American Beacon SSI Alternative Income Fund
Supplement dated
to the
Prospectus and Summary Prospectus, each dated
The Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the American Beacon Funds (the “Trust”), at the recommendation of American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”), has approved a change to the Manager’s contractual agreement to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the American Beacon SSI Alternative Income Fund (the “Fund”) that will reduce the net expenses incurred by Fund shareholders. Additionally, the Board approved, and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, the Manager, and SSI Investment Management LLC, (the “Sub-Advisor”) have entered into, an agreement pursuant to which the Sub-Advisor will waive a portion of its sub-advisory fees. Accordingly, effective immediately, the following changes are made to the Fund’s Prospectus and Summary Prospectus, as applicable:
I. | On page 12 of the Prospectus and page 1 of the Summary Prospectus, the “Fund Summaries - American Beacon SSI Alternative Income Fund - Fees and Expenses of the Fund” section is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. More information is available from your financial professional and in “Choosing Your Share Class” on page 41 of the Prospectus.
Share Class | Y | R5 | Investor |
Maximum sales charge imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | |||
Maximum deferred sales charge (as a percentage of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds) |
Share Class | Y | R5 | Investor | |||
Management Fees | % | % | % | |||
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | % | % | % | |||
Other Expenses1 | % | % | % | |||
Dividend Expenses on Securities Sold Short | % | % | % | |||
Remainder of Other Expenses | % | % | % | |||
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses | % | % | % | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses2 | % | % | % | |||
Fee Waiver and/or expense reimbursement3 | ( |
%) | ( |
%) | ( |
%) |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement | % | % | % |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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, except that the Example reflects the fee waiver/expense reimbursement arrangement for each share class through October 31, 2024. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, whether you redeem or hold your shares, your costs would be:
Share Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Y | $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
R5 | $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
Investor | $ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
II. | On pages 39-40 of the Prospectus, in the “Fund Management – The Manager” section, the seventh and eighth paragraphs, and the table titled “Contractual Expense Limitations,” are deleted and replaced with the following: |
The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the following Funds and share classes to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed a percentage of that class’s average daily net assets (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, securities lending fees, expenses associated with securities sold short, litigation, and other extraordinary expenses) through October 31, 2023 for the American Beacon Shapiro Equity Opportunities Fund, through October 31, 2024 for the American Beacon SSI Alternative Income Fund, and through October 31, 2024 for the American Beacon Shapiro SMID Cap Equity Fund, as follows:
Contractual Expense Limitations
American Beacon Fund |
A Class |
C Class |
Y Class |
R6 Class |
R5 Class |
Investor Class |
American Beacon Shapiro Equity Opportunities Fund | 1.12% | 1.87% | 0.89% | N/A | 0.79% | 1.06% |
American Beacon Shapiro SMID Cap Equity Fund | 1.26% | 2.01% | 0.96% | 0.90% | 0.89% | 1.17% |
American Beacon SSI Alternative Income Fund | N/A | N/A | 0.99% | N/A | 0.92% | 1.24% |
As part of the arrangement for the American Beacon SSI Alternative Income Fund, SSI Investment Management LLC (“SSI”) has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its sub-advisory fees equal to 0.44% of the average daily net assets of the Fund under SSI’s management through October 31, 2024. The contractual expense reimbursement and fee waiver by the Manager and the contractual fee waiver by SSI can be changed or terminated only in the discretion and with the approval of a majority of a Fund’s Board. The Manager may also, from time to time, voluntarily waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of a Fund. The Board has approved a policy whereby the Manager (but not SSI) may seek repayment for any contractual or voluntary fee waivers or expense reimbursements if reimbursement to the Manager (a) occurs within three years from the date of the Manager’s waiver/reimbursement and (b) does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses of a class to exceed the lesser of the contractual percentage limit in effect at the time of the waiver/reimbursement or the time of recoupment.
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