THIRD AMENDMENT TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99.(e)(4)

THIRD AMENDMENT TO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Third Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of the 6^th day of December, 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 limited liability company (“Resolute”).

The attached amended and restated Schedule I to add the American Beacon Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Fund, American Beacon Tocqueville International Value Fund and the American Beacon AHL TargetRisk Fund and to remove the American Beacon Flexible Bond Fund is hereby incorporated into the Agreement, as amended, on behalf of each Fund of a Trust listed on Schedule I hereto, as may be amended from time to time (each, a “Fund”), and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and supersedes any prior Schedule I to the Agreement.

Dated: December 6, 2018

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 & COO
			RESOLUTE INVESTMENT
			DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
		By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Needles, Jr.
			Xxxx X. Needles, Jr.
			President

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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Amended and Restated Schedule 1

Funds and Classes of the Client

As of December 6, 2018

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
AHL TargetRisk Fund	Institutional, Investor, 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 Transformational 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
Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Value Fund	Institutional, Investor, Y
Crescent Short Duration High Income Fund	Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Quality Bond Fund	Institutional, Investor, Y
GLG Total Return Fund	Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y, Ultra
Frontier Markets Income Fund	Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y
Grosvenor Long/Short Fund	Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y, Ultra
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, R6
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
SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund	Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y
Xxxxxxx Equity Opportunities Fund	Institutional, Investor, Y
Xxxxxxx XXXX Cap Equity Fund	Institutional, Investor, 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
Tocqueville International Value Fund	Institutional, Investor, Y
TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund	Institutional, Investor, Y, Ultra
Zebra Small Cap Equity Fund	Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y
American Beacon Select Funds
U.S. Gov’t. Money Market Select Fund	Select