FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.(e)(2)
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of the 31st day of March 2009, as amended, by and between American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Select Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust that acts as an open-end investment company (each a “Client” and, collectively, the “Clients”) and Foreside Fund, Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Foreside”) is entered into as of March 22, 2017 (the “Effective Date”).
WHEREAS, Foreside and the Client(s) desire to amend Schedule 1 of the Agreement to update the Funds to add the American Beacon Alpha Quant Core Fund, American Beacon Alpha Quant Dividend Fund, American Beacon Alpha Quant Quality Fund, and American Beacon Alpha Quant Value Fund, update Classes of the Clients, including the addition of the T Share Class to the Small Cap Value Fund; and
WHEREAS, the parties may amend Schedule 1 in accordance with Sections 7.5 and 8 of the Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| I. | Schedule 1 to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as attached hereto; |
| II. | All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in effect and are hereby incorporated herein by reference. |
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 Select Funds
By: /s/Xxxx X. Needles, Jr._________
Xxxx X. Needles, Jr., President
FORESIDE FUND SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/Xxxx X. Fairbanks__________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Vice President
AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS
Schedule 1
Funds and Classes of the Clients
As of March 22, 2017
| Funds | Classes |
| American Beacon Funds | |
| Acadian Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Alpha Quant Core Fund | Institutional, Investor, Y |
| Alpha Quant Dividend Fund | Institutional, Investor, Y |
| Alpha Quant Quality Fund | Institutional, Investor, Y |
| Alpha Quant Value Fund | Institutional, Investor, Y |
| ARK Disruptive Innovation Fund | Institutional, Investor, Y |
| Xxxx & Xxxxxx Small Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Balanced Fund | Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y |
| Bridgeway Large Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Bridgeway Large Cap Value Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| Crescent Short Duration High Income Fund | Institutional, Investor, A,C, Y |
| Flexible Bond Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Quality Bond Fund | Institutional, Investor, Y |
| GLG Total Return Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y, Ultra |
| Global Evolution Frontier Markets Income Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Grosvenor Long/Short Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Holland Large Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| International Equity Fund | Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| Ionic Strategic Arbitrage Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Large Cap Value Fund | Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| Mid-Cap Value Fund | Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y |
| Numeric Integrated Alpha Fund | Institutional, Investor, Y, Ultra |
| SGA Global Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Small Cap Value Fund | Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6, T |
| SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Sound Point Floating Rate Income Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y, XX |
| Xxxxxxxx Mid-Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Xxxxxxxx Small Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| The London Company Income Equity Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| Zebra Small Cap Equity Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
| American Beacon Select Funds | |
| U.S. Gov’t. Money Market Select Fund | Select |
