EX-99.(E)(14) 2 abf-html3342_ex99e14.htm THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AMONG AB FUNDS, AB SELECT FUNDS AND RESOLUTE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC., DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Exhibit 99.(e)(14)

 

THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

This Thirteenth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of the 1st day of March 2018 by and between American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Select Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust that acts as an open-end investment company (the “Client”), and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Resolute”) is entered into as of February 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

 

The attached amended and restated Schedule 1 adds the American Beacon Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Fund’s A and C Share Classes to the Agreement and they are hereby incorporated into the Agreement, as amended, on behalf of each Fund of a Trust listed on Schedule 1 hereto, as may be amended from time to time (each, a “Fund”), and supersedes any prior Schedule 1 to the Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized officers, as of the Effective Date.

    AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
    AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS
     
      By: /s/ Jeffrey K. Ringdahl
        Jeffrey K. Ringdahl
        Vice President

 

    RESOLUTE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
     
      By: /s/ Gene L. Needles, Jr.
        Gene L. Needles, Jr.
        Chairman, President & CEO
 

 

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

Amended and Restated Schedule 1

Funds and Classes of the Client

 

As of February 1, 2021

 

Funds Classes

 American Beacon Funds

 
AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
AHL TargetRisk Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
AHL TargetRisk Core Fund A, C, Y, R6
ARK Transformational Innovation Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Bahl & Gaynor Small Cap Growth Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y,
Balanced Fund R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y
Bridgeway Large Cap Growth Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
Bridgeway Large Cap Value Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Frontier Markets Income Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Garcia Hamilton Quality Bond Fund R5, Investor, Y, R6
International Equity Fund R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
Large Cap Value Fund R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
Mid-Cap Value Fund R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
NIS Core Plus Bond Fund A, C, Y, R6
Shapiro Equity Opportunities Fund R5, Investor, Y
Shapiro SMID Cap Equity Fund R5, Investor, Y
SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Small Cap Value Fund R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
Sound Point Floating Rate Income Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y, SP
SSI Alternative Income Fund R5, Investor, Y
Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
The London Company Income Equity Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Tocqueville International Value Fund R5, Investor, Y
TwentyFour Short Term Bond Fund A, C, Y, R6
TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y, Ultra
Zebra Small Cap Equity Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
American Beacon Select Funds  
U.S. Gov’t. Money Market Select Fund Select