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Investment Objective

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund

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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 the A Class shares of the American Beacon Funds.

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

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Other expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year.

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Assuming no redemption of shares:

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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.

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The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by accessing equity market appreciation and mitigating downside risk. The Fund employs a multi-manager management structure. The Manager has engaged Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P., an unaffiliated alternative investment advisory firm, to serve as the Fund's lead Sub-Advisor ("Lead Sub-Advisor"). The Lead Sub-Advisor allocates the Fund's assets among multiple sub-advisors ("Sub-Advisors") that employ non-traditional alternative investment strategies.

The Fund's invests predominately in equity securities and equity-related instruments (such as derivatives) traded in U.S. and foreign markets. The Fund's investments include:common stock, convertible securities, depository receipts, exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), currencies, and derivatives, such as options, futures, forwardsand swaps. The Fund may use derivatives to generate profits, leverage the Fund's portfolio, hedge the Fund's exposure to a particular investment or market-related risk, as well as to manage the volatility of the Fund's return. The Fund may invest in the equity securities and equity-related instruments of companies of any market capitalization, but generally will invest in medium- and large-capitalization companies. The Fund expects to maintain short positions in equity securities and equity-related instruments. The Fund expects to have a net long bias, which means that the value of the Fund's long portfolio will exceed the value of the Fund's short portfolio, and the Fund will have directional exposure to the equity markets. However, the Sub-Advisors generally will vary the amount of this net exposure as market conditions and opportunities change. The Manager believes that the use of multiple Sub-Advisors provides the Fund will management diversification and will help to mitigate downside risk. In pursuing its investment strategies, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading.

The Lead Sub-Advisor allocates the Fund's assets principally among Sub-Advisors that employlong/short investment strategies designed to take advantage of perceived investment opportunities or are based on their current market outlook. These strategies include the equity strategies and event driven strategies described below:

Strategies:

Equity Strategies : Equity strategies involve the purchase and/or short sale of equity and equity-linked instruments (e.g., ETFs, equity derivatives, depository receipts) in global markets. The Fund's Sub-Advisors primarily employ "hedged equity" investment strategies. A Sub-Advisor implements a hedged equity investment strategy by establishing long and short positions in equity or equity-linked instruments. Although the Fund's Sub-Advisors generally will establish both long and short positions, certain Sub-Advisors, may focus exclusively on establishing long or short positions, but not both. A Sub-Advisor may seek to hedge portfolio exposure by selling securities short or using instruments such as ETFs, equity-linked options, index options and futures. A Sub-Advisor also may seek to manage risk by adopting "top-down" constraints on leverage, net market exposure, net regional exposure and net sector exposure, as well as position size limits, position stop-loss limits and parameters relating to the number of its positions.

A Sub-Advisor that pursues an equity strategy typically seeks to capitalize on discrepancies between the Sub-Advisor's evaluation of the intrinsic value of an equity security and assessment of the forward-looking prospects of the issuer of such security, on the one hand, and the consensus view reflected in the market price of such security, on the other hand. Certain Sub-Advisors also may seek to extract value by being more trading-oriented or catalyst-driven.

A Sub-Advisor that employs an equity strategy may focus on a particular capitalization range (e.g., medium or large cap) or a particular industry sector (e.g., healthcare, technology, or consumer) geographic region, or may employ a specific investment style (e.g., value vs. growth). A Sub-Advisor also may pursue a broad mandate, without specific regard for an issuer's capitalization, sector or geography. Some Sub-Advisors may employ equity strategies with an activist approach. Activist investing relies on a Sub-Advisor's ability to use a significant economic stake in a company's securities to influence management and corporate decisions to increase the value of the company's stock. Sub-Advisors may use a "bottom-up" analysis of individual issuers in making investment decisions and/or may utilize "top-down" macroeconomic analysis to guide capital-allocation strategies and fundamental security selection.

Event Driven Strategies : Sub-Advisors that employ event driven strategies invest in spin-offs, stub-trades, post-restructuring equities, post-bankruptcy equities, litigation equity trades and recapitalizations. The Sub-Advisors also may engage in merger arbitrage transactions. Merger arbitrage seeks to capture the spread between a company's current stock price and its stock price upon the completion of a merger or reorganization. In a cash/tender transaction, this strategy seeks to capture the spread between the tender price and the price at which the target company's stock is trading. Merger arbitrage also can capitalize on perceived pricing discrepancies, or "spreads," in the equity securities of two companies involved in announced corporate transactions, such as mergers, tender or exchange offers, reorganizations, liquidations and recapitalizations.

The Lead Sub-Advisor may allocate the Fund's assets to Sub-Advisors employing one or both of the strategies described above, and subject to the Manager's Authority to determine otherwise, may change the allocations from time to time in its sole discretion without prior notice to shareholders. Each Sub-Advisor has discretion to invest its portion of the Fund's assets as it deems appropriate, based on its particular philosophy, style, strategies and views, in accordance with the Fund's investment guidelines. While each Sub-Advisor is subject to the oversight of the Manager and the Lead Sub-Advisor, neither the Manager nor Lead Sub-Advisor coordinates or manages the day-to-day investment of the Fund's assets by the Sub-Advisors.

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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 Risk
The Lead Sub-Advisor will manage the Fund primarily by allocating Fund assets to the Sub-Advisors. The value of your investment may decrease if the Lead Sub-Advisor's allocation decisions are incorrect. The Sub-Advisors' judgments about, and allocations between, asset classes and market exposures also may adversely affect the Fund's performance. This risk may be heightened by the use of derivatives to increase allocations to various market exposures.

Arbitrage Strategies Risk
The value of the securities and derivative instruments in which the Fund takes long and short positions to implement the Fund's arbitrage strategies may change in an adverse manner or in an unanticipated 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. The expected timing of each transaction is also important since the length of time that the Fund's capital must be committed to any given transaction may affect the rate of return realized by the Fund, and unanticipated delays could cause the Fund to lose money or not achieve the desired rate of return.

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 exchange 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
Derivatives may involve significant risk. The use of derivative instruments 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 potential 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 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.
Options. In order for a call option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. These costs will reduce any profit that might have realized had it bought the underlying security at the time it purchased the call option. For a put option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must decline sufficiently below the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. By using put options in this manner, the Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized from appreciation of the underlying security by the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs. If the Fund sells a put option, there is a risk that the Fund may be required to buy the underlying asset at a disadvantageous price. If the Fund sells a call option, there is a risk that the Fund may be required to sell the underlying asset at a disadvantageous price. If the Fund sells a call option on an underlying asset that the Fund owns and the underlying asset has increased in value when the call option is exercised, the Fund will be required to sell the underlying asset at the call price and will not be able to realize any of the underlying asset's value above the call price.
Swap Agreements. Swaps can involve greater risks than a direct investment in an underlying asset, because swaps typically include a certain amount of embedded leverage and as such are subject to leveraging risk. If swaps are used as a hedging strategy, the Fund is subject to the risk that the hedging strategy may not eliminate the risk that it is intended to offset, due to, among other reasons, the occurrence of unexpected price movements or the non-occurrence of expected price movements. Swaps also may be difficult to value. Total return swaps and currency swaps are subject to counterparty risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. In addition to these risks, total return swaps are subject to market risk and interest rate risk, if the underlying securities are bonds or other debt obligations. In addition, currency swaps are subject to currency risk.

Equity Investments Risk
Equity securities are subject to market risk. The Fund's investments in equity securities may include common stocks trading on U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges, securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stocks, depositary receipts and U.S. dollar-denominated foreign stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. Such investments may expose the Fund to additional risks. Common stock generally is subordinate to preferred stock upon the liquidation or bankruptcy of the issuing company. Convertible securities are sensitive to movements in interest rates. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the credit standing of the issuer may have an effect on the convertible securities' investment value. Depositary receipts and U.S. dollar-denominated foreign stocks traded on U.S. exchanges are subject to certain of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, including, but not limited to, currency fluctuations and political and financial instability in the home country of a particular depositary receipt or foreign stock.

Event-Driven Strategies Risk
The Fund's use of event-driven and arbitrage strategies will cause the Fund to invest in actual or anticipated special situations (i.e., acquisitions, spin-offs, reorganizations and liquidations, tender offers and bankruptcies). A change in the terms or delay in the timing of these events, or the failure of these events to occur at all, may have a significant negative effect on the Fund's performance.

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.

Global Financial Markets Risk
Global economics and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected and conditions (including recent volatility and instability) and events (including natural disasters) in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. In addition, governmental and quasi-governmental organizations have taken a number of unprecedented actions designed to support the markets. Such events and conditions may adversely affect the value of the Fund's securities, result in greater market or liquidity risk or cause difficulty valuing the Fund's portfolio instruments or achieving the Fund's objective.

Growth Risk
Growth companies are expected to increase their earnings at a certain rate. When these expectations are not met, the prices of these stocks may go down, even if earnings showed an absolute increase. Growth company stocks also typically lack the dividend yield that can cushion stock prices in market downturns.

Hedging Risk
If the Fund uses a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judges the market conditions incorrectly, or the hedged instrument does not correlate to the risk sought to be hedged, the hedge might be unsuccessful, 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.

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. 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.

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, and/or the return generated by, 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, 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 Direction Risk
Since the Fund will typically hold both long and short positions, an investment in the Fund will involve market risks associated with different types of investment decisions than those made for a typical "long only" fund. The Fund's results could suffer both when there is a general market advance and the Fund holds significant "short" positions, and when there is a general market decline and the Fund holds significant "long" positions.

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 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. Turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in credit, fixed-income, or equity markets may negatively affect many issuers worldwide which could adversely affect the Fund.

Model Risk
The Lead Sub-Advisor and the Sub-Advisors may use proprietary modeling systems to implement their investment strategies for the Fund. Investments selected using these models may perform differently than expected as a result of the factors used in the models, the weight placed on each factor, changes from the factors' historical trends and technical issues in the construction and implementation of the models. There is no assurance that the models are complete or accurate, or representative of future market cycles, nor will they necessarily be beneficial to the Fund if they are accurate. These systems may negatively affect Fund performance for various reasons, including human judgment, inaccuracy of historical data and non-quantitative factors (such as market or trading system dysfunctions, investor fear or over-reaction).

Multi-Manager Risk
The Fund's performance depend on, among other things, the Lead Sub-Advisor's success in monitoring and allocating the Fund's assets among the Sub-Advisors. The Sub-Advisors investment styles may not always be complementary. The Sub-Advisors make investment decisions independently of one another, and may make conflicting investment decisions. The Fund's multi-manager approach may result in the Fund investing a significant percentage of its assets in certain types of securities, which could be beneficial or detrimental to the Fund's performance depending on the performance of those securities and the overall market environment. The Sub-Advisors may underperform the market generally or underperform other investment managers that could have been selected for the Fund. The Lead Sub-Advisor and the Sub-Advisors also may use proprietary or licensed strategies that are based on considerations and factors that are not fully disclosed to the Board, the Manager or the Lead Sub-Advisor. The success of a particular Sub-Advisor in implementing its investment strategy is dependent on the expertise of its portfolio managers, and certain Sub-Advisors may have a limited number of investment management professionals. The loss of one or more of a Sub-Advisor's key investment professionals could have a materially adverse effect on the performance of the Fund. A Sub-Advisor may have little or no experience managing the assets of a registered investment company which, unlike the private investment funds a Sub-Advisor manages, is subject to daily inflows and outflows of investor cash and are subject to certain legal and tax-related restrictions on their investments and operations.

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.

Other Investment Companies Risk
The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and money market funds. To the extent that the Fund invests in shares of other registered investment companies, you will indirectly bear 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.

Sector Risk
To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. Individual sectors may move up and down more than the broader market. The Fund may at times be substantially over-weighted in certain economic sectors and under-weighted in others. Accordingly, the Fund's performance could be disproportionately affected by the factors influencing those sectors.

Securities Selection Risk
Securities selected by the Sub-Advisors or the Lead Sub-Advisor 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 borrowing and investments in futures contracts, 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 assets 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.

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.

Value Stocks Risk
Value stocks are subject to the risk that their intrinsic value may never be realized by the market or that their prices may go down. While the Fund's investments in value stocks may limit its downside risk over time, the Fund may produce more modest gains than riskier stock funds as a trade-off for this potentially lower risk. Different investment styles tend to shift in and out of favor, depending on market conditions and investor sentiment.

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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.

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