of different classes of an issuer's equity securities, or between an issuer's warrants and common stock. This strategy also may seek to invest in the securities of companies involved, or potentially involved, in corporate events, such as mergers, tender offers, or other actions. A common example of such a type of investment is the attempt to capture the spread between the prices of the securities of companies involved in a tender offer by acquiring the securities of a target company in anticipation of their appreciation and selling short the acquirer's securities in anticipation of their depreciation. The Fund's equity arbitrage strategy can generally be expected to produce returns that fluctuate with company-specific events rather than changes in the broader market..

  • 5-15% to Volatility Arbitrage. The volatility arbitrage strategy seeks to capitalize on the movement of prices, regardless of direction. Volatility arbitrage involves both purchases and sales (writing) of options, futures and other derivatives as well as purchases and short selling of their underlying securities. This strategy seeks to generate a positive return during periods of significant declines in the broader markets in order to reduce the Fund's beta, which is its risk exposure to equity securities and interest rates.

The foregoing allocation targets are not fixed guidelines, and the sub-advisor will monitor and adjust the allocation of the Fund's assets among the four strategies from time to time based on a variety of factors, including qualitative assessments of market conditions, liquidity, targeted exposure levels, ability to implement appropriate hedges, and active risk management.

To implement its arbitrage strategies, the Fund will engage in short sales of securities and the use of options. When the Fund sells a security short, it borrows the security from a third party and sells it at the then current market price. The Fund is then obligated to buy the security on a later date so that it can return the security to the lender. The Fund intends to invest in derivative instruments for both hedging and investment purposes. The Fund may also use derivatives to increase its economic exposure to a particular security, currency or index in a cost effective manner, such as, for example, by purchasing options on an ETF, rather than purchasing shares in the ETF itself, or by entering into a total return swap on an index, rather than buying the individual components of the index. The Fund generally will engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective.

In response to adverse market, economic or other conditions, including the absence of attractive arbitrage opportunities, the Fund may temporarily invest a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalent securities. During such periods, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it is not limited to a percentage of assets that it may invest in any one issuer.

Principal Risks

There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you could lose part or all of your investment in the Fund. The Fund is not designed for investors who need an assured level of income and is intended to be a long-term investment. The Fund is not a complete investment program and may not be appropriate for all investors. Investors should carefully consider their own investment goals and risk tolerance before investing in the Fund. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

Allocation and Correlation Risk
The sub-advisor's judgments about, and allocations between arbitrage strategies, asset classes and exposures may adversely affect the Fund's performance. There can be no assurance, particularly during periods of market disruption and stress, that the Fund will, in fact, experience a low level of correlation with a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds or with the debt or equity markets generally.

Arbitrage Risk
The Fund may use a variety of arbitrage strategies in pursuing its investment strategy. The underlying relationships among securities and derivative instruments in which the Fund takes long and short positions may change in an adverse manner, in which case the Fund may realize losses. The expected gain on an individual arbitrage investment is normally considerably smaller than the possible loss should the transaction be unexpectedly terminated.

Convertible Securities Risk
The value of a convertible security (''convertible'') is influenced by both the yield of non-convertible securities of comparable issuers and by the value of the underlying common stock. The investment value of a convertible is based on its yield and tends to decline as interest rates increase. The conversion value of a convertible is the market value that would be received if the convertible were converted to its underlying common stock. Convertible securities also are subject to the risk that the credit standing of the issuer may affect the security's investment value. Convertible securities may be subject to market risk, credit risk and interest rate risk.

Counterparty Risk
The Fund is subject to the risk that a party or participant to a transaction, such as a broker or derivative counterparty, will be unwilling or unable to satisfy its obligation to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments or to otherwise honor its obligations to the Fund.

Credit Risk
The Fund is subject to the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract or a loan will fail to make timely payment of interest or principal or otherwise honor its obligations or default completely.

Currency Risk
The Fund may have exposure to foreign currencies by making direct investments in non-U.S. currencies or in securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies, purchasing or selling forward currency contracts in non-U.S. currencies, non-U.S. currency futures contracts, options on non-U.S. currencies and non-U.S. currency futures, and swaps for cross-currency investments. Foreign currencies may decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and other currencies and thereby affect the Fund's investments in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues in, or in derivatives that provide exposure to, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies.

Derivatives Risk
The Fund expects to use various derivative instruments, including, without limitation, warrants, options, swaps, forward contracts, futures contracts and options thereon, and may use derivative techniques for hedging and investment purposes. The use of derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives, including the high degree of leverage often embedded in such instruments, and potentially material and prolonged deviations between the theoretical value and realizable value of a derivative. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund's initial investment. Derivatives may be illiquid and may be more volatile than other types of investments. The Fund may buy or sell derivatives not traded on an exchange and which may be subject to heightened liquidity and valuation risk. Derivative investments can increase portfolio turnover and transaction costs. Derivatives also are subject to counterparty risk. As a result, the Fund may obtain no recovery of its investment or may only obtain a limited recovery, and any recovery may be delayed. Not all derivative transactions require a counterparty to post collateral, which may expose the Fund to greater losses in the event of a default by a counterparty. In addition, the Fund's investments in derivatives are subject to the following risks:

  • Futures and Forward Contracts. Futures and forward contracts, including non-deliverable forwards ("NDFs"), are derivative instruments pursuant to a contract where one party pays a fixed price for an agreed amount of securities or other underlying assets at an agreed date or to buy or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price set at the time of the contract. There may be an imperfect correlation between the derivative instrument and the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund. There can be no assurance that any strategy used will succeed. Not all forward contracts, including NDFs, require a counterparty to post collateral, which may expose the Fund to greater losses in the event of a default by a counterparty. There may not be a liquid secondary market for the futures contracts. Forward currency transactions, including NDFs, include the risks associated with fluctuations in currency. Interest rate and treasury futures contracts expose the Fund to price fluctuations resulting from changes in interest rates. The Fund could suffer a loss if interest rates rise after the Fund has purchased an interest rate futures contract or fall after the Fund has sold an interest rate futures contract. Similarly, treasury futures contracts expose the Fund to potential losses if interest rates do not move as expected. Equity index futures contracts expose the Fund to volatility in an underlying securities index.

  • Options. The use of options comprises a number of risks. The movements experienced by the Fund between the prices of options and prices of the securities (or indices) underlying such options, may differ from expectations, and may cause the Fund not to achieve its objective. When the Fund writes put options, it bears the risk of loss if the value of the underlying stock declines below the exercise price minus the put premium. If the option is exercised, the Fund could incur a loss if it is required to purchase the stock underlying the put option at a price greater than the market price of the stock at the time of exercise plus the put premium the Fund received when it wrote the option.

  • Swap Agreements. Total return swaps and credit default swaps are subject to counterparty risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. In addition, interest rate swaps are subject to interest rate risk, total return swaps are subject to market risk and interest rate risk if the underlying securities are bonds or other debt obligations, currency swaps are subject to currency risk and credit default swaps are subject to the risks associated with the purchase and sale of credit protection.

  • Warrants. Warrants may be more speculative than certain other types of investments because warrants do not carry with them dividend or voting rights with respect to the underlying securities, or any rights in the assets of the issuer. In addition, the value of a warrant does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities and a warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its expiration date.

Emerging Markets Risk
When investing in emerging markets, the risks of investing in foreign securities discussed below are heightened. Emerging markets are generally smaller, less developed, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of the U.S. and other developed markets. There are also risks of: greater political uncertainties; an economy's dependence on revenues from particular commodities or on international aid or development assistance; currency transfer restrictions; a limited number of potential buyers for such securities; and delays and disruptions in securities settlement procedures.

Equity Investments Risk
Equity securities are subject to market risk. The Fund's investments in equity securities may include common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stocks. Investing in such securities may expose the Fund to additional risks. Common stock generally is subordinate to preferred stock in the payment of dividends and upon the liquidation or bankruptcy of the issuing company. Preferred stocks are sensitive to movement in interest rates.

Exchange-Traded Notes Risk
ETNs are unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities. Unlike most debt securities, issuers of ETNs are generally required to repay the note only upon maturity, and therefore the holder of a typical ETN does not receive periodic interest payments. An investment in an ETN exposes the Fund to the risk that the ETN's issuer may be unable to repay the note upon maturity. In addition, payments made to the holder of an ETN upon the maturity or redemption of the note are subject to fees, which may reduce the amount received to less than the principal amount invested.

Foreign Investing Risk
Non-U.S. investments carry potential risks not associated with U.S. investments. Such risks include, but are not limited to: (1) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (2) political and financial instability, (3) less liquidity and greater volatility, (4) lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, (5) increased price volatility, (6) less government regulation and supervision of foreign stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies; and (7) delays in transaction settlement in some foreign markets.

Hedging Risk
The Fund will employ various hedging strategies. There are a variety of factors that may cause hedges to fail to mitigate risks in the manner expected, such as if an instrument used to hedge fails to demonstrate the expected correlation to the risk being hedged. In addition, hedges, even when successful in mitigating risk, may not prevent the Fund from experiencing losses on its investments, and therefore the use of hedging strategies may reduce the Fund's return, or create a loss.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk
Portfolio turnover is a measure of the Fund's trading activity over a one-year period. A portfolio turnover rate of 100% would indicate that the Fund sold and replaced the entire value of its securities holdings during the period. High portfolio turnover could increase the Fund's transaction costs and possibly have a negative impact on performance.

High Yield Securities Risk
Investing in high yield, below investment-grade securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") generally involves significantly greater risks of loss of your money than an investment in investment grade securities. Rising interest rates may compound these difficulties and reduce an issuer's ability to repay principal and interest obligations. Issuers of lower-rated securities also have a greater risk of default or bankruptcy. Below investment grade securities may experience greater price volatility and less liquidity than investment grade securities.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities Risk
Rule 144A and other securities not registered in the U.S. under the Securities Act or in non-U.S. markets pursuant to similar regulations are restricted as to their resale. They may be less liquid than other investments because such securities may not be readily marketable in broad public markets, or may have to be held for a certain time period before they can be resold. The Fund may not be able to sell a restricted security when the sub-advisor considers it desirable to do so and/or may have to sell the security at a lower price. In addition, transaction costs may be higher for restricted securities than for securities not subject to resale restrictions. The Fund may have to bear the expense of registering restricted securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration.

Interest Rate Risk
The Fund is subject to the risk that the market value of securities or derivatives that are influenced by interest rates will decline due to changes in interest rates. When interest rates rise, the prices of most fixed income securities go down. As of the date of this Prospectus, interest rates are at or near historic lows, but may rise substantially and/or rapidly, potentially resulting in substantial losses to the Fund. The prices of fixed income securities are also affected by their durations. Fixed income securities with longer duration generally have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates. For example, if a bond has a duration of four years, a 1% increase in interest rates could be expected to result in a 4% decrease in the value of the bond.

Investment Risk
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. When you sell your shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

Issuer Risk
The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services, as well as the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer and the value of its assets.

Large Capitalization Companies Risk
The securities of large market capitalization companies may underperform other segments of the market because such companies may be less responsive to competitive challenges and opportunities and may be unable to attain high growth rates during periods of economic expansion.

Leveraging Risk
The Fund's use of futures, forward contracts, swaps, options and other derivative instruments and selling securities short will have the economic effect of financial leverage. Financial leverage magnifies the exposure to the swings in prices of an asset or class of assets underlying a derivative instrument and results in increased volatility, which means that the Fund will have the potential for greater losses than if the Fund does not use the derivative instruments that have a leveraging effect. Leveraging tends to magnify, sometimes significantly, the effect of any increase or decrease in the Fund's exposure to an asset or class of assets and may cause the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") to be volatile.

Liquidity Risk
The Fund is susceptible to the risk that certain investments held by the Fund may have limited marketability or be subject to restrictions on sale, and may be difficult to sell at favorable times or prices. The Fund could lose money if it is unable to dispose of an investment at a time that is most beneficial to the Fund.

Market Risk
Market risks, including political, regulatory, market and economic developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market, can affect the value of the Fund's shares. The Fund's fixed-income investments are subject to the risk that events in the fixed-income markets may lead to periods of volatility, unusual liquidity issues and, in some cases, credit downgrades and increased likelihood of default. The Fund's equity investments are subject to stock market risk, which involves the possibility that the value of the Fund's investments in stocks will decline due to volatility or drops in any of the many individual country or global financial markets. Such events may cause the value of securities owned by the Fund to go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, and may lead to increased redemptions, which could cause the Fund to experience a loss when selling securities to meet redemption requests by shareholders.

Mortgage Backed and Mortgage Related Securities Risk
Investments in mortgage backed and mortgage related securities are subject to market risks for fixed-income securities which include, but are not limited to, interest rate risk, credit risk, extension risk and prepayment risk. A security backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States is guaranteed by the applicable entity only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. The market prices for such securities are not guaranteed and will fluctuate. Securities held by the Fund that are issued by government-sponsored enterprises, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (''Fannie Mae''), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (''Freddie Mac''), Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Farm Credit Banks, and the Tennessee Valley Authority are not guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. U.S. Government securities and securities of government sponsored enterprises are also subject to credit risk, interest rate risk and market risk. The Fund's investment in CMOs may offer a higher yield than U.S. government securities, but they may also be subject to greater price fluctuation and credit risk. The cash flows and yields on IOs and POs are extremely sensitive to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. A rapid rate of principal payments may adversely affect the yield to maturity of IOs. A slow rate of principal payments may adversely affect the yield to maturity of POs.Inverse IOs and POs, which are fixed income securities with a floating or variable rate of interest, may exhibit substantially greater price volatility than fixed rate obligations having similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity.

Non-Diversification Risk
The Fund is non-diversified, which means the Fund may focus its investments in the securities of a comparatively small number of issuers. Investment in securities of a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential losses than if assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of investments. Since the Fund is non-diversified, its NAV and total return may fluctuate more or be subject to greater declines in weaker markets than a diversified mutual fund.

Other Investment Companies Risk
The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). To the extent that the Fund invests in shares of other registered investment companies, the Fund will bear the fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses and will be subject to the risks associated with investments in those funds.

Prepayment and Extension Risk
Prepayment risk is the risk that the principal amount of the underlying collateral may be repaid prior to the bond's maturity date. If this occurs, no additional interest will be paid on the investment and the Fund may have to invest at a lower rate. Conversely, extension risk is the risk that a decrease in expected prepayments may result in the extension of a security's effective maturity and a decline in its price.

Securities Selection Risk
Securities selected by the sub-advisor or the Manager for the Fund may not perform to expectations. This could result in the Fund's underperformance compared to other funds with similar investment objectives.

Segregated Assets Risk
In connection with certain transactions that may give rise to future payment obligations, including many types of derivatives, the Fund may be required to maintain a segregated amount of, or otherwise earmark, cash or liquid securities to cover the position, which cannot be sold while the position they are covering is outstanding, unless they are replaced with other securities of equal value.

Short Position Risk
The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the instrument sold short increases in value between the date of the short sale and the date on which an offsetting position is purchased. Short positions may be considered speculative transactions and involve special risks, including greater reliance on the sub-advisor's ability to accurately anticipate the future value of a security or instrument. The Fund's losses are potentially unlimited in a short position transaction.

Small and Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk
Investing in the securities of small and mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk and the possibility of greater price volatility than investing in larger capitalization and more established companies. Since small and mid-capitalization companies may have limited operating history, product lines, and financial resources, the securities of these companies may lack sufficient market liquidity, and they can be particularly sensitive to expected changes in interest rates, borrowing costs and earnings.

Tax Risk
To qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code ("RIC"), the Fund must meet a qualifying income test each taxable year. Certain aspects of the tax treatment of derivative instruments, including certain equity index options and futures, are currently unclear and may be affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority that could affect the treatment of income from these instruments, and the character, timing and amount of the Fund's taxable income or gains and distributions.

Valuation Risk
The Fund may value certain assets at a price different from the price at which they can be sold. This risk may be especially pronounced for investments, such as certain derivatives, which may be illiquid or which may become illiquid.

Fund Performance

The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risk of investing in the Fund . The table discloses how the Fund's performance for the past calendar year and since inception period through December 31, 2014 compares to a broad measure of market performance, the BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month LIBOR Index.

Simultaneous with the commencement of the Fund's investment operations on June 30, 2015, the Ionic Absolute Return Fund LLC ("Private Fund"), a privately offered investment fund managed by the Fund's sub-advisor transferred its assets to the Institutional Class shares of the Fund. The Fund's investment policies, objective, guidelines and restrictions are, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Private Fund. Except for the seed capital provided by the Manager, the Fund's portfolio of investments on June 30, 2015 was the same as the portfolio of investments of the Private Fund immediately prior to the transfer. The Trust calculated the performance for each share class of the Fund for periods commencing prior to the transfer of the Private Fund's assets to the Fund by including the Private Fund's total return adjusted to reflect the deduction of fees and expenses applicable to each share class as stated in the fee table included in this prospectus (i.e., adjusted to reflect anticipated expenses, net of waiver and reimbursements). These fees and expenses include sales charges and Rule 12b-1 fees to the extent applicable. The Private Fund was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act") and was not subject to certain investment limitations, diversification requirements, and other restrictions imposed by the Investment Company Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ("Internal Revenue Code"), which, if applicable, may have adversely affected its performance. Please refer to the Financial Statements section of the Fund's SAI to review additional information regarding the Private Fund.

After the Fund commences operations, updated performance information will be available 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.

Calendar year total returns. Year Ended 12/31*

Bar Chart
* The Institutional Class year-to-date total return as of March 31, 2015 was 1.68%.

Highest Quarterly Return:
1.20%
(1/1/2014 through 12/31/14)
Q1 2014

Lowest Quarterly Return:
0.15%
(1/1/2014 through 12/31/14)
Q3 2014

Average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2014

Average Annual Total Returns - (American Beacon Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund ℠)
1 Year
Since Inception
Institutional Class [1] 3.15% 3.40%
Institutional Class | Returns After Taxes on Distributions [1],[2]    
Institutional Class | Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund Shares [1],[2]    
Class A [1] (1.84%) (0.56%)
Class C [1] 1.98% 2.23%
Class Y [1] 3.05% 3.30%
Investor Class [1] 2.77% 3.01%
BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month LIBOR Index (reflects no deduction for fees expenses or taxes) [3] 0.23% 0.24%
[1] Since Inception (9/1/2013-12/31/2014)
[2] After tax returns are not shown because the Private Fund, unlike a regulated investment company, was not required to make annual distributions to its investors.
[3] Since Inception (9/1/2013)