SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.(e)(18)
SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT TO
This Seventeenth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated March 1, 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 January 31, 2023 (the “Effective Date”).
The attached amended and restated Schedule 1 to:
| 1) | Remove the American Beacon Mid-Cap Value Fund and, | |
| 2) | Change the name of: | |
| a) | American Beacon Frontier Markets Income Fund to American Beacon Developing World Income Fund, | |
| b) | American Beacon Sound Point Floating Rate Income Fund to American Beacon FEAC Floating Rate Income Fund, and | |
| c) | American Beacon Tocqueville International Value Fund to the American Beacon EAM International Small Cap 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/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| President | |||
| RESOLUTE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTORS, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
| Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| President & CEO | |||
Amended and Restated Schedule 1
Funds and Classes of the Client
As of January 31, 2023
| 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 |
| Developing World Income Fund | R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 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 |
| NIS Core Plus Bond Fund | A, C, Y, R6 |
| Xxxxxxx Equity Opportunities Fund | R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Xxxxxxx XXXX 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 |
| FEAC Floating Rate Income Fund | R5, Investor, A, C, Y, SP |
| SSI Alternative Income Fund | R5, Investor, Y |
| Xxxxxxxx Mid-Cap Growth Fund | R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| Xxxxxxxx Small Cap Growth Fund | R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| The London Company Income Equity Fund | R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| EAM International Small Cap 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 |
