EX-99.(E)(17) 3 abf-html5625_ex99e17.htm SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AMONG AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS, AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS AND RESOLUTE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC., DATED OCTOBER 18, 2022

Exhibit 99.(e)(17)

 

SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT TO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

This Sixteenth 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 October 18, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).

 

The attached amended and restated Schedule 1 to remove the American Beacon Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Fund and the America Beacon Bahl & Gaynor Small Cap Growth Fund is 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
        President

 

    RESOLUTE INVESTMENT
    DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
         
      By: /s/ Jeffrey K. Ringdahl
        Jeffrey K. Ringdahl
        President & CEO
 

 

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

Amended and Restated Schedule 1

Funds and Classes of the Client

 

As of October 18, 2022

 

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, R6
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
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, A, C, Y
Shapiro SMID Cap Equity Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
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, R6
Tocqueville International Value Fund R5, Investor, Y
TwentyFour Sustainable Short Term Bond Fund A, C, Y, R6
TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Zebra Small Cap Equity Fund R5, Investor, A, C, Y
American Beacon Select Funds  
U.S. Gov’t. Money Market Select Fund Select