# EDGAR Filing Document

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**0001133228-26-004893.hdr.sgml**: 20260408

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001133228-26-004893

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485APOS

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260408

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260408

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001096012

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485APOS
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-09603
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26848720

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 220 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1200
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8173916100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 220 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1200
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN AADVANTAGE SELECT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20011130

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN SELECT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19990929
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001096012

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485APOS
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-88343
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26848719

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 220 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1200
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8173916100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 220 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1200
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN AADVANTAGE SELECT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20011130

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN SELECT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19990929

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2026

1933 Act File No. 333-88343

1940 Act File No. 811-09603

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

Washington, D.C. 20549

**FORM N-1A**

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ☒

Pre-Effective Amendment No. ☐ <br> Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 ☒ <br> (Check appropriate box or boxes.)

&nbsp;&nbsp;and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ☒

Amendment No. 64 ☒

&nbsp;&nbsp;(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

**AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

220 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200

Irving, Texas 75039

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (817) 391-6100

Gregory J. Stumm, President

220 East Las Colinas Boulevard

Suite 1200

Irving, Texas 75039

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copies to:

Kathy K. Ingber, Esq.

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20006-1600

**It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)**

☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☐ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☒ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

☐ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

**If appropriate, check the following box:**

☐ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

**The information in this Prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration** **statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is** **not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American Beacon |

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**PROSPECTUS**

[XX XX, 2026]

American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF [XXXXX]

*This Prospectus contains important information you should know about investing, including information about risks. Please read it before you invest and keep it for future reference.*

Fund shares are not individually redeemable. Fund shares are listed on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange").

As with all exchange-traded funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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**Table of Contents**

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| [Fund Summary](#chapter_2_2758) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF](#chapter_2-sect1_1_2758) | [1](#chapter_2-sect1_1_2758) |
| [Additional Information About the Fund](#chapter_3_2758) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Additional Information About Investment Policies and Strategies](#chapter_3-sect1_1_2758) | [7](#chapter_3-sect1_1_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Additional Information About the Management of the Fund](#chapter_3-sect1_2_2758) | [7](#chapter_3-sect1_2_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Additional Information About Investments](#chapter_3-sect1_3_2758) | [7](#chapter_3-sect1_3_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Additional Information About Risks](#chapter_3-sect1_4_2758) | [8](#chapter_3-sect1_4_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Additional Information About Performance Index](#chapter_3-sect1_5_2758) | [16](#chapter_3-sect1_5_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Portfolio Holdings Information](#chapter_3-sect1_6_2758) | [16](#chapter_3-sect1_6_2758) |
| [Fund Management](#chapter_4_2758) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [The Manager](#chapter_4-sect1_1_2758) | [16](#chapter_4-sect1_1_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [The Sub-Advisor](#chapter_4-sect1_2_2758) | [17](#chapter_4-sect1_2_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [The Distributor](#chapter_4-sect1_3_2758) | [17](#chapter_4-sect1_3_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Valuation of Shares](#chapter_4-sect1_4_2758) | [17](#chapter_4-sect1_4_2758) |
| [About Your Investment](#chapter_5_2758) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Purchase and Redemption of Shares](#chapter_5-sect1_1_2758) | [18](#chapter_5-sect1_1_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Frequent Trading and Market Timing](#chapter_5-sect1_2_2758) | [19](#chapter_5-sect1_2_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Distributions and Taxes](#chapter_5-sect1_3_2758) | [19](#chapter_5-sect1_3_2758) |
| [Additional Information](#chapter_6_2758) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Distribution Plan](#chapter_6-sect1_1_2758) | [20](#chapter_6-sect1_1_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Portfolio Holdings](#chapter_6-sect1_2_2758) | [20](#chapter_6-sect1_2_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Delivery of Documents](#chapter_6-sect1_3_2758) | [20](#chapter_6-sect1_3_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Financial Highlights](#chapter_6-sect1_4_2758) | [21](#chapter_6-sect1_4_2758) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; *Back Cover* |  |
| [Appendix](#chapter_8_2758) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [Appendix A: Glossary](#chapter_8-sect1_1_2758) | [A-1](#chapter_8-sect1_1_2758) |

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Investment Objective

The Fund's investment objective is to seek to provide a high level of current income that is not subject to federal income tax.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

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**.

**Shareholder Fees** (fees paid directly from your investment)

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| **Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |  |
| Management Fees | 0.55% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees<sup>1</sup> | 0.00% |
| Other Expenses<sup>2</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses** | **0.55%** |

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| 1 | Pursuant to a Distribution Plan, the Fund may bear a Rule 12b-1 fee not to exceed 0.25% per year of the Fund's average daily net assets. However, no such fee is currently paid by the Fund, and the Board of Trustees has not currently approved the commencement of any payments under the Distribution Plan. |

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2 Other Expenses are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year.

**Example**

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other 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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, whether you redeem or hold your shares, your costs would be:

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| **1 Year** | **3 Years** |
| $[XX] | $[XX] |

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Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or ''turns over'' its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate for the Fund's most recent fiscal year is not provided because the Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in a diversified portfolio of tax-exempt municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are obligations issued by or on behalf of states, territories and possessions of the United States (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam), their political subdivisions - such as cities and counties - and their agencies or authorities to finance public-purpose projects. All investments in the Fund are denominated in U.S. dollars. The interest on municipal bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, although a significant portion of such interest may be a tax-preference item for purposes of the federal alternative minimum tax (the "AMT") applicable to noncorporate taxpayers.

The Fund typically invests in medium- and lower-quality bonds rated BBB+ or lower by S&P Global Ratings ("S&P"), comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO"), or, if unrated, determined by abrdn Inc. (the "sub-advisor") to be of comparable quality. The Fund's investments include non-investment-grade debt securities (commonly referred to as "high yield" or "junk" bonds), which are rated BB+ or lower by S&P, comparably rated by another NRSRO, or, if unrated, determined by the sub-advisor to be of comparable quality. If a bond is rated differently among NRSROs (commonly referred to as '"split-rated"), the sub-advisor can consider the bond to have the higher credit rating. The Fund may invest an unlimited amount of its total assets in non-investment-grade debt securities. Although the sub-advisor considers credit ratings in selecting investments for the Fund, it makes investment decisions based on its own credit analysis rather than an NRSRO's credit rating. In making such evaluations, the sub-advisor considers, among other attributes, the issuer's financial resources and operating history; its sensitivity to economic conditions and trends; its debt maturity schedules and borrowing requirements; and the relative value of the investment based on anticipated cash flows, interest- and asset-coverage metrics.

The Fund may invest in higher-quality municipal bonds at times when yield spreads are narrow and the sub-advisor believes that the higher yields available in lower-quality bonds do not compensate for the increased risk, or when, in the opinion of the sub-advisor, there is a lack of medium- and lower-quality bonds in which to invest.

The sub-advisor determines the desired duration and maturity profile of the Fund's holdings based on its view of interest rates. The Fund may invest in instruments of any maturity, although it will generally seek instruments with remaining maturities of 5 to 30 years.

In selecting investments for the Fund, the sub-advisor begins with top-down macro themes, including sector outlook, geographic strength, economic conditions, interest rate expectations, and credit spread dynamics. Within these macro views, the sub-advisor seeks to capture a broad range of credit opportunities through bottom-up fundamental research, evaluating factors such as debt profile, liquidity, profitability, management quality, security and covenant protections, and socioeconomic trends, among other factors. The sub-advisor generally emphasizes yield-oriented opportunities to help maximize the Fund's tax efficiency and minimize taxable capital gains. In constructing the portfolio, the sub-advisor also monitors state- and sector-level exposures and single issuer allocations as it seeks to manage concentration risk and maintain diversification.

Municipal bonds in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, auction rate securities, private activity bonds ("PABs"), moral obligation bonds, municipal notes, municipal commercial paper, municipal lease obligations and tender-option bonds.

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Revenue bonds are payable only from specific sources, such as the revenue from a particular project, special taxes, certain lease payments, or other appropriated funds. Revenue bonds may include private-activity bonds (or "PABs") that finance private initiatives, such as housing bonds that finance pools of single-family mortgages; student-loan bonds that finance student loans; education bonds that finance charter schools; and health care bonds that finance hospitals and other medical facilities. They may also include tobacco bonds issued by state-created special-purpose entities that securitize a state's share of tobacco-settlement revenues. Revenue bonds may be issued as commercial paper, notes, lease obligations, or tender-option bonds. A moral obligation bond is a revenue-backed instrument where a state or municipality "morally" – but not legally – pledges to appropriate funds to replenish a debt service reserve fund if projected revenues fall short. A municipal lease obligation is issued to finance the acquisition of equipment and facilities. A municipal tender-option bond is a structured product that divides a bond into short-term, floating-rate certificates with a tender option and longer-term, inverse floating-rate securities. The Fund will invest in tender-option floaters and is not expected to hold inverse floaters. The Fund may have significant exposure to the Health Care and Education sectors. Health Care includes industries such as hospitals, hospital districts, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes, and assisted living, among others. Education includes charter schools, school districts, and higher education facilities, among others. However, as the sector composition of the Fund's portfolio changes over time, the Fund's exposure to the Health Care and Education sectors may decline, and the Fund's exposure to other market sectors may increase.

The debt securities held by the Fund may be in the form of general obligation bonds, debentures, zero-coupon securities, and callable securities. A general obligation bond is secured by the full faith and credit of its issuer, while a debenture is unsecured. A zero-coupon security does not make periodic interest payments. A callable security may be redeemed, or called, by the issuer prior to maturity date, ceasing interest payments. The Fund can invest in securities that are not registered and thus restricted in their ability to be traded.

In determining whether to sell a security, the sub-advisor uses similar analysis as it employs when purchasing securities. The analysis generally begins with an outlook on the credit quality and relative value of the instrument followed by macroeconomic and sector-related considerations. Securities may also be sold to rebalance the Fund's holdings, to take advantage of more attractive investment opportunities, or to raise cash. The Fund may invest cash balances in cash equivalents, including municipal money market funds and municipal debt exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), which may be advised by the sub-advisor and for which the sub-advisor will also receive a management fee.

Principal Risks

There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose part or all of your investment in the Fund. **The Fund is not** **designed for investors who need an assured level of current income and is intended to be a long-term investment. The Fund is not a complete** **investment program and may not be appropriate for all investors. Investors should carefully consider their own investment goals and risk** **tolerance before investing in the Fund.** The principal risks of investing in the Fund listed below are presented in alphabetical order and not in order of importance or potential exposure. Among other matters, this presentation is intended to facilitate your ability to find particular risks and compare them with the risks of other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a "principal risk" of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears.

**Callable Securities Risk**<br>The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities with call features. A call feature allows the issuer of the security to redeem or call the security prior to its stated maturity date. In periods of falling interest rates, issuers may be more likely to call in securities that are paying higher coupon rates than prevailing interest rates. In the event of a call, the Fund would lose the income that would have been earned to maturity on that security, and the proceeds received by the Fund may be invested in securities paying lower coupon rates and may not benefit from any increase in value that might otherwise result from declining interest rates.

**Counterparty Risk**<br>The Fund is subject to the risk that a party or participant to a transaction, such as a broker, will be unwilling or unable to satisfy its obligation to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments or to otherwise honor its obligations to the Fund.

**Credit Risk**<br>The Fund is subject to the risk that the issuer, guarantor or insurer of an obligation, or the counterparty to a transaction, may fail, or become less able or unwilling, to make timely payment of interest or principal or otherwise honor its obligations or default completely. Changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of an issuer, or a downgrade or default affecting any of the Fund's securities, could affect the Fund's performance. Generally, the longer the maturity and the lower the credit quality of a security, the more sensitive it is to credit risk.

**Cybersecurity and Operational Risk**<br>Operational risks arising from, among other problems, human errors, systems and technology disruptions or failures, or cybersecurity incidents may negatively impact the Fund, its service providers and third-party fund distribution platforms, including the ability of shareholders to transact in the Fund's shares, and result in financial losses. Cybersecurity incidents may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, shareholder data, or proprietary information, or cause the Fund or its service providers, as well as securities trading venues and their service providers, to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. Cybersecurity incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. It is not possible for the Fund or its service providers to identify all of the operational risks that may affect the Fund or to develop processes and controls to completely eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects. The Fund cannot control the cybersecurity and operational plans and systems of its service providers, its counterparties or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. The issuers of the Fund's investments are likely to be dependent on computers for their operations and require ready access to their data and the internet to conduct their business. Thus, cybersecurity incidents could also affect issuers of the Fund's investments, leading to significant loss of value.

**Debentures Risk**<br>Debentures are unsecured debt securities. The holder of a debenture is protected only by the general creditworthiness of the issuer. The Fund may invest in both corporate and government debentures.

**Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs") Risk** <br>As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

■ Authorized
 Participants Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as authorized participants (i.e., large institutions
 that have entered into agreements with the distributor of the Fund's shares and are authorized to transact in Creation Units (described
 below) with the Fund)
 ("Authorized Participants"). Only an Authorized Participant may transact in Creation Units directly with the Fund, and none
 of those Authorized
 Participants is obligated to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent they exit the business or are otherwise
 unable to proceed
 in creation and redemption transactions with the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem
 shares, then shares
 of the Fund may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to net asset value ("NAV") and possibly face trading halts
 or delisting. Authorized Participant
 concentration risk may be heightened for ETFs that invest in securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes.

■ Cash
 Transactions Risk. Like other ETFs, the Fund sells and redeems its shares primarily in large blocks called "Creation Units" and only to Authorized Participants. Unlike
 many other ETFs, however, the Fund expects to effect its creations and redemptions at least partially or
 fully for cash, rather
 than in-kind

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securities. Thus, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in other ETFs as the Fund may recognize a capital gain that it could have avoided by making redemptions in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher capital gains distributions than ETFs that redeem in-kind. Further, paying redemption proceeds in cash rather than through in-kind delivery of portfolio securities may require the Fund to dispose of or sell portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds at an inopportune time.

■ Premium/Discount
 Risk. There may be
 times when the market price of the Fund's shares is more than its NAV (at a premium) or less than its NAV (at a discount).
 As a result, shareholders of the Fund may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and receive less than NAV when selling Fund shares.
 This risk is heightened
 in times of market volatility or periods of steep market declines. In such market conditions, market or stop loss orders to sell Fund
 shares may be executed
 at prices well below NAV.

■ Secondary
 Market Trading Risk. Investors buying or selling shares in the secondary market will normally pay brokerage commissions, which are often a fixed amount
 and may be a significant proportional cost for investors buying or selling relatively small amounts of shares. In addition, such investors
 may incur the cost
 of the "spread" also known as the bid-ask spread, which is the difference between what investors are willing to pay for Fund
 shares (the "bid" price)
 and the price at which they are willing to sell Fund shares (the "ask" price). The bid-ask spread varies over time based on,
 among other things, trading
 volume, market liquidity and market volatility. Trading in Fund shares may be halted by the Exchange (as defined below) because of market conditions or other
 reasons. If a trading halt occurs, a shareholder may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell shares of the Fund. In addition, although the Fund's shares
 are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares will develop or be maintained or that the Fund's shares
 will continue to be listed.

**High-Yield Securities Risk**<br>Exposure to high-yield, below investment-grade securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") generally involves significantly greater risks than an investment in investment grade securities. High-yield debt securities may fluctuate more widely in price and yield and may fall in price when the economy is weak or expected to become weak. These securities also may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund desires. High-yield securities are considered to be speculative with respect to an issuer's ability to pay interest and principal and carry a greater risk that the issuers of lower-rated securities will default on the timely payment of principal and interest. High-yield securities may experience greater price volatility and less liquidity than investment grade securities. Issuers of securities that are in default or have defaulted may fail to resume principal or interest payments, in which case the Fund may lose its entire investment.

**Interest Rate Risk**<br>Generally, the value of investments with interest rate risk, such as fixed-income securities, will move in the opposite direction as movements in interest rates. Factors including central bank monetary policy, rising inflation rates, and changes in general economic conditions may cause interest rates to rise, which could cause the value of the Fund's investments to decline. Interest rate increases, including significant or rapid increases, may result in a decline in the value of bonds held by the Fund, make issuers less willing or able to make principal and interest payments on fixed-income investments when due, lead to heightened volatility in the fixed-income markets and adversely affect the liquidity of certain fixed-income investments, any of which may result in substantial losses to the Fund. When interest rates decline, issuers may prepay higher-yielding securities held by the Fund, resulting in the Fund reinvesting in securities with lower yields, which may cause a decline in its income. The prices of fixed-income securities are also affected by their durations. Fixed-income securities with longer durations generally have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates than those with shorter durations. Rising interest rates may cause the value of the Fund's investments with longer durations and terms to maturity to decline, which may adversely affect the value of the Fund. For example, if a bond has a duration of 8 years, a 1% increase in interest rates could be expected to result in an 8% decrease in the value of the bond. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of fixed income securities and instruments held by the Fund.

**Investment Risk**<br>An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. When you sell your shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Issuer Risk**<br>The value of, and/or the return generated by, a security may decline for a number of reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services, as well as the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer and the value of its assets.

**Liquidity Risk**<br>The Fund is susceptible to the risk that certain investments held by the Fund may have limited marketability, be subject to restrictions on sale, be difficult or impossible to purchase or sell at favorable times or prices or become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse credit events that may affect issuers or guarantors of a security. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities. Market prices for such instruments may be volatile. During periods of substantial market volatility, an investment or even an entire market segment may become illiquid, sometimes abruptly, which can adversely affect the Fund's ability to limit losses. The Fund could lose money if it is unable to dispose of an investment at a time that is most beneficial to the Fund. The Fund may be required to dispose of investments at unfavorable times or prices to satisfy obligations, which may result in losses or may be costly to the Fund. For example, liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments in the event of higher than normal redemption rates. Judgment plays a greater role in pricing illiquid investments than in investments with more active markets.

**Market Risk**<br>The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions and other factors, which may negatively affect the Fund's performance. The financial markets generally move in cycles, with periods of rising prices followed by periods of declining prices. The value of your investment may reflect these fluctuations. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value simultaneously. Even when certain securities prices have generally increased over time, there have been periods of price decreases during those times, resulting in losses for investors, which are likely to occur again in the future.

Geopolitical and other events, including war, terrorism, trade disputes, pandemics, public health crises, natural disasters, and cybersecurity incidents, have led, and in the future may continue to lead, to general instability in world economies and markets and reduced liquidity in securities, which may negatively affect the value of your investment.

The financial markets generally move in cycles, with periods of rising prices followed by periods of declining prices.

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Policies established by the U.S. government and/or Federal Reserve and economic and political circumstances within the U.S. and abroad, such as inflation, changes in interest rates, recessions, changes in government leadership, a government's inability to agree on a budget, high public debt, the threat or occurrence of a federal government shutdown and threats or the occurrence of a failure to increase the federal government's debt limit, which could result in a default on the government's obligations, may negatively affect investor and consumer confidence and may negatively impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree.

Markets and market participants are increasingly reliant upon public and proprietary data and systems. Data or technology malfunctions and inaccuracies may disrupt markets and lead to negative consequences for market participants like the Fund.

■ Recent
 Market Events Risk. Both U.S. and international markets have experienced significant volatility in recent months and years. As a result of such volatility,
 investment returns may fluctuate significantly. Moreover, during periods of significant volatility, the risks discussed herein associated
 with an investment
 in the Fund may be increased. National economies are substantially interconnected, as are global financial markets, which creates the
 possibility that conditions
 in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. However, the interconnectedness of economies
 and/ or markets may
 be changing, which may impact such economies and markets in ways that cannot be foreseen at this time. <br> Some
 countries, including the  U.S., have adopted more protectionist trade policies, including trade tariffs and other trade barriers,
 which is a trend that appears
 to be continuing globally. The economies of all nations, including the U.S., are subject to the risks of slowing global economic growth,
 protectionist trade
 policies, inflationary pressures, limits imposed by international trade and security agreements, political or economic dysfunction, poor
 consumer sentiment,
 and reduced demand for goods due to fluctuating commodity prices and currency values, and these risks may create significant market volatility in ways that cannot
 be foreseen at the present time. These economic risks could have a negative impact on the Fund's investments. <br> The
 U.S. Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have started to lower interest rates, though economic or other factors could stop
 or reverse such changes.
 It is difficult to accurately predict the various economic and political factors that influence the pace at which interest rates might
 change, the timing,
 frequency or magnitude of any such changes in interest rates, or when such changes might stop or again reverse course. Changes in interest
 rates could lead to
 an economic slowdown in the U.S. and abroad, significant market volatility and reduced liquidity in certain sectors of the market. <br> Tensions,
 war, or open conflict between nations, such as between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East or in eastern Asia could affect the economies
 of many nations, including
 the United States. The duration of ongoing hostilities and sanctions cannot be predicted. Those events present material uncertainty and
 risk with respect to markets globally and the performance of the Fund and its investments or operations could be negatively impacted. <br> Advancements
 in technology, including advanced development and increased regulation of artificial intelligence, may adversely impact market movements and liquidity. As
 artificial intelligence is used more widely, which can occur relatively rapidly, the profitability and growth of certain issuers and industries may be negatively
 impacted in ways that cannot be foreseen and could adversely impact issuer and market performance. As a consequence, the Fund's holdings and its overall
 performance could be negatively impacted. <br> Global
 climate change may affect property and security values. Certain issuers, industries and regions may be adversely affected by the impacts
 of climate change
 in ways that cannot be foreseen. The impacts of legislation, regulation and international accords related to climate change, as well as
 any indirect consequences
 that may not be foreseen, may negatively impact certain issuers, industries and regions.

**Municipal Securities Risk**<br>Municipal securities could be affected by adverse political and legislative changes. The ability of a municipal issuer to make payments can be affected by uncertainties in the municipal securities market, including: litigation; the strength of the local or national economy; the issuer's ability to raise revenues through tax or other means; budgetary constraints of local, state and federal governments upon which the issuer may be relying for funding; a legislature's willingness or ability to appropriate funds needed to pay municipal securities obligations; the bankruptcy of the issuer; adverse political and legislative changes, including to eliminate or limit the tax-exempt status of municipal bond interest or dividends; and other changes in the financial condition of a municipality. At times, municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations or commenced insolvency proceedings. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or get worse in the future. Reductions in tax rates may make municipal securities less attractive in comparison to taxable bonds. In addition, the Fund's investments in municipal securities are subject to the following risks:

■ Auction
 Rate Securities Risk. Auction rate securities are bonds whose interest rates are set at specified intervals through an auction process where all holders of
 the auction rate securities receive the same rate. Holders of auction rate securities rely on the liquidity generated by the auction,
 and there is a risk that an
 auction will fail due to insufficient demand for the securities. If an auction fails, an auction rate security may become illiquid until
 a subsequent successful
 auction is conducted, the issuer redeems the issue, or a secondary market develops.

■ General
 Obligation Bonds Risk. A general obligation bond is secured by the full faith, credit and taxing power of the issuing municipality, not revenues from a
 specific project or source. Consequently, timely payments depend on the issuer's credit quality, ability to raise tax revenues and
 ability to maintain an adequate
 tax base. A municipality in which the Fund invests may experience significant financial difficulties, including bankruptcy or default,
 which may negatively
 impact the Fund.

■ Municipal
 Commercial Paper and Notes Risk. Municipal commercial paper and notes are unsecured short-term obligations issued by a state or municipality. These
 usually are general obligations of the issuer and are sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes, or receipt of other revenues.
 Payment of these is
 dependent upon the issuer's receipt of the anticipated revenues.

■ Municipal
 Lease Obligations Risk. Municipal lease obligations typically are not fully backed by a municipality's credit and thus interest thereon may become taxable
 if the lease is assigned, which may reduce the value of the Fund's investment. While the issuer does not pledge its taxing power
 for payment of the lease
 obligation, the lease obligation is secured by the leased property. However, if the issuer of a lease obligation does not fulfill its
 payment obligation, it may
 be difficult to sell the property, and the proceeds of a sale may not cover the loss incurred by the Fund.

■ Private
 Activity Bonds Risk. The issuers of private activity bonds in which the Fund may invest may be negatively impacted by conditions affecting either the general
 credit of the user of the private activity project or a project itself. The Fund's private activity bond holdings also may pay interest
 subject to the alternative
 minimum tax. See the section of the Prospectus entitled "About Your Investment-Distributions and Taxes" for more details.

■ Revenue
 Obligations Risk. Payments of interest and principal on revenue obligations are made only from the revenues generated by a particular facility or class
 of facilities or the proceeds of a special tax or other revenue source. These payments depend on the money earned by the particular facility
 or class of facilities,
 or the amount of revenues derived from another source. Revenue obligations are not a debt or liability of the local or state government
 and do not obligate
 that government to levy or pledge any form of taxation or to make any appropriation for payment.

■ Moral
 Obligation Bonds Risk. A moral obligation bond is a type of revenue bond with a non-binding commitment by the state or municipality to pay principal
 and interest if revenues from a project are insufficient to make such payments. There is a risk that the state or municipality may not
 approve such payments
 or may delay such payments since there is no legal obligation by the state or municipality to make such payments.

■ Tender-Option
 Bond Floaters Risk. Tender option bond floaters are created when municipal bonds are deposited into a trust or other special purpose vehicle, which
 issues two classes of certificates with varying economic interests one of which is tender option bond floaters. These are floating rate
 certificates that receive
 tax-exempt interest based on short-term rates and its holders may tender the certificates to the trust at face value. Investments in tender
 option

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bond floaters expose the Fund to variable and floating rate securities risk. A trust may be terminated if, for example, the issuer of the underlying bond defaults on interest payments or the credit rating assigned to the issuer of the underlying bond is downgraded.

**New Fund Risk**<br>The Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. The current performance of the Fund may not represent how it is expected to, or may, perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies. Investment positions may have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on the Fund's performance. The Fund may also require a period of time before it is invested in securities that meet its investment objectives and policies and achieves a representative portfolio composition. Fund performance may be lower or higher during this "ramp-up" period, and may also be more volatile, than would be the case after the Fund is fully invested. Similarly, the Fund's investment strategies may require a longer period of time to show returns that are representative of the strategies. As a new ETF, the Fund may experience low trading volume and wide bid-ask spreads.

**Other Investment Companies Risk**<br>To the extent that the Fund invests in shares of other registered investment companies, the Fund will indirectly bear the fees and expenses charged by those investment companies in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses. To the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies that invest in equity securities, fixed-income securities and/or foreign securities, or that track an index, the Fund is subject to the risks associated with the underlying investments held by the investment company or the index fluctuations to which the investment company is subject. The Fund will be subject to the risks associated with investments in those companies, including but not limited to the following:

■ Municipal
 Debt ETFs Risk. Because
 ETFs are listed on an exchange, they may be subject to trading halts, may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset
 value ("NAV") and may not be liquid. An ETF that tracks an index may not precisely replicate the returns of that index, and
 an actively-managed ETF's performance
 will reflect its adviser's ability to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving the ETF's investment objectives.
 Future legislative or regulatory
 changes, including changes in taxation, could impact the operation of ETFs. ETFs that invest in municipal debt may be highly impacted
 by events tied to
 the overall municipal securities market, which can be very volatile and significantly affected by unfavorable tax, legislative or political
 developments and adverse
 changes in the financial conditions of issuers.

■ Municipal
 Money Market Funds Risk. Investments in institutional municipal money market funds are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, and market risk. Municipal
 money market funds may be highly impacted by events tied to the overall municipal securities market, which can be very volatile and significantly affected by unfavorable
 tax, legislative or political developments and adverse changes in the financial conditions of issuers. Although a municipal money market
 fund is designed to provide income exempt from federal income taxes, income from securities held by a municipal money market fund could become taxable due
 to changes in tax laws or noncompliant conduct of a state or municipality.

**Restricted Securities Risk**<br>Securities not registered in the U.S. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or in non-U.S. markets pursuant to similar regulations, including "Section 4(a)(2)" securities and "Rule 144A" securities, are restricted as to their resale. Such securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. The prices of these securities may be more difficult to determine than publicly traded securities and these securities may involve heightened risk as compared to investments in securities of publicly traded companies. They may be more difficult to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price because such securities may not be readily marketable in broad public markets or may have to be held for a certain time period before they can be resold. The Fund may not be able to sell a restricted security when the sub-advisor considers it desirable to do so and/or may have to sell the security at a lower price than the Fund believes is its fair market value. In addition, transaction costs may be higher for restricted securities and the Fund may receive only limited information regarding the issuer of a restricted security. The Fund may have to bear the expense of registering restricted securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration.

**Sector Risk**<br>When the Fund focuses its investments in certain sectors of the economy, its performance could fluctuate more widely than if the Fund were invested more evenly across sectors. Issuers in the same economic sector may be similarly affected by economic or market events, making the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that economic sector than funds that invest more broadly. Additionally, individual sectors may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the broader market. As the Fund's portfolio changes over time, the Fund's exposure to a particular sector may become higher or lower.

■ Education
 Sector Risk. The Fund
 may invest a significant portion of its assets in education bonds. In general, there are two types of bonds that are associated
 with the education sector: those that are issued to finance projects for public and private colleges and universities, and those that
 represent pooled interests
 in student loans. Bonds issued to supply educational institutions with funds are subject to the risk of unanticipated revenue decline, primarily the result
 of decreasing student enrollment or decreased state and federal funding. Factors that may lead to declining or insufficient revenues include
 restrictions on students' ability to pay tuition, availability of state and federal funding, and general economic conditions. Student
 loan revenue bonds
 are generally offered by state (or sub-state) authorities or commissions and are backed by pools of student loans. Risks associated with
 student loan revenue
 bonds include rate of student loan defaults, seasoning of the loan portfolio, student repayment deferral periods of forbearance, potential
 changes in federal
 legislation, state guarantee agency reimbursements, and continued federal interest and other program subsidies currently in effect.

■ Health
 Care Sector Risk. The Fund may invest in bonds issued by state or local authorities that are secured by the revenues of health care facilities, including life care facilities,
 nursing homes and hospitals. A major source of revenue for the health care industry is payments from Medicare and Medicaid programs, and
 the industry is sensitive to legislative changes and reductions in governmental spending for such programs. Other factors that may affect
 the health care sector
 and the value and credit quality of health care bonds include general and local economic conditions, demand for services, expenses (including malpractice insurance
 premiums), and competition among health care providers. Health care facility operations may be adversely affected by national or state-specific
 health insurance exchanges; other national, state, or local health care reforms; medical and technological advances that may alter the
 need for health services
 or how such health services are delivered; changes in medical coverage altering the traditional fee-for-service revenue stream; efforts
 to reduce the costs
 of health insurance and health-care services; and increases and decreases in the cost and availability of medical products.

**Secured, Partially Secured and Unsecured Obligation Risk**<br>Debt obligations may be secured, partially secured or unsecured. Interests in secured and partially-secured obligations have the benefit of collateral and, typically, of restrictive covenants limiting the ability of the borrower to further encumber its assets. However, there is no assurance that the liquidation of collateral from a secured or partially-secured obligation would satisfy the borrower's obligation, or that the collateral can be liquidated. Furthermore, there is a risk that the value of any collateral securing an obligation in which the Fund has an interest may decline and that the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed on the obligation. In the event the borrower defaults, the Fund's access to the collateral may be limited or delayed by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. Unsecured debt, including senior unsecured and subordinated debt, will not be secured by any collateral and will be effectively subordinated to a borrower's secured indebtedness (to the extent of the collateral securing such indebtedness). With respect to unsecured obligations, the Fund lacks any collateral on which to foreclose to satisfy its claim in whole or in part. Such instruments generally have greater price volatility than that of fully secured holdings and may be less liquid.

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**Securities Selection Risk**<br>Securities selected for the Fund may not perform to expectations. This could result in the Fund's underperformance compared to its performance index(es), or other funds with similar investment objectives or strategies.

**Tax and Political Risk**<br>There is no guarantee that the Fund's income will be exempt from U.S. federal income taxes and the federal AMT. The sub-advisor relies on prospectus disclosure of the tax opinion from the bond issuer's counsel as to the tax-exempt status of the investment. None of the Manager, the sub-advisor or the Fund guarantees that these opinions are correct, and there is no assurance that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") will agree with the bond issuer's counsel's tax opinion. Interest payments from a security could become federally taxable, possibly retroactively to the date the security was issued, and the security could decline significantly in value. The interest on any money market instruments or other cash equivalents held by a Fund may be subject to federal, state and local income taxation and the federal Medicare contribution tax.

A significant restructuring of federal income tax rates, or even serious discussion on the topic in Congress, could cause municipal bond prices to fall. The demand for municipal securities is strongly influenced by the value of tax-exempt income to investors. Lower income tax rates could reduce the advantage of owning municipal securities.

**Unrated Securities Risk**<br>Because the Fund may purchase securities that are not rated by any rating organization, the sub-advisor, after assessing their credit quality, may internally assign ratings to certain of those securities in categories similar to those of rating organizations. Unrated securities are subject to the risk that the sub-advisor may not accurately evaluate the security's comparative credit rating. Some unrated securities may not have an active trading market or may be difficult to value, which means the Fund might have difficulty selling them promptly at an acceptable price. Unrated securities may be subject to greater liquidity risk and price volatility.

**Valuation Risk**<br>Certain of the Fund's assets may be valued at a price different from the price at which they can be sold. This risk may be especially pronounced for investments that are illiquid or may become illiquid, or securities that trade in relatively thin markets and/or markets that experience extreme volatility. The valuation of the Fund's investments in an accurate and timely manner may be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by third party service providers, such as pricing services or accounting agents.

**Variable and Floating Rate Securities Risk**<br>The coupons on variable and floating-rate securities are not fixed and may fluctuate based upon changes in market rates. A variable rate security has a coupon that is adjusted at pre-designated periods in response to changes in the market rate of interest on which the coupon is based. The coupon on a floating rate security is generally based on an interest rate, such as a money-market index, Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), or a Treasury bill rate. Variable and floating rate securities are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk. As short-term interest rates decline, the coupons on variable and floating-rate securities typically decrease. Alternatively, during periods of rising short-term interest rates, the coupons on variable and floating-rate securities typically increase. Changes in the coupons of variable and floating-rate securities may lag behind changes in market rates or may have limits on the maximum increases in the coupon rates. The value of variable and floating-rate securities may decline if their coupons do not rise as much, or as quickly, as interest rates in general. Conversely, variable and floating rate securities will not generally increase in value if interest rates decline. Certain types of variable and floating rate instruments may be subject to greater liquidity risk than other debt securities.

**Zero Coupon Securities Risk**<br>Zero coupon securities are debt securities that do not make periodic interest payments prior to maturity or a specified redemption date (or cash payment date). Accordingly, zero coupon securities usually trade at a deep discount from their face or par value and will be subject to greater fluctuations in market value in response to changing interest rates than debt obligations of comparable maturities that make current distribution of interest in cash. While interest payments are not made on such securities, the Fund accrues income with respect to these securities for federal income tax and accounting purposes. Longer term zero-coupon bonds are more exposed to interest rate risk than shorter term zero coupon bonds.

Fund Performance

Performance information for the Fund is not provided because the Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. Performance information will be available in the Prospectus after the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year. When available, performance for the Fund can be accessed on the Fund's website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.

Management

**The Manager**<br>The Fund has retained American Beacon Advisors, Inc. to serve as its Manager.

**Sub-Advisor**

The Fund's investment sub-advisor is abrdn Inc.

Portfolio Managers

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| **abrdn Inc.** | **Jonathan Mondillo**<br>Portfolio Manager<br>Since Fund Inception (2026) | **Miguel Laranjeiro**<br>Portfolio Manager<br>Since Fund Inception (2026) |

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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The Fund is an exchange-traded fund. Individual Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer and may not be purchased or redeemed directly with the Fund. Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange"). Shares may be purchased and redeemed from the Fund only in Creation Units of [25,000] shares, or multiples thereof, at NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker-dealers, purchase or redeem Creation Units. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on the Exchange. Individual shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities through a broker-dealer on the Exchange. These transactions do not involve the Fund. The price of an individual Fund share is based on market prices, which may be different from its NAV. As a result, the Fund's shares may trade at a price greater than the NAV (at a premium) or less than the NAV (at a discount). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund ("bid") and the lowest price a seller is willing

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to accept for shares of the Fund ("ask") when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the "bid-ask spread"). Most investors will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges when buying or selling shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer.

Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, is available on the Fund's website at [www.americanbeaconfunds.com/etfs/XXXXX].

Tax Information

Dividends, capital gains distributions, and other distributions, if any, that you receive as a result of your investment in the Fund are subject to federal income tax and may also be subject to state and local income taxes, unless you are a tax-exempt entity or your account is tax-deferred, such as an individual retirement account ("IRA") or a 401(k) plan (in which case you may be taxed later, upon the withdrawal of your investment from such account or plan).

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the Fund's distributor, Foreside Financial Services, LLC, or the Manager may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your individual financial professional to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your individual financial professional or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

Additional Information About the Fund

To help you better understand the Fund, this section provides a detailed discussion of the Fund's investment policies, its principal strategies, its principal risks, and performance index. However, this Prospectus does not describe all of the Fund's investment practices. **Capitalized terms that are not otherwise** **defined are defined in Appendix** **A**. For additional information, please see the Fund's SAI, which is available at www.americanbeaconfunds.com or by contacting us via telephone at 1-833-471-3562, by U.S. mail at the Fund's Distributor, Foreside Financial Services, LLC, 190 Middle Street, Suite 301, Portland, Maine 04101, or by e-mail at americanbeaconfunds@ambeacon.com.

Additional Information About Investment Policies and Strategies

**Investment Objective**

The Fund's investment objective is to seek to provide a high level of current income that is not subject to federal income tax.

The Fund's investment objective is "non-fundamental," which means that it may be changed by the Fund's Board without the approval of Fund shareholders.

**80% Investment Policy**

The American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF has a non-fundamental policy to invest under normal circumstances at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of tax-exempt municipal bonds.

**Temporary Defensive Policy**

The Fund may depart from its principal investment strategy by taking temporary defensive or interim positions in response to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. During these times, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective(s).

Additional Information About the Management of the Fund

The Fund has retained American Beacon Advisors, Inc. to serve as its Manager. The Manager may allocate the assets of the Fund among different sub-advisors.The Manager provides or oversees the provision of all administrative, investment advisory and portfolio management services to the Fund. The Manager:

■ develops
 overall investment strategies for the Fund,

■ selects
 and changes sub-advisors,

■ allocates
 assets among sub-advisors,

■ monitors
 and evaluates the sub-advisor's investment performance,

■ monitors
 the sub-advisor's compliance with the Fund's investment
 objectives, policies and restrictions,

■ oversees the Fund's
 securities lending activities and actions taken by the securities lending agent to the extent applicable, and

■ directs
 the investment of the portion of Fund assets that the sub-advisor determines should be allocated to short-term investments.

The assets of the Fund are currently allocated by the Manager to one sub-advisor, abrdn Inc. ("Aberdeen"). Aberdeen has full discretion to purchase and sell securities for the Fund in accordance with the Fund's objectives, policies, restrictions and more specific strategies provided by the Manager. The Manager oversees the sub-advisor but does not reassess individual security selections made by the sub-advisor for the Fund.

In the future, the Manager may allocate the Fund's assets to a different sub-advisor, and/or to one or more additional sub-advisors. The Fund operates in a manager-of-managers structure. The Fund and the Manager have received an exemptive order from the SEC that permits the Fund, subject to certain conditions and approval by the Board, to hire and replace sub-advisors, and materially amend agreements with sub-advisors, that are unaffiliated with the Manager without approval of the shareholders. In the future, the Fund and the Manager may rely on an SEC staff no-action letter, dated July 9, 2019, that would permit the Fund to expand its exemptive relief to hire and replace sub-advisors that are affiliated and unaffiliated with the Manager without shareholder approval, subject to approval by the Board and other conditions. The Manager has ultimate responsibility, subject to oversight by the Board, to oversee sub-advisors and recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. The SEC order also exempts the Fund from disclosing the advisory fees paid by the Fund to individual sub-advisors in a multi-manager fund in various documents filed with the SEC and provided to shareholders. In the future, the Fund may rely on the SEC staff no-action letter to expand its exemptive relief to individual sub-advisors that are affiliated with the Manager. Under that no-action letter, the fees payable to sub-advisors unaffiliated with or partially-owned by the Manager or its parent company would be aggregated, and fees payable to sub-advisors that are wholly-owned by the Manager or its parent company, if any, would be aggregated with fees payable to the Manager. Whenever a sub-advisor change is proposed in reliance on the order, in order for the change to be implemented, the Board, including a majority of its "non-interested" trustees, must approve the change. In addition, the Fund is required to provide shareholders with certain information regarding any new sub-advisor within 90 days of the hiring of any new sub-advisor.

Additional Information About Investments

This section provides more detailed information regarding certain of the Fund's principal investment strategies as well as information regarding the Fund's strategy with respect to investment of cash balances.

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**Cash Management**<br>To gain market exposure on cash balances held in anticipation of liquidity needs or to reduce market exposure in anticipation of liquidity needs, the Fund may utilize the following investments:

■ Municipal
 Money Market Funds. The
 Fund may invest cash balances in institutional municipal money market funds that are registered as investment companies
 under the Investment Company Act. If the
 Fund invests in municipal money market funds, the Fund becomes a shareholder of that investment company.
 As a result, Fund shareholders will bear their proportionate share of the expenses, including, for example, advisory and administrative
 fees of the municipal
 money market funds in which the
 Fund invests, in addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the Fund's own operations.
 Shareholders also would be exposed to the risks associated with municipal money market funds and the portfolio investments of such
 municipal money market funds, including the risk that a municipal money market fund's yield will be lower than the return that the
 Fund would have received
 from other investments that provide liquidity. Investments in municipal money market funds are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal
 Deposit Insurance
 Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.

**Municipal Securities**<br>The Fund's investments in, or exposure to, municipal securities instruments may include:

■ Auction
 Rate Securities. Auction
 rate securities are bonds whose interest rates are reset at specified intervals through an auction process designed to determine
 a single rate that enables purchases and sales of the auction rate securities to take place at par. Provided that the auction is successful,
 auction rate securities
 would permit the holder to sell the securities in an auction at par value at specified intervals.

■ General
 Obligation Bonds. General obligation bonds are municipal securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of a state or local government issuer possessing
 taxing power and are payable from the issuer's general unrestricted revenues, and not from any particular fund or source. The characteristics
 and method of enforcement
 of general obligation bonds may vary according to the law applicable to a particular issuer, and payment maybe dependent upon appropriation
 by the issuer's legislative body.

■ Municipal
 Commercial Paper and Notes. Municipal commercial paper and notes are unsecured short-term obligations issued by a state or municipality.

■ Municipal
 Lease Obligations. Municipal lease obligations are obligations issued by state and local governments to finance the acquisition of equipment and facilities.
 Municipal lease obligations may take the form of a lease, an installment purchase contract, or a participation interest in any of the
 above.

■ Private
 Activity Bonds. Private
 activity bonds are revenue bonds that finance private initiatives, such as housing bonds that finance pools of single-family mortgages;
 student-loan bonds that finance student loans; education bonds that finance charter schools; and health care bonds that finance hospitals
 and other medical
 facilities. They may also include tobacco bonds issued by state-created special-purpose entities that  securitize a state's
 share of tobacco-settlement
 revenues.

■ Revenue
 Obligations. Revenue
 bonds are payable only from specific sources, such as the revenue from a particular project, special taxes, certain lease payments,
 or other appropriated funds.

■ Moral
 Obligation Bonds. A moral obligation bond is a type of revenue bond with a non-binding commitment by the state or municipality to pay principal and
 interest if revenues from a project are insufficient to make such payments. This payment generally requires appropriation by the state
 legislature or municipal
 authority, which is not legally required.

■ Tender-Option
 Bond Floaters. Tender
 option bond floaters are created when municipal bonds are deposited into a trust or other special purpose vehicle, which
 issues two classes of certificates with varying economic interests one of which is tender option bond floaters. These are floating rate
 certificates that receive
 tax-exempt interest based on short-term rates and its holders may tender the certificates to the trust at face value. Investments in tender
 option bond floaters
 expose the Fund to variable and floating rate securities risk. A trust may be terminated if, for example, the issuer of the underlying
 bond defaults on interest
 payments or the credit rating assigned to the issuer of the underlying bond is downgraded.

**Other Investment Companies**<br>The Fund, at times, may invest in shares of other investment companies. The Fund may invest in securities of an investment company advised by the Manager and/or a sub-advisor, with respect to which the Manager and/or sub-advisor also receives a management or advisory fee. Investments in the securities of other investment companies may involve duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. By investing in another investment company, the Fund becomes a shareholder of that investment company. As a result, Fund shareholders indirectly will bear the Fund's proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by shareholders of the other investment company, in addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the Fund's own operations. These other fees and expenses, if applicable, are reflected as Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and are included in the Fees and Expenses Table for the Fund in this Prospectus. Investment in other investment companies may involve the payment of substantial premiums above the value of such issuer's portfolio securities.

■ Municipal
 Debt ETFs. The Fund
 may invest in ETFs to obtain exposure to all or a portion of the municipal debt market. ETFs trade like a common stock, and passively-managed
 ETFs usually represent a fixed portfolio of securities designed to track the performance and dividend yield of a particular domestic or foreign market index.
 ETF shares typically are purchased and redeemed through in-kind purchases and redemptions, and trade on a stock exchange at market
 prices, which may differ from an ETF's NAV. As a shareholder of an ETF, the
 Fund would be subject to its ratable share of the ETF's expenses, including
 its advisory and administration expenses. An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional mutual fund (i.e.,
 one that is not exchange-traded) that has the same investment objective, strategies and policies but also presents some additional risks due to being exchange-traded.
 The price of an ETF can fluctuate within a wide range.

■ Municipal
Money Market Funds. The Fund can invest free
cash balances in registered open-end investment companies regulated as institutional municipal money market funds under the Investment
Company Act to provide liquidity or for exposure to short-term municipal bonds on a temporary basis. If the Fund invests in municipal money market funds, shareholders
will bear their proportionate share of the expenses, including for example, advisory and administrative fees, of the municipal money
market funds in which the Fund invests.

Additional Information About Risks

The greatest risk of investing in an ETF is that its returns will fluctuate and you could lose money. The following section provides additional information regarding the Fund's principal risk factors in light of its principal investment strategies. The principal risks of investing in the Fund listed below are presented in alphabetical order and not in order of importance or potential exposure. Among other matters, this presentation is intended to facilitate your ability to find particular risks and compare them with the risks of other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a "principal risk" of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears.

**Callable Securities Risk**<br>The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities with call features. A call feature allows the issuer of the security to redeem or call the security prior to its stated maturity date. In periods of falling interest rates, issuers may be more likely to call in securities that are paying higher coupon rates than prevailing interest

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rates. In the event of a call, the Fund would lose the income that would have been earned to maturity on that security, the proceeds received by the Fund may be invested in securities paying lower coupon rates or other less favorable characteristics, and the Fund may not benefit from any increase in value that might otherwise result from declining interest rates. Thus, the Fund's income could be reduced as a result of a call and this may reduce the amount of the Fund's distributions. In addition, the market value of a callable security may decrease if it is perceived by the market as likely to be called, which could have a negative impact on the Fund's total return.

**Counterparty Risk**<br>The Fund is subject to the risk that a party or participant to a transaction, such as a broker or derivative counterparty, will be unwilling or unable to satisfy its obligation to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments or to otherwise honor its obligations to the Fund. As a result, the Fund may not recover its investment or may only obtain a limited recovery, and any recovery may be delayed. Not all derivative transactions require a counterparty to post collateral, which may expose the Fund to greater losses in the event of a default by a counterparty.

**Credit Risk**<br>The Fund is subject to the risk that the issuer, guarantor or insurer of an obligation, or the counterparty to a transaction, may fail, or become less able or unwilling, to make timely payment of interest or principal or otherwise honor its obligations or default completely. There are varying degrees of credit risk, depending on the financial condition of an issuer, guarantor, or counterparty, as well as the terms of an obligation, which may be reflected in the credit rating of the issuer, guarantor, or counterparty. The strategies utilized by the sub-advisor require accurate and detailed credit analysis of issuers and there can be no assurance that its analysis will be accurate or complete. The Fund may be subject to substantial losses in the event of credit deterioration or bankruptcy of one or more issuers in its portfolio. Financial strength and solvency of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. In addition, inadequacy of collateral or credit enhancement for a debt instrument may affect its credit risk. Credit risk may change over the life of an instrument and debt obligations which are rated by rating agencies may be subject to downgrade. The credit ratings of debt instruments and investments represent the rating agencies' opinions regarding their credit quality, are not a guarantee of future credit performance of such securities, are not a guarantee of quality and do not protect against a decline in the value of a security. Rating agencies attempt to evaluate the safety of the timely payment of principal and interest (or dividends) and do not evaluate the risks of fluctuations in market value. The ratings assigned to securities by rating agencies do not purport to fully reflect the true risks of an investment. A decline in the credit rating of an individual security held by the Fund may have an adverse impact on its price and may make it difficult for the Fund to sell it. Rating agencies might not always change their credit rating on an issuer or security in a timely manner to reflect events that could affect the issuer's ability to make timely payments on its obligations. Changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of an issuer, or a downgrade or default affecting any of the Fund's securities, could affect the Fund's performance. Generally, the longer the maturity and the lower the credit quality of a security, the more sensitive it is to credit risk.

**Cybersecurity and Operational Risk**<br>Operational risks arising from, among other problems, human errors, systems and technology disruptions or failures, or cybersecurity incidents may negatively impact the Fund, its service providers, and third-party fund distribution platforms, including the ability of shareholders to transact in the Fund's shares, and result in financial losses. Cybersecurity incidents may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, shareholder data, or proprietary information, or cause the Fund or its service providers, as well as the securities trading venues and their service providers, to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. Cybersecurity incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. A cybersecurity incident could, among other things, result in the loss or theft of shareholder data or funds, shareholders or service providers being unable to access electronic systems (also known as "denial of services"), loss or theft of proprietary information or financial data, the inability to process Fund transactions, interference with the Fund's ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, physical damage to a computer or network system, or remediation costs associated with system repairs. The occurrence of any of these problems could result in a loss of information, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory scrutiny, penalties, fines, reputational damage, additional compliance requirements, and other consequences, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Fund or its shareholders. Market events also may occur at a pace that overloads current information technology and communication systems and processes of the Fund, its service providers or other market participants, such as third-party distribution platforms, which could impact the ability of the Fund to conduct operations or of shareholders to transact the Fund's shares.

The Manager, through its monitoring and oversight of Fund service providers, endeavors to determine that service providers take appropriate precautions to avoid or mitigate risks that could lead to problems discussed above. While the Manager has established business continuity plans and risk management systems seeking to address these problems, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, and it is not possible for the Manager, other Fund service providers, or third-party fund distribution platforms to identify all of the operational risks that may affect the Fund or to develop processes and controls to completely eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects. Recent geopolitical tensions may increase the scale and sophistication of deliberate attacks, particularly those from nation-states or from entities with nation-state backing. The Fund cannot control the cybersecurity plans and systems of its service providers, its counterparties, third-party fund distribution platforms, or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. The issuers of the Fund's investments are likely to be dependent on computers for their operations and require ready access to their data and the internet to conduct their business. Thus, cybersecurity incidents could also affect issuers of the Fund's investments, leading to significant loss of value.

**Debentures Risk**<br>In the event of a default or bankruptcy by the issuer, as unsecured creditors, debenture holders will not have a claim against any specific assets of the issuer and will therefore only be paid from the issuer's assets after the secured creditors have been paid. The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of a debenture will fluctuate with changes in interest rates and the perceived ability of the issuer to make interest or principal payments on time.

**Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs") Risk**<br>As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

■ Authorized
 Participants Concentration Risk. The
 Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. Only an Authorized
 Participant may transact in Creation Units directly with the
  Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated to engage in creation and/or
 redemption transactions. To the extent they exit the business or are otherwise unable to proceed in creation and redemption transactions
 with the  Fund
 and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem shares, then shares of the
  Fund may be more likely to trade at a premium
 or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts or delisting. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for ETFs,
 such as the  Fund,
 that invest in securities issued by non-U.S. issuers or other securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes.

■ Cash
 Transactions Risk. Like other ETFs, the
  Fund sells and redeems its shares primarily in large blocks called Creation Units and only to Authorized Participants.
 Unlike many other ETFs, however, the
  Fund expects to effect its
 creations and redemptions at least partially or
 fully for cash,
 rather than in-kind securities.
 Other ETFs generally are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid realizing gains in connection with redemption requests. Effecting redemptions for cash
 may cause the Fund
 to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. Such dispositions may
 occur at an inopportune time, resulting in potential losses to the
 Fund or difficulties in meeting shareholder redemptions, and involve transaction costs. If the Fund recognizes
 gain on these sales, this generally will cause the
 Fund to recognize gain it might not otherwise have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio
 securities in-kind or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise have been required. The
  Fund generally intends to distribute these gains

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to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the Fund level and otherwise comply with the special tax rules that apply to it. This strategy may cause shareholders to be subject to tax on gains they would not otherwise be subject to, or at an earlier date than, if they had made an investment in another ETF. In addition, cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities market in which the Fund is trading is less liquid and may involve considerable transaction expenses and taxes. These brokerage fees and taxes, which will be higher than if the Fund sold and redeemed its shares principally in-kind, may be passed on to purchasers and redeemers of Creation Units in the form of creation and redemption transaction fees. However, the Fund has capped the total fees that may be charged in connection with the redemption of Creation Units at 2% of the value of the Creation Units redeemed. To the extent transaction and other costs associated with a redemption exceed that cap, those transaction costs will be borne by the Fund's remaining shareholders. These factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Fund's shares than for other ETFs.

■ Premium/Discount
 Risk. The NAV of the
 Fund's shares will generally fluctuate with changes in the market value of the
 Fund's securities holdings. The market prices
 of Fund shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in the
 Fund's NAV and supply and demand of shares on the secondary market. It cannot
 be predicted whether Fund shares will trade below their NAV (at a discount), at their NAV, or above their NAV (at a premium). As a result, shareholders of the
 Fund may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and receive less than NAV when selling Fund shares. This risk is heightened in times
 of market volatility or periods of steep market declines. In such market conditions, market or stop-loss orders to sell the Fund shares
 may be executed at
 market prices that are significantly below NAV. Price differences may be due, in part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work
 in the secondary trading
 market for shares may be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the
 Fund's holdings. The market prices of Fund
 shares may deviate significantly from the NAV of the shares during periods of market volatility or if the
 Fund's holdings are or become more illiquid. Disruptions
 to creations and redemptions may result in trading prices that differ significantly from the
 Fund's NAV. In addition, market prices of Fund shares may
 deviate significantly from the NAV if the number of Fund shares outstanding is smaller or if there is less active trading in Fund shares.
 Investors purchasing
 and selling Fund shares in the secondary market may not experience investment results consistent with those experienced by those creating
 and redeeming directly
 with the Fund.

■ Secondary
 Market Trading Risk. Investors buying or selling shares in the secondary market will normally pay brokerage commissions, which are often a fixed amount
 and may be a significant proportional cost for investors buying or selling relatively small amounts of shares. In addition, such investors
 may incur the cost
 of the "spread" also known as the bid-ask spread, which is the difference between what investors are willing to pay for Fund
 shares (the "bid" price)
 and the price at which they are willing to sell Fund shares (the "ask" price). The bid-ask spread varies over time based on,
 among other things, trading
 volume, market liquidity and market volatility, and is generally lower if the
 Fund's shares have more trading volume and market liquidity and higher if the Fund's shares
 have little trading volume and market liquidity. Increased market volatility may cause increased bid-ask spreads.  Shares of the
 Fund may trade in
 the secondary market at times when the
 Fund does not accept orders to purchase or redeem shares. At such times, shares may trade in the secondary
 market with more significant premiums or discounts than might be experienced at times when the
 Fund accepts purchase and redemption orders.
 Although Fund shares are listed for trading on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such shares will
 develop or be maintained
 or that the Fund's
 shares will continue to be listed. If the
 Fund is delisted, any resulting liquidation of the
 Fund could create transaction costs for the Fund and adverse
 federal income tax consequences for investors. Trading in Fund shares may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in
 the view of the Exchange, make trading in shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in shares is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary
 market volatility
 pursuant to Exchange "circuit breaker" rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to
 maintain the listing of the
 Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged or that the shares will trade with any volume, or at all. Shares of the
 Fund, similar to shares of other
 issuers listed on a stock exchange, may be sold short and are therefore subject to the risk of increased volatility and price decreases
 associated with being
 sold short. In addition, trading activity in derivative products based on the
 Fund may lead to increased trading volume and volatility in the secondary market
 for the shares of the
 Fund.

**High-Yield Securities Risk**<br>Exposure to high-yield securities (commonly referred to as ''junk bonds'') generally involves significantly greater risks of loss of your money than an investment in investment-grade securities. Compared with issuers of investment grade securities, issuers of high-yield securities are more likely to encounter financial difficulties and to be materially affected by these difficulties. High-yield debt securities may fluctuate more widely in price and yield and may fall in price when the economy is weak or expected to become weak. These securities also may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund desires. High-yield securities are considered to be speculative with respect to an issuer's ability to pay interest and principal and carry a greater risk that issuers of lower-rated securities will default on the timely payment of principal or interest. Rising interest rates may compound these difficulties and reduce an issuer's ability to repay principal and interest obligations. Issuers of lower-rated securities also have a greater risk of default or bankruptcy. Issuers of securities that are in default or have defaulted may fail to resume principal or interest payments, in which case the Fund may lose its entire investment. Below-investment-grade securities may experience greater price volatility and less liquidity than investment-grade securities.

Lower-rated securities are subject to certain risks that may not be present with investments in higher-grade securities. The lower rating of certain high-yielding corporate income securities reflects a greater possibility that the financial condition of the issuer or adverse changes in general economic conditions may impair the ability of the issuer to pay income and principal. Changes by credit rating agencies in their ratings of a fixed-income security also may affect the value of these investments. However, allocating investments among securities of different issuers could reduce the risks of owning any such securities separately. The prices of these high-yield securities tend to be less sensitive to interest rate changes than investment-grade investments, but more sensitive to adverse economic changes or individual corporate developments. During economic downturns or periods of rising interest rates, highly leveraged issuers may experience financial stress that adversely affects their ability to service principal and interest payment obligations, to meet projected business goals or to obtain additional financing, and the markets for their securities may be more volatile. If an issuer defaults, the Fund may incur additional expenses to seek recovery. Additionally, accruals of interest income for the Fund may have to be adjusted in the event of default. In the event of an issuer's default, the Fund may write off prior income accruals for that issuer, resulting in a reduction in the Fund's current dividend payment. Frequently, the higher yields of high-yielding securities may not reflect the value of the income stream that holders of such securities may expect, but rather the risk that such securities may lose a substantial portion of their value as a result of their issuer's financial restructuring or default.

The credit rating of a security may not accurately reflect the actual credit risk associated with such a security. The creditworthiness of issuers of these securities may be more complex to analyze than that of issuers of investment grade debt securities, and the overreliance on credit ratings may present additional risks.

Adverse publicity and investor perceptions, whether or not based on fundamental analysis, may decrease the values and liquidity of such securities, especially in a thinly traded or illiquid market. To the extent the Fund owns or may acquire illiquid or restricted high-yield securities or unrated securities of comparable quality, these securities may involve special registration responsibilities, liabilities, costs, and liquidity and valuation difficulties.

**Interest Rate Risk**<br>Investments in fixed-income securities that are influenced by interest rates are subject to interest rate risk. Generally, the value of investments with interest rate risk, such as fixed-income securities, will move in the opposite direction as movements in interest rates. For example, the value of the Fund's fixed-income investments typically will fall when interest rates rise. Factors including central bank monetary policy, rising inflation rates, and changes in general economic conditions may cause interest rates to rise, which could cause the value of the Fund's investments to decline. Interest rate increases, including significant or

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rapid increases, may result in a decline in the value of bonds held by the Fund, make issuers less willing or able to make principal and interest payments on fixed-income investments when due, lead to heightened volatility in the fixed-income markets and adversely affect the liquidity of certain fixed-income investments, any of which may result in substantial losses to the Fund. When interest rates decline, issuers may prepay higher-yielding securities held by the Fund, resulting in the Fund reinvesting in securities with lower yields, which may cause a decline in its income. The prices of fixed-income securities are also affected by their durations. Fixed-income securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than fixed-income securities with shorter durations. Rising interest rates may cause the value of the Fund's investments in investments with longer durations and terms to maturity to decline, which may adversely affect the value of the Fund. For example, if a bond has a duration of three years, a 1% increase in interest rates could be expected to result in a 3% decrease in the value of the bond. Yields of fixed-income securities will fluctuate over time. In addition, decreases in fixed-income dealer market-making capacity may lead to lower trading volume, heightened volatility, wider bid-ask spreads, and less transparent pricing in certain fixed-income markets. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent a Fund is exposed to such interest rates. In a low interest rate environment, some investors may seek to reallocate assets to other income-producing assets. This may cause the price of such higher yielding instruments to rise and may limit a Fund's ability to locate fixed income instruments containing the desired risk/return profile. <br>The Fund may not be able to hedge against changes in interest rates or may choose not to do so for cost or other reasons. In addition, any hedges may not work as intended.

**Investment Risk**<br>An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund should not be relied upon as a complete investment program. The share price of the Fund fluctuates, which means that when you sell your shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Issuer** **Risk**<br>The value of, and/or the return generated by, a security may decline for a number of reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services, as well as the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer and the value of its assets. When the issuer of a security implements strategic initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, there is the risk that the market response to such initiatives will cause the share price of the issuer's securities to fall. An individual security may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the market as a whole.

**Liquidity Risk**<br>The Fund is susceptible to the risk that certain investments held by the Fund may have limited marketability, be subject to restrictions on sale, be difficult or impossible to purchase or sell at favorable times or prices or become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse credit events that may affect issuers or guarantors of a security. Market prices for such instruments may be volatile. During periods of substantial market volatility, an investment or even an entire market segment may become illiquid, sometimes abruptly, which can adversely affect the Fund's ability to limit losses. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to purchase or sell the securities at or near their perceived value. As a result, the Fund may have to lower the price on certain securities that it is trying to sell, sell other securities instead or forgo an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund's NAV or prevent the Fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities. The Fund could lose money if it is unable to dispose of an investment at a time that is most beneficial to the Fund. For example, liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments in the event of higher than normal redemption rates. Judgment plays a greater role in pricing illiquid investments than in investments with more active markets.

**Market Risk**<br>The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions and other factors, which may negatively affect the Fund's performance. Even when securities markets perform well, there is no assurance that the investments held by the Fund will increase in value along with the broader market. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed-income securities, although under certain market conditions fixed-income securities may have comparable or greater price volatility. The financial markets generally move in cycles, with periods of rising prices followed by periods of declining prices. The value of your investment may reflect these fluctuations. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value simultaneously. During times of market turmoil, investors tend to look to the safety of securities issued or backed by the U.S. Treasury, causing the prices of these securities to rise and the yields to decline. In some cases, traditional market participants have been less willing to make a market in some types of debt instruments, which has affected the liquidity of those instruments. Reduced liquidity in fixed-income and credit markets may negatively affect many issuers worldwide. Prices in many financial markets have increased significantly over the last 10-15 years, but there have also been periods of adverse market and financial developments and cyclical change during that timeframe, which have resulted in unusually high levels of volatility in domestic and foreign financial markets that has caused losses for investors and may occur again in the future, particularly if markets enter a period of uncertainty or economic weakness. Periods of unusually high volatility in the financial markets and restrictive credit conditions, sometimes limited to a particular sector or geographic region, continue to recur. The value of a security may decline due to adverse issuer-specific conditions or general market conditions unrelated to a particular issuer, such as real or perceived adverse geopolitical, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest, currency or inflation rates, lack of liquidity in the markets, public perceptions concerning these developments or adverse market sentiment generally. The value of a security may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as tariffs, labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer or market segment also can impact the market as a whole.

Geopolitical and other events, including war, terrorism, economic uncertainty, trade disputes, pandemics, public health crises, natural disasters, and cybersecurity incidents, have led, and in the future may continue to lead, to general instability in world economies and markets and reduced liquidity in securities, which may negatively affect the value of your investment. Such market disruptions have caused, and may continue to cause, broad changes in market value, negative public perceptions concerning these developments, a reduction in the willingness and ability of some lenders to extend credit, difficulties for some borrowers in obtaining financing on attractive terms, if at all, and adverse investor sentiment or publicity. Changes in value may be temporary or may last for extended periods. Adverse market events may also lead to increased shareholder redemptions, which could cause the Fund to sell investments at an inopportune time to meet redemption requests by shareholders and may increase the Fund's portfolio turnover, which could increase the costs that the Fund incurs and lower the Fund's performance.

Policies established by the U.S. government and/or Federal Reserve and economic and political circumstances within the U.S. and abroad, such as inflation, changes in interest rates, recessions, changes in government leadership, a government's inability to agree on a budget, high public debt, the threat or occurrence of a federal government shutdown and threats or the occurrence of a failure to increase the federal government's debt limit, which could result in a default on the government's obligations, may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree. The severity or duration of adverse economic conditions may also be affected by policy changes made

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by governments or quasi-governmental organizations. The imposition by the U.S. of tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries and reciprocal tariffs levied on U.S. goods by those countries also may lead to volatility and instability in domestic and foreign markets.

Markets and market participants are increasingly reliant upon both publicly available and proprietary information data systems. Data imprecision, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies, unauthorized use or access, and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems and may have an adverse impact upon a single issuer, a group of issuers, or the market at large. In certain cases, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on either specific securities or even the entire market, which may result in the Fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or accurately price its investments.

■ Recent
 Market Events Risk. Both  U.S. and international markets have experienced significant volatility in recent months and years. As a result of such volatility,
 investment returns may fluctuate significantly. Moreover, during periods of significant volatility, the risks discussed herein associated
 with an investment
 in the Fund
 may be increased. National economies are substantially interconnected, as are global financial markets, which creates the possibility that conditions in
 one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. However, the interconnectedness of economies and/ or
 markets may be changing, which may impact such economies and markets in ways that cannot be foreseen at this time. <br> Some
 countries, including the  U.S., have adopted more protectionist trade policies, including trade tariffs and other trade barriers,
 which is a trend that appears
 to be continuing globally. The economies of all nations, including the U.S., are subject to the risks of slowing global economic growth,
 protectionist trade
 policies, inflationary pressures, limits imposed by international trade and security agreements, political or economic dysfunction, poor
 consumer sentiment,
 and reduced demand for goods due to fluctuating commodity prices and currency values, and these risks may create significant market volatility in ways that cannot
 be foreseen at the present time. These economic risks could have a negative impact on the
 Fund's investments. The U.S. has imposed or
 threatened to impose tariffs and other trade barriers on imports of certain categories of goods from Canada, Mexico, and European countries.
 The U.S. also has
 imposed or threatened to impose tariffs and other trade barriers on imports of certain categories of goods from China, has restricted
 sales of certain categories
 of goods to China, and has established barriers to investments in China. These countries have imposed or threatened to impose retaliatory
 tariffs on U.S. goods. If relations between the U.S. and these and other foreign countries do not improve or continue to deteriorate,
 markets and individual
 securities may be severely affected both regionally and globally, and the value of the
 Fund's investments may go down. <br> The
 U.S. Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have started to lower interest rates, though economic or other factors could stop
 or reverse such changes.
 It is difficult to accurately predict the various economic and political factors that influence the pace at which interest rates might
 change, the timing,
 frequency or magnitude of any such changes in interest rates, or when such changes might stop or again reverse course. Changes in interest
 rates could lead to
 an economic slowdown in the U.S. and abroad, significant market volatility and reduced liquidity in certain sectors of the market. Deteriorating
 economic fundamentals may increase the risk of default or insolvency of particular issuers, negatively impact market value, increase market volatility, cause
 credit spreads to widen, reduce bank balance sheets and cause unexpected changes in interest rates. Any of these could cause an increase in market volatility,
 reduce liquidity across various sectors or markets or decrease confidence in the markets. Also, regulators have expressed concern that changes in interest
 rates may cause investors to sell fixed income securities faster than the market can absorb them, contributing to price volatility. Historical patterns of correlation
 among asset classes may break down in unanticipated ways during times of high volatility, disrupting investment programs and potentially
 causing losses. <br> Tensions,
 war or open conflict between nations, such as between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East or in eastern Asia could affect the economies
 of many nations, including
 the United States. The duration of ongoing hostilities and sanctions cannot be predicted. Those events present material uncertainty and
 risk with respect to markets globally and the performance of the
 Fund and its investments or operations could be negatively impacted whether or not the Fund invests
 in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries or regions directly affected. <br> Regulators
 in the U.S. have adopted a number of changes to regulations involving the markets and issuers, some of which apply to the
 Fund. The full effect of
 such regulations is not currently known, and certain regulatory changes could limit the
 Fund's ability to pursue its investment strategies or make certain investments,
 may make it more costly for the
 Fund to operate, and adversely impact performance. Additionally, it is possible such regulations could be further
 revised or rescinded, which creates material uncertainty regarding their impact to the
 Fund. <br> Further,
 advancements in technology may also adversely impact market movements and liquidity. For example, the advanced development and increased regulation of artificial
 intelligence may impact the economy and the performance of the
 Fund. As artificial intelligence is used more widely, which can occur relatively
 rapidly, the profitability and growth of certain issuers and industries may be negatively impacted in ways that cannot be foreseen and
 could adversely impact
 issuer and market performance. As a consequence, the
 Fund's holdings and its overall performance could be negatively impacted. <br> High
 public debt in the U.S. and other countries creates ongoing systemic and market risks and policymaking uncertainty. There is no assurance
 that the U.S. Congress
 will act to raise the nation's debt ceiling; a failure to do so could cause market turmoil and substantial investment risks that
 cannot be fully predicted.
 Unexpected political, regulatory and diplomatic events within the U.S. and abroad may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial
 markets and the broader economy. China's economy, which has been sustained through debt-financed spending on housing and infrastructure,
 appears to be experiencing a significant slowdown and growing at a lower rate than prior years. While the Chinese government appears to be taking measures
 to address these issues, due to the size of China's economy, the resolution of these issues could impact a number of other countries. <br> Certain
 illnesses spread rapidly and have the potential to significantly and adversely affect the global economy. The impact of epidemics and/or
 pandemics that may
 arise in the future could negatively affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the global securities and commodities markets, including
 their liquidity, in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time and could last for an extended period of time. <br> Global
 climate change potentially may affect property and security values. Impacts from climate change may include significant risks to global
 financial assets and
 economic growth. A rise in sea levels, an increase in powerful storms and/or a climate-driven increase in sea levels or flooding could
 cause coastal properties
 to lose value or become unmarketable altogether. Certain issuers, industries and regions may be adversely affected by the impacts of climate
 change in ways that cannot be foreseen, including on the demand for and the development of goods and services and related production costs, and the impacts of
 legislation, regulation and international accords related to climate change, as well as any indirect consequences of regulation or business trends driven by climate
 change. Regulatory changes and divestment movements tied to concerns about climate change could adversely affect the value of certain
 land and the viability of industries whose activities or products are seen as accelerating climate change. Losses related to climate change
 could adversely affect,
 among others, corporate issuers and mortgage lenders, the value of mortgage-backed securities, the bonds of municipalities that depend on tax or other revenues
 and tourist dollars generated by affected properties, and insurers of the property and/or of corporate, municipal or mortgage-backed
 securities.

**Municipal Securities Risk**<br>The value of municipal securities, and the ability of a municipal issuer to make payments, can be affected by uncertainties in the municipal securities market, including: litigation; the strength of the local or national economy; the issuer's ability to raise revenues through tax or other means; budgetary constraints of local, state and federal governments upon which the issuer may be relying for funding; a legislature's willingness or ability to appropriate funds needed to pay municipal securities obligations; the bankruptcy of the issuer; adverse political and legislative changes, including to eliminate or limit the tax-exempt status of municipal bond interest or dividends; and other changes in the financial condition of a municipality.

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Municipal securities and their issuers may be more susceptible to downgrade, default and bankruptcy as a result of economic stress. Factors contributing to the economic stress on municipalities may include lower property tax collections as a result of lower home values, lower sales tax revenue as a result of consumers cutting back spending, and lower income tax revenue as a result of a higher unemployment rate. In addition, since some municipal obligations may be secured or guaranteed by banks and other institutions, the risk to the Fund could increase if the banking or financial sector suffers an economic downturn and/or if the credit ratings of the institutions issuing the guarantee are downgraded or at risk of being downgraded by a national rating organization. If such events were to occur, the value of the security could decrease or the value could be lost entirely, and it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to sell the security at the time and the price that normally prevails in the market. At times, municipal issuers have defaulted on obligations or commenced insolvency proceedings. Financial difficulties of municipal issuers may continue or get worse in the future. Reductions in tax rates may make municipal securities less attractive in comparison to taxable bonds. Some obligations may be difficult to trade or interest payments may be tied only to a specific stream of revenue. In addition, the Fund's investments in municipal securities are subject to the following risks:

■ Auction
 Rate Securities Risk. Auction rate securities are variable rate bonds whose interest rates are reset at specified intervals through a "Dutch" auction process. A "Dutch"
 auction is a competitive bidding process designed to determine a single uniform clearing rate that enables purchases and sales of the auction rate securities
 to take place at par. All accepted bids and holders of the auction rate securities receive the same rate. Auction rate securities holders rely on the liquidity
 generated by the auction. There is a risk that an auction will fail due to insufficient demand for the securities. If an auction fails,
 an auction rate security
 may become illiquid until a subsequent successful auction is conducted, the issuer redeems the issue, or a secondary market develops.

■ General
 Obligation Bonds Risk. A general obligation bond is secured by the full faith, credit and taxing power of the issuing municipality, not revenues from a
 specific project or source. Consequently, timely payments depend on the issuer's credit quality, ability to raise tax revenues and
 ability to maintain an adequate
 tax base. The taxing power of a municipality may be limited by provisions of constitutions or laws and a municipality's credit will
 depend on many factors.
 A municipality in which the
 Fund invests may experience significant financial difficulties, including bankruptcy or default, which may negatively impact the Fund.

■ Municipal
 Commercial Paper and Notes Risk. Municipal commercial paper is unsecured, likely used to meet the short-term needs of a municipality, and generally
 is repaid from general revenues of the municipality or refinanced with long-term debt. Municipal notes usually are general obligations
 of the issuer and
 are sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes, or receipt of other revenues. Payment of these notes is dependent upon the
 issuer's receipt of
 the anticipated revenues.

■ Municipal
 Lease Obligations Risk. Municipal lease obligations typically are not fully backed by a municipality's credit and thus interest thereon may become taxable
 if the lease is assigned, which may reduce the value of the
 Fund's investment. While the issuer does not pledge its taxing power for payment of the lease
 obligation, the lease obligation is secured by the leased property. However, if the issuer of a lease obligation does not fulfill its
 payment obligation, it may
 be difficult to sell the property, and the proceeds of a sale may not cover the loss incurred by the
 Fund.

■ Private
 Activity Bonds Risk. The issuers of private activity bonds in which the
 Fund may invest may be negatively impacted by conditions affecting either the general
 credit of the user of the private activity project or a project itself. Conditions such as regulatory and environmental restrictions and
 economic downturns
 may lower the need for these facilities and the ability of users of the project to pay for the facilities. This could cause a decline
 in the Fund's value. The
 Fund's private activity bond holdings also may pay interest subject to the alternative minimum tax. See the section of the Prospectus
 entitled "About
 Your Investment-Distributions and Taxes" for more details.

■ Revenue
 Obligations Risk. Payments of interest and principal on revenue obligations are made only from the revenues generated by a particular facility or class
 of facilities or the proceeds of a special tax or other revenue source. These payments depend on the money earned by the particular facility
 or class of facilities,
 or the amount of revenues derived from another source. Revenue obligations are not a debt or liability of the local or state government
 and do not obligate
 that government to levy or pledge any form of taxation or to make any appropriation for payment.

■ Moral
 Obligation Bonds Risk. A moral obligation bond is a type of revenue bond issued by a state or municipality pursuant to legislation authorizing the establishment
 of a reserve fund to pay principal and interest if the issuer is unable to meet its obligations through current revenues. The establishment
 of such a reserve
 fund generally requires appropriation by a state legislature, which is not legally required. The establishment of such a reserve fund
 is generally considered
 a moral commitment, but not a legal obligation of the state or municipality that created the issuer.

■ Tender-Option
 Bond Floaters Risk. Tender option bond floaters are created when municipal bonds are deposited into a trust or other special purpose vehicle, which
 issues two classes of certificates with varying economic interests one of which is tender option bond floaters. These are floating rate
 certificates that receive
 tax-exempt interest based on short-term rates and its holders may tender the certificates to the trust at face value. Investments in tender
 option bond floaters
 expose the Fund to variable and floating rate securities risk. A trust may be terminated if, for example, the issuer of the underlying
 bond defaults on interest
 payments or the credit rating assigned to the issuer of the underlying bond is downgraded.

**New Fund Risk**<br>The Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus. The current performance and expenses of the Fund may not represent how it is expected to, or may, perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies. Investment positions may have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on the Fund's performance. The Fund's shareholder fees and annual fund operating expenses may also be higher initially than after it has fully implemented its investment strategies and attracted sufficient assets to achieve investment and trading efficiencies. The Fund may also require a period of time before it is invested in securities that meet its investment objectives and policies and achieves a representative portfolio composition. Fund performance may be lower or higher during this "ramp-up" period, and may also be more volatile, than would be the case after the Fund is fully invested. Similarly, the Fund's investment strategies may require a longer period of time to show returns that are representative of the strategies.

**Other Investment Companies Risk**<br>To the extent that the Fund invests in shares of other registered investment companies, the Fund will indirectly bear the fees and expenses, including, for example, advisory and administrative fees, charged by those investment companies in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses. If the Fund invests in other investment companies, the Fund may receive distributions of taxable gains from portfolio transactions by that investment company and may recognize taxable gains from transactions in shares of that investment company, which could be taxable to the Fund's shareholders when distributed to them. The Fund must rely on the investment company in which it invests to achieve its investment objective. If the investment company fails to achieve its investment objective, the value of the Fund's investment may decline, adversely affecting the Fund's performance. To the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies that invest in equity securities, fixed-income securities and/or foreign securities, or that track an index, the Fund is subject to the risks associated with the underlying investments held by the investment company or the index fluctuations to which the investment company is subject. The Fund will be subject to the risks associated with investments in those companies, including but not limited to the following:

■ Municipal
 Debt ETFs Risk. Because
 ETFs are listed on an exchange, they may be subject to the following risks that do not apply to conventional funds: (1) the
 market price of an ETF's shares may trade at a discount or premium to its NAV; (2) an active trading market for an ETF's shares
 may not develop or be maintained;
 or (3) trading of an ETF's shares may be halted if the listing exchange's officials deem such action appropriate, the shares
 are delisted from the exchange,
 or the activation of market-wide "circuit breakers" (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts stock trading
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tracks an index may not precisely replicate the returns of that index and may not be permitted to sell poorly performing stocks that are included in its index. An actively-managed ETF's performance will reflect its adviser's ability to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving the ETF's investment objectives. Future legislative or regulatory changes, including changes in taxation, could impact the operation of ETFs. ETFs that invest in municipal debt may be highly impacted by events tied to the overall municipal securities market, which can be very volatile and significantly affected by unfavorable tax, legislative or political developments and adverse changes in the financial conditions of issuers.

■ Municipal
 Money Market Funds Risk. Investments in institutional municipal money market funds are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, and market risk. Municipal
 money market funds may be highly impacted by events tied to the overall municipal securities market, which can be very volatile and significantly affected by unfavorable
 tax, legislative or political developments and adverse changes in the financial conditions of issuers. Although a municipal money market
 fund is designed to provide income exempt from federal income taxes, income from securities held by a municipal money market fund could become taxable due
 to changes in tax laws or  noncompliant conduct of a state or municipality. Although a municipal money market fund is designed to
 be a relatively low
 risk investment, it is not free of risk. Despite the short maturities and high credit quality of a municipal money market fund's
 investments, increases
 in interest rates and deteriorations in the credit quality of the instruments the municipal money market fund has purchased may reduce
 the municipal money
 market fund's yield and can cause the price of a municipal money market security to decrease. In addition, a municipal money market fund is subject to
 the risk that the value of an investment may be eroded over time by inflation.

**Restricted Securities Risk**<br>Securities not registered in the U.S. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or in non-U.S. markets pursuant to similar regulations, including "Section 4(a)(2)" securities and "Rule 144A" securities, are restricted as to their resale. Such securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. The prices of these securities may be more difficult to determine than publicly traded securities and these securities may involve heightened risk as compared to investments in securities of publicly traded companies. They may be more difficult to purchase or sell at an advantageous time or price because such securities may not be readily marketable in broad public markets, or may have to be held for a certain time period before they can be resold. The Fund may not be able to sell a restricted security when the sub-advisor considers it desirable to do so and/or may have to sell the security at a lower price than the Fund believes is its fair market value. A restricted security that was liquid at the time of purchase may subsequently become illiquid. In addition, transaction costs may be higher for restricted securities and the Fund may receive only limited information regarding the issuer of a restricted security. The Fund may have to bear the expense of registering restricted securities for resale and the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration. If, during such a delay, adverse market conditions were to develop, the Fund might obtain a less favorable price than prevailed at the time it decided to seek registration of the security.

**Sector Risk**<br>Sector risk is the risk associated with the Fund holding a significant amount of investments in issuers conducting business in a related group of industries within the same economic sector, which may be similarly affected by particular economic or market events. To the extent the Fund has substantial holdings within a particular sector, the risks to the Fund associated with that sector increase and the Fund may perform poorly during a downturn in one or more of the industries within that sector. In addition, when the Fund focuses its investments in certain sectors of the economy, its performance may be driven largely by sector performance and could ﬂuctuate more widely than if the Fund were invested more evenly across sectors. Individual sectors may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the broader market. The industries that constitute a sector may all react the same way to economic, political or regulatory events. The Fund's performance could also be adversely affected if the sectors do not perform as expected. The lack of exposure to one or more industries within a sector may adversely affect performance. As the Fund's portfolio changes over time, the Fund's exposure to a particular sector may become higher or lower.

■ Education
 Sector Risk. The Fund
 may invest a significant portion of its assets in education bonds, and may be more affected by events influencing the education
 sector than a fund that is more diversified across multiple sectors. In general, there are two types of bonds that are associated with
 the education sector:
 those that are issued to finance projects for public and private colleges and universities, and those that represent pooled interests
 in student loans. Bonds
 issued to supply educational institutions with funds are subject to the risk of unanticipated revenue decline, primarily the result of
 decreasing student enrollment
 or decreased state and federal funding. Factors that may lead to declining or insufficient revenues include restrictions on students'
 ability to pay tuition,
 availability of state and federal funding, and general economic conditions. Student loan revenue bonds are generally offered by state
 (or sub-state) authorities
 or commissions and are backed by pools of student loans. Risks associated with student loan revenue bonds include rate of student loan defaults, seasoning
 of the loan portfolio, student repayment deferral periods of forbearance, potential changes in federal legislation, state guarantee agency
 reimbursements, and continued federal interest and other program subsidies currently in effect.

■ Health
 Care Sector Risk. The Fund may invest in bonds issued by state or local authorities that are secured by the revenues of health care facilities, including life care facilities,
 nursing homes and hospitals. A major source of revenue for the health care industry is payments from Medicare and Medicaid programs, and
 the industry is sensitive to legislative changes and reductions in governmental spending for such programs. Other factors that may affect
 the health care sector
 and the value and credit quality of health care bonds include general and local economic conditions, demand for services, expenses (including malpractice insurance
 premiums), and competition among health care providers. Health care facility operations may be adversely affected by national or state-specific
 health insurance exchanges; other national, state, or local health care reforms; medical and technological advances that may alter the
 need for health services
 or how such health services are delivered; changes in medical coverage altering the traditional fee-for-service revenue stream; efforts
 to reduce the costs
 of health insurance and health-care services; and increases and decreases in the cost and availability of medical products.

**Secured, Partially Secured and Unsecured Obligation Risk**<br>Debt obligations may be secured, partially secured or unsecured. Debt obligations that are secured with specific collateral of the borrower provide the holder with a claim on that collateral in the event that the borrower does not pay scheduled interest or principal that is senior to that held by any unsecured creditors, subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the borrower. Obligations that are fully secured offer the Fund more protection than a partially secured or unsecured obligation in the event of such non-payment of scheduled interest or principal.

Interests in secured obligations have the benefit of collateral and, typically, of restrictive covenants limiting the ability of the borrower to further encumber its assets. However, there is no assurance that the liquidation of collateral from a secured obligation would satisfy the borrower's obligation, or that the collateral can be liquidated. Furthermore, there is a risk that the value of any collateral securing an obligation in which the Fund has an interest may decline and that the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed on the obligation. In most loan agreements there is no formal requirement to pledge additional collateral. In the event the borrower defaults, the Fund's access to the collateral may be limited or delayed by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. In addition, the collateral securing the obligation may not be recognized for a variety of reasons, including the failure to make required filings by lenders, trustees or other responsible parties and, as a result, the Fund may not have priority over other creditors as anticipated. Further, in the event of a default, second lien secured loans will generally be paid only if the value of the collateral exceeds the amount of the borrower's obligations to the first lien secured lenders, and the remaining collateral may not be sufficient to cover the full amount owed on the loan in which the Fund has an interest.

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If an obligation in which the Fund invests, such as a secured loan, is foreclosed, the Fund could become owner, in whole or in part, of any collateral, which could include, among other assets, real estate or other real or personal property, and as a creditor would likely bear its pro rata costs and liabilities associated with owning and holding or disposing of the collateral. The collateral may be difficult to sell, and the Fund would bear the risk that the collateral may decline in value while the Fund is holding it.

Some obligations in which the Fund may invest are only partially-secured or are unsecured. Unsecured debt, including senior unsecured and subordinated debt, will not be secured by any collateral, and will be effectively subordinated to a borrower's secured indebtedness (to the extent of the collateral securing such indebtedness). With respect to unsecured obligations, the Fund lacks any collateral on which to foreclose to satisfy its claim in whole or in part. Such instruments generally have greater price volatility than that of fully secured holdings and may be less liquid.

**Securities Selection Risk**<br>Securities selected for the Fund may decline substantially in value or may not perform to expectations. Judgments about the attractiveness, value and anticipated price movements of a security or asset class may be incorrect, and there is no guarantee that securities will perform as anticipated. This could result in the Fund's underperformance compared to other funds with similar investment objectives.

**Tax and Political Risk**<br>There is no guarantee that the Fund's income will be exempt from U.S. federal income taxes and the federal AMT. The sub-advisor relies on bond issuer's prospectus disclosure of the tax opinion from the bond issuer's counsel as to the tax-exempt status of the investment. None of the Manager, the sub-advisor or the Fund guarantees that these opinions are correct, and there is no assurance that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") will agree with the bond issuer's counsel's tax opinion. Issuers or other parties generally enter into covenants requiring continuing compliance with U.S. federal tax requirements to preserve the tax-free status of interest payments over the life of the security. If at any time the covenants are not complied with, or if the IRS otherwise determines that the issuer did not comply with relevant tax requirements, interest payments from a security could become federally taxable, possibly retroactively to the date the security was issued, and the security could decline significantly in value. The interest on any money market instruments or other cash equivalents held by the Fund may be subject to federal, state and local income taxation and the federal Medicare contribution tax.

Events occurring after the date of issuance of a municipal bond or after the Fund's acquisition of a municipal bond may result in a determination that interest on that bond is includible in gross income for U.S. federal, state and local income tax, federal AMT or federal Medicare contribution tax purposes retroactively to its date of issuance. Such a determination may cause a portion of prior distributions by the Fund to its shareholders to be taxable to those shareholders in the year of receipt. U.S. federal or state changes in income, federal AMT or federal Medicare contribution tax rates or in the tax treatment of municipal bonds may make municipal bonds less attractive as investments and cause them to lose value. A significant restructuring of federal income tax rates, or even serious discussion on the topic in Congress, could cause municipal bond prices to fall. The demand for municipal securities is strongly influenced by the value of tax-exempt income to investors. Lower income tax rates could reduce the advantage of owning municipal securities.

**Unrated Securities Risk**<br>Because the Fund may purchase securities that are not rated by any rating organization, the sub-advisor, after assessing their credit quality, may internally assign ratings to certain of those securities, in categories of those similar to those of rating organizations. Investing in unrated securities involves the risk that the sub-advisor may not accurately evaluate the security's comparative credit rating. To the extent that the Fund invests in unrated securities, the Fund's success in achieving its investment objective may depend more heavily on the sub-advisor's credit analysis than if the Fund invested exclusively in rated securities. Less public information is typically available about unrated securities or issuers. Some unrated securities may not have an active trading market or may be difficult to value, which means the Fund might have difficulty selling them promptly at an acceptable price. Unrated securities may also be subject to greater liquidity risk and price volatility.

**Valuation Risk**<br>This is the risk that a security may be valued at a price different from the price at which it can be sold. This risk may be especially pronounced for investments that may be illiquid or may become illiquid and for securities that trade in relatively thin markets and/or markets that experience extreme volatility. The valuation of the Fund's investments in an accurate and timely manner may be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by third party service providers, such as pricing services or accounting agents. If market conditions make it difficult to value certain investments, SEC rules and applicable accounting protocols may require the valuation of these investments using more subjective methods, such as fair-value methodologies. Using fair value methodologies to price investments may result in a value that is different from an investment's most recent closing price and from the prices used by others for the same investment. Investors who purchase or redeem Fund shares on days when the Fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares, or lower or higher redemption proceeds, than they would have received if the securities had not been fair valued or a different valuation methodology had been used. The value of foreign securities, certain fixed-income securities and currencies, as applicable, may be materially affected by events after the close of the markets on which they are traded, but before the Fund determines its NAV.

**Variable and Floating Rate Securities Risk**<br>The coupons on variable and floating rate securities in which the Fund may invest are not fixed and may fluctuate based upon changes in market rates. Variable and floating rate securities are subject to interest rate risk. Although the impact of interest rate changes on variable and floating rate investments is intended to be mitigated by the periodic interest rate reset of those securities, variable and floating rate securities may fluctuate in value in response to interest rate changes if there is a delay between changes in market interest rates and the interest reset date for the obligation, or for other reasons. As short-term interest rates decline, the coupons on variable and floating rate securities typically decrease. Alternatively, during periods of rising short-term interest rates, the coupons on variable and floating rate securities typically increase. Changes in the coupons of variable and floating rate securities may lag behind changes in market rates or may have limits on the maximum increases in the coupon rates. The value of variable and floating rate securities may decline if their coupons do not rise as much, or as quickly, as interest rates in general. In addition, because of the interest rate adjustment feature, variable and floating rate securities provide the Fund with a certain degree of protection against increases in interest rates, but the Fund will participate in any declines in interest rates as well. Thus, investing in variable and floating rate instruments generally allows less opportunity for capital appreciation and depreciation than investing in instruments with a fixed interest rate. Variable and floating rate securities are less effective than fixed rate securities at locking in a particular yield and may be subject to credit risk. Certain types of floating rate instruments may also be subject to greater liquidity risk than other debt securities.

**Zero Coupon Securities Risk**<br>Zero coupon securities are debt securities that do not make periodic interest payments prior to maturity or a specified redemption date (or cash payment date). Unlike bonds which pay cash interest throughout the period to maturity, the Fund will realize no cash until the cash payment or maturity date unless a portion of such securities are sold and, if the issuer defaults, the Fund may obtain no return at all on its investment. Accordingly, zero coupon securities usually trade at a deep discount from their face or par value and will be subject to greater fluctuations in market value in response to changing interest rates than debt obligations of comparable maturities and credit qualities that make current distribution of interest in cash. While interest payments are not made on such securities, the Fund accrues income with respect to these securities for federal income tax and accounting purposes. To maintain its qualification for pass-through treatment under the federal tax laws, the Fund is required to distribute income to its shareholders and, consequently, may have to dispose of

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other, more liquid portfolio securities under disadvantageous circumstances in order to generate the cash to satisfy distributions of income accrued on zero coupon securities. The required distributions may result in an increase in the Fund's exposure to zero coupon securities.

Additional Information About Performance Index

The Fund's performance will be compared to the [Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index]. Set forth below is additional information regarding the index to which the Fund's performance is compared.

■ The
  Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index covers the USD-denominated long-term tax exempt bond market. The index has four main sectors: state
 and local general
 obligation bonds, revenue bonds, insured bonds and prerefunded bonds.

***<u>Notice Regarding Index Data</u>***

"Bloomberg<sup>®</sup>" and the Bloomberg indices listed herein (the "Indices") are service marks of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates, including Bloomberg Index Services Limited ("BISL"), the administrator of the index (collectively, "Bloomberg"), and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by the distributor hereof (the "Licensee").

The financial products named herein (the "Products") are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Bloomberg. Bloomberg does not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of or counterparties to the Products or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities or commodities generally or in the Product particularly. The only relationship of Bloomberg to Licensee is the licensing of certain trademarks, trade names and service marks and of the Indices, which are determined, composed and calculated by BISL without regard to Licensee or the Products. Bloomberg has no obligation to take the needs of Licensee or the owners of the Products into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Indices. Bloomberg is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing, price, or quantities of the Products to be issued. Bloomberg shall not have any obligation or liability, including, without limitation, to customers of the Products, in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Products.

BLOOMBERG DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDICES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. BLOOMBERG DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, OWNERS OF THE PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDICES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. BLOOMBERG DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, BLOOMBERG, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND VENDORS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INJURY OR DAMAGES—WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE—ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRODUCT OR INDICES OR ANY DATA OR VALUES RELATING THERETO—WHETHER ARISING FROM THEIR NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.

Portfolio Holdings Information

Each day the Fund is open for business, the Trust publicly disseminates the Fund's full portfolio holdings as of the close of the previous day through the website. A description of the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings is available in the Fund's SAI. The holdings of the Fund can be found on the Fund's website at [www.americanbeaconfunds.com/etfs/XXXXX].

Fund Management

The Manager

**AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS, INC. (the "Manager")** serves as the Manager and administrator of the Fund. The Manager, located at 220 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039, is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Topco, Inc. ("Topco"), which is owned primarily by various institutional investment funds that are managed by financial institutions and other investment advisory firms. No owner of Topco owns 25% or more of the outstanding equity or voting interests of Topco.

The Manager was organized in 1986 to provide investment management, advisory, and administrative services. The Manager is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. The Manager, on behalf of the Fund, has filed a notice claiming the CFTC Regulation 4.5 exclusion from registration as a CPO under the Commodity Exchange Act, and the Manager is also exempt from registration as a commodity trading advisor under CFTC Regulation 4.14(a)(8) with respect to the Fund.

Under the Fund's management agreement with the Manager (the "Management Agreement"), the Manager has agreed to pay all expenses of the Fund, except for the management fee payments to the Manager under the Management Agreement (also known as a "unitary advisory fee"), acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and issue and transfer taxes relating to the purchase and sale of portfolio holdings, securities lending fees, interest expense, expenses associated with securities sold short, costs, expenses or losses arising out of any liability or claim asserted against the Trust or Fund for violation of any law, distribution and service fees pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan (if any), all costs associated with proxies and shareholder meetings, except meetings related to changes to the Management Agreement, the election of any Board member who is an "interested person" of the Trust as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act, and/or other matters that directly benefit the Manager, taxes and governmental fees, and extraordinary expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel).

The Fund's Management Agreement with the Manager provides for the Fund to pay the Manager an annualized management fee equal to 0.55% of the Fund's average daily net assets that is calculated and accrued daily. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund had not commenced operations and has not paid management fees to the Manager.

As compensation for services provided by the Manager in connection with securities lending activities conducted by the Fund, the lending Fund pays to the Manager, with respect to cash collateral posted by borrowers, a fee of 10% of the net monthly investment income (the income earned in the form of interest, dividends and realized capital gains from the investment of cash collateral, plus any negative rebate fees paid by borrowers, less the rebate amount paid to borrowers as well as related expenses) and, with respect to collateral other than cash, a fee up to 10% of loan fees and demand premiums paid by borrowers. The SEC has granted exemptive relief that permits the Fund to invest cash collateral received from securities lending transactions in shares of one or more private or registered investment companies managed by the Manager.

As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund does not intend to engage in securities lending activities.

A discussion of the Board's consideration and approval of the Management Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Manager and the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the sub-advisor will be available in the Fund's initial Form N-CSR.

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The Sub-Advisor

Set forth below is a brief description of the sub-advisor and the portfolio managers who have joint and primary responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund. The Fund's SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including other accounts they manage, their ownership in the Fund and their compensation.

**abrdn Inc. ("Aberdeen")**, 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, is a U.S. registered investment adviser. Aberdeen is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of abrdn Holdings Limited, which has its registered offices at 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2LL. abrdn Holdings Limited is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Group plc ("abrdn"), a London stock exchange listed company. abrdn and its affiliates managed approximately $[XX] billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. abrdn and its affiliates provide asset management and investment solutions for clients and customers worldwide.

***Jonathan E. Mondillo, Global Head of Fixed Income*** is responsible for overseeing all public and private markets fixed income teams globally, which include Developed Market Credit, Emerging Market Debt, Liquidity & Rates and Private Credit. He is further responsible for five municipal bond and infrastructure debt funds that invest in both investment grade and high yield credits. He joined the firm in 2018 from Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC, when two mutual funds he managed were acquired by Aberdeen. Prior to that, he worked for Fidelity Capital Markets. Mr. Mondillo graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Bentley University.

***Miguel Laranjeiro, Investment Director*** in the Municipal team where he is responsible for asset allocation and investment management decisions for the municipal suite of products, which includes infrastructure debt as well as both investment grade and below investment grade debt strategies. His experience includes municipal credit analysis in the high yield sector as well as high grade tax-backed sectors. He joined the firm in 2018 from Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC where he was focused on credit analysis in the Public Finance sector for Alpine's two municipal mutual funds, which were acquired by Aberdeen. Prior to that, he worked for Thomson Reuters as an analyst focused primarily on Fundamentals Analysis in the Emerging Markets sectors. Mr. Laranjeiro graduated with a B.S. in Economics from State University of New York.

The Distributor

Foreside Financial Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, LLC (doing business as ACA Group) ("Distributor") serves as the Fund's distributor.

The Distributor distributes Creation Units for the Fund on a best efforts basis. Shares in less than Creation Units are not distributed by the Distributor, and the Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the shares of the Fund. The Distributor has no role in determining the policies of the Fund or the securities that are purchased or sold by the Fund. The Distributor's principal address is 190 Middle Street, Suite 301, Portland, ME 04101.

Valuation of Shares

The Fund's NAV per share is computed by adding total assets, subtracting all of the Fund's liabilities, and dividing the result by the total number of shares outstanding, which may differ from the Fund's market price. Investors that purchase and sell the Fund in the secondary market will transact at market prices, which may be lower or higher than the NAV per share.

The NAV per share of the Fund's shares is determined based on a pro rata allocation of the Fund's investment income, expenses and total capital gains and losses. The Fund's NAV per share is determined each business day as of the regular close of trading on the NYSE, which is typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. However, if trading on the NYSE closes at a time other than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the Fund's NAV per share typically would still be determined as of the regular close of trading on the NYSE. The Fund does not price its shares on days that the NYSE is closed. Foreign exchanges may permit trading in foreign securities on days when the Fund is not open for business, which may result in the value of the Fund's portfolio investments being affected at a time when you are unable to buy or sell shares.

Equity securities and certain derivative instruments that are traded on an exchange are valued based on market value. Certain derivative instruments (other than short-term securities) usually are valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service. The price of debt securities generally is determined using pricing services or quotes obtained from broker/dealers who may consider a number of inputs and factors, such as comparable characteristics, yield curve, credit spreads, estimated default rates, coupon rates, underlying collateral and estimated cash flow. Investments in mutual funds are valued at the closing NAV per share of the mutual funds on the day of valuation. Equity securities, including shares of closed-end funds and ETFs, are valued at the last sale price or official closing price.

The valuation of securities traded on foreign markets and certain fixed-income securities will generally be based on prices determined as of the earlier closing time of the markets on which they primarily trade, unless a significant event has occurred. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time will normally be used.

Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act (the "Valuation Rule") establishes requirements for determining fair value in good faith for purposes of the Investment Company Act, including related oversight and reporting requirements. The rule also defines when market quotations are "readily available" for purposes of the Investment Company Act, the threshold for determining whether the Fund must fair value a security.

The Valuation Rule permits the Fund's board to designate the Fund's primary investment adviser as "valuation designee" to perform the Fund's fair value determinations subject to board oversight and certain reporting and other requirements intended to ensure that the registered investment company's board receives the information it needs to oversee the investment adviser's fair value determinations. The Board has designated the Manager as valuation designee under the Valuation Rule to perform fair value functions in accordance with the requirements of the Valuation Rule.

Securities may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to the Manager's procedures. For example, fair value pricing will be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, as determined by the Manager, such as for fixed-income securities and when: (i) trading for a security is restricted or stopped; (ii) a security's trading market is closed (other than customary closings); or (iii) a security has been de-listed from a national exchange. A security with limited market liquidity may require fair value pricing if the Manager determines that the available price does not reflect the security's true market value. In addition, if a significant event that the Manager determines to affect the value of one or more securities held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund's NAV per share, fair value pricing may be used on the affected security or securities. Securities of small-capitalization companies are also more likely to require a fair value determination using these procedures because they are more thinly traded and less liquid than the securities of larger capitalization companies. Securities may be fair valued as a result of significant events occurring after the close of the foreign markets in which the Fund invests. In addition, the Fund may invest in illiquid securities requiring these procedures.

Attempts to determine the fair value of securities introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities. As a result, the price of a security determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the market value of the security when trading resumes. If a reliable market quotation becomes available for a security formerly valued through fair valuation techniques, the

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Manager compares the new market quotation to the fair value price to evaluate the effectiveness of the Fund's fair valuation procedures. You may view the Fund's most recent NAV per share at www.americanbeaconfunds.com by clicking on ''Quick Links'' and then ''Daily NAVs.''

About Your Investment

Purchase and Redemption of Shares

Shares of the Fund may be purchased or redeemed directly from the Fund only in Creation Units or multiples thereof. Only a broker-dealer that enters into an Authorized Participant agreement with the Distributor (an "Authorized Participation Agreement") may engage in creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund. Purchases and redemptions directly with the Fund must follow the Fund's procedures, and are subject to transaction fees, which are described in the SAI. Orders for such transactions may be rejected or delayed if they are not submitted in good order and subject to the other conditions set forth in this Prospectus and the SAI. Please see the SAI for more information about purchases and redemptions of Creation Units.

Once purchased (i.e., created) by an Authorized Participant, shares are listed on the Exchange and trade in the secondary market. When you buy or sell the Fund's shares in the secondary market, you will pay or receive the market price. The price at which you buy or sell shares (i.e., the market price) may be more or less than the NAV of the shares. Unless imposed by your broker, there is no minimum dollar amount you must invest in the Fund and no minimum number of Shares you must buy. Shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities. Most investors will buy and sell shares through a broker and, thus, will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges when buying or selling shares. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares are not redeemable by the Fund.

The secondary markets are closed on weekends and also are generally closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, but may be closed at other times. When a holiday observed by the Exchange falls on a Saturday, the Exchange will not be open for business on the preceding Friday unless unusual business conditions exist, such as the ending of a monthly or yearly accounting period.

For more information on how to buy and sell shares of the Fund, call 1-833-471-3562 or visit www.americanbeaconfunds.com.

*Premium/Discount Information*

Information showing the number of days the market price of the Fund's shares was greater than the Fund's NAV per share (i.e., at a premium) and the number of days it was less than the Fund's NAV per share (i.e., at a discount) for various time periods will be available by visiting the Fund's website at [www.americanbeaconfunds.com/etfs/XXXXX]. The premium and discount information contained on the website will represent past performance and cannot be used to predict future results.

*Investments by Registered Investment Companies*

Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act restricts investments by investment companies in the securities of other investment companies, including shares of the Fund. Registered investment companies are permitted to invest in the Fund beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) subject to compliance with Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act, including that such investment companies enter into an agreement with the Fund.

*Continuous Offering*

The method by which Creation Units of Fund shares are created and traded may raise certain issues under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units of shares are issued and sold by the Fund on an ongoing basis, a "distribution," as such term is used in the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), may occur at any point. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery requirement and liability provisions of the Securities Act.

For example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the Distributor, breaks them down into constituent shares and sells the shares directly to customers or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of new shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for purposes of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could lead to a characterization as an underwriter.

Broker-dealer firms should also note that dealers who are not "underwriters" but are effecting transactions in shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of shares, are generally required to deliver a prospectus. This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act is not available in respect of such transactions as a result of Section 24(d) of the Investment Company Act. As a result, broker-dealer firms should note that dealers who are not "underwriters" but are participating in a distribution (as contrasted with engaging in ordinary secondary market transactions) and thus dealing with the shares that are part of an overallotment within the meaning of Section 4(3)(C) of the Securities Act, will be unable to take advantage of the prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(3) of the Securities Act. For delivery of prospectuses to exchange members, the prospectus delivery mechanism of Rule 153 under the Securities Act is only available with respect to transactions on a national exchange.

**Dealers effecting transactions in** **the Fund's shares, whether or not participating in this distribution, are generally required to deliver a** **prospectus. This is in addition to any obligation of dealers to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters.**

*Beneficial Ownership*

The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") serves as securities depository for the Fund's shares. DTC, or its nominee, is the owner of record for all outstanding shares. Beneficial owners of the Fund's shares are not entitled to have shares registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and are not considered the registered holder thereof. Accordingly, to exercise any rights of a holder of shares, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of: (i) DTC; (ii) the securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives) own DTC ("DTC Participants"), and (iii) brokers, dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly, through which such beneficial owner holds its interests ("Indirect Participants"). The Trust understands that, under existing industry practice, in the event the Fund requests any action of holders of shares, or a beneficial owner desires to take any action that DTC, as the record owner of all outstanding shares, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the DTC Participants to take such action and that the DTC Participants would authorize the Indirect Participants and beneficial owners acting through such DTC Participants to take such action and would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them. For more detailed information, see "Book Entry Only System" in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

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*Payments to Financial Intermediaries*

The Manager and/or the Manager's affiliates (at their own expense) may pay compensation to financial intermediaries for shareholder-related services and, if applicable, distribution-related services, including administrative, sub-transfer agency type, recordkeeping and shareholder communication services. Such payments, which may be significant to the intermediary, are not made by the Fund. Rather, such payments are made by the Manager or its affiliates from their own resources, and constitute what it sometimes referred to as "revenue sharing."

The amount of compensation paid to different financial intermediaries may differ. The compensation paid to a financial intermediary may be based on a variety of factors, including average assets under management in accounts distributed and/or serviced by the financial intermediary, gross sales by the financial intermediary and/or the number of accounts serviced by the financial intermediary that invest in the Fund.

Compensation received by a financial intermediary from the Manager or an affiliate of the Manager may include payments for marketing and/or training expenses incurred by the financial intermediary, including expenses incurred by the financial intermediary in educating (itself and) its salespersons with respect to Fund shares. For example, such compensation may include reimbursements for expenses incurred in attending educational seminars regarding the Fund, including travel and lodging expenses. It may also cover the development of technology platforms and reporting systems, data provision services, financial intermediaries making shares of the Fund available to sales representatives and/or customers of a fund supermarket platform or similar program sponsor, services provided in connection with such fund supermarket platforms and programs, or costs incurred by financial intermediaries in connection with their efforts to sell Fund shares, including costs incurred compensating (registered) sales representatives and preparing, printing and distributing sales literature.

Any compensation received by a financial intermediary and the prospect of receiving it may create conflicts of interest between the intermediary and its customers and may provide the financial intermediary with an incentive to recommend the shares of the Fund or another fund in the American Beacon Funds Complex over other potential investments, and may cause it to make decisions about the level of services provided to its customers based on the payments or other financial incentives it is eligible to receive. Similarly, the compensation may cause financial intermediaries to elevate the prominence of the Fund within their organization by, for example, placing it on a list of preferred funds. You can contact your financial intermediary for details about any such payments it receives from the Manager or its affiliates, or any other fees, expenses, or commissions your financial intermediary may charge you in addition to those disclosed in this Prospectus.

Frequent Trading and Market Timing

The Trust's Board of Trustees has determined not to adopt policies and procedures designed to prevent or monitor for frequent purchases and redemptions of the Fund's shares because the Fund sells and redeems its shares at NAV only in Creation Units pursuant to the terms of an Authorized Participant Agreement between the Authorized Participant and the Distributor, and such direct trading between the Fund and Authorized Participants is critical to ensuring that the Fund's shares trade at or close to NAV. Further, the vast majority of trading in Fund shares occurs on the secondary market, which does not involve the Fund directly and therefore does not cause the Fund to experience many of the harmful effects of market timing, such as dilution and disruption of portfolio management. In addition, the Fund imposes a transaction fee on Creation Unit transactions, which is designed to offset transfer and other transaction costs incurred by the Fund in connection with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units and may employ fair valuation pricing to minimize potential dilution from market timing. The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order at any time and reserves the right to impose restrictions on disruptive, excessive, or short-term trading.

Distributions and Taxes

The Fund distributes most or all of its net earnings and realized gains, if any, each taxable year in the form of dividends from net investment income ("dividends") on a monthly basis and distributions of realized net capital gains ("capital gains distributions") and net gains from foreign currency transactions (sometimes referred to below collectively as "other distributions") on an annual basis (and dividends, capital gains distributions, and other distributions are sometimes referred to below collectively as "distributions"). Different tax treatment applies to different types of distributions (as described in the table under "Taxes").

The Fund does not have a fixed dividend rate and does not guarantee that it will pay any distributions in any particular period. Any dividends are paid monthly, and capital gains distributions and other distributions are paid annually.

No dividend reinvestment service is provided by the Fund. Financial intermediaries may make available the DTC book-entry Dividend Reinvestment Service for use by beneficial owners of Fund shares for reinvestment of their dividend distributions. Beneficial owners should contact their financial intermediary to determine the availability and costs of the service and the details of participation therein. Financial intermediaries may require beneficial owners to adhere to specific procedures and timetables. If this service is available and used, dividend distributions of both income and net capital gains will be automatically reinvested in additional whole shares of the Fund purchased in the secondary market.

Distributions of Fund income are generally taxable to you regardless of the manner in which they are received or reinvested.

*Taxes*

Fund distributions are taxable to shareholders other than tax-qualified retirement plans and accounts and other tax-exempt investors. However, the portion of the Fund's dividends derived from its investments in U.S. Government obligations, if any, is generally exempt from state and local income taxes. Fund dividends, except those that are "qualified dividend income" (as described below), are subject to federal income tax at the rates for ordinary income contained in the Internal Revenue Code. The following table outlines the typical status of transactions in taxable accounts:

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| Dividends from net investment income\* | Ordinary income\*\* |
| Distributions of the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss\* | Ordinary income |
| Distributions of net gains from certain foreign currency transactions\* | Ordinary income |
| Distributions of the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss ("net capital gain")\* | Long-term capital gains |
| Sales of shares owned for more than one year | Long-term capital gains or losses |
| Sales of shares owned for one year or less | Net gains are taxed at the same rate as ordinary income; net losses are subject to special rules |

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\*\* Except for dividends that are attributable to ''qualified dividend income,'' if any.

To the extent distributions are attributable to net capital gain that the Fund recognizes they are subject to a 15% maximum federal income tax rate for individual and certain other non-corporate shareholders (each, an ''individual'') (20% for individuals with taxable income exceeding certain thresholds, which are indexed for inflation annually), regardless of how long the shareholder held his or her Fund shares. A portion of the dividends the Fund pays to individuals may be ''qualified dividend income'' (''QDI'') and thus eligible for the preferential rates, mentioned above, that apply to net capital gain. QDI is the aggregate of dividends the Fund receives on shares of most domestic corporations (excluding most distributions from REITs) and certain foreign corporations with respect to which the Fund satisfies certain holding period and other restrictions. To be eligible for those rates, a shareholder must meet similar restrictions with respect to his or her Fund shares.

A portion of the dividends the Fund pays may also be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to corporations ("DRD"), subject to similar holding period and other restrictions, but the eligible portion may not exceed the aggregate dividends the Fund receives from domestic corporations only.

A shareholder may realize a taxable gain or loss when selling shares. That gain or loss is treated as a short-term or long-term capital gain or loss, depending on how long the shares were held. Any capital gain an individual shareholder recognizes on a sale of Fund shares that have been held for more than one year will qualify for the 15% and 20% tax rates mentioned above.

An individual must pay a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the individual's ''net investment income,'' which generally includes distributions the Fund pays and net gains realized on the sale or exchange of Fund shares, or (2) the excess of the individual's ''modified adjusted gross income'' over a threshold amount ($250,000 for married persons filing jointly and $200,000 for single taxpayers). This tax is in addition to any other taxes due on that income. A similar tax applies to estates and trusts. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers regarding the effect, if any, this tax may have on their investment in Fund shares.

Each year, the Fund's shareholders will receive tax information regarding Fund distributions and dispositions of Fund shares to assist them in preparing their income tax returns.

The foregoing is only a summary of some of the important federal income tax considerations that may affect Fund shareholders, who should consult their tax advisers regarding specific questions as to the effect of federal, state and local income taxes on an investment in the Fund.

**Taxes on Creations and Redemptions of Creation Units**<br>A person who purchases a Creation Unit by exchanging securities in-kind generally will recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the market value of the Creation Units at the time of the exchange and any net amount of cash received by the Authorized Participant in the exchange and (ii) the sum of the purchaser's aggregate basis in the securities surrendered and any net amount of cash paid for the Creation Units. A person who redeems Creation Units and receives securities in-kind from the Fund will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the redeemer's basis in the Creation Units, and the aggregate market value of the securities received and any net cash received. The IRS, however, may assert that a loss realized upon an in-kind exchange of securities for Creation Units or an exchange of Creation Units for securities cannot be deducted currently under the rules governing "wash sales," or on the basis that there has been no significant change in economic position. Persons effecting in-kind creations or redemptions should consult their own tax adviser with respect to these matters.

The Fund has the right to reject an order for Creation Units if the purchaser (or a group of purchasers) would, upon obtaining the shares so ordered, own 80% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund and if, pursuant to section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund would have a basis in the deposit securities different from the market value of such securities on the date of deposit. The Fund also has the right to require information necessary to determine beneficial share ownership for purposes of the 80% determinations.

Additional Information

The Fund's Board oversees generally the operations of the Fund. The Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, including among others, the Fund's manager, sub-advisor(s), custodian, transfer agent, and accountants, who provide services to the Fund. Shareholders are not parties to any such contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any shareholder any right to enforce them directly against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them directly against the service providers.

This Prospectus provides information concerning the Fund that you should consider in determining whether to purchase Fund shares. Neither this Prospectus nor the SAI is intended, or should be read, to be or create an agreement or contract between the Trust or the Fund and any investor, or to create any rights in any shareholder or other person other than any rights under federal or state law that may not be waived. Nothing in this Prospectus, the SAI or the Fund's reports to shareholders is intended to provide investment advice and should not be construed as investment advice.

Distribution Plan

The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act, which allows the Fund to pay distribution and other fees for the sale of Fund shares and for other services provided to shareholders. The Plan also authorizes the use of any fees received by the Manager in accordance with the Management Agreement, and any fees received by the sub-advisor pursuant to its Investment Advisory Agreement, to be used for the sale and distribution of Fund shares. The Plan provides that the shares of the Fund may pay up to 0.25% per annum of the average daily net assets attributable to the shares, to the Manager (or another entity approved by the Board). Because these fees would be paid out of the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees would increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. There is no present intention of Fund shares paying, accruing, or incurring any Rule 12b-1 fees and Fund shares will not pay, accrue or incur any Rule 12b-1 fees until such time as approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees.

Portfolio Holdings

Each day the Fund is open for business, the Trust publicly disseminates the Fund's full portfolio holdings as of the close of business on the previous day through the Fund's website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com/fund-resources/. A description of the Fund's policies and procedures regarding the disclosure of portfolio holdings is available in the Fund's SAI, which you may also access on the Fund's website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com/fund-resources/ or by calling 1-833-471-3562 to request a free copy.

Delivery of Documents

The summary prospectus will be available, and the Annual Shareholder Reports and Semi-Annual Shareholder Reports ("Shareholder Reports") will be available, online at www.americanbeaconfunds.com/fund-resources/. If you are interested in electronic delivery of the Fund's summary prospectus, please go to www.americanbeaconfunds.com and click on ''Quick Links'' and then ''Register for E-Delivery.''

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To reduce expenses, your financial institution may mail only one copy of the materials described above to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive individual copies of these documents, please contact your financial institution. Delivery of individual copies will commence thirty days after receiving your request.

Financial Highlights

The financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the period of the Fund's operation. Financial highlights are not provided because the Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this Prospectus.

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Additional Information

Additional information about the Fund is found in the documents listed below. Request a free copy of these documents by calling 1-833-471-3562 or you may access them on the Fund's website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com.

**Annual Shareholder Report/Semi-Annual Shareholder Report and Form N-CSR**

The Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Shareholder Reports and Form N-CSR will include additional information about the Fund's investments. The Fund's Annual Shareholder Report will also include a discussion by the Manager of market conditions and investment strategies that materially affected the Fund's performance during the reporting period. The Form N-CSR will include <br>the Fund's annual and semi-annual financial statements, as well as the report of the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm in the annual financial statements. Reports will be available approximately 60 days after the Fund passes its first annual and semi-annual reporting periods.

**SAI**

The SAI contains more details about the Fund and its investment policies. The SAI is incorporated in this Prospectus by reference (it is legally part of this Prospectus). A current SAI is on file with the SEC.

To obtain more information about the Fund, such as the Fund's financial statements, or to request a copy of the documents listed above:

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| **By Telephone:** | Call<br>**1-833-471-3562** |
| **By Mail:** | American Beacon Select Funds<br>c/o Foreside Financial Services, LLC<br>190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, Maine 04101 |
| **By E-mail:** | americanbeaconfunds@ambeacon.com |
| **On the Internet:** | Visit our website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com<br>Visit the SEC website at www.sec.gov |

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The SAI and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC's Internet site at www.sec.gov. Copies of this information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic mail to publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. The SAI and other information about the Fund may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090.

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| American Beacon is a registered service mark of American Beacon Advisors, Inc. American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF are service marks of American Beacon Advisors, Inc. | ![](pr2758img001.jpg) |

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**Appendix A**

**GLOSSARY**

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| **Advisers Act** | Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended |
| **American Beacon or Manager** | American Beacon Advisors, Inc. |
| **Board** | Board of Trustees |
| **Capital Gains Distributions** | Distributions of realized net capital gains |
| **CFTC** | Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| **CPO** | Commodity Pool Operator |
| **Denial of Services** | A cybersecurity incident that results in shareholders or service providers being unable to access electronic systems |
| **Distributor** | Foreside Financial Services, LLC |
| **Dividends** | Distributions from the Fund's net investment income |
| **DRD** | Dividends-received deduction |
| **DTC** | Depository Trust Company |
| **ETF** | Exchange-traded Fund |
| **EU** | European Union |
| **Exchange** | NYSE Arca, Inc., a national securities exchange on which shares of the Fund are listed |
| **Forwards** | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts |
| **Internal Revenue Code** | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
| **Investment Company Act** | Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended |
| **IRA** | Individual Retirement Account |
| **IRS** | Internal Revenue Service |
| **Management Agreement** | The Fund's Management Agreement with the Manager |
| **NAV** | Fund's net asset value |
| **NDF** | Non-deliverable foreign currency forward contract |
| **NYSE** | New York Stock Exchange |
| **Other Distributions** | Distributions of net gains from foreign currency transactions |
| **OTC** | Over-the-Counter |
| **QDI** | Qualified Dividend Income |
| **REIT** | Real Estate Investment Trust |
| **RIC** | Regulated Investment Company |
| **SAI** | Statement of Additional Information |
| **SEC** | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| **Select Funds or Trust** | American Beacon Select Funds |
| **State Street** | State Street Bank and Trust Company |
| **UK** | United Kingdom |

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**The information in this statement of additional information is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the** **registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This statement of additional information is not an** **offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.**

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**Statement of Additional Information**<br> [XX XX, 2026]

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| American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF | [XXXXX] |

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Shares of American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF are traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc.

This Statement of Additional Information ("Statement of Additional Information" or "SAI") should be read in conjunction with the prospectus dated [XX XX, 2026] (the "Prospectus") for the American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF (the "Fund"), a separate series of American Beacon Select Funds, a Massachusetts business trust. Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained without charge by calling 1-833-471-3562. You also may obtain copies of the Prospectus without charge by visiting the Fund's website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com. This SAI is incorporated by reference into the Fund's Prospectus. In other words, it is legally a part of the Prospectus. This SAI is not a prospectus and is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only if preceded or accompanied by the current Prospectus. Capitalized terms in this SAI have the same definition as in the Prospectus, unless otherwise defined. **Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined in this SAI or the Prospectus are defined in Appendix** **B.**

The Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date hereof. Accordingly, financial statements for the Fund are not yet available. Copies of the Fund's Annual Shareholder and Semi-Annual Shareholder Reports may be obtained when available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-833-471-3562 or visiting www.americanbeaconfunds.com.

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| [**Organization and History of the Fund**](#chapter_2-sect1_1_2760) | [1](#chapter_2-sect1_1_2760) |
| [**Additional Information About Investment Strategies and Risks**](#chapter_2-sect1_2_2760) | [1](#chapter_2-sect1_2_2760) |
| [**Investment Restrictions**](#chapter_2-sect1_3_2760) | [8](#chapter_2-sect1_3_2760) |
| [**Temporary or Defensive Investments**](#chapter_2-sect1_4_2760) | [9](#chapter_2-sect1_4_2760) |
| [**Portfolio Turnover**](#chapter_2-sect1_5_2760) | [9](#chapter_2-sect1_5_2760) |
| [**Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings**](#chapter_2-sect1_6_2760) | [10](#chapter_2-sect1_6_2760) |
| [**Lending of Portfolio Securities**](#chapter_2-sect1_7_2760) | [11](#chapter_2-sect1_7_2760) |
| [**Trustees and Officers of the Trust**](#chapter_2-sect1_8_2760) | [11](#chapter_2-sect1_8_2760) |
| [**Code of Ethics**](#chapter_2-sect1_9_2760) | [19](#chapter_2-sect1_9_2760) |
| [**Proxy Voting Policies**](#chapter_2-sect1_10_2760) | [19](#chapter_2-sect1_10_2760) |
| [**Control Persons and 5% Shareholders**](#chapter_2-sect1_11_2760) | [19](#chapter_2-sect1_11_2760) |
| [**Investment Advisory Agreement**](#chapter_2-sect1_12_2760) | [20](#chapter_2-sect1_12_2760) |
| [**Management, Administrative, Securities Lending, and Distribution Services**](#chapter_2-sect1_13_2760) | [20](#chapter_2-sect1_13_2760) |
| [**Other Service Providers**](#chapter_2-sect1_14_2760) | [23](#chapter_2-sect1_14_2760) |
| [**Creation and Redemption of Creation Units**](#chapter_2-sect1_15_2760) | [23](#chapter_2-sect1_15_2760) |
| [**Portfolio Managers**](#chapter_2-sect1_16_2760) | [28](#chapter_2-sect1_16_2760) |
| [**Portfolio Securities Transactions**](#chapter_2-sect1_17_2760) | [29](#chapter_2-sect1_17_2760) |
| [**Tax Information**](#chapter_2-sect1_18_2760) | [30](#chapter_2-sect1_18_2760) |
| [**Description of the Trust**](#chapter_2-sect1_19_2760) | [34](#chapter_2-sect1_19_2760) |
| [**Financial Statements**](#chapter_2-sect1_20_2760) | [34](#chapter_2-sect1_20_2760) |
| [**Appendix A: Ratings Definitions**](#chapter_2-sect1_21_2760) | [A-1](#chapter_2-sect1_21_2760) |
| [**Appendix B: Glossary**](#chapter_2-sect1_22_2760) | [B-1](#chapter_2-sect1_22_2760) |

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**ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY OF THE FUND**

The Fund is a separate series of the American Beacon Select Funds (the "Trust"), an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust on August 18, 1999. The Fund constitutes a separate investment portfolio with distinct investment objectives and a distinct purpose and strategy. The Fund is "diversified" as that term is defined by the Investment Company Act.

The Fund issues and redeems shares at net asset value ("NAV") only in aggregations of a specified number of shares ("Creation Units") in exchange for a "Basket" of cash and/or securities. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a designated Basket of cash but may also issue and redeem Creation Units in exchange for a Basket of securities plus an amount of cash that the Fund specifies. Unlike mutual funds, shares are not individually redeemable.

Certain employees of the Fund's sub-advisor, American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (the "Manager") or its affiliates are responsible for interacting with market participants that transact in Baskets for one or more Creation Units. As part of these discussions, these employees may discuss with a market participant the securities the Fund is willing to accept in connection with a purchase (also called a "creation") of shares, and securities that the Fund will provide on a redemption of shares. These employees may also discuss portfolio holdings-related information with broker-dealers in connection with settling the Fund's transactions, as may be necessary to conduct business in the ordinary course.

Shares of the Fund will be listed on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange"), a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market, where most investors will buy and sell them at market prices that change throughout the day. Such market prices may be lower, higher or equal to NAV. Accordingly, when transacting in the secondary market, investors may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and receive less than NAV when selling shares. Investors may also pay brokerage commissions and similar charges when purchasing and selling shares.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS**

The Fund's investment objective, principal investment strategies and principal risks are described in the Prospectus. This section contains additional information about the Fund's investment policies and risks and types of investments the Fund may purchase. The composition of the Fund's portfolio and the strategies that the Fund may use in selecting investments may vary over time. The Fund is not required to use all of the investment strategies described below in pursuing its investment objective. It may use some of the investment strategies only at some times or it may not use them at all. Investors should carefully consider their own investment goals and risk tolerance before investing in the Fund.

**Borrowing Risk** — The Fund may borrow money in an amount up to one-third of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) from banks and other financial institutions. The Fund may borrow for temporary purposes. Borrowing may exaggerate changes in the Fund's NAV and in its total return. Interest expense and other fees associated with borrowing may impact the Fund's expenses and reduce its returns.

**Callable Securities** — The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities with call features. A call feature allows the issuer of the security to redeem or call the security prior to its stated maturity date. In periods of falling interest rates, issuers may be more likely to call in securities that are paying higher coupon rates than prevailing interest rates. In the event of a call, the Fund would lose the income that would have been earned to maturity on that security, and the proceeds received by the Fund may be invested in securities paying lower coupon rates. Thus, the Fund's income could be reduced as a result of a call. In addition, the market value of a callable security may decrease if it is perceived by the market as likely to be called, which could have a negative impact on the Fund's total return.

**Cash Equivalents and Other Short-Term Investments** — Cash equivalents and other short-term investments in which the Fund may invest include the investments set forth below.

■ **Commercial Paper.** Commercial
 paper is a short-term debt security issued by a corporation, bank, municipality, or other issuer, usually for purposes such
 as financing current operations. The
 Fund may invest in commercial paper that cannot be resold to the public without an effective registration statement
 under the Securities Act. While some restricted commercial paper normally is deemed illiquid, in certain cases it may be deemed liquid.

■ **Government Money Market Funds.** The Fund may
 invest cash balances in money market funds that are registered as investment companies under
 the Investment Company Act, including money market funds that are advised by the Manager. Money market funds invest in highly-liquid, short-term instruments,
 which include cash and cash equivalents, and debt securities with high credit ratings and short-term maturities, such as U.S. Treasuries.
 A "government money market fund" is required to invest at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, U.S. government securities,
 and/or repurchase
 agreements that are fully collateralized by government securities or cash. Government securities include any security issued or guaranteed
 as to principal or interest by the U.S. government and its agencies or instrumentalities. By investing in a money market fund, the
 Fund becomes a shareholder
 of that money market fund. As a result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear their proportionate share of the expenses of the money
 market funds in which the
 Fund invests in addition to any fees and expenses Fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the
 Fund's own operations.
 These expenses may include, for example, advisory and administrative fees, including advisory fees charged by the Manager to any applicable
 money market funds advised by the Manager. These other fees and expenses are reflected in the Fees and Expenses Table for the
 Fund in its Prospectus,
 if applicable. Shareholders also would be exposed to the risks associated with money market funds and the portfolio investments of such
 money market funds, including that a money market fund's yield will be lower than the return that the
 Fund would have derived from other investments
 that would provide liquidity. Although a money market fund is designed to be a relatively low risk investment, it is not free of risk. Despite the short
 maturities and high credit quality of a money market fund's investments, increases in interest rates and deteriorations in the credit quality of the instruments
 the money market fund has purchased can cause the price of a money market security to decrease and may reduce the money
 market fund's yield. In addition, a money market fund is subject to the risk that the value of an investment may be eroded over
 time by inflation.
 Factors that could adversely affect the value of a money market fund's shares include, among other things, a sharp rise in interest
 rates, an illiquid
 market for the securities held by the money market fund, a high volume of redemption activity in a money market fund's shares, and
 a credit event or
 credit rating downgrade affecting one or more of the issuers of securities held by the money market fund. There can be no assurance that
 a money market fund
 will maintain a $1.00 per share net asset value ("NAV") at all times.

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■ **Government Obligations.** Government
 obligations may include U.S. Treasury securities, Treasury inflation-protected securities, and other debt instruments
 backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, or debt obligations of U.S. Government-sponsored entities.

■ **Repurchase Agreements** **.** Repurchase agreements are agreements pursuant to which the
 Fund purchases securities from a bank that is a member of
 the Federal Reserve System (or a foreign bank or U.S. branch or agency of a foreign bank), or from a securities dealer, that agrees to
 repurchase the securities
 from the Fund at a
 higher price on a designated future date. Repurchase agreements generally are for a short period of time, usually less
 than a week. Costs, delays, or losses could result if the selling party to a repurchase agreement becomes bankrupt or otherwise defaults.

**Corporate Actions** — From time to time, the Fund may voluntarily participate in corporate actions (for example, acquisitions, mergers, rights offerings, conversion privileges, exchange offers, credit event settlements, etc.) where the issuer or counterparty offers securities or instruments to holders or counterparties, such as the Fund, and the acquisition is determined to be beneficial to Fund shareholders ("Corporate Actions"). Notwithstanding any percentage investment limitation listed under the "Investment Restrictions" section or any percentage investment limitation of the Investment Company Act or rules thereunder, if the Fund has the opportunity to acquire a permitted security or instrument through a Corporate Action, and by doing so, the Fund would exceed a percentage investment limitation following the acquisition, it will not constitute a violation if, prior to the receipt of the securities or instruments and after announcement of the Corporate Action, the Fund sells an offsetting amount of assets that are subject to the investment limitation in question at least equal to the value of the securities or instruments to be acquired.

**Cybersecurity and Operational Risk** — With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet and the dependence on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, the Fund, its service providers, third-party fund distribution platforms, and the issuers of the Fund's investments may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from cybersecurity incidents, including cyber-attacks. In general, cybersecurity incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber-attacks include, but are not limited to, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally (e.g., through "hacking," computer viruses or other malicious software coding), the theft and holding for ransom of proprietary or confidential information or data (referred to as "ransomware" attacks), denial of service attacks on websites, "phishing" attempts and other social engineering techniques aimed at personnel or systems, and the unauthorized release of confidential information. Cyber-attacks affecting the Fund, the Manager, the Custodian (as defined below), the transfer agent, intermediaries and other third-party service providers may adversely impact the Fund. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, result in the loss or theft of shareholder data or funds, impact the Fund's ability to calculate NAV per share, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential business information, result in violations of applicable privacy and other laws, impede trading, subject the Fund to regulatory fines or financial losses and/or cause reputational damage. A cyber-attack may also result in shareholders or service providers being unable to access electronic systems (also known as "denial of services"), loss or theft of proprietary information or corporate data, physical damage to a computer or network system, or remediation costs associated with system repairs. The Fund may also incur additional costs for cybersecurity risk management purposes or corrective measures, and such costs may be ongoing because threats of cyber-attacks are constantly evolving as cyber-attackers become more sophisticated and their techniques become more complex. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of the Fund's investments, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund to lose value. Adverse consequences also could result from cybersecurity incidents affecting counterparties with which the Fund engages in transactions, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other parties. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, disruptions or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the Fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or unable to accurately price its investments. The Fund's service providers also may be negatively impacted due to operational risks arising from non-cybersecurity related factors such as processing errors and human errors, inadequate or failed internal or external processes, failures in systems and technology errors or malfunctions, changes in personnel, and errors caused by Fund service providers or counterparties. In addition, other events or circumstances — whether foreseeable, unforeseeable, or beyond the Fund's control, such as acts of war, other conflicts, terrorism, natural disaster, widespread disease, pandemic or other public health crises may result in, among other things, quarantines and travel restrictions, workforce displacement and loss or reduction in Personnel and other resources. In the above circumstances, the Fund and the Service Providers' operations may be significantly impacted, or even temporarily halted. The Fund's securities market counterparties or vendors may face the same or similar systems failure, cybersecurity breaches and other business disruptions risks. Any of these results could have a substantial adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. For example, if a cybersecurity incident results in a denial of service, Fund shareholders could lose access to their electronic accounts and be unable to buy or sell Fund shares for an unknown period of time, and service providers could be unable to access electronic systems to perform critical duties for the Fund, such as trading, NAV calculation, shareholder accounting or fulfillment of Fund share purchases and redemptions. There are inherent limitations in risk management systems that seek to reduce the risks associated with cybersecurity incidents, including the possibility that risks may not have been adequately identified or prepared for, or that different or unknown threats may emerge in the future. Furthermore, the Fund does not control the cybersecurity systems and plans of the issuers of the Fund's investments, third party service providers, trading counterparties or any other service providers whose operations may affect the Fund or its shareholders. The use of cloud-based service providers could heighten or change these risks. In addition, remote and hybrid work arrangements by the Fund, the Manager or their service providers could increase all of the above risks, create additional data and information accessibility concerns, and make the Fund, the Manager or their service providers susceptible to operational disruptions, any of which could adversely impact their operations.

**Debentures** — Debentures are unsecured, medium- to long-term debt securities protected only by the general creditworthiness of the corporate or government issuer, not by collateral, and documented by indentures. Governments often issue debentures because they generally cannot guarantee debt with assets due to the fact that government assets are public property. Debenture holders are unsecured creditors. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the issuer, debenture holders will not have a claim against any specific assets of the issuer and will therefore only be paid from the issuer's assets after the secured creditors have been paid. The value of a debenture can fluctuate with changes in interest rates and the perceived ability of the issuer to make interest or principal payments on time.

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**Expense Risk** — Fund expenses are subject to a variety of factors, including fluctuations in the Fund's net assets. Accordingly, actual expenses may be greater or less than those indicated. For example, to the extent that the Fund's net assets decrease due to market declines or redemptions, the Fund's expenses will increase as a percentage of Fund net assets. During periods of high market volatility, these increases in the Fund's expense ratio could be significant.

**Fixed-Income Investments** — The Fund may hold debt instruments, including government and corporate debt instruments, and other fixed-income securities. Typically, the values of fixed-income securities change inversely with prevailing interest rates. Therefore, a fundamental risk of fixed-income securities is interest rate risk, which is the risk that their value will generally decline as prevailing interest rates rise, which may cause the Fund's NAV to likewise decrease, and vice versa. How specific fixed-income securities may react to changes in interest rates will depend on the specific characteristics of each security. For example, while securities with longer maturities tend to produce higher yields, they also tend to be more sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates and are therefore more volatile than shorter-term securities and are subject to greater market fluctuations as a result of changes in interest rates. However, calculations of maturity and duration may be based on estimates and may not reliably predict a security's price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. In addition, different interest rate measures (such as short- and long-term interest rates and U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates), or interest rates on different types of securities or securities of different issuers, may not necessarily change in the same amount or in the same direction. Investments in fixed-income securities with very low or negative interest rates may diminish the Fund's yield and performance. Conversely, if rising interest rates cause the Fund to lose value, the Fund could face increased shareholder redemptions, which may lead to increased portfolio turnover and transaction costs. An increase in shareholder redemptions could also force the Fund to liquidate investments at disadvantageous times or prices, therefore adversely affecting the Fund as well as the value of your investment. For fixed-income securities with variable or floating rates, the interest rates reset when the specified index or reference rate changes. Fixed-income securities are also subject to credit risk, which is the risk that the credit strength of an issuer of a fixed-income security will weaken and/or that the issuer will be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and interest payments and that the security may go into default. In addition, there is prepayment risk, which is the risk that during periods of falling interest rates, certain fixed-income securities with higher interest rates, such as mortgage- and asset-backed securities, may be prepaid by their issuers thereby reducing the amount of interest payments. This is similar to call risk, which is the risk that the issuer of a debt security may repay the security early. This may result in the Fund not enjoying the increase in the security's market price that usually accompanies a decline in rates, and also having to reinvest its proceeds in lower yielding securities. Fixed-income securities may also be subject to valuation risk and liquidity risk. Valuation risk is the risk that one or more of the fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests are priced differently than the value realized upon such security's sale. In times of market instability, valuation may be more difficult. Liquidity risk is the risk that fixed-income securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the Fund would like or at the price the sub-advisor believes the security is currently worth. To the extent the Fund invests in fixed-income securities in a particular industry or economic sector, its share values may fluctuate in response to events affecting that industry or sector.

Fixed-income securities are also subject to market risk. The market for certain fixed-income securities may become illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. Recent and potential future changes in government monetary policy may also affect the level of interest rates. The Fund may be subject to heightened interest rate risk in times of monetary policy change and uncertainty, such as when the Federal Reserve ends a quantitative easing program and/or raises interest rates. The end of quantitative easing and/or rising interest rates may expose fixed-income markets to increased volatility and may reduce the liquidity of certain investments. These developments could cause the Fund's NAV to fluctuate or make it more difficult for the Fund to accurately value its securities. The amount of assets deemed illiquid remaining within the Fund may also increase, making it more difficult to meet shareholder redemptions and further adversely affecting the value of the Fund.

In addition, specific types of fixed-income securities in which the Fund may invest are subject to the risks described elsewhere in this SAI.

■ **Corporate Debt and Other Fixed-Income Securities.** Typically, the values of fixed income securities change inversely with prevailing interest rates. Therefore,
 a fundamental risk of fixed income securities is interest rate risk, which is the risk that their value generally will decline as prevailing interest rates rise,
 which may cause the
 Fund's NAV to likewise decrease, and vice versa. How specific fixed income securities may react to changes in interest
 rates will depend on the specific characteristics of each security. For example, while securities with longer maturities tend to produce
 higher yields, they
 also tend to be more sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. They are therefore more volatile than shorter-term securities
 and are subject to
 greater market fluctuations as a result of changes in interest rates. Fixed income securities are also subject to credit risk, which is
 the risk that the
 credit strength of an issuer of a fixed income security will weaken and/or that the issuer will be unable to make timely principal and
 interest payments,
 and that the security may go into default.

■ **High-Yield Bonds.** High-yield,
 non-investment grade bonds (also known as "junk bonds") are low-quality, high-risk corporate bonds that generally offer
 a high level of current income. These bonds are considered speculative with respect to the issuer's ability to pay interest and
 repay principal by rating
 organizations. For example, Moody's, S&P Global, and Fitch, Inc. currently rate them below Baa3, BBB- and BBB-, respectively.
 Please see "**Appendix** **A**:
 Ratings Definitions" below for an explanation of the ratings applied to high-yield bonds. High-yield bonds are often issued as a
 result of corporate
 restructurings, such as leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, or other similar events. They may also be issued by smaller, less creditworthy
 companies or by highly leveraged firms, which are generally less able to make scheduled payments of interest and principal than more financially
 stable firms. Because of their lower credit quality, high-yield bonds must pay higher interest to compensate investors for the substantial credit risk they assume.
 Lower-rated securities are subject to certain risks that may not be present with investments in higher-grade securities. Investors
 should consider carefully their ability to assume the risks associated with lower-rated securities before investing in the
 Fund. The lower rating
 of certain high-yield corporate income securities reflects a greater possibility that the financial condition of the issuer or adverse
 changes in general
 economic conditions may impair the ability of the issuer to pay income and principal. Changes by rating agencies in their ratings of a fixed-income security
 also may affect the value of these investments; however, allocating investments in the
 Fund among securities of different issuers
 should reduce the risks of owning any such securities separately. The prices of these high-yield securities tend to be less sensitive
 to interest rate changes
 than higher-rated investments, but more sensitive to adverse economic changes or individual corporate developments. During economic
 downturns, periods of rising interest rates, or when inflation or deflation occurs, highly leveraged issuers may experience financial
 stress that adversely
 affects their ability to service principal and interest payment obligations, to meet projected business goals or to obtain additional financing, and the
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and may be unable to repay debt at maturity by refinancing. In addition, lower-rated securities may experience substantial price declines when there is an expectation that issuers of such securities might experience financial difficulties. As a result, the yields on lower-rated securities can rise dramatically. However, the higher yields of high-yield securities may not reflect the value of the income stream that holders of such securities may expect, but rather the risk that such securities may lose a substantial portion of their value as a result of their issuer's financial restructuring or default. If an issuer defaults, the Fund may incur additional expenses to seek recovery. Additionally, accruals of interest income for the Fund may have to be adjusted in the event of default. In the event of an issuer's default, the Fund may write off prior income accruals for that issuer, resulting in a reduction in the Fund's current dividend payment. In the event of an in court or out of court restructuring of high-yield bond in which the Fund invests, the Fund may acquire (and subsequently sell) equity securities or exercise warrants that it receives. In addition, the market for high-yield securities generally is less robust and active than that for higher-rated securities, which may limit the Fund's ability to sell such securities at fair value in response to changes in the economy or financial markets and could make the valuation of these portfolio securities more difficult.

**Illiquid and Restricted Securities** — Generally, an illiquid asset is an asset that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. Historically, illiquid securities have included securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act, securities that are otherwise not readily marketable, and repurchase agreements having a remaining maturity of longer than seven calendar days.

Securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act are referred to as private placements or restricted securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the secondary market. Such securities include those sold in private placement offerings made in reliance on the "private placement" exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and resold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Section 4(a)(2) securities"). Such securities are restricted as to disposition under the federal securities laws, and generally, are sold to institutional investors, such as the Fund, that agree they are purchasing the securities for investment and not with an intention to distribute to the public. These securities may be sold only in a privately negotiated transaction or pursuant to an exemption from registration.

A large institutional market exists for certain securities that are not registered under the Securities Act, including repurchase agreements, commercial paper, foreign securities, municipal securities and corporate bonds and notes. Section 4(a)(2) securities normally are resold to other institutional investors through or with the assistance of the issuer or dealers that make a market in the Section 4(a)(2) securities, thus providing liquidity. Institutional investors depend on an efficient institutional market in which the unregistered security can be readily resold or on an issuer's ability to honor a demand for repayment. Rule 144A under the Securities Act is designed to facilitate efficient trading among institutional investors by permitting the sale of certain unregistered securities to qualified institutional buyers. To the extent privately placed securities held by the Fund qualify under Rule 144A and an institutional market develops for those securities, the Fund likely will be able to dispose of the securities without registering them under the Securities Act. To the extent that institutional buyers are uninterested in purchasing restricted securities, the Fund's investment in such securities could have the effect of reducing the Fund's liquidity. A determination could be made that certain securities qualified for trading under Rule 144A are liquid.

Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio securities, and the Fund might be unable to dispose of restricted or other illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices and might thereby experience difficulty satisfying redemptions within seven calendar days. However, the fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions on resale of such investments to the general public or to certain institutions may not be indicative of their liquidity. In addition, the Fund may get only limited information about an issuer of such a security, so it may be less able to predict a loss. The Fund also might have to register such restricted securities in order to dispose of them, resulting in additional expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could impede such a public offering of securities. The illiquidity of the market, as well as the lack of publicly available information regarding these securities, also may make it difficult to determine a fair value for certain securities for purposes of computing the Fund's NAV.

**Interfund Lending** — Pursuant to an order issued by the SEC, the Fund may participate in a credit facility whereby the Fund, under certain conditions, is permitted to lend money directly to and borrow directly from other funds under the Manager's management for temporary purposes. The credit facility is administered by a credit facility team consisting of professionals from the Manager's asset management, compliance, and accounting departments, who report on credit facility activities to the Board. The credit facility can provide a borrowing fund with savings at times when the cash position of the Fund is insufficient to meet temporary cash requirements. This situation could arise when shareholder redemptions exceed anticipated volumes and the Fund has insufficient cash on hand to satisfy such redemptions, or when sales of securities do not settle as expected, resulting in a cash shortfall for the Fund. The credit facility provides a source of immediate, short-term liquidity pending settlement of the sale of portfolio securities. Although the credit facility may reduce the Fund's need to borrow from banks, the Fund remains free to establish and utilize lines of credit or other borrowing arrangements with banks.

**Issuer Risk** — The value of an investment may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services, as well as the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer and the value of its assets.

**Mortgage-Backed Securities** — Mortgage-backed securities may be more volatile or less liquid than more traditional debt securities. Mortgage-backed securities include both collateralized mortgage obligations and mortgage pass-through certificates.

■ **Collateralized Mortgage Obligations** **("CMOs").** A CMO is a debt obligation of a legal entity that is collateralized by mortgages or mortgage-related
 assets. These securities may be issued by U.S. Government agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae or
 Freddie Mac or by trusts formed by private originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, mortgage bankers, commercial
 banks, insurance companies, investment banks and special purpose subsidiaries of the foregoing. CMOs divide the cash flow generated
 from the underlying mortgages or mortgage pass-through securities into different groups referred to as "tranches," which are
 typically retired
 sequentially over time in order of priority. Interest and prepaid principal is paid, in most cases, on a monthly basis. CMOs may be collateralized
 by whole mortgage loans or private mortgage bonds, but they are more typically collateralized by portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities
 guaranteed by GNMA; FHLMC and FNMA (each a government-sponsored enterprise and may be owned entirely by private shareholders); and
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The issuers of CMOs are structured as trusts or corporations established for the purpose of issuing such CMOs and often have no assets other than those underlying the securities and any credit support provided. Although payment of the principal of, and interest on, the underlying collateral securing privately issued CMOs may be guaranteed by the U.S. Government or government-sponsored enterprises, these CMOs represent obligations solely of the private issuer and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, any government-sponsored enterprise, or any other person or entity. Prepayments could cause early retirement of CMOs. Payment of interest or principal on certain tranches of CMOs may be subject to contingencies, and certain tranches may bear some or all of the risk of default on the underlying mortgages. CMO tranches are generally retired in sequence as the underlying mortgage loans in the mortgage pool are repaid. If enough mortgages are repaid ahead of schedule, the CMO tranches with the earliest maturities generally will be retired prior to their stated maturity date. Thus, the early retirement of particular tranches of a CMO would have a similar effect as the prepayment of mortgages underlying other MBS. Conversely, slower than anticipated prepayments can extend the effective maturities of CMOs, subjecting them to a greater risk of decline in market value in response to rising interest rates than traditional debt securities, and therefore, potentially increasing the volatility of the Fund's investments in CMOs. An increase or decrease in prepayment rates (resulting from a decrease or increase in mortgage interest rates) will affect the yield, average life, and price of CMOs. Under certain CMO structures, certain tranches have priority over others with respect to the receipt of repayments on the mortgages. Therefore, depending on the type of CMOs in which the Fund invests, the investment may be subject to a greater or lesser risk of prepayment than other types of mortgage-related securities. The prices of certain CMOs, depending on their structure and the rate of prepayments, can be volatile. Some CMOs may also not be as liquid as other securities.

**Municipal Securities** — The Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes ("tax-exempt"), as well as municipal securities the interest on which is taxable. Municipal bonds are issued for a wide variety of reasons, including to construct public facilities, to obtain funds for operating expenses, to refund outstanding municipal obligations, and to loan funds to various public institutions and facilities. Municipal securities are subject to credit risk where a municipal issuer of a security might not make interest or principal payments on a security as they become due. An issuer's actual or perceived credit quality can be affected by, among other things, the financial condition of the issuer, the issuer's future borrowing plans and sources of revenue, the economic feasibility of a project or general borrowing purpose, and political or economic developments in the region where the instrument is issued. Local and national market forces, such as declines in real estate prices or general business activity, shifting demographics or political gridlock may result in decreasing tax bases, growing entitlement budgets, and increasing construction and/or maintenance costs and could reduce the ability of certain issuers of municipal securities to repay their obligations.

Municipal securities also are subject to interest rate risk. As with other fixed income securities, an increase in interest rates generally will reduce the value of the Fund's investments in municipal obligations, whereas a decline in interest rates generally will increase that value.

Some municipal securities, including those in the high yield market, may include transfer restrictions (e.g., may only be transferred to qualified institutional buyers and purchasers meeting other qualification requirements set by the issuer). As such, it may be difficult to sell municipal securities at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or the Fund may be able to sell them only at prices that are less than what the Fund regards as their fair market value.

To the extent that municipalities face severe financial hardship, certain state and local governments may have difficulty paying principal or interest when due on their outstanding debt and may experience credit ratings downgrades on their debt. In addition, municipal securities backed by revenues from a project or specified assets may be adversely impacted by a municipality's failure to collect the revenue. The possibility of their defaulting on obligations, and/or declaring bankruptcy where allowable, creates risks to the value of municipal securities held by the Fund. Difficulties in the municipal securities markets could result in increased illiquidity, volatility and credit risk, and a decrease in the number of municipal securities investment opportunities.

The Fund may purchase municipal securities that are fully or partially backed by entities providing credit support such as letters of credit, guarantees, or insurance. The credit quality of the entities that provide such credit support will affect the market values of those securities. The insurance feature of a municipal security guarantees the full and timely payment of interest and principal through the life of an insured obligation. The insurance feature does not, however, guarantee the market value of the insured obligation or the net asset value of the Fund's shares represented by such an insured obligation. The sub-advisor generally looks to the credit quality of the issuer of a municipal security to determine whether the security meets the Fund's quality restrictions, even if the security is covered by insurance. However, a downgrade in the claims-paying ability of an insurer of a municipal security could have an adverse effect on the market value of the security. Certain significant providers of insurance for municipal securities can incur and, in the past have incurred, significant losses as a result of exposure to certain categories of investments, such as sub-prime mortgages and other lower credit quality investments that have experienced defaults or otherwise suffered extreme credit deterioration. Such losses can adversely impact the capital adequacy of these insurers and may call into question the insurers' ability to fulfill their obligations under such insurance if they are called to do so, which could negatively affect the Fund. There are a limited number of providers of insurance for municipal securities and the Fund may have multiple investments covered by one insurer. Accordingly, this may make the value of those investments dependent on the claims-paying ability of that one insurer and could result in share price volatility for the Fund's shares.

In addition, the amount of publicly available information for municipal issuers is generally less than for corporate issuers. Unlike other types of investments, municipal obligations have traditionally not been subject to the registration requirements of the federal securities laws, although there have been proposals to provide for such registration. This lack of SEC regulation has adversely affected the quantity and quality of information available to the bond markets about issuers and their financial condition. The SEC has responded to the need for such information with Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Rule"). The Rule requires that underwriters must reasonably determine that an issuer of municipal securities undertakes in a written agreement for the benefit of the holders of such securities to file with a nationally recognized municipal securities information repository certain information regarding the financial condition of the issuer and material events relating to such securities.

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Additionally, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") occasionally challenges the tax-exempt status of the interest on particular municipal securities. If the IRS determined that interest earned on a municipal security the Fund held was taxable and the issuer thereof failed to overcome that determination, that interest would be taxable to the Fund, possibly retroactive to the time the Fund purchased the security.

The municipal securities in which the Fund may invest may include:

■ **Anticipation** **Notes.** Tax, revenue or bond anticipation notes are issued by municipalities in expectation of future tax or other revenues that are payable
 from those taxes or revenues. Bond anticipation notes usually provide interim financing in advance of an issue of bonds or notes, the proceeds of which
 are used to repay the anticipation notes.

■ **Auction Rate Securities.** Auction rate securities are bonds whose interest rates are reset at specified intervals through an auction process designed to
 determine a single rate that enables purchases and sales of the auction rate securities to take place at par. Provided that the auction
 is successful, auction
 rate securities would permit the holder to sell the securities in an auction at par value at specified intervals.

■ **General** **Obligation Bonds.** General
 obligation bonds are secured by the pledge of the issuer's full faith, credit, and usually, taxing power and are payable
 from and backed only by the issuer's general unrestricted revenues and not from any particular fund or source. The characteristics
 and method of enforcement
 of general obligation bonds vary according to the law applicable to the particular issuer, and payment may be dependent upon
 appropriation by the issuer's legislative body. The taxing power may be an unlimited ad valorem tax or a limited tax, usually on
 real estate and personal
 property. Most states do not tax real estate, but leave that power to local units of government.

■ **Municipal Commercial Paper and Notes.** Municipal commercial paper and notes are unsecured short-term obligations issued by a state or municipality.

■ **Municipal Lease Obligations.** Municipal lease obligations are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire land and a wide variety
 of equipment and facilities. These obligations typically are not fully backed by the municipality's credit and thus interest thereon
 may become taxable
 if the lease is assigned. If funds are not appropriated for the following year's lease payments, a lease may terminate with the
 possibility of default
 on the lease obligation.

■ **Municipal Warrants.** Municipal
 warrants are essentially call options on municipal bonds. In exchange for a premium, municipal warrants give the purchaser
 the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a municipal bond in the future. The
 Fund may purchase a warrant to lock in forward supply in
 an environment where the current issuance of bonds is sharply reduced. Like options, warrants may expire worthless and they may have reduced liquidity.

■ **Private Activity Bonds.** Private activity bonds are issued to finance, among other things, privately operated housing facilities, pollution control facilities,
 convention or trade show facilities, mass transit, airport, port or parking facilities and certain facilities for water supply, gas, electricity, sewage or solid waste
 disposal. Private activity bonds are also issued to privately held or publicly owned corporations in the financing of commercial or
 industrial facilities. The principal and interest on these obligations may be payable from the general revenues of the users of such facilities.
 They are not backed
 by the credit of any governmental or public authority.

■ **Revenue Obligations**. Revenue
 obligations, such as industrial development bonds, are backed by the revenue cash flow of a project or facility. The interest
 on such obligations is payable only from the revenues derived from a particular project, facility, specific excise tax or other revenue
 source. Revenue obligations
 are not a debt or liability of the local or state government and do not obligate that government to levy or pledge any form of taxation
 or to make any appropriation for payment.

■ **Moral Obligation Bonds.** A moral obligation bond is a type of revenue bond with a non-binding commitment by the state or municipality to pay principal
 and interest if revenues from a project are insufficient to make such payments. This payment generally requires appropriation by the state legislature or municipal
 authority, which is not legally required.

■ **Resource Recovery Obligations.** Resource recovery obligations are a type of municipal revenue obligation issued to build facilities such as solid waste
 incinerators or waste-to-energy plants. Usually, a private corporation will be involved and the revenue cash flow will be supported by
 fees or units paid
 by municipalities for use of the facilities. The viability of a resource recovery project, environmental protection regulations and project operator tax incentives
 may affect the value and credit quality of these obligations.

■ **Tender-Option Bond Floaters.** Tender option bond floaters are created when municipal bonds are deposited into a trust or other special purpose vehicle,
 which issues two classes of certificates with varying economic interests one of which is tender option bond floaters. These are floating
 rate certificates
 that receive tax-exempt interest based on short-term rates and its holders may tender the certificates to the trust at face value. Investments
 in tender option bond floaters expose the Fund to variable and floating rate securities risk. A trust may be terminated if, for example, the issuer of the
 underlying bond defaults on interest payments or the credit rating assigned to the issuer of the underlying bond is downgraded.

**Other Investment Company Securities and Exchange-Traded Products** — Investments in the securities of other investment companies may involve duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. By investing in another investment company, the Fund becomes a shareholder of that investment company. As a result, Fund shareholders indirectly will bear the Fund's proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by shareholders of the other investment company, in addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the Fund's own operations. To the extent the Fund invests in investment company securities advised by the Manager and/or a sub-advisor, shareholders could pay fees charged by the Manager and/or sub-advisor to such investment company. The Fund's investment in securities of other investment companies, except for money market funds, is generally limited to (i) 3% of the total voting stock of any one investment company, (ii) 5% of the Fund's total assets with respect to any one investment company and (iii) 10% of the Fund's total assets in all investment companies in the aggregate. In addition, the Fund is generally limited to selling 3% of its total voting stock to an investment company. However, the Fund may exceed these limits in reliance on a statutory exemption, the terms and conditions of an exemptive order from the SEC, or Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act. Such investments may be subject to various conditions, including limits on control and voting of acquired fund shares, required evaluations and findings by investment advisers, fund investment agreements, and/or limits on most three-tier fund structures.

The Fund at times may invest in shares of other investment companies and exchange-traded products, which, in addition to the general risks of investments in other investment companies described above, include the following risks:

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■ **Municipal Debt ETFs.** A Fund
 may purchase shares of ETFs to obtain exposure to all or a portion of the municipal debt market. ETFs that invest in municipal
 debt may be highly impacted by events tied to the overall municipal securities market, which can be very volatile and significantly affected by unfavorable tax,
 legislative or political developments and adverse changes in the financial conditions of issuers. ETFs trade like a common stock and
 passive ETFs usually represent a fixed portfolio of securities designed to track the performance and dividend yield of a particular domestic
 or foreign market
 index. Typically, Fund would purchase passive ETF shares to obtain exposure to all or a portion of the stock or bond market. As a shareholder
 of an ETF, Fund would be subject to its ratable share of the ETF's expenses, including its advisory and administration expenses.
 An investment in an
 ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional mutual fund (i.e., one that is not exchange traded) that
 has the same investment objective, strategies, and policies. The price of an ETF can fluctuate within a wide range, and Fund could lose
 money investing in
 an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF decline in value. In addition, ETFs are subject to the following risks that do
 not apply to conventional
 mutual funds: (1) the market price of the ETF's shares may trade at a discount or premium to their NAV per share; (2) an active trading market for
 an ETF's shares may not develop or be maintained; or (3) trading of an ETF's shares may be halted if the listing exchange's
 officials deem such
 action appropriate, the shares are de-listed from the exchange, or the activation of market-wide "circuit breakers" (which
 are tied to large
 decreases in stock prices) halts stock trading generally.

■ **Municipal Money Market Funds.** The
 Fund can invest free cash balances in registered open-end investment companies regulated as institutional municipal
 money market funds under the Investment Company Act, to provide liquidity or for exposure to short-term municipal bonds on a temporary
 basis. Although a municipal money market fund is designed to be a relatively low risk investment, it is not free of risk and, as an institutional
 money market fund, its net asset value per share will fluctuate. Despite the short maturities and high credit quality of a municipal money market fund's
 investments, changes in interest rates and deteriorations in the credit quality of the instruments the money market fund has purchased may reduce the money
 market fund's yield and can cause the price of a money market security to decrease. In addition, a municipal money market fund
 is subject to the risk that the value of an investment may be eroded over time by inflation. Municipal money market funds may be highly impacted by events
 tied to the overall municipal securities market, which can be very volatile and significantly affected by unfavorable tax, legislative or political developments
 and adverse changes in the financial conditions of issuers. Although a municipal money market fund is designed to provide income
 exempt from federal income taxes, income from securities held by a municipal money market fund could become taxable due to changes in tax laws or noncompliant
 conduct of a state or municipality. Recent SEC rules also would permit money market funds to impose a discretionary liquidity
 fee subject to a determination by a money market fund's board that such a fee would be in the money market fund's best interests
 and, effective October
 2, 2024, would require the mandatory imposition of a liquidity fee by institutional money market funds under certain circumstances.

■ **Open-End Funds.** The
 Fund may invest in the shares of other open-end funds.

**Redemption Risk** — The Fund may experience periods of heavy redemptions that could cause the Fund to sell assets at inopportune times at a loss or depressed value. The risk of loss is greater if redemption requests are frequent, occur in times of overall market turmoil or declining prices for the securities sold, or when the securities the Fund wishes to sell are illiquid. The sale of assets to meet redemption requests may create capital gains, which the Fund would then be required to distribute to shareholders. Redemption risk is greater to the extent that one or more investors or intermediaries control a large percentage of investments in the Fund, have short investment horizons, or have unpredictable cash flow needs. Additionally, during periods of heavy redemptions, the Fund may borrow funds from the interfund credit facility, or from a bank line of credit, which may increase costs. The ability or willingness of dealers and other institutional investors to buy or hold fixed-income securities or otherwise to "make a market" in debt securities has also been reduced. Heavy redemptions, whether by a few large investors or many smaller investors, could hurt the Fund's performance.

**Unrated Securities Risk** — Because the Fund may purchase securities that are not rated by any rating organization, the sub-advisor, after assessing their credit quality, may internally assign ratings to certain of those securities, in categories of those similar to those of rating organizations. Investing in unrated securities involves the risk that the sub-advisor may not accurately evaluate the security's comparative credit rating. To the extent that the Fund invests in unrated securities, the Fund's success in achieving its investment objective may depend more heavily on the sub-advisor's credit analysis than if the Fund invested exclusively in rated securities. Less public information is typically available about unrated securities or issuers. Some unrated securities may not have an active trading market or may be difficult to value, which means the Fund might have difficulty selling them promptly at an acceptable price. Unrated securities may also be subject to greater liquidity risk and price volatility.

**Valuation Risk** — This is the risk that certain securities may be valued at a price different from the price at which they can be sold. This risk may be especially pronounced for investments, such as certain credit-linked notes and other derivatives, which may be illiquid or which may become illiquid, and for securities that trade in relatively thin markets and/or markets that experience extreme volatility. The valuation of the Fund's investments in an accurate and timely manner may be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by third party service providers, such as pricing services or accounting agents. If market or other conditions make it difficult to value certain investments, SEC rules and applicable accounting protocols may require the valuation of these investments using more subjective methods, such as fair-value methodologies. Using fair value methodologies to price investments may result in a value that is different from an investment's most recent closing price and from the prices used by others for the same investment. No assurance can be given that such prices accurately reflect the price the Fund would receive upon sale of a security. An investment's valuation may differ depending on the method used for determining value. Investors who purchase or redeem Fund shares on days when the Fund is holding fair-valued securities may receive fewer or more shares, or lower or higher redemption proceeds, than they would have received if the securities had not been fair valued or a different valuation methodology had been used. The value of foreign securities, certain fixed-income securities and currencies, as applicable, may be materially affected by events after the close of the markets on which they are traded, but before the Fund determines its NAV.

**Variable or Floating Rate Obligations** — Variable and floating rate securities provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid on the obligations. A variable rate obligation has a coupon rate which is adjusted at predesignated periods in response to changes in the market rate of interest on which the coupon is based. The adjustment intervals may be regular, and range from daily up to annually, or may be event based, such as

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based on a change in the prime rate. Variable and floating rate obligations are less effective than fixed rate instruments at locking in a particular yield. Nevertheless, such obligations may fluctuate in value in response to interest rate changes if there is a delay between changes in market interest rates and the interest reset date for the obligation, or for other reasons.

The Fund may invest in floaters and engage in credit spread trades. The interest rate on a floater is a variable rate which is tied to another interest rate, such as a money-market index rate, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), or a U.S. Treasury bill rate. The interest rate on a floater resets periodically, typically every one or three months. While, because of the interest rate reset feature, floaters provide the Fund with a certain degree of protection against rises in interest rates, the Fund will participate in any declines in interest rates as well. A credit spread trade is an investment position relating to a difference in the prices or interest rates of two securities or currencies, where the value of the investment position is determined by movements in the difference between the prices or interest rates, as the case may be, of the respective securities or currencies.

**When-Issued and Forward Commitment Transactions** — These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase or sell securities with payment and delivery to take place at a future date, typically one to two months after the date of the transaction. The payment obligations and interest rate are fixed at the time the buyer enters into the transaction. These transactions enable the Fund to "lock-in" what the Manager believes to be an attractive price or yield on a particular security for a period of time, regardless of future changes in interest rates. For instance, in periods of rising interest rates and falling prices, the Fund might sell securities it owns on a forward commitment basis to limit its exposure to falling prices. In periods of falling interest rates and rising prices, the Fund might purchase a security on a when-issued or forward commitment basis and sell a similar security to settle such purchase, thereby obtaining the benefit of currently higher yields. Forward commitment transactions are executed for existing obligations, whereas in a when-issued transaction, the obligations have not yet been issued.

The value of securities purchased on a when-issued or forward commitment basis and any subsequent fluctuations in their value are reflected in the computation of the Fund's NAV starting on the date of the agreement to purchase the securities. Because the Fund has not yet paid for the securities, this produces an effect similar to leverage. The Fund does not earn interest on securities it has committed to purchase until the securities are paid for and delivered on the settlement date. When the Fund makes a forward commitment to sell securities it owns, the proceeds to be received upon settlement are included in its assets. Fluctuations in the market value of the underlying securities are not reflected in the Fund's NAV as long as the commitment to sell remains in effect.

When entering into a when-issued or forward commitment transaction, the Fund will rely on the other party to consummate the transaction; if the other party fails to do so, the Fund may be disadvantaged. If the other party fails to complete the trade, the Fund may lose the opportunity to obtain a favorable price. For purchases on a when-issued basis, the price of the security is fixed at the date of purchase, but delivery of and payment for the securities is not set until after the securities are issued. The value of when-issued securities is subject to market fluctuation during the interim period and no income accrues to the Fund until settlement takes place. Such transactions therefore involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date or if the value of the security to be sold increases prior to the settlement date. A sale of a when-issued security also involves the risk that the other party will be unable to settle the transaction. When-issued, delayed-delivery and forward commitment transactions may cause the Fund to liquidate positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its purchase or sale obligations.

Pursuant to Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act, when-issued, delayed-delivery and forward commitment transactions will be deemed not to involve a senior security, provided that: the Fund intends to physically settle the transaction; and the transaction will settle within 35 days of its trade date. If such transactions are deemed senior securities, the Fund will maintain with its Custodian segregated (or earmarked) liquid securities in an amount at least equal to the when-issued or forward commitment transaction. Earmarking or otherwise segregating a large percentage of the Fund's assets could impede the sub-advisor's ability to manage the Fund's portfolio.

**Zero-Coupon Obligations —** Zero-coupon obligations are securities that do not make regular interest payments. Instead, they are sold at a discount from their face value, and accrue interest over the life of the bond. The Fund will take into account as income a portion of the difference between these obligations' purchase prices and their face values. Because they do not pay coupon income, the prices of zero-coupon obligations can be very volatile when interest rates change, and their values may fluctuate more than the value of similar securities that pay interest periodically.

**INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS**

**Fundamental Investment Policies/Restrictions.** The following discusses the investment policies of the Fund. The following restrictions have been adopted by the Fund (unless otherwise indicated) and may be changed with respect to the Fund only by the majority vote of the Fund's outstanding voting securities. "Majority of the outstanding voting securities" under the Investment Company Act and as used herein means, with respect to the Fund, the lesser of (a) 67% of the shares of the Fund present at the meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present or represented at the shareholders' meeting, or (b) more than 50% of the shares of the Fund. The Fund may not:

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| **1** | Purchase or sell real estate or real estate limited partnership interests, provided, however, that the Fund may dispose of real estate acquired as a result of the ownership of securities or other instruments and invest in securities secured by real estate or interests therein or issued by companies which invest in real estate or interests therein when consistent with the other policies and limitations described in the Prospectus. |

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| **2** | Invest in physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the Fund from purchasing or selling foreign currency, options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, swaps, caps, floors, collars, securities on a forward-commitment or delayed-delivery basis, and other similar financial instruments or commodity pools or other entities that purchase and sell commodities and commodity contracts.). |

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| **3** | Engage in the business of underwriting securities issued by others, except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of securities, the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under federal securities law. |

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| **4** | Lend any security or make any other loan except (i) as otherwise permitted under the Investment Company Act, (ii) pursuant to a rule, order or interpretation issued by the SEC or its staff, (iii) through the purchase of a portion of an issue of debt securities in accordance with the Fund's investment objective, policies and limitations, or (iv) by engaging in repurchase agreements. |

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| **5** | Issue any senior security except as otherwise permitted (i) under the Investment Company Act or (ii) pursuant to a rule, order or interpretation issued by the SEC or its staff. |

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| **6** | Borrow money, except as otherwise permitted under the Investment Company Act or pursuant to a rule, order or interpretation issued by the SEC or its staff, including (i) as a temporary measure, (ii) by entering into reverse repurchase agreements, and (iii) by lending portfolio securities as collateral. For purposes of this investment limitation, the purchase or sale of options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, swaps, caps, floors, collars and other similar financial instruments and margin deposits, security interests, liens and collateral arrangements with respect to such instruments shall not constitute borrowing. |

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| **7** | Invest more than 5% of its total assets (taken at market value) in securities of any one issuer, other than obligations issued by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, or purchase more than 10% of the voting securities of any one issuer, with respect to 75% of the Fund's total assets. |

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| **8** | Invest more than 25% of its net assets in the securities of companies primarily engaged in any particular industry or group of industries. This limitation does not apply to: (i) obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; and (ii) tax-exempt securities issued by municipalities or their agencies and authorities. |

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Under the Investment Company Act, the above limitations (except the limitation on borrowings) are based upon asset values at the time of the applicable transaction; accordingly, a subsequent change in asset values will not affect a transaction that was in compliance with the investment restrictions at the time such transaction was effected.

For purposes of the Fund's policy relating to commodities set forth in (2) above, the Fund does not consider foreign currencies or forward contracts to be physical commodities.

For purposes of the Fund's policy relating to making loans set forth in (4) above, securities loans will not be made if, as a result, the aggregate amount of all outstanding securities loans by the Fund exceeds 33¹/<sub>3</sub>% of its total assets (including the market value of collateral received).

For purposes of the Fund's policy relating to issuing senior securities set forth in (5) above, "senior securities" are defined as Fund obligations that have a priority over the Fund's shares with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of Fund assets. The Investment Company Act prohibits the Fund from issuing any class of senior securities or selling any senior securities of which it is the issuer, except that the Fund is permitted to borrow from a bank so long as, immediately after such borrowings, there is an asset coverage of at least 300% for all borrowings of the Fund (not including borrowings for temporary purposes in an amount not exceeding 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets). In the event that such asset coverage falls below this percentage, the Fund is required to reduce the amount of its borrowings within three days (not including Sundays and holidays) so that the asset coverage is restored to at least 300%. Consistent with guidance issued by the SEC and its staff, the requisite asset coverage may vary among different types of instruments. The policy in (5) above will be interpreted not to prevent collateral arrangements with respect to swaps, options, forward or futures contracts or other derivatives, or the posting of initial or variation margin.

For purposes of the Fund's industry concentration policy set forth in (8) above, the Manager or the sub-advisor may analyze the characteristics of a particular issuer and instrument and may assign an industry classification consistent with those characteristics. The Manager or the sub-advisor may, but need not, consider industry classifications provided by third parties, and the classifications applied to Fund investments will be informed by applicable law. A large economic or market sector shall not be construed as a particular industry or group of industries. The Fund may invest more than 25% of its net assets in private activity bonds, in securities the payment of principal and interest on which is derived from revenue of similar projects, or in municipal bonds of issuers located in the same geographic area. The Fund will not, however, invest more than 25% of its net assets in private activity bonds issued for any one industry or in any one state.

Except for the investment restrictions listed above as fundamental or to the extent designated as such in the Prospectus, the other investment policies described in this SAI are not fundamental and may be changed by approval of the Trustees.

**TEMPORARY OR DEFENSIVE INVESTMENTS**

In times of unstable or adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, where the Manager or the sub-advisor believes it is appropriate, and in the Fund's best interest, the Fund can invest up to 100% in cash and other types of securities for defensive or temporary purposes. It can also hold cash or purchase these types of securities for liquidity purposes to meet cash needs due to redemptions of Fund shares, or to hold while waiting to invest cash received from purchases of Fund shares or the sale of other portfolio securities.

These temporary investments can include: (i) obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; (ii) commercial paper rated in the highest short-term category by a rating organization; (iii) domestic, Yankee and Eurodollar certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances of banks rated in the highest short-term category by a rating organization; (iv) any of the foregoing securities that mature in one year or less (generally known as "cash equivalents"); (v) other short-term corporate debt obligations; (vi) repurchase agreements; (vii) futures; or (viii) shares of money market funds, including funds advised by the Manager or the sub-advisor.

**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

Portfolio turnover is a measure of trading activity in a portfolio of securities, usually calculated over a period of one year. The rate is calculated by dividing the lesser amount of purchases or sales of securities by the average amount of securities held over the period. A portfolio turnover rate of 100% would indicate that the Fund sold and replaced the entire value of its securities holdings during the period. High portfolio turnover can increase the Fund's transaction costs and generate additional capital gains or losses.

Portfolio turnover may vary significantly from year to year due to a variety of factors, including fluctuating volume of shareholder purchase and redemption orders, market conditions, investment strategy changes, and/or changes in the sub-advisor's investment outlook.

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**DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS**

The Fund publicly discloses portfolio holdings information as follows:

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| **2** | through the facilities of the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") prior to the opening of trading on each business day, a list of the Fund's holdings (generally pro-rata) that Authorized Participants could deliver to the Fund to settle purchases of the Fund (i.e., Deposit Securities) (as defined below) or that Authorized Participants would receive from the Fund to settle redemptions of the Fund (i.e., Fund Securities) (as defined below) (publicly available on financial data websites); |

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**Disclosure of Nonpublic Holdings**

Occasionally, certain interested parties — including individual investors, institutional investors, intermediaries that distribute shares of the Fund, third-party service providers, rating and ranking organizations, and others — may request portfolio holdings information that has not yet been publicly disclosed by the Fund. The Fund's policy is to control the disclosure of nonpublic portfolio holdings information in an attempt to prevent parties from utilizing such information to engage in trading activity harmful to Fund shareholders. To this end, the Board has adopted a Holdings Policy. The purpose of the Holdings Policy is to define those interested parties who are authorized to receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information on a selective basis and to set forth conditions upon which such information may be provided. In general, nonpublic portfolio holdings may be disclosed on a selective basis only when it is determined that: (i) there is a legitimate business purpose for the information; (ii) recipients are subject to a duty of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on the nonpublic information; and (iii) disclosure is in the best interests of Fund shareholders. The Holdings Policy does not restrict the Fund from disclosing that a particular security is not a holding of the Fund. The Holdings Policy is summarized below.

A variety of third-party service providers require access to Fund holdings to provide services to the Fund or to assist the Manager and the sub-advisor in managing the Fund ("service providers"). The service providers have a duty to keep the Fund's nonpublic information confidential either through written contractual arrangements with the Fund (or another Fund service provider) or by the nature of their role with respect to the Fund (or the service provider). The Fund has determined that disclosure of nonpublic holdings information to service providers fulfills a legitimate business purpose and is in the best interest of shareholders. In addition, the Fund has determined that disclosure of nonpublic holdings information to members of the Board fulfills a legitimate business purpose, is in the best interest of Fund shareholders, and each Trustee is subject to a duty of confidentiality.

The Fund has ongoing arrangements to provide nonpublic holdings information to the following service providers whose affiliates may also have access to such information:

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| Manager | Investment management and administrator | Complete list on intraday basis with no lag |
| Sub-Advisor | Investment management | Holdings under sub-advisor's management on intraday basis with no lag |
| Depository Trust Company ("DTC") | Securities depository | Complete list on daily basis with no lag |
| Foreside Financial Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, LLC (doing business as ACA Group) ("Distributor") | Fund's principal underwriter | Complete list on daily basis with no lag |
| National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") | Clearing agency | Complete list on daily basis with no lag |
| State Street Bank and Trust Co. ("State Street") and its designated foreign sub-custodians | Securities lending agent for Funds that participate in securities lending, Fund's Custodian and foreign custody manager, sub-administrator, Fund administration service provider, Fund's transfer agent | Complete list on intraday basis with no lag |

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Certain third parties are provided with nonpublic holdings information (either complete or partial lists) by the Manager or another service provider on an ad hoc basis in the ordinary course of business. These third parties include broker-dealers, the Exchange, Authorized Participants, market makers, legal counsel, and issuers (or their agents). Broker-dealers utilized by the Fund in the process of purchasing and selling portfolio securities or providing market quotations receive limited nonpublic holdings information on a current basis with no lag. The Exchange may receive current holdings information with no lag through discussions with the Manager regarding the Fund's compliance with the listing standards. Authorized Participants and market makers may receive current holdings information with no lag in connection with negotiations of Custom Baskets (as defined below). The Manager or sub-advisor may provide holdings information to legal counsel when seeking advice regarding those holdings. From time to time, an issuer (or its agent) may contact the Fund requesting confirmation of ownership of the issuer's securities. Such holdings information is provided to the issuer (or its agent) as of the date requested. The Fund does not have written contractual arrangements with these third parties regarding the confidentiality of the holdings information. However, the Fund would not continue to utilize a third party that the Manager determined to have misused nonpublic holdings information.

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No compensation or other consideration may be paid to the Fund, the Fund's service providers, or any other party in connection with the disclosure of portfolio holdings information.

Under the Holdings Policy, disclosure of nonpublic portfolio holdings information to parties other than those discussed above must be approved by the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), or in her absence, by a Vice President of the Trust.

In determining whether to approve a request for nonpublic portfolio holdings disclosure, the CCO shall consider the restrictions on selective disclosure imposed by applicable law, the type of requestor and its relationship to the Fund, the stated reason for the request, any historical pattern of requests from that same individual or entity, the style and strategy of the Fund for which holdings have been requested (e.g., passive versus active management), whether the Fund is managed by one or multiple investment managers, and any other factors she deems relevant. In her analysis, the CCO shall attempt to uncover any apparent conflict between the interests of the Fund on the one hand and those of the Manager or an affiliated person of the Fund on the other. Any potential conflicts of the Fund that arise as a result of a request for portfolio holdings information shall be decided by the CCO in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

On a quarterly basis, the Manager will prepare a report for the Board outlining any instances of disclosures of nonpublic holdings during the period that did not comply with the Holdings Policy.

The CCO generally determines whether a historical pattern of requests by the same individual or entity constitutes an "ongoing arrangement" and should be disclosed in the Fund's SAI.

The Manager and the sub-advisor to the Fund may manage substantially similar portfolios for clients other than the Fund. Those other clients may receive and publicly disclose their portfolio holdings information prior to public disclosure by the Fund. The Holdings Policy is not intended to limit the Manager or the sub-advisor from making such disclosures to their clients.

**LENDING OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES**

The Fund may lend securities from its portfolio to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions needing to borrow securities to complete certain transactions. In connection with such loans, the Fund remains the beneficial owner of the loaned securities and continues to be entitled to payments in amounts approximately equal to the interest, dividends or other distributions payable on the loaned securities. The Fund also has the right to terminate a loan at any time. The Fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan. However, it is the Fund's policy to attempt to terminate loans in time to vote those proxies that the Fund determines are material to its interests. Loans of portfolio securities may not exceed 33¹/<sub>3</sub>% of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of all assets received as collateral for the loan). The Fund will receive collateral consisting of cash in the form of cash or cash equivalents, securities of the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, approved bank letters of credit, or other forms of collateral that are permitted by the SEC for registered investment companies, which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. If the collateral consists of cash, the Fund will reinvest the cash and may pay the borrower a pre-negotiated fee or "rebate" for the use of that cash collateral. Under the terms of the securities loan agreement between the Fund and State Street, its securities lending agent, State Street indemnifies the Fund for certain losses resulting from a borrower default. However, should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Fund may experience delays in recovering the loaned securities or exercising its rights in the collateral. In a loan transaction, the Fund will also bear the risk of any decline in value of securities acquired with cash collateral. The Fund seeks to minimize this risk by normally limiting the investment of cash collateral to registered money market funds, including money market funds advised by the Manager that invest in U.S. Government and agency securities.

For all funds that engage in securities lending, the Manager receives compensation for administrative and oversight functions with respect to securities lending, including oversight of the securities lending agent. The amount of such compensation depends on the income generated by the loan of the securities.

As of the date of this SAI, the Fund does not intend to engage in securities lending activities.

**TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE TRUST**

**The Board of Trustees**

The Trust is governed by its Board of Trustees. The Board is responsible for and oversees the overall management and operations of the Trust and the Fund, which includes the general oversight and review of the Fund's investment activities, in accordance with federal law and the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as well as the stated policies of the Fund. The Board oversees the Trust's officers and service providers, including American Beacon, which is responsible for the management of the day-to-day operations of the Fund based on policies and agreements reviewed and approved by the Board. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Board regularly interacts with and receives reports from senior personnel of service providers, including American Beacon's investment personnel and the Trust's CCO. The Board also is assisted by the Trust's independent registered public accounting firm (which reports directly to the Trust's Audit and Compliance Committee), independent counsel and other experts as appropriate, all of whom are selected by the Board.

*Risk Oversight*

Consistent with its responsibility for oversight of the Trust and the Fund, the Board oversees the management of risks relating to the administration and operation of the Trust and the Fund. American Beacon, as part of its responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of the Fund, is responsible for day-to-day risk management for the Fund. The Board, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, also separately considers potential risks that may impact the Fund. The Board performs this risk management oversight directly and, as to certain matters, through its committees (described below) and through the Board members who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act ("Independent Trustees"). The following provides an overview of the principal, but not all, aspects of the Board's oversight of risk management for the Trust and the Fund.

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In general, the Fund's risks include, among others, investment risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, securities selection risk and valuation risk. The Board has adopted, and periodically reviews, policies and procedures designed to address these and other risks to the Trust and the Fund. In addition, under the general oversight of the Board, American Beacon, the Fund's investment adviser, and other service providers to the Fund have themselves adopted a variety of policies, procedures and controls designed to address particular risks to the Fund. Different processes, procedures and controls are employed with respect to different types of risks. Further, American Beacon as manager of the Fund oversees and regularly monitors the investments, operations and compliance of the Fund's investment advisers.

The Board also oversees risk management for the Trust and the Fund through review of regular reports, presentations and other information from officers of the Trust and other persons. Senior officers of the Trust, senior officers of American Beacon, and the Fund's CCO regularly report to the Board on a range of matters, including those relating to risk management. The Board and the Investment Committee also regularly receive reports from American Beacon with respect to the investments, securities trading and securities lending activities of the Fund, as applicable. In addition to regular reports from American Beacon, the Board also receives reports regarding other service providers to the Trust, either directly or through American Beacon or the Fund's CCO, on a periodic or regular basis. At least annually, the Board receives a report from the Fund's CCO regarding the effectiveness of the Fund's compliance program. Also, typically on an annual basis, the Board receives reports, presentations and other information from American Beacon in connection with the Board's consideration of the renewal of each of the Trust's agreements with American Beacon and the Trust's distribution plan under Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act.

Senior officers of the Trust and American Beacon also report regularly to the Audit and Compliance Committee on Fund valuation matters and on the Trust's internal controls and accounting and financial reporting policies and practices. In addition, the Audit and Compliance Committee receives regular reports from the Trust's independent registered public accounting firm on internal control and financial reporting matters. On at least a quarterly basis, the Audit and Compliance Committee meets with the Fund's CCO to discuss matters relating to the Fund's compliance program.

*Board Structure and Related Matters*

All but one member of the Board are Independent Trustees. Douglas A. Lindgren, an Independent Trustee, serves as Chair of the Board. The Chair's responsibilities include: setting an agenda for each meeting of the Board; presiding at all meetings of the Board and Independent Trustees; and serving as a liaison with other Trustees, the Trust's officers and other management personnel, and counsel to the Fund. The Chair shall perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time determine.

The Trustees discharge their responsibilities collectively as a Board, as well as through standing Board committees, each of which operates pursuant to a charter approved by the Board that delineates the responsibilities of that committee. The Board has established three standing committees: the Audit and Compliance Committee, the Investment Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. For example, the Investment Committee is responsible for oversight of the process, typically performed annually, by which the Board considers whether to approve the Fund's management agreement with the Manager and, as applicable, its investment advisory agreement(s) with its investment advisor(s), while specific matters related to oversight of the Fund's independent auditors have been delegated by the Board to its Audit and Compliance Committee. The members and responsibilities of each Board committee are summarized below.

The Board periodically evaluates its structure and composition as well as various aspects of its operations. The Board believes that its leadership structure, including its Chair position and its committees, is appropriate for the Trust in light of, among other factors, the asset size and nature of the funds in the Trust, the number of series of the American Beacon Funds Complex overseen by the Board, the arrangements for the conduct of the Fund's operations, the number of Trustees, and the Board's responsibilities. On an annual basis, the Board conducts a self-evaluation that considers, among other matters, whether the Board and its committees are functioning effectively and whether, given the size and composition of the Board and each of its committees, the Trustees are able to oversee effectively the number of Funds in the complex.

The Trust is part of the American Beacon Funds Complex, which is comprised of [XX] series within the American Beacon Funds, [XX] series within the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, and [XX] series within the American Beacon Select Funds. The same persons who constitute the Board of the Trust also constitute the Board of the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust and the American Beacon Select Funds and each Trustee oversees the Trusts' combined [XX] series.

The Board holds five (5) regularly scheduled meetings each year. The Board may hold special meetings, as needed, either in person or by videoconference or telephone, to address matters arising between regular meetings. The Independent Trustees also conduct executive sessions without the presence of management personnel, including at least quarterly in a session at which no Trustees who are interested persons or management are present, and may hold special meetings, as needed, either in person or by videoconference or telephone.

The Trustees of the Trust are identified in the tables below, which provide information as to their principal business occupations and directorships held during the last five years and certain other information. Subject to the Trustee Retirement Plan described below, a Trustee serves until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. The address of each Trustee listed below is 220 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039, and shareholders may contact them directly, individually or collectively as a Board, at such address. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term or until his or her removal, resignation, or retirement.\*

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| **Name and Year** **of Birth<sup>\*</sup>** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Funds and** **American Beacon** **Select Funds** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Institutional** **Funds Trust** | **Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships During Past 5 Years** |
| **INTERESTED** **TRUSTEE** |  |  |  |
| Eugene J. Duffy<br>(1954)<sup>\*\*</sup> | Trustee since 2008 | Trustee since 2017 | **Capital Formation and Currency Solutions, Mesirow Financial Administrative** **Corporation:** Managing Director (2016-Present);<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Trustee (2018–2021);<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Trustee (2018–2021) |
| **NON-INTERESTED** **TRUSTEES** |  |  |  |
| Gilbert G. Alvarado<br>(1969) | Trustee since 2015 | Trustee since 2017 | **The Conrad Prebys Foundation:** Chief Financial Officer (2022-Present);<br> **Sierra Health Foundation** (health conversion private foundation): Executive Vice President & CCO (2022); Senior Vice President & CFO (2012-2022); CFO (2006-2011);<br> **Sierra Health Foundation - Center for Health Program Management** (California public benefit corporation): Senior Vice President & CFO (2012- 2022);<br> **SJVIIF, LLC (impact investment fund):** President (2018-2022);<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021);<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021). |
| Gerard J. Arpey<br>(1958) | Trustee since 2012 | Trustee since 2017 | **Emerald Creek Group** (private equity firm): Partner (2011-Present);<br> **S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.** (privately held company): Director (2008-present);<br> **The Home Depot, Inc.**: Director (2015-Present);<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021);<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021). |
| Claudia A. Holz<br>(1957) | Trustee since 2018 | Trustee since 2018 | **Blue Owl Capital, Inc.**: Independent Director (2021-Present);<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021);<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021) |
| Douglas A. Lindgren<br>(1961) | Chair since 2025<br>Trustee since 2018 | Chair since 2025<br>Trustee since 2018 | **JLL Income Property Trust**: Director (2022-Present);<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021);<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund**: Trustee (2018–2021). |
| Janet C. Smith<sup>\*\*\*</sup><br>(1965) | Trustee since 2025 | Trustee since 2025 | **Putnam Investments, LLC and Putnam Management:** Head of Fund Administration Services (2011–2024);<br> **Putnam Funds Complex (Approximately 105 Funds):** Vice President, Principal Financial Officer (2016-2024), Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer (2008-2024), Putnam Ombudsman (2016-2024). |
| Paul Zemsky<br>(1962) | Trustee since 2025 | Trustee since 2025 | **Focus Consulting Group:** Consulting Partner: (2024-Present);<br> **ML Tech (Crypto Fund-of-Funds)**: Strategic Advisor: (2024-Present); <br> **Voya Investment Management:** Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions (2007–2023); Head of Derivative Strategy and Risk Management, General Account (2005-2006). |

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\* The Board has adopted a retirement policy that requires Trustees to retire no later than the last day of the calendar year in which they reach the age of 75.

\*\* Mr. Duffy is deemed to be an "interested person" of the Trust, as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by virtue of his position with Mesirow Financial, Inc., a broker-dealer.

\*\*\* Prior to July 1, 2024, Ms. Smith served as an officer of certain affiliates of Putnam Investment Management, LLC ("Putnam"), and as Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer of various registered open-end investment companies for which Putnam serves as investment adviser ("Putnam Funds Complex"). On January 1, 2024, Putnam was acquired (the "Putnam Acquisition") by Franklin Resources, Inc. ("Franklin"), following which it is under common control with Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC ("Brandywine"), an investment adviser to certain series of the Trust. In addition, Jane E. Trust has served on the Boards of Trustees of the Putnam Funds Complex since January 2024 and Ms. Smith served as an officer of the Putnam Funds Complex prior to July 1, 2024, during which period Ms. Trust held positions at the following entities, which are under common control with Brandywine. Based on publicly available information, Ms. Trust has served as Senior Vice President, Fund Board Management at Franklin Templeton since 2020; as President and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Templeton Fund Advisor, LLC, and officer and/or trustee/director of its associated funds since 2015; as Senior Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co., LLC ("Legg Mason") from 2018 to 2020; as Managing Director of Legg Mason from 2016 to 2018; and as Senior Vice President of Franklin Templeton Fund Advisor, LLC in 2015. In connection with the Putnam Acquisition, Ms. Smith sold her Class B shares of a Putnam affiliate, with a value of approximately $683,000, to a subsidiary of Franklin. In connection with this sale, Ms. Smith may be entitled to certain contingent premium payments depending on the achievement of certain financial metrics, in an amount not to exceed approximately $186,000. Ms. Smith is a participant in a Deferred Executive Compensation Plan relating to her time at Putnam, pursuant to which she will receive approximately $520,000, which will be paid over time by a Franklin affiliate as a result of the Putnam Acquisition.

In addition to the information set forth in the table above and other relevant qualifications, experience, attributes or skills applicable to a particular Trustee, the following provides further information about the qualifications and experience of each Trustee.

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Gilbert G. Alvarado: Mr. Alvarado has extensive organizational management and financial experience as executive vice president and chief financial officer in public charities and private foundations, service as director of private companies and non-profit organizations, service as president of nonprofit institutional investment fund, an adjunct professor for a non-profit school of management at University of San Francisco, and multiple years of service as a Trustee.

Gerard J. Arpey: Mr. Arpey has extensive organizational management, financial and international experience serving as chairman, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer of one of the largest global airlines, service as a director of public and private companies, service to several charitable organizations, and multiple years of service as a Trustee.

Eugene J. Duffy: Mr. Duffy has extensive experience in the investment management business and organizational management experience as a member of senior management, service as a director of a bank, service as a chairman of a charitable fund and as a trustee to an association, service on the board of a private university and non-profit organization, service as chair to a financial services industry association, and multiple years of service as a Trustee.

Claudia A. Holz: Ms. Holz has extensive financial audit and organizational management experience obtained as an audit partner with a major public accounting firm for over 27 years, where she led audits of large public investment company complexes and held several management roles in the firm's New York and national offices, and has since had multiple years of service as a Trustee.

Douglas A. Lindgren: Mr. Lindgren has extensive senior management experience in the asset management industry, having overseen several organizations and numerous fund structures, serving as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School, and with multiple years of service as a Trustee.

Janet C. Smith: Ms. Smith has extensive experience in the investment management industry, organizational management experience as a member of senior management, service as a senior officer of an investment manager, and as an officer of registered investment companies.

Paul Zemsky: Mr. Zemsky has extensive experience in the investment management industry, organizational management experience as a member of senior management, service as a director and chief investment officer of an investment manager, and as a portfolio manager to registered investment companies.

*Committees of the Board*

The Trust has an Audit and Compliance Committee ("Audit Committee"). The Audit Committee consists of Mses. Holz (Chair) and Smith and Mr. Arpey, each of whom are Independent Trustees. Mr. Lindgren, as Chair of the Board, serves on the Audit Committee in an ex-officio non-voting capacity. As set forth in its charter, the primary purposes of the Trust's Audit Committee are: (a) to oversee the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Trust and the Fund and their internal controls and, as the Audit Committee deems appropriate, to inquire into the internal controls of certain third-party service providers; (b) to oversee the quality and integrity of the Trust's financial statements and the independent audit thereof; (c) to approve, prior to appointment, the engagement (and related fee arrangements) of the Trust's independent auditors to perform annual audit services for the Fund and certain non-audit services for the Fund or certain affiliated parties and, in connection therewith, to review and evaluate the qualifications, independence and performance of the Trust's independent auditors; (d) to oversee the Trust's compliance with all regulatory obligations arising under applicable federal securities laws, rules and regulations and oversee management's implementation and enforcement of the Trust's compliance policies and procedures ("Compliance Program"); (e) to coordinate the Board's oversight of the Trust's CCO in connection with his or her implementation of the Trust's Compliance Program; and (f) to assist the Board with the aspects of risk oversight of the Trust that are relevant to the Audit Committee, including, but not limited to, valuation, operational, and compliance risks. The Audit Committee met [XX] times during the fiscal year ended [XX].

The Trust has a Nominating and Governance Committee ("Nominating Committee") that is comprised of Messrs. Arpey (Chair) and Lindgren and Ms. Smith, each of whom are Independent Trustees. As set forth in its charter, the Nominating Committee's primary purposes are: (a) to make recommendations regarding the nomination of Trustees to the Board; (b) to make recommendations regarding the appointment of an Independent Trustee as Chair of the Board; (c) to evaluate qualifications of potential "interested" members of the Board and Trust officers; (d) to review shareholder recommendations for nominations to fill vacancies on the Board; (e) to make recommendations to the Board for nomination for membership on all committees of the Board and of the chairs of such committees; (f) to consider and evaluate the structure, composition and operation of the Board; (g) to review shareholder recommendations for proposals to be submitted for consideration during a meeting of Fund shareholders; (h) to consider and make recommendations relating to the compensation of Independent Trustees; (i) to assist the Board with the aspects of risk oversight of the Trusts that are relevant to the Nominating Committee, including, but not limited to, the stewardship and overall reputation of the Trusts; (j) to coordinate and supervise an annual self-evaluation by the Board of the performance of the Board and its various committees; (k) to assist the Board in monitoring and, as it deems appropriate, implementing practices that are designed to promote diversity and inclusion within the Board's membership and within the workforces of the Trusts' primary service providers and vendors; and (l) to assist the Board in coordinating with legal counsel to the Trusts and their independent Board members with respect to staffing matters, including, when applicable, succession planning with respect to senior attorneys engaged in these representations. Shareholder recommendations for Trustee candidates may be mailed in writing, including a comprehensive resume and any supporting documentation, to the Nominating Committee in care of the Secretary of the Fund, and must otherwise comply with the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the Trust and any procedures set forth therein. The Nominating and Governance Committee met [XX] times during the fiscal year ended [XX].

The Trust has an Investment Committee that is comprised of Messrs. Alvarado (Chair), Duffy and Zemsky. Mr. Lindgren, as Chair of the Board, serves on the Investment Committee in an ex-officio non-voting capacity. As set forth in its charter, the Investment Committee's primary purposes are: (a) to review the short- and long-term investment performance of the Manager and each of the designated sub-advisors to the Fund; (b) to review recommendations by the Manager regarding the hiring or removal of designated sub-advisors to the Fund; (c) to review material changes recommended by the Manager to the allocation of Fund assets to a sub-advisor; (d) to review proposed changes recommended by the Manager to the investment objective or principal investment strategies of the Fund; (e) to review proposed changes recommended by the Manager to the material

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provisions of the advisory agreement with a sub-advisor, including, but not limited to, changes to the provision regarding compensation; and (f) to assist the Board with the aspects of risk oversight of the Trust that are relevant to the Investment Committee, including, but not limited to counterparty, investment, liquidity and derivatives risks. The Investment Committee met [XX] times during the fiscal year ended [XX].

*Trustee Ownership in the Fund*

As of the calendar year ended December 31, 2025, none of the Trustees owned equity securities of the Fund. The following tables show the amount of equity securities owned in the American Beacon Funds Complex by the Trustees as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2025. Ms. Smith and Mr. Zemsky became Trustees on August 18, 2025.

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|  | **INTERESTED TRUSTEE**<br>**Duffy** |
| American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF |  |
| **Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in all Trusts (** **31 Funds** **as of** **December 31, 2025)** | Over $100,000 |

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| **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** | **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** | **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** | **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** | **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** | **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** | **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** |
|  | **Alvarado** | **Arpey** | **Holz** | **Lindgren** | **Smith** | **Zemsky** |
| American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| **Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in all Trusts (** **31** **Funds as of** **December 31, 2025)** | Over $100,000 | Over $100,000 | Over $100,000 | Over $100,000 |  |  |

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*Trustee Compensation*

As compensation for their service to the American Beacon Funds Complex, including the Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), each Trustee is compensated from the Trusts as follows: (1) an annual retainer of $165,000; (2) meeting attendance fee (for attendance in person or via electronic means) of (a) $12,000 for in-person attendance, or $5,000 for attendance by electronic means, by Board members for each regularly scheduled or special Board meeting, (b) $2,500 for attendance by Committee members at meetings of the Audit Committee and the Investment Committee, (c) $1,000 for attendance by Committee members at meetings of the Nominating and Governance Committee; and (d) $2,500 for attendance by Board members for each special Board meeting held by electronic means; and (3) reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in attending Board meetings, Committee meetings, and relevant educational seminars. Prior to January 1, 2026, the annual retainer for each Trustee was $150,000. For this purpose, the Board considers attendance at regular meetings held by videoconference to constitute in-person attendance at a Board meeting. The Trustees also may be compensated for attendance at special Board and/or Committee meetings from time to time.

For his service as Board Chair, Mr. Lindgren receives an additional annual retainer of $50,000. Although he attends several committee meetings at each quarterly Board meeting, he receives a single $2,500 fee each quarter for his attendance at the Audit Committee and Investment Committee meetings. The chairpersons of the Audit Committee and the Investment Committee each receive an additional annual retainer of $25,000 and the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee receives an additional annual retainer of $10,000.

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| The following table shows total compensation (excluding reimbursements) paid by the Trusts to each Trustee for the fiscal year ended [XX XX, 2026]. | The following table shows total compensation (excluding reimbursements) paid by the Trusts to each Trustee for the fiscal year ended [XX XX, 2026]. | The following table shows total compensation (excluding reimbursements) paid by the Trusts to each Trustee for the fiscal year ended [XX XX, 2026]. |
| **Name of Trustee** | **Aggregate Compensation from the Trust** | **Total Compensation from the Trusts** |
| **INTERESTED TRUSTEE** |  |  |
| Eugene J. Duffy | $200731 | $217500 |
| **NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES** |  |  |
| Gilbert G. Alvarado | $218036 | $236250 |
| Joseph B. Armes<sup>\*</sup> | $157816 | $171000 |
| Gerard J. Arpey | $211345 | $229000 |
| Brenda Cline<sup>\*\*</sup> | $58143 | $63000 |
| Claudia A. Holz | $223804 | $242500 |
| Douglas A. Lindgren | $243877 | $264250 |
| Barbara J. McKenna<sup>\*\*\*</sup> | $201654 | $218500 |
| Janet C. Smith<sup>\*\*\*\*</sup> | $47991 | $52000 |
| Paul Zemsky<sup>\*\*\*\*</sup> | $47991 | $52000 |

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\* Mr. Armes received compensation from the Trusts up to his retirement from the Board on June 5, 2025. Mr. Armes was not eligible for the benefits afforded to Eligible Trustees who served on the Board prior to September 12, 2008 as described below.

\*\* Ms. Cline received compensation from the Trusts up to her retirement from the Board on December 31, 2024. Upon her retirement from the Board, Ms. Cline became eligible for the benefits afforded to Eligible Trustees who served on the Boards prior to September 12, 2008 as described below.

\*\*\* Ms. McKenna received compensation from the Trusts up to her retirement from the Board on December 31, 2025. Ms. McKenna was not eligible for the benefits afforded to Eligible Trustees who served on the Board prior to September 12, 2008 as described below.

\*\*\*\* Ms. Smith and Mr. Zemsky became Trustees on August 18, 2025. Accordingly, the table reflects estimated compensation for Ms. Smith and Mr. Zemsky for the period August 18, 2025 – December 31, 2025.

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The Boards have adopted a Trustee Retirement Plan. The Trustee Retirement Plan provides that a Trustee who has served on the Boards prior to September 12, 2008, and who has reached a mandatory retirement age established by the Board (currently 75) is eligible to elect Trustee Emeritus status ("Eligible Trustees"). The Board has determined that, other than the Trustee Retirement Plan established for Eligible Trustees, no other retirement benefits will accrue for current or future Trustees. None of the current Trustees are Eligible Trustees.

Each Eligible Trustee and his or her spouse (or designated companion) may receive annual flight benefits from the Trusts of up to $40,000 combined, on a tax-grossed up basis, on American Airlines (a subsidiary of the Manager's former parent company) for a maximum period of 10 years, depending upon length of service prior to September 12, 2008. Eligible Trustees may opt to receive instead an annual retainer of $20,000 from the Trusts in lieu of flight benefits. No retirement benefits are accrued for Board service after September 12, 2008.

A Trustee Emeritus must be reasonably available to provide advice, counseling and assistance to the Trustees and American Beacon as needed, as agreed to from time to time by the parties involved; however, a Trustee Emeritus does not have any voting rights at Board meetings and is not subject to election by shareholders of the Fund. Currently, four individuals who retired from the Board and accrued retirement benefits for periods prior to September 12, 2008, have assumed Trustee Emeritus status. Three individuals and their spouses receive annual flight benefits of up to $40,000 combined, on a tax-grossed up basis, on American Airlines. One individual receives an annual retainer of $20,000 from the Trusts in lieu of flight benefits.

**Principal Officers of the Trust**

The Officers of the Trust conduct and supervise its daily business. As of the date of this SAI, the Officers of the Trust, their ages, their business address and their principal occupations and directorships during the past five years are as set forth below. The address of each Officer is 220 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039. Each Officer serves for a term of one year or until his or her resignation, retirement, or removal. Each Officer, except H Bradley Vogt, has and continues to hold the same position with the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds, and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust.

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| **Name and Year of** **Birth** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Funds and** **American Beacon** **Select Funds** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Institutional** **Funds Trust** | **Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships During Past 5 Years** |
| **OFFICERS** |  |  |  |
| Gregory Stumm<br>(1981) | President and Principal Executive Officer<br>since June 2024<br> Vice President<br>2022-2024 | President and Principal Executive Officer<br>since June 2024<br> Vice President<br>2022-2024 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Director (June 2024-Present), President (June 2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-Present), Senior Vice President (2022-2024) <br> **National Investment Services of America, LLC:** Director (2024-Present) <br> **Resolute Acquisition, Inc.:** Director (June 2024-Present), President (June 2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-Present), Senior Vice President (2022-2024) <br> **Resolute Topco, Inc.:** Director (June 2024-Present), President (June 2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-Present) <br> **Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.:** Director (June 2024-Present), President (June 2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024 - Present), Senior Vice President (2022-2024) <br> **Resolute Investment Services, Inc.:** Director (June 2024-2025), President (June 2024-2025), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-2025), Senior Vice President, (2022-2024) <br> **Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.:** President (2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (2024-Present), Director (2022-Present), Senior Vice President (2022-2024) <br> **RSW Investments Holdings LLC:** Director (2024-Present) <br> **Shapiro Capital Management, LLC:** Director (2024-Present) <br> **SSI Investment Management, LLC:** Director (2024-Present) |

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| **Name and Year of** **Birth** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Funds and** **American Beacon** **Select Funds** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Institutional** **Funds Trust** | **Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships During Past 5 Years** |
| Rosemary K. Behan<br>(1959) | Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer<br>since 2006 | Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer<br>since 2017 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (2021-Present), Vice President (2006-2021), Secretary and General Counsel (2006-Present)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer (2018-2021)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd.:** Secretary (2014-Present)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Multi-Alternatives Company, Ltd.:** Secretary (2023-2026) <br> **American Beacon Cayman TargetRisk Company, Ltd:** Secretary (2018-Present)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Trend Company, Ltd.:** Secretary (2023-Present)<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer (2018-2021)<br> **American Private Equity Management, LLC:** Secretary (2008-2024)<br> **Continuous Capital, LLC:** Vice President and Secretary (2018-2022)<br> **Green Harvest Asset Management, LLC:** Secretary (2019-2021)<br> **Resolute Acquisition, Inc.:** Secretary (2015-Present)<br> **Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.:** Secretary (2017-Present) <br> **Resolute Investment Holdings, LLC:** Secretary (2015-2025)<br> **Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (2021-Present), Vice President (2015-2021), Secretary and General Counsel (2015-Present)<br> **Resolute Investment Services, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (2021-2025), Vice President (2017-2025), Secretary and General Counsel (2017-2025)<br> **Resolute Topco, Inc.:** Secretary (2015-Present) |
| Paul B. Cavazos<br>(1969) | Vice President<br>since 2016 | Vice President<br>since 2017 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President (2016-Present)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Vice President (2018-2021)<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Vice President (2018-2021)<br> **American Private Equity Management, L.L.C.:** Vice President (2017-2024) |
| Bernadette A. Bridy<br>(1972) | Vice President<br>since 2026 | Vice President<br>since 2026 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Chief Marketing Officer (2025-Present)<br> **Future Standard (formerly known as FS Investments):** Managing Director (2020-2025) |
| Rebecca L. Harris<br>(1966) | Vice President<br>2022-May 2024, June 2024-Present<br> President<br>May 2024-June 2024<br> Assistant Secretary<br>2010-2022 | Vice President<br>2022-2024, June 2024-Present<br> President<br>May 2024-June 2024<br> Assistant Secretary<br>2017-2022 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Chief Operating Officer (June 2024-Present), Senior Vice President (2021-May 2024, June 2024-Present), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024), Vice President (2011-2021)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Assistant Secretary (2018-2021)<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Assistant Secretary (2018-2021)<br> **Continuous Capital, LLC:** Vice President (2018-2022), Director (2022)<br> **National Investment Services of America, LLC:** Director (2022-Present)<br> **Resolute Acquisition, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (January 2024-May 2024, June 2024-Present), Director (May 2024-June 2024), President May 2024-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May 2024-June 2024)<br> **Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.:** Chief Operating Officer (June 2024-Present), Senior Vice President (2021-May 2024, June 2024-Present), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024), Vice President (2017-2021)<br> **Resolute Investment Services, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (2021-May 2024, June 2024-2025), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024), Vice President (2017-2021) <br> **Resolute Topco, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (January 2024-May 2024, June 2024-Present), Director (May 2024-June 2024), President (May 2024-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May 2024-June 2024)<br> **RSW Investments Holdings LLC:** Director (2022-Present)<br> **Shapiro Capital Management LLC:** Director (2022-Present)<br> **SSI Investment Management LLC:** Director (2022-Present) |

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| **Name and Year of** **Birth** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Funds and** **American Beacon** **Select Funds** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Institutional** **Funds Trust** | **Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships During Past 5 Years** |
| Terri L. McKinney<br>(1963) | Vice President<br>since 2010 | Vice President<br>since 2017 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Senior Vice President, (2021-Present) Vice President, (2009-2021)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Vice President (2018-2021)<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Vice President (2018-2021)<br> **Continuous Capital, LLC**: Vice President (2018-2022)<br> **Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (2021-Present), Vice President (2017-2021) <br> **Resolute Investment Services, Inc.:** Senior Vice President (2021-2025), Vice President (2018-2025)<br> **Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.:** Director (2024-Present), Vice President (2024-Present) |
| Samuel J. Silver<br>(1963) | Vice President<br>since 2011 | Vice President<br>since 2017 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Vice President (2011-Present), Chief Fixed Income Officer (2016-Present)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Vice President (2018-2021)<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Vice President (2018-2021)  |
| Christina E. Sears<br>(1971) | Chief Compliance Officer<br>since 2004<br>Assistant Secretary<br>since 1999 | Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary<br>since 2017 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Chief Compliance Officer (2004-Present), Vice President (2019-Present)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary (2018-2021)<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary (2018-2021)<br> **American Private Equity Management, LLC:** Chief Compliance Officer (2012-2024)<br> **Continuous Capital, LLC.:** Chief Compliance Officer (2018-2019), Vice President (2018-2022)<br> **Green Harvest Asset Management, LLC:** Chief Compliance Officer (2019-2021)<br> **Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.:** Vice President (2017-Present)<br> **Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.:** Vice President (2017-Present)<br> **Resolute Investment Services, Inc.:** Vice President (2019-2025)<br> **RSW Investments Holdings, LLC:** Chief Compliance Officer (2019-Present)<br> **Shapiro Capital Management LLC**: Chief Compliance Officer (2024-Present) |
| Shelley D. Abrahams<br>(1974) | Assistant Secretary<br>since 2008 | Assistant Secretary<br>since 2017 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Assistant Secretary (April 2024-Present), Director of Corporate Governance (2026-Present)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Assistant Secretary (2018-2021)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd.:** Assistant Secretary (2022-Present)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Multi-Alternatives Company, Ltd.:** Assistant Secretary (2023-2026) <br> **American Beacon Cayman TargetRisk Company, Ltd:** Assistant Secretary (2022-Present)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Trend Company, Ltd.:** Assistant Secretary (2023-Present) <br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Assistant Secretary (2018-2021) <br> **Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.:** Assistant Secretary (April 2024-Present)<br> **Resolute Investment Services, Inc.:** Corporate Governance Manager (2023-2024), Assistant Secretary (2024-2025), Senior Corporate Governance & Regulatory Specialist (2020-2023), Corporate Governance & Regulatory Specialist (2017-2020) |
| Carmen E. Fahy<br>(1976) | Assistant Secretary<br>since 2026 | Assistant Secretary<br>since 2026 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Associate General Counsel (2025-Present)<br> **Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of Labor:** Senior Trial Attorney (2023-2025)<br> **Systematic Holdings, LLC:** Corporate Counsel (2022-2023) |

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| **Name and Year of** **Birth** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Funds and** **American Beacon** **Select Funds** | **Position and** **Length of Time** **Served on the** **American Beacon** **Institutional** **Funds Trust** | **Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships During Past 5 Years** |
| Aaron C. Cooper<br>(1985) | Principal Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer<br>since April 1, 2026<br> Assistant Treasurer<br>March 2026 | Principal Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer<br>since April 1, 2026<br> Assistant Treasurer<br>March 2026 | **Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.:** Assistant Treasurer (March 2026-Present);<br> **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Director, Fund Reporting (2024-Present), Manager, Fund Reporting (2021-2024) |
| Shelley L. Dyson<br>(1969) | Assistant Treasurer<br>since 2021 | Assistant Treasurer<br>since 2021 | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc:** Assistant Treasurer (2021-Present)<br> **American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund:** Assistant Treasurer (2021)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd.:** Assistant Treasurer (2022-Present)<br> **American Beacon Cayman Multi-Alternatives Company, Ltd.:** Assistant Treasurer (2023-2026) <br> **American Beacon Cayman TargetRisk Company, Ltd:** Assistant Treasurer (2022-Present) <br> **American Beacon Cayman Trend Company, Ltd.:** Assistant Treasurer (2023-Present)<br> **American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund:** Assistant Treasurer (2021)<br> **Resolute Investment Services, Inc.:** Fund Tax Director (2024-2025), Fund Tax Manager (2020-2024), Manager, Tax (2014-2020) |

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| H Bradley Vogt<br>(1966) | Assistant Secretary<br>Since 2023<sup>\*</sup> | N/A | **American Beacon Advisors, Inc.:** Director, ETF Capital Markets (2026-Present); <br> **Resolute Investment Services,** **Inc.:** Director, ETF Capital Markets (2022-2025); <br> **USAA Life Insurance** **Company:** Life Actuarial Associate (2019-2022). |

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\* For the American Beacon Select Funds only.

**CODE OF ETHICS**

The Manager, the Trust, the Distributor, and the sub-advisor each have adopted a Code of Ethics under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act. Each Code of Ethics significantly restricts the personal trading of all employees with access to non-public portfolio information. For example, each Code of Ethics generally requires pre-clearance of all personal securities trades (with limited exceptions) and prohibits employees from purchasing or selling a security that is being purchased or sold or being considered for purchase (with limited exceptions) or sale by any Fund. In addition, the Manager's and the Trust's Code of Ethics requires employees to report trades in shares of the Trusts. Each Code of Ethics is on public file with, and may be obtained from, the SEC.

**PROXY VOTING POLICIES**

The Fund invests exclusively in non-voting securities and is therefore not expected to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities. If the Fund were to vote any proxies, the proxy voting record for the most recent year ended June 30 will be available as of August 31 of each year without charge on the Fund's website, on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov or upon request by calling 1-800-967-9009. The proxy voting record can be found in Form N-PX on the SEC's website.

**CONTROL PERSONS AND 5% SHAREHOLDERS**

A principal shareholder is any person who owns of record or beneficially 5% or more of the Fund's outstanding shares. A control person is a shareholder that owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a company or acknowledges the existence of control. Shareholders owning voting securities in excess of 25% may determine the outcome of any matter affecting and voted on by shareholders of the Fund. The actions of an entity or person that controls the Fund could have an effect on other shareholders. For instance, a control person may have effective voting control over the Fund or large redemptions by a control person could cause the Fund's other shareholders to pay a higher pro rata portion of the Fund's expenses.

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As of the date of this SAI, the Manager is the sole shareholder of the Fund.

**INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT**

The Fund's sub-advisor is listed below with information regarding its controlling persons or entities. According to the Investment Company Act, a person or entity with control with respect to an investment advisor has "the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company." Persons and entities affiliated with the sub-advisor may be considered affiliates of the Fund.

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| **abrdn Inc. ("** **Aberdeen")** |  |  |
| **Controlling Person/Entity** | **Basis of Control** | **Nature of Controlling Person/Entity's Business** |
| Aberdeen Group plc | Parent of abrdn (Holdings) PLC | Financial Services |
| abrdn Holdings Limited | Parent of abrdn Inc. | Financial Services |

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abrdn Inc. is located at 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103.

The Manager has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with Aberdeen pursuant to which the Manager has agreed to pay Aberdeen an annualized sub-advisory fee that is calculated and accrued daily.

Because the Fund had not commenced operations prior to this date of this SAI, no subadvisory fees have been paid to Aberdeen.

In rendering investment advisory services to the Fund, the sub-advisor may use the resources of one or more foreign (non-U.S.) affiliates that are not registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Sub-Advisor's Foreign Affiliates"), to provide portfolio management, research and trading services to the Fund. Under an agreement ("Participating Affiliate Agreement"), each of the Investment Sub-Advisor's Foreign Affiliates are considered "participating affiliates" of the sub-advisor pursuant to applicable guidance from the staff of the SEC allowing U.S. registered advisers to use investment advisory and trading resources of unregistered advisory affiliates subject to the regulatory supervision of the registered adviser. Each of the Investment Sub-Advisor's Foreign Affiliates and any of their respective employees who provide services to the Fund are considered under the Participating Affiliate Agreement to be "supervised persons" of the sub-advisor as that term is defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

**MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE, SECURITIES LENDING, AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES**

**The Manager**

The Manager, located at 220 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039, is a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Investment Managers, Inc. ("RIM"). RIM is, in turn, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Acquisition, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Topco, Inc. ("Topco"). Topco is owned primarily by various institutional investment funds that are managed by financial institutions and other investment advisory firms. No owner of Topco owns more than 25% of the outstanding equity or voting interests of Topco. The address of Topco is 220 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039.

Listed below are individuals and entities that may be deemed control persons of the Manager.

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| **Controlling Person/Entity** | **Basis of Control** | **Nature of Controlling Person/Entity's Business** |
| Resolute Topco, Inc. | Ultimate Parent Company | Holding Company – Founded in 2015 |

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The Manager is paid a management fee as compensation for providing the Fund with management and administrative services. The Management Agreement provides for the Manager to receive an annualized management fee of 0.55% based on a percentage of the Fund's average daily net assets that is calculated and accrued daily.

Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Manager provides the Trust with office space, office equipment and personnel necessary to manage and administer the Trust's operations. This includes:

■ complying
 with reporting requirements;

■ corresponding
 with shareholders;

■ maintaining
 internal bookkeeping, accounting and auditing services and records;

■ supervising
 the provision of services to the Trust by third parties; and

■ administering
 the interfund lending facility and lines of credit, if applicable.

In addition to its oversight of the sub-advisor, the Manager may invest the portion of the Fund's assets that the sub-advisor determines to be allocated to short-term investments. Under the Management Agreement, the Manager is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the costs of: audits by independent auditors; transfer agency, Custodian, dividend disbursing agent and shareholder recordkeeping services; legal fees (other than fees associated with litigation); the preparation of the Fund's tax returns; preparing, printing and mailing prospectuses and reports to existing shareholders; fees for filing reports with regulatory bodies and the maintenance of the Fund's existence; fees to federal and state authorities for the registration of shares; insurance and fidelity bond premiums; and fees paid to service providers providing various reports. The Manager is not responsible for, and the Fund will bear: the management fee payments to the Manager under the Management Agreement (also known as a "unitary advisory fee"); acquired fund fees and expenses; brokerage commissions and issue and transfer taxes relating to the purchase and sale of portfolio holdings; securities lending fees; interest expense; expenses associated with securities sold short; costs, expenses or losses arising out of any liability or claim asserted against the Trust or Fund for any violation of law; distribution and service fees pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan (if any); costs of holding

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shareholder meetings, except meetings related to changes in the Management Agreement, the election of any Board member who is an "interested person" of the Trust as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, and/or other matters that directly benefit the Manager; taxes and governmental fees; and extraordinary expenses.

Because the Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this SAI, no fees have been paid to the Manager.

**Distribution Fees**<br>The Manager (or another entity approved by the Board) under a Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act, may receive up to 0.25% per annum of the average daily net assets of the Fund for distribution and shareholder servicing related services, including expenses relating to selling efforts of various broker-dealers, shareholder servicing fees and the preparation and distribution of Fund advertising material and sales literature. No distribution fees are currently charged to the Fund and there currently are no plans to impose those fees. The Distribution Plan was adopted in order to permit the imposition of fees in the future, in the event that Rule 12b-1 fees begin to be used by ETFs. If such fees are charged in the future, because the Fund pays these fees out of assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees may cost you more than other types of sales charges and will increase the cost of your investment in the Fund. If fees were charged under the Distribution Plan, the Manager could be authorized to receive Rule 12b-1 fees from the Fund regardless of the amount of the Manager's actual expenses related to distribution and shareholder servicing efforts on behalf of the Fund. Thus, the Manager may realize a profit or a loss based upon its actual distribution and shareholder servicing related expenditures for the Fund. Certain sub-advisors for the ETFs in the American Beacon Funds Complex have entered into arrangements with the Manager to share a portion of the costs for distribution activities.

**Securities Lending Fees**<br>As compensation for services provided by the Manager in connection with securities lending activities conducted by the Fund, the lending Fund pays to the Manager, with respect to cash collateral posted by borrowers, a fee of 10% of the net monthly investment income (the income earned in the form of interest, dividends and realized capital gains from the investment of cash collateral, plus any negative rebate fees paid by borrowers, less the rebate amount paid to borrowers as well as related expenses) and, with respect to collateral other than cash, a fee up to 10% of loan fees and demand premiums paid by borrowers.

Securities lending income is generated from the demand premium (if any) paid by the borrower to borrow a specific security and from the return on investment of cash collateral, reduced by negotiated rebate fees paid to the borrower and transaction costs. To the extent that a loan is secured by non-cash collateral, securities lending income is generated as a demand premium reduced by transaction costs.

As of the date of this SAI, the Fund does not intend to engage in securities lending activities.

**The Distributor**<br>Foreside Financial Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, LLC (doing business as ACA Group) ("Foreside" or "Distributor") is the Fund's distributor and principal underwriter of the Fund's shares.

Foreside's principal address is 190 Middle Street, Suite 301, Portland, ME 04101. Foreside is a registered broker-dealer and is a member of FINRA. The Distributor is not affiliated with the Manager, the sub-advisor or any national securities exchange. Under a Distribution Agreement with the Trust, the Distributor acts as the distributor and principal underwriter of the Trust in connection with the continuous offering of shares of the Fund. The Distributor continually distributes shares of the Fund on a best efforts basis. The Distributor has no obligation to sell any specific quantity of the Fund's shares. Shares are continuously offered for sale by the Fund through the Distributor only in Creation Units, as described in the Prospectus and below in the "Creation and Redemption of Creation Units" section. Shares in less than Creation Units are not distributed by the Distributor.

The Distributor also may enter into agreements with securities dealers ("Soliciting Dealers") who will solicit purchases of Creation Units of shares. Such Soliciting Dealers also may be Authorized Participants or DTC Participants (as defined below).

Since the Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this SAI, no underwriting commissions have been paid to, or retained by, the Distributor.

**Continuous Offering**

The method by which Creation Units of shares are created and traded may raise certain issues under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units of shares are issued and sold by the Fund on an ongoing basis, at any point a "distribution," as such term is used in the Securities Act, may occur. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery requirement and liability provisions of the Securities Act.

For example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the Distributor, breaks them down into constituent shares, and sells such shares directly to customers, or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of new shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for purposes of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could lead to a categorization as an underwriter.

Broker-dealer firms should also note that dealers who are not "underwriters" but are effecting transactions in shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of shares, generally are required to deliver a prospectus. This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act is not available in respect of such transactions as a result of Section 24(d) of the 1940 Act.

**Exchange Listing and Trading**

A discussion of exchange listing and trading matters associated with an investment in the Fund is contained in the Prospectus. The discussion below supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, such sections of the Prospectus.

The shares of the Fund are listed and traded on the Exchange identified on the cover of this SAI at prices that may differ from the Fund's NAV. There can be no assurance that the Exchange requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the shares of the Fund will continue to be met. The Exchange

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may, but is not required to, remove the shares of the Fund from listing if, among other matters: (i) the Exchange becomes aware that the Fund is no longer eligible to operate in reliance on Rule 6c-11 of the 1940 Act; (ii) if the Fund no longer complies with the requirements set forth by the Exchange; (iii) following the initial 12-month period after commencement of trading of the Fund, there are fewer than fifty (50) Beneficial Owners (as that term is defined below) of the shares of the Fund; or (iv) such other event shall occur or condition exist that, in the opinion of the Exchange, makes further dealings on the Exchange inadvisable. The Exchange will remove the shares of the Fund from listing and trading upon termination of the Fund. Trading prices of shares on the Exchange may differ from the Fund's daily NAV. Market forces of supply and demand, economic conditions and other factors may affect the trading prices of shares.

As in the case of other stocks traded on the Exchange, broker commissions on purchases or sales of shares in market transactions will be based on investors' negotiated commission rates.

The Trust reserves the right to adjust the price levels of shares in the future to help maintain convenient trading ranges for investors. Any adjustments would be accomplished through stock splits or reverse stock splits, which would have no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

**Book Entry Only** **System**

The information below supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, and is provided by the Depository Trust Company.

The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, NY, acts as securities depository for the Fund's shares (in this section, the "Securities"). The Securities are issued as fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully-registered Security certificate is issued for the Securities, in the aggregate principal amount of such issue, and is deposited with DTC.

DTC, the world's largest securities depository, is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for over 3.5 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments (from over 100 countries) that DTC's participants ("Direct Participants" or "DTC Participants") deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants' accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation ("DTCC"). DTCC is the holding company for DTC, NSCC (as defined below) and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). DTC has a Standard & Poor's rating AA+. The DTC Rules applicable to its Participants are on file with the SEC. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com.

Purchases of Securities under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Securities on DTC's records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each Security ("Beneficial Owner") is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants' records. Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial Owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in Securities, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Securities is discontinued.

To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Securities deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC's partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Securities; DTC's records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such Securities are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.

Redemption notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all of the Securities within an issue are being redeemed, DTC's practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to Securities unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC's Money Market Instrument Procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an omnibus proxy ("Omnibus Proxy") to the Trust as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts Securities are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).

Redemption proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments on the Securities will be made to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC's practice is to credit Direct Participants' accounts upon DTC's receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from the Trust or its agent, on payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC's records. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name," and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, the Trust's agent, or the

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Trust, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is the responsibility of the Trust or its agent, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.

A Beneficial Owner shall give notice to elect to have its Securities purchased or tendered, through its Participant, to the Trust's agent, and shall effect delivery of such Securities by causing the Direct Participant to transfer the Participant's interest in the Securities, on DTC's records, to the Trust's agent. The requirement for physical delivery of Securities in connection with an optional tender or a mandatory purchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the Securities are transferred by Direct Participants on DTC's records and followed by a book-entry credit of tendered Securities to the Trust's agent's DTC account.

DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to the Trust or its agent. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not obtained, Security certificates are required to be printed and delivered.

The Trust may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event, Security certificates will be printed and delivered to DTC.

The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book-entry system has been obtained from sources that the Trust believes to be reliable, but the Trust takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.

**OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS**

State Street, located at One Congress Street, Suite 1, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2016, serves as the transfer agent ("Transfer Agent"), custodian ("Custodian") and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund. State Street also serves as the Fund's Foreign Custody Manager pursuant to rules adopted under the Investment Company Act, whereby it selects and monitors eligible foreign sub-custodians. The Manager also has entered into a sub-administration agreement with State Street. Under the sub-administration agreement, State Street provides the Fund with certain financial reporting and tax services.

Pursuant to an administrative services agreement among the Manager, the Trust, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC ("Parametric"), located at 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, Washington 98104, Parametric provides certain administrative services related to the equitization of cash balances for certain series of the American Beacon Funds Complex.

The Fund's independent registered public accounting firm is [XX], which is located at [XX].

K&L Gates LLP, 1601 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006, serves as legal counsel to the Fund.

**CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS**

**General**<br>The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Fund only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without a sales load but subject to the transaction fees described below, at the NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined below), of an order in proper form. A "Business Day", as used herein, is any day on which the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business. As of the date of this SAI, the NYSE observes the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, but may be closed at other times. When a holiday observed by the NYSE falls on a Saturday, the NYSE will not be open for business on the preceding Friday unless unusual business conditions exist, such as the ending of a monthly or yearly accounting period.

Currently, the number of shares that constitutes a Creation Unit is [25,000] shares. In its discretion, the Board or the Manager, as the Board's delegate, establishes the number of shares in a Creation Unit and reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of the Fund's shares that constitutes a Creation Unit. The Board reserves the right to declare a split or a consolidation in the number of shares outstanding of the Fund, and to make changes in the number of shares constituting a Creation Unit, including in the event that the per share price in the secondary market rises (or declines) to an amount that falls outside the range deemed desirable by the Board.

Creation Units may be purchased and redeemed only by or through (i) a "Participating Party," i.e., a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System ("CNS System") of the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") (the "Clearing Process"), a clearing agency that is registered with the SEC, or (ii) a DTC Participant that has entered into an authorized participant agreement with the Distributor (an "Authorized Participant"). Such Authorized Participant will agree, pursuant to the terms of such authorized participant agreement and on behalf of itself or any investor on whose behalf it will act, to certain conditions, including those set forth below, the authorized participant agreement and any handbook governing the Authorized Participants (collectively, the "AP Agreement"). Investors who are not Authorized Participants must make appropriate arrangements with an Authorized Participant to purchase or redeem Creation Units. Investors should be aware that their particular broker may not be a DTC Participant or may not have executed an AP Agreement with the Distributor and that Creation Unit orders may have to be placed by the investor's broker through an Authorized Participant. As a result, orders placed through an Authorized Participant may result in additional charges to such investor. A list of current Authorized Participants may be obtained from the Distributor.

Investors who are not Authorized Participants may purchase and sell shares of the Fund through an Authorized Participant or on the secondary market.

Because the investments of the Fund may trade on days that the Exchange is closed or are otherwise not Business Days for the Fund, shareholders may not be able to purchase or redeem their shares of the Fund, or purchase or sell shares of the Fund on the Exchange, on days when the NAV of the Fund could be significantly affected by events in the relevant non-U.S. markets.

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**Custom Baskets**<br>The Basket of securities comprising a Fund Deposit and a Fund Redemption (each, as defined below) may be representative of the Fund's portfolio holdings; or the Fund may utilize Custom Baskets provided that certain conditions are met. A "Custom Basket" is (i) a basket that is composed of a non-representative selection of the Fund's portfolio holdings, (ii) a representative Basket that is different from the initial Basket used in transactions on the same Business Day, or (iii) a Basket that contains bespoke cash and/or security substitutions, including for a single Authorized Participant. The Trust has adopted policies and procedures that govern the construction and acceptance of Baskets, including heightened requirements for Custom Baskets. Such policies and procedures provide detailed parameters for the construction and acceptance of Custom Baskets, establish processes for revisions to, or deviations from, such parameters, and specify the titles and roles of the employees of the Manager or its affiliate, and/or sub-advisor who are required to review each Custom Basket for compliance with those parameters. In connection with the construction and acceptance of Custom Baskets, the Manager or sub-advisor (as applicable) may consider various factors, including, but not limited to: (1) whether the securities, assets and other positions comprising a Basket are consistent with the Fund's investment objective, policies and disclosure; (2) whether the securities, assets and other positions can legally and readily be acquired, transferred and held by the Fund and/or Authorized Participant(s), as applicable; (3) whether and to what extent to utilize cash in the Basket, either in lieu of securities or other instruments or as a cash balancing amount; (4) whether the Custom Basket increases the liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, noting that a Custom Basket may not be accepted which adversely affects the liquidity position of the Fund's portfolio when other Basket options exist; (5) whether the use of Custom Baskets may reduce costs, increase (tax) efficiency and improve trading in Fund shares; and (6) with respect to index-based strategies, whether the securities, assets and other positions aid the Fund to track its underlying index. The policies and procedures apply different criteria to different types of Custom Baskets in order to mitigate against potential overreaching by an Authorized Participant, although there is no guarantee that such policies and procedures will be effective.

**Purchases of Creation Units**<br>The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of the Fund consists of an in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities ("Deposit Securities") or cash for all or any portion of such securities ("Deposit Cash") (collectively, the "Deposit Basket") and the "Cash Component," which is an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate NAV of a Creation Unit and the Deposit Basket. Together, the Deposit Basket and the Cash Component constitute the "Fund Deposit."

The Custodian makes available through the NSCC on each Business Day, prior to the opening of regular trading on the Exchange, the list of names and the required number of shares of each Deposit Security and/or Deposit Cash, as applicable, in the Deposit Basket, and the estimated amount of the Cash Component to be included in the current Fund Deposit. Such Fund Deposit will normally be applicable, subject to any adjustments as described below, in order to effect purchases of Creation Units of the Fund until such time as the next-announced Fund Deposit is made available. The means by which the Deposit Basket and Cash Component are to be delivered by the Authorized Participant to the Fund are set forth in the AP Agreement, except to the extent the Distributor and the Authorized Participant otherwise agree. Fund shares will be settled through the DTC system.

The identity and number of shares of the Deposit Securities change pursuant to, among other matters, changes in the composition of the Fund's portfolio and as rebalancing adjustments and corporate action events are reflected from time to time. The composition of the Deposit Securities may also change in response to adjustments to the weighting or composition of the component securities constituting the Fund's Index, if any.

Cash purchases of Creation Units will be effected in essentially the same manner as in-kind purchases. The Authorized Participant will pay the cash equivalent of the Deposit Securities as Deposit Cash plus or minus the same Cash Component.

The Manager or sub-advisor (as applicable), on behalf of the Fund, may convert subscriptions that are made in whole or in part in cash, including Deposit Cash, into the relevant foreign currency (as necessary) prior to investment at the applicable exchange rate and subject to the applicable spread. Those purchasing Creation Units of the Fund bear the risk associated with changes in the currency exchange rate between the time they place their order and the time that the Fund invests any cash received in foreign investments.

**Placement of Purchase Orders**<br>To initiate an order for a Creation Unit, an Authorized Participant must submit to the Distributor or its agent an irrevocable order in proper form to purchase the Fund's shares (a "Purchase Order"). Such Purchase Order must be received by the Distributor or its agent no later than the cut-off time designated by the Fund (the "Cutoff Time") on any Business Day to receive the applicable day's NAV. Investors who are not Authorized Participants and seek to place a Purchase Order for a Creation Unit through an Authorized Participant should allow sufficient time to permit proper submission of the Purchase Order to the Distributor by the Cutoff Time on the applicable Business Day. Custom Purchase Orders, if accepted by the Fund, must normally be received in proper form and accepted by the Trust at least two hours prior to Cutoff Time.

The AP Agreement sets forth the different methods whereby Authorized Participants can submit Purchase Orders. A Purchase Order is considered to be in proper form if a request in a form satisfactory to the Fund is (1) received by the Distributor from an Authorized Participant on behalf of itself or another person within the time period set above, and (2) all the procedures and other requirements applicable to the method used by the Authorized Participant to submit the Purchase Order are properly followed.

Creation Unit Purchase Orders must be transmitted by an Authorized Participant by a method acceptable to the Distributor. Economic or market disruptions or changes, or telephone or other communication failure, may impede transmissions between the Distributor and an Authorized Participant. Purchase Orders to create shares of the Fund that are submitted on the Business Day immediately preceding a holiday or a day (other than a weekend) when a foreign market in which the Fund may invest are closed may not be accepted or may be charged the maximum transaction fee; and those purchasing Creation Units will bear the risk of changes in the value of the Fund's investments and the currency exchange rate between the time they place their order and the time that the Fund invests any cash received in such markets. The Distributor, in its discretion, may permit the submission of Purchase Orders and requests by or through an Authorized Participant via communication through the facilities of a proprietary website maintained for this purpose. A Purchase Order, if accepted by the Trust, will be processed based on the NAV as of the next Cutoff Time.

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**Acceptance of Orders for, and Issuance of, Creation Units**<br>All questions as to whether a Purchase Order has been submitted in proper form and the number of shares of each security in the Deposit Securities and the validity, form, eligibility and acceptance for deposit of any securities to be delivered shall be determined by the Fund and the Fund's determination shall be final and binding.

The Fund reserves the right to reject or revoke acceptance of a Purchase Order, for any reason, provided that such action is not in contravention of Rule 6c-11 and the SEC's positions thereunder. For example, the Fund may reject or revoke acceptance of a Purchase Order including, but not limited to, when (i) the Purchase Order is not in proper form; (ii) the investor(s), upon obtaining the shares ordered, would own 80% or more of the currently outstanding shares of the Fund; (iii) the Deposit Securities delivered do not conform to the identity and number of shares specified; (iv) acceptance of the Fund Deposit is not legally required or would, in the opinion of counsel, be unlawful; or (v) circumstances outside the control of the Fund, the Distributor, the sub-advisor and the Manager make it impracticable to process Purchase Orders. The Distributor shall notify a prospective purchaser of a Creation Unit and/or the Authorized Participant acting on behalf of such purchaser of the rejection or revocation of acceptance of such Purchase Orders. The Fund, the Custodian, the sub-custodian and the Distributor are under no duty, however, to give notification of any defects or irregularities in the delivery of Fund Deposits nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give such notification.

Except as provided in the following paragraph, a Creation Unit will not be issued until the transfer of good title to the Fund of the Deposit Securities and the payment of the Cash Component, Deposit Cash and creation transaction fees have been completed. In this regard, the Custodian will require, prior to the issuance of a Creation Unit, that the sub-custodian confirm to the Custodian that the Deposit Securities have been delivered to the account of the Fund at the sub-custodian(s). If the Fund does not receive the foregoing by the time specified herein the Creation Unit may not be delivered or the Purchase Order may be rejected.

The Fund may issue Creation Units to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that all Deposit Securities have not been received, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by such Authorized Participant's delivery and maintenance of collateral having a value of up to 115% of the value of the missing Deposit Securities. The only collateral that is acceptable is cash in U.S. dollars. Such cash collateral must be delivered no later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time on the contractual settlement date of the Creation Unit(s). The Fund may buy the missing Deposit Securities at any time, and the Authorized Participant will be liable for any shortfall between the cost to the Fund of purchasing such securities and the cash collateral. In addition, the cash collateral may be invested at the risk of the Authorized Participant, and any income on invested cash collateral will be paid to that Authorized Participant. Information concerning the Fund's current procedures for collateralization of missing Deposit Securities is available from the Distributor.

In certain cases, an Authorized Participant may create and redeem Creation Units on the same trade date. In these instances, the Fund reserves the right to settle these transactions on a net basis or, in its sole discretion, to require a representation from the Authorized Participant that the creation and redemption transactions are for separate Beneficial Owners.

Once the Fund has accepted a Purchase Order, upon the next determination of the NAV of the shares, the Fund may confirm the issuance of a Creation Unit, against receipt of payment, at such NAV. A confirmation of acceptance will then be transmitted to the Authorized Participant that placed the Purchase Order. Creation Units typically are settled within one business day, subject to certain exceptions. However, the Fund reserves the right to settle Creation Unit transactions on a basis other than within one business day, including a shorter settlement period, if necessary or appropriate under the circumstances and compliant with applicable law. For example, the Fund reserves the right to settle Creation Unit transactions on a basis other than within one business day in order to, among other matters, accommodate non-U.S. market holiday schedules, closures and settlement cycles, to account for different treatment among non-U.S. and U.S. markets of dividend record dates and ex-dividend dates and in certain other circumstances.

**Creation Transaction** **Fees**<br>A standard creation transaction fee is imposed to offset transfer and other costs associated with the issuance of Creation Units. The standard creation transaction fee is charged to the Authorized Participant on the day such Authorized Participant creates a Creation Unit, and is the same, regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased by the Authorized Participant on the applicable Business Day.

The Authorized Participant may also be required to pay a variable transaction fee (up to the maximum amount shown in the table below) to cover certain brokerage, tax, foreign exchange, execution, market impact and other costs and expenses. Authorized Participants will also bear the costs of transferring the Deposit Securities, including any stamp duty or other similar fees and expenses.

The standard creation transaction fee and maximum variable transaction fee for a Creation Unit are set forth below:

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| American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF | $250 (In-kind basket; in-kind and cash basket)<br>$100 (All cash basket) | 2.00% |

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\* As a percentage of the value of the Creation Unit(s) purchased.

The Manager may adjust the transaction fees from time to time based on actual experience.

**Redemptions of Creation Units**

The consideration paid by the Fund for the redemption of Creation Units consists of an in-kind basket of designated securities ("Redemption Securities") or cash for all or any portion of such securities ("Redemption Cash") (collectively, the "ETF Fund Securities" or "Fund Securities") and the Cash Component, which is an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate NAV of a Creation Unit and the Fund Securities. Together, the Fund Securities and the Cash Component constitute the "Fund Redemption."

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The Custodian normally makes available through NSCC on each Business Day, prior to the opening of regular trading on the Exchange, a complete list of the Fund's portfolio holdings, and may also make available through NSCC the list of names and the number of shares of each Redemption Security and/or Redemption Cash, as applicable, and the estimated amount of the Cash Component to be included in the current Fund Redemption. Such Fund Redemption is applicable, subject to any adjustments as described below, for redemptions of Creation Units of the Fund until such time as the next-announced Fund Redemption is made available. The delivery of Fund shares will be settled through the DTC system. The means by which the Fund Securities and Cash Component are to be delivered to the Authorized Participant by the Fund are set forth in the AP Agreement, except to the extent the Distributor and the Authorized Participant otherwise agree. The identity and number of shares of the Redemption Securities change pursuant to, among other matters, changes in the composition of the Fund's portfolio and as rebalancing adjustments and corporate action events are reflected from time to time. The composition of the Redemption Securities may also change in response to adjustments to the weighting or composition of the component securities constituting the Fund's investments and may not be the same as the Deposit Securities.

Cash redemptions of Creation Units will be effected in essentially the same manner as in-kind redemptions. The Authorized Participant will receive the cash equivalent of the Fund Securities as Redemption Cash plus or minus the same Cash Component.

The Manager or the sub-advisor, as applicable, on behalf of the Fund, may sell investments denominated in foreign currencies and convert such proceeds into U.S. dollars at the applicable exchange rate and subject to the applicable spread for redemptions that are made in whole or in part for cash, including Redemption Cash. Those redeeming Creation Units of the Fund bear the risk associated with changes in the currency exchange rate between the time they place their Redemption Order and the time that the Fund converts any investments into U.S. dollars.

**Placement of Redemption Orders**

To initiate a redemption order for a Creation Unit, an Authorized Participant must submit to the Distributor or its agent an irrevocable order in proper form to redeem shares of the Fund (a "Redemption Order") for receipt by the Distributor or its agent no later than the redemption Cutoff Time designated by the Fund on any Business Day in order to receive the applicable day's NAV. Investors who are not Authorized Participants and seek to place a Redemption Order for a Creation Unit through an Authorized Participant should allow sufficient time to permit proper submission of the Redemption Order to the Distributor by the Cutoff Time on the applicable Business Day. Custom Redemption Orders, if accepted by the Fund, must normally be received in proper form and accepted by the Trust at least two hours prior to Cutoff Time.

The AP Agreement sets forth the different methods whereby Authorized Participants can submit redemption requests. A redemption request is considered to be in proper form if a request in a form satisfactory to the Fund is (1) received by the Distributor from an Authorized Participant on behalf of itself or another person within the time period set above, and (2) all the procedures and other requirements applicable to the method used by the Authorized Participant to submit the Redemption Order, such as, in the case of Redemption Orders submitted through the Transfer Agent's website, the completion of all required fields, and provided that instructions as set forth in the AP Agreement are properly followed.

Redemption Orders must be transmitted by an Authorized Participant by a method acceptable to the Distributor. Economic or market disruptions or changes, or telephone or other communication failure, may impede transmissions to an Authorized Participant. Redemption Orders to redeem shares of the Fund that are submitted on the Business Day immediately preceding a holiday or a day (other than a weekend) when the securities markets in a foreign market in which the Fund may invest are closed may be charged the maximum transaction fee; and those redeeming Creation Units will bear the risk of changes in the value of the Fund's investments and the currency exchange rate between the time they price their order and the time that the Fund is able to convert its investments to cash in such markets. The Distributor, in its discretion, may permit the submission of Redemption Orders by or through an Authorized Participant via communication through a proprietary website maintained for this purpose. A redemption request, if accepted by the Trust, will be processed based on the NAV as of the next Cutoff Time.

**Acceptance of Orders for, and Redemption of, Creation Units**

All questions as to whether a Redemption Order has been submitted in proper form and the requisite number of Fund shares and transaction fees have been delivered shall be determined by the Fund and the Fund's determination shall be final and binding.

The Fund reserves the absolute right to reject a Redemption Order if the Redemption Order is not in proper form. In addition, the right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed with respect to the Fund (i) for any period during which the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), (ii) for any period during which trading on the NYSE is suspended or restricted, (iii) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of the shares of the Fund's portfolio securities or determination of its NAV is not reasonably practicable; or (iv) in such other circumstance as is permitted by the SEC. The Fund or Distributor will notify the Authorized Participant of such rejection, but the Fund, Custodian, sub-custodian and Distributor shall not be liable for any failure to give such notification.

The payment by the Fund of the Fund Securities, including Redemption Securities and/or Redemption Cash, as applicable, and Cash Component will not be issued until the transfer of the Creation Unit(s) and the applicable redemption transaction fees has been completed. If the Transfer Agent does not receive the investor's shares through DTC's facilities and the applicable redemption transaction fees by the required time, the redemption request may be rejected.

To the extent contemplated by the AP Agreement, in the event the Authorized Participant has submitted a redemption request in proper form but is unable to transfer all or part of the Creation Unit to be redeemed to the Fund's Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent will nonetheless accept the redemption request in reliance on the undertaking by the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing shares as soon as possible. Such undertaking may be secured by the Authorized Participant's delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash having a value (marked to market daily) of up to 115% of the value of the missing shares, which the Trust may change from time to time. The current procedures for collateralization of missing shares require, among other things, that any cash collateral shall be in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds and shall be held by the Custodian and marked to market daily, and that the fees of the Custodian and any sub-custodians in respect of the delivery, maintenance and redelivery of the cash collateral shall be payable by the Authorized Participant. The AP Agreement permits the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, to purchase the missing Fund shares at any time subjects the Authorized Participant to liability for any shortfall between the cost to the Trust of purchasing such shares and the value of the collateral.

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A redeeming Beneficial Owner or Authorized Participant acting on behalf of such Beneficial Owner must maintain appropriate security arrangements with a qualified broker-dealer, bank or other custody providers in each jurisdiction where Redemption Securities are customarily traded and will be delivered. If neither the redeeming Beneficial Owner nor the Authorized Participant acting on behalf of such redeeming Beneficial Owner has appropriate arrangements to take delivery of Redemption Securities in the applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction and it is not possible to make other such arrangements, or if it is not possible to effect deliveries of Redemption Securities in such jurisdiction, the Trust may redeem shares in Redemption Cash, and the redeeming Beneficial Owner will be required to receive its redemption proceeds as Redemption Cash.

In addition, because redemptions of shares for Redemption Securities are subject to compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Fund (whether or not it otherwise permits cash redemptions) reserves the right to redeem Creation Units for cash to the extent that the Fund cannot lawfully deliver specific Redemption Securities or cannot do so without first registering the security under such laws.

Once the Fund has accepted a Redemption Order, upon the next determination of the NAV of the shares, the Fund may confirm the redemption of a Creation Unit, against receipt of payment, at such NAV. The Transfer Agent will then transmit a confirmation of acceptance to the Authorized Participant that placed the Redemption Order. Deliveries of redemption proceeds by the Fund typically are settled within one business day (or a shorter settlement period, if necessary or appropriate under the circumstances and compliant with applicable law), but may be made up to seven days later, particularly in stressed market conditions. The Fund reserves the right to settle redemption transactions up to 15 days later to accommodate non-U.S. market holiday schedules (see "Postponement of Redemptions" below for further information), closures and settlement cycles, to account for different treatment among non-U.S. and U.S. markets of dividend record dates and dividend ex-dates (i.e., the last date the holder of a security can sell the security and still receive dividends payable on the security sold), and in certain other circumstances.

In certain cases, an Authorized Participant may create and redeem Creation Units on the same trade date. In these instances, the Fund reserves the right to settle these transactions on a net basis or, in its sole discretion, to require a representation from the Authorized Participant that the creation and redemption transactions are for separate Beneficial Owners.

**Redemption Transaction Fees**

A standard redemption transaction fee is imposed to offset transfer and other costs associated with the redemption of Creation Units. The standard redemption transaction fee is charged to the Authorized Participant on the day such Authorized Participant redeems a Creation Unit, and is the same regardless of the number of Creation Units redeemed by an Authorized Participant on the applicable Business Day.

The Authorized Participant may also be required to pay a variable transaction fee (up to the maximum amount shown in the table below) to cover certain brokerage, tax, foreign exchange, execution, market impact and other costs and expenses. Authorized Participants will also bear the costs of transferring the Redemption Securities, including any stamp duty or other similar fees and expenses. Investors who use the services of a broker or other financial intermediary may be charged a fee for such services.

The standard redemption transaction fee and maximum variable transaction fee for a Creation Unit are set forth below:

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| American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF | $250 (In-kind basket; in-kind and cash basket)<br> $100 (All cash basket) | 2.00% |

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The Manager may adjust the transaction fees from time to time based on actual experience.

**Taxation on Creation and Redemptions of Creation Units**

An Authorized Participant generally will recognize either gain or loss upon the exchange of Deposit Securities for Creation Units. This gain or loss will generally equal the difference between (i) the sum of the market value of the Creation Units at the time of the exchange and any net amount of cash received by the Authorized Participant in the exchange and (ii) the sum of the Authorized Participant's aggregate basis in the Deposit Securities exchanged therefor and any net amount of cash paid for the Creation Units. However, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service may apply the wash sales rules to determine that any loss realized upon the exchange of Deposit Securities for Creation Units is not currently deductible. Authorized Participants should consult their own tax advisers.

Current U.S. federal tax laws dictate that capital gain or loss realized from the redemption of Creation Units will generally create long-term capital gain or loss if the Authorized Participant holds the Creation Units for more than one year, or short-term capital gain or loss if the Creation Units were held for one year or less, if the Creation Units are held as capital assets.

**Postponement of Redemptions**

For every occurrence of one or more intervening holidays in applicable non-U.S. markets, the redemption settlement cycle may be extended by the number of days of such intervening holidays. In addition to holidays, other unforeseeable closings in a non-U.S. market due to emergencies may also prevent the Trust from delivering securities within normal settlement cycle. In no event will the settlement cycle be longer than 15 calendar days.

The Fund reserves the right to suspend redemptions or postpone the date of payment for more than seven days (i) when the Exchange is closed (other than for customary weekend and holiday closings); (ii) when trading on the Exchange is restricted; (iii) when the SEC determines that an emergency exists so that disposal of the Fund's investments or determination of its NAV per share is not reasonably practicable; or (iv) by order of the SEC for protection of the Fund's shareholders.

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

The portfolio managers to the Fund (the "Portfolio Managers") have responsibility for the day-to-day management of accounts other than the Fund. Information regarding these other accounts has been provided by the sub-advisor and is set forth below. The number of accounts and assets is shown as of [XX XX, 2026].

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| | **Number of Other Accounts Managed** <br>**and Assets by Account Type** | **Number of Other Accounts Managed** <br>**and Assets by Account Type** | **Number of Other Accounts Managed** <br>**and Assets by Account Type** | **Number of Accounts and Assets for Which** <br>**Advisory Fee is Performance-Based** | **Number of Accounts and Assets for Which** <br>**Advisory Fee is Performance-Based** | **Number of Accounts and Assets for Which** <br>**Advisory Fee is Performance-Based** |
| <br>**Name of** **Investment Advisor** **and Portfolio Manager** | **Registered** **Investment** **Companies** | **Other Pooled** **Investment** **Vehicles** | **Other Accounts** | **Registered** **Investment** **Companies** | **Other Pooled** **Investment** **Vehicles** | **Other Accounts** |
| abrdn Inc. | abrdn Inc. | abrdn Inc. | abrdn Inc. | abrdn Inc. | abrdn Inc. | abrdn Inc. |
| Jonathan E. Mondillo | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) |
| Miguel Laranjeiro | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) | XX ($XX mil) |

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**Conflicts of Interest**

As noted in the table above, the Portfolio Managers manage accounts other than the Fund. This side-by-side management may present potential conflicts between a Portfolio Manager's management of the Fund's investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other hand. Set forth below is a description by the sub-advisor of any foreseeable material conflicts of interest that may arise from the concurrent management of the Fund and other accounts. The information regarding potential conflicts of interest was provided by the sub-advisor as of [XX XX, 2026].

**<u>abrdn Inc. ("</u>** **<u>Aberdeen")</u>** The portfolio managers' management of "other accounts" may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with their management of the Fund's investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other. The other accounts may have the same investment objectives as the Fund. Therefore, a potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the identical investment objective, whereby the portfolio manager could favor one account over another. However, Aberdeen believes that these risks are mitigated by the fact that: (i) accounts with like investment strategies managed by a particular portfolio manager are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to exceptions to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain investment vehicles, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors; and (ii) portfolio manager personal trading is monitored to avoid potential conflicts. In addition, Aberdeen has adopted trade allocation procedures that require equitable allocation of trade orders for a particular security among participating accounts.<br>In some cases, another account managed by the same portfolio manager may compensate Aberdeen based on the performance of the portfolio held by that account. The existence of such a performance-based fee may create additional conflicts of interest for the portfolio manager in the allocation of management time, resources and investment opportunities.<br>Another potential conflict could include instances in which securities considered as investments for the Fund also may be appropriate for other investment accounts managed by Aberdeen or its affiliates. Whenever decisions are made to buy or sell securities by the Fund and one or more of the other accounts simultaneously, Aberdeen may aggregate the purchases and sales of the securities and will allocate the securities transactions in a manner that it believes to be equitable under the circumstances. As a result of the allocations, there may be instances where the Fund will not participate in a transaction that is allocated among other accounts. While these aggregations and allocation policies could have a detrimental effect on the price or amount of the securities available to the Fund from time to time, it is the opinion of Aberdeen that the benefits from the policies outweigh any disadvantage that may arise from exposure to simultaneous transactions.

**Compensation** 

The following is a description provided by the investment sub-advisor regarding the structure of and criteria for determining the compensation of each Portfolio Manager as of [XX XX, 2026].

Aberdeen

Aberdeen's remuneration policies are designed to support its business strategy as a leading international asset manager. The objective is to attract, retain and reward talented individuals for the delivery of sustained, superior returns for Aberdeen's clients and shareholders. Aberdeen operates in a highly competitive international employment market, and aims to maintain its strong track record of success in developing and retaining talent.

Aberdeen's policy is to recognize corporate and individual achievements each year through an appropriate annual bonus scheme. The bonus is a single, fully discretionary variable pay award. The aggregate value of awards in any year is dependent on the group's overall performance and profitability. Consideration is also given to the levels of bonuses paid in the market. Individual awards, which are payable to all members of staff, are determined by a rigorous assessment of achievement against defined objectives and conduct and risk matters are also taken into account.

The variable pay award comprises a mixture of cash and a deferred award based on the size of the award and the remuneration regulations that the individual is captured under. Deferred awards will be delivered either in Aberdeen Group plc ("Aberdeen plc") shares, in relevant Aberdeen plc funds or a mix of both. Overall compensation packages are designed to be competitive relative to the investment management industry.

*Base Salary*

Aberdeen's policy is to pay a fair salary commensurate with the individual's role, responsibilities and experience, and having regard to the market rates being offered for similar roles in the asset management sector and other comparable companies.

*Annual Bonus*

The Remuneration Committee determines the key performance indicators that will be applied in considering the overall size of the bonus pool. In line with practices amongst other asset management companies, individual bonuses are not subject to an absolute cap. However, the aggregate size of the

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bonus pool is dependent on the group's overall performance and profitability. Consideration is also given to the levels of bonuses paid in the market. Individual awards are determined by a rigorous assessment of achievement against defined objectives, and are reviewed and approved by the Remuneration Committee.

Aberdeen has a corporate deferral policy which is intended to assist in the retention of talent and to create additional alignment of executives' interests with Aberdeen's sustained performance and, in respect of the deferral into funds, managed by Aberdeen, to align the interest of asset managers with our clients.

Staff performance is reviewed formally at least once a year. Aberdeen's fund managers are measured using performance scorecards across four core objectives: Investment excellence, Collaboration, Client Engagement, and Commerciality. Investment excellence will naturally include an assessment of fund performance and any risk considerations. These are set locally by managers, but will typically be a balanced view over 1, 3 and 5 year time horizons, and over longer timelines where appropriate (e.g. close end funds). For all funds, performance relative to benchmark and relative to the fund's stated objectives (including risk) will always be a key consideration in any awards made.

Aberdeen also recognizes that fund performance can often be driven by factors outside one's control, such as (irrational) markets, and as such pays attention to the effort by portfolio managers to ensure integrity of our core process by sticking to disciplines and processes set, regardless of momentum and 'hot' themes. Short-terming is thus discouraged and trading- oriented-managers will thus find it difficult to thrive in the Aberdeen environment. Additionally, if any of the aforementioned undue risks were to be taken by a portfolio manager, such trend would be identified via Aberdeen's dynamic compliance monitoring system.

**<u>Ownership of the Fund</u>**

The Portfolio Managers' beneficial ownership of the Fund is defined as the Portfolio Managers having the opportunity to share in any profit from transactions in the Fund, either directly or indirectly, as the result of any contract, understanding, arrangement, relationship or otherwise. Therefore, ownership of Fund shares by members of the Portfolio Managers' immediate family or by a trust of which the Portfolio Managers are a trustee could be considered ownership by the Portfolio Managers. The Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this SAI. Accordingly, the Portfolio Managers do not beneficially own any shares of the Fund as of the date of this SAI.

**PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS**

In selecting brokers or dealers to execute particular transactions, the Manager and the sub-advisor are authorized to consider "brokerage and research services" (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), provision of statistical quotations (including the quotations necessary to determine the Fund's NAV), and other information provided to the Fund, to the Manager and/or to the sub-advisor (or their affiliates), provided, however, that the Manager or the sub-advisor must always seek best execution. Research and brokerage services may include information on portfolio companies, economic analyses, and other investment research services. The Trust does not allow the Manager or sub-advisor to enter arrangements to direct transactions to broker-dealers as compensation for the promotion or sale of Trust shares by those broker-dealers. The Manager and the sub-advisor are also authorized to cause the Fund to pay a commission (as defined in SEC interpretations) to a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services for executing a portfolio transaction which is in excess of the amount of the commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction. The Manager or the sub-advisor, as appropriate, must determine in good faith, however, that such commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided, viewed in terms of that particular transaction or in terms of all the accounts over which the Manager or the sub-advisor exercises investment discretion. The fees of the sub-advisor are not reduced by reason of receipt of such brokerage and research services. However, with disclosure to and pursuant to written guidelines approved by the Board, as applicable, the Manager, or the sub-advisor (or a broker-dealer affiliated with them) may execute portfolio transactions and receive usual and customary brokerage commissions (within the meaning of Rule 17e-1 under the Investment Company Act) for doing so. Brokerage and research services obtained with Fund commissions might be used by the Manager and/or the sub-advisor, as applicable, to benefit their other accounts under management.

The Manager and the sub-advisor will place their own orders to execute securities transactions that are designed to implement the Fund's investment objective and policies. In placing such orders, the sub-advisor will seek best execution. The full range and quality of services offered by the executing broker or dealer will be considered when making these determinations. Pursuant to written guidelines approved by the Board, as appropriate, the sub-advisor of the Fund, or its affiliated broker-dealer, may execute portfolio transactions and receive usual and customary brokerage commissions (within the meaning of Rule 17e-1 of the Investment Company Act) for doing so. The Fund's turnover rate, or the frequency of portfolio transactions, will vary from year to year depending on market conditions and the Fund's cash flows. High portfolio turnover increases the Fund's transaction costs, including brokerage commissions, and may result in a greater amount of recognized capital gains.

The Investment Advisory Agreement provides, in substance, that in executing portfolio transactions and selecting brokers or dealers, the principal objective of the sub-advisor is to seek best execution. In assessing available execution venues, the sub-advisor shall consider all factors it deems relevant, including the breadth of the market in the security, the price of the security, the value of any eligible research, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. Transactions with respect to the securities of small and emerging growth companies in which the Fund may invest may involve specialized services on the part of the broker or dealer and thereby may entail higher commissions or spreads than would be the case with transactions involving more widely traded securities.

The Fund may establish brokerage commission recapture arrangements with certain brokers or dealers. If the sub-advisor chooses to execute a transaction through a participating broker, the broker rebates a portion of the commission back to the Fund. Any collateral benefit received through participation in the commission recapture program is directed exclusively to the Fund. Neither the Manager nor the sub-advisor receives any benefits from the commission recapture program. The sub-advisor's participation in the brokerage commission recapture program is optional. The sub-advisor

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retains full discretion in selecting brokerage firms for securities transactions and is instructed to use the commission recapture program for a transaction only if it is consistent with the sub-advisor's obligation to seek the best execution available.

The Fund had not commenced operations prior to the date of this SAI. Accordingly: no brokerage commissions were paid by the Fund during the previous three fiscal years; the Fund did not receive any compensation as a result of participation in the commission recapture program; the Fund directed no transactions to brokers in part because of research services provided and paid no commissions on such transactions; and the Fund did not hold securities issued by a broker-dealer (or by its parent) that was one of the top ten brokers or dealers through which the Fund executed transactions or sold shares.

**TAX INFORMATION**

The tax information in the Prospectus and in this section relates solely to the federal income tax law and assumes that the Fund will continue to qualify each taxable year as a "regulated investment company" ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code (as discussed below). The tax information in this section is only a summary of certain key federal tax considerations affecting the Fund and its shareholders and is in addition to the tax information provided in the Prospectus. No attempt has been made to present a complete explanation of the federal income tax treatment of the Fund or the tax implications to its shareholders. The discussions here and in the Prospectus are not intended as substitutes for careful tax planning. The tax information is based on the Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations in effect, and administrative pronouncements and judicial decisions publicly available, on the date of this SAI. Future legislative, regulatory or administrative changes or court decisions may significantly change the tax rules applicable to the Fund and its shareholders. Any of these changes or court decisions may have a retroactive effect.

**<u>Taxation of the</u>** **<u>Fund</u>**

The Fund intends to qualify or continue to qualify each taxable year for treatment as a RIC under Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code. To so qualify, the Fund (which is treated as a separate corporation for these purposes) must, among other requirements:

■ Derive
 at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year from (1) dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans and gains from
 the sale or other
 disposition of securities or foreign currencies (together with Qualifying Other Income (as defined below), "Qualifying Income"),
 or other income, including
 gains from options, futures or forward contracts, derived with respect to its business of investing in securities or those currencies ("Qualifying
 Other Income") and (2) net income derived from an interest in a "qualified publicly traded partnership" ("QPTP")
 ("Gross Income Requirement").
 A QPTP is a "publicly traded partnership" (that is, a partnership the interests in which are "traded on an established
 securities market"
 or "readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof") (a "PTP")) that meets certain
 qualifying income requirements
 other than a partnership at least 90% of the gross income of which is Qualifying Income;

■ Diversify
 its investments so that, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, (1) at least 50% of the value of its total assets is represented
 by cash and cash items,
 Government securities, securities of other RICs, and other securities, with those other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount that
 does not exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets and that does not represent more than 10% of the issuer's outstanding
 voting securities (equity securities of QPTPs being considered voting securities for these purposes), and (2) not more than 25% of the value of its total
 assets is invested in (a) the securities (other than Government securities or securities of other RICs) of any one issuer, (b) the securities
 (other than securities of other RICs) of two or more issuers the Fund
 controls (by owning 20% or more of their voting power) that are determined
 to be engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses, or (c) the securities of one or more QPTPs ("Diversification Requirements");
 and

■ Distribute
 annually to its shareholders at least the sum of 90% of its investment company taxable income (generally, net investment income, the excess
 (if any) of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss, and net gains and losses (if any) from certain foreign currency transactions, all
 determined without regard to any deduction for dividends paid)  and 90% of its net exempt interest income ("Distribution Requirement").

By qualifying for treatment as a RIC, the Fund (but not its shareholders) will be relieved of federal income tax on the part of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that it distributes to its shareholders. If for any taxable year the Fund does not qualify for that treatment — either (1) by failing to satisfy the Distribution Requirement, even if it satisfies the Gross Income and Diversification Requirements ("Other Requirements"), or (2) by failing to satisfy any of the Other Requirements and is unable to, or determines not to, avail itself of Internal Revenue Code provisions that enable a RIC to cure a failure to satisfy any of the Other Requirements as long as the failure "is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect" and the RIC pays a deductible tax calculated in accordance with those provisions and meets certain other requirements - then for federal tax purposes, all of its taxable income (including its net capital gain) would be subject to tax at the regular corporate rate without any deduction for dividends paid to its shareholders; and the dividends it pays would be taxable to its shareholders as ordinary income (or possibly, (a) for individual and certain other non-corporate shareholders (each, an "individual"), as "qualified dividend income" (as described in the Prospectus) ("QDI"), and/or (b) in the case of corporate shareholders that meet certain holding period and other requirements regarding their Fund shares, as eligible for the dividends-received deduction ("DRD")) to the extent of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits. Failure to qualify for RIC treatment would therefore have a negative impact on the Fund's income and performance. Furthermore, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make substantial distributions before requalifying for RIC treatment. It is possible that the Fund will not qualify as a RIC in any given taxable year.

The Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% federal excise tax ("Excise Tax") to the extent it fails to distribute by the end of any calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income for that year and substantially all of its "capital gain net income" for the one-year period ending on [XX XX, 2026] of that year, plus certain other amounts. The Fund intends to make sufficient distributions by the end of each calendar year to avoid liability for the Excise Tax.

**<u>Taxation of Certain Investments and Strategies</u>**

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Hedging strategies, such as entering into forward contracts and selling (writing) and purchasing options and futures contracts, involve complex rules that will determine for federal income tax purposes the amount, character and timing of recognition of gains and losses the Fund may realize in connection therewith. In general, the Fund's (1) gains from the disposition of foreign currencies and (2) gains from such contracts will be treated as Qualifying Income under the Gross Income Requirement.

The Fund may invest in the stock of "passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs"). A PFIC is any foreign corporation (with certain exceptions) that, in general, meets either of the following tests for a taxable year: (1) at least 75% of its gross income is passive; or (2) an average of at least 50% of the value (or adjusted tax basis, if elected) of its assets produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. Under certain circumstances, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on a portion of any "excess distribution" it receives on the PFIC stock and of any gain on its disposition of that stock (collectively, "PFIC income"), plus interest thereon, even if the Fund distributes the PFIC income as a dividend to its shareholders. The balance of the PFIC income will be included in the Fund's investment company taxable income and, accordingly, will not be taxable to it to the extent it distributes that income to its shareholders. Fund distributions thereof will not be eligible to be treated as QDI or for the DRD.

If the Fund invests in a PFIC and elects to treat the PFIC as a "qualified electing fund" ("QEF"), then in lieu of incurring the foregoing tax and interest obligation, the Fund would be required to include in income each taxable year its pro rata share of the QEF's annual ordinary earnings and net capital gain — which the Fund likely would have to distribute to satisfy the Distribution Requirement and avoid imposition of the Excise Tax — even if the QEF did not distribute those earnings and gain to the Fund. In most instances, however, it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to make this election because of certain requirements thereof.

Alternatively, the Fund may elect to "mark to market" any stock in a PFIC it owns at the end of its taxable year, in which event it likely would be required to distribute to its shareholders any resulting gains to satisfy the Distribution Requirement and avoid imposition of the Excise Tax. "Marking-to-market," in this context, means including in gross income each taxable year (and treating as ordinary income) the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the stock over the Fund's adjusted basis therein (including any net mark-to-market gain or loss for each prior taxable year for which an election was in effect) as of the end of that year. Pursuant to the election, the Fund also would be allowed to deduct (as an ordinary, not a capital, loss) the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis in PFIC stock over the fair market value thereof as of the taxable year-end, but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to that stock the Fund included in income for prior taxable years under the election. The Fund's adjusted basis in each PFIC's stock subject to the election would be adjusted to reflect the amounts of income included and deductions taken thereunder.

Investors should be aware that determining whether a foreign corporation is a PFIC is a fact-intensive determination that is based on various facts and circumstances and thus is subject to change, and the principles and methodology used therein are subject to interpretation. As a result, the Fund may not be able, at the time it acquires a foreign corporation's stock, to ascertain whether the corporation is a PFIC, and a foreign corporation may become a PFIC after the Fund acquires stock therein. While the Fund generally will seek to minimize its investment in PFIC stock, and to make appropriate elections when they are available, to lessen the adverse tax consequences detailed above, there are no guarantees that it will be able to do so, and the Fund reserves the right to make those investments as a matter of its investment policy.

Some futures contracts, foreign currency contracts, and "non-equity" options (i.e., certain listed options, such as those on a "broad-based" securities index) - except any "securities futures contract" that is not a "dealer securities futures contract" (both as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) and any interest rate swap, currency swap, basis swap, interest rate cap, interest rate floor, commodity swap, equity swap, equity index swap, credit default swap, or similar agreement - in which the Fund invests may be subject to Internal Revenue Code section 1256 (collectively, "Section 1256 contracts"). Any Section 1256 contract the Fund holds at the end of its taxable year must be "marked-to-market" (that is, treated as having been sold at that time for its fair market value) for federal income tax purposes, with the result that unrealized gains or losses will be treated as though they were realized. Sixty percent of any net gain or loss realized on these deemed sales, and 60% of any net realized gain or loss from any actual sales of Section 1256 contracts, will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and the balance will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. Section 1256 contracts also may be marked-to-market for purposes of the Excise Tax. These rules may operate to increase the amount that the Fund must distribute to satisfy the Distribution Requirement (i.e., with respect to the portion treated as short-term capital gain), which will be taxable to its shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them, and to increase the net capital gain the Fund recognizes, without in either case increasing the cash available to it.

Under Internal Revenue Code section 988, a gain or loss (1) from the disposition of foreign currencies, (2) except in certain circumstances, from options, futures, and forward contracts on foreign currencies (and on financial instruments involving foreign currencies) and from notional principal contracts (e.g., swaps, caps, floors, and collars) involving payments denominated in foreign currencies, (3) on the disposition of each foreign-currency-denominated debt security that is attributable to fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency between the dates of acquisition and disposition of the security, and (4) that is attributable to exchange rate fluctuations between the time the Fund accrues interest, dividends, or other receivables or expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time it actually collects the receivables or pays the liabilities generally will be treated as ordinary income or loss. These gains or losses will increase or decrease the amount of the Fund's investment company taxable income to be distributed to its shareholders as ordinary income, rather than affecting the amount of its net capital gain. If the Fund's section 988 losses exceed its other investment company taxable income for a taxable year, the Fund would not be able to distribute any dividends, and any distributions made during that year (including those made before the losses were realized) would be characterized as a non-taxable "return of capital" to shareholders, rather than as a dividend, thereby reducing each shareholder's basis in his or her Fund shares and treating any part of such distribution exceeding that basis as gain from the disposition of those shares.

If the Fund has an "appreciated financial position" - generally, any position (including an interest through an option, futures or forward contract or short sale) with respect to any stock, debt instrument (other than "straight debt") or partnership interest the fair market value of which exceeds its adjusted basis - and enters into a "constructive sale" of the position, the Fund will be treated as having made an actual sale thereof, with the result that it will recognize gain at that time. A constructive sale generally consists of a short sale, an offsetting notional principal contract or a futures or forward contract the Fund or a related person enters into with respect to the same or substantially identical property. In addition, if the appreciated financial position is itself a short sale or such a contract, acquisition of the underlying property or substantially identical property will be deemed a constructive sale. The foregoing will not apply, however, to any transaction of the Fund during any taxable year that otherwise would be treated as a

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constructive sale if the transaction is closed within 30 days after the end of that year and the Fund holds the appreciated financial position unhedged for 60 days after that closing (i.e., at no time during that 60-day period is the Fund's risk of loss regarding that position reduced by reason of certain specified transactions with respect to substantially identical or related property, such as having an option to sell, being contractually obligated to sell, making a short sale or granting an option to buy substantially identical stock or securities).

Certain aspects of the tax treatment of derivative instruments are currently unclear and may be affected by changes in legislation, regulations, administrative rules, and/or other legally binding authority that could affect the treatment of income from those instruments and the character, timing of recognition and amount of the Fund's taxable income or net realized gains and distributions. If the IRS were to assert successfully that income the Fund derives from those investments does not constitute Qualifying Income, the Fund might cease to qualify as a RIC (with the consequences described above under "Taxation of the Fund") or might be required to reduce its exposure to such investments.

**<u>Taxation of the</u>** **<u>Fund's Shareholders</u>**

**General** **-** For United States federal income tax purposes, distributions paid out of the Fund's current or accumulated earnings and profits will, except in the case of distributions of qualified dividend income and capital gain dividends described below, be taxable as ordinary dividend income. Certain income distributions paid by the Fund (whether paid in cash or reinvested in additional Fund shares) to individual taxpayers are taxed at rates applicable to net long-term capital gains (currently 20%, 15% or 0%, depending on an individual's tax bracket). This tax treatment applies only if certain holding period requirements and other requirements are satisfied by the shareholder and the dividends are attributable to qualified dividend income received by the Fund itself. There can be no assurance as to what portion of the Fund's dividend distributions will qualify as qualified dividend income.

Distributions of net capital gain, if any, reported as capital gains dividends are taxable to a shareholder as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long the shareholder has held Fund shares. (Net capital gain is the excess (if any) of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss.) The Fund may elect to retain its net capital gain or a portion thereof for investment and be taxed at corporate rates on the amount retained. In such case, it may designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gains in a notice to its shareholders who will be treated as if each received a distribution of its pro rata share of such gain, with the result that each shareholder will: (i) be required to report its pro rata share of such gain on its tax return as long-term capital gain; (ii) receive a refundable tax credit for his pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain; and (iii) increase the tax basis for its shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.

Dividends and other distributions by the Fund are generally treated under the Internal Revenue Code as received by the shareholders at the time the dividend or distribution is made. Dividends and other distributions the Fund declares in the last quarter of any calendar year that are payable to shareholders of record on a date in that quarter will be deemed to have been paid by the Fund and received by those shareholders on or before December 31 of that year even if the Fund pays the distributions during the following January. Accordingly, those distributions will be reportable by, and taxed to, those shareholders for the taxable year in which that December 31 falls.

If the Fund makes a "return of capital" distribution to its shareholders – i.e., a distribution in excess of its current and accumulated earnings and profits – the excess will (a) reduce each shareholder's tax basis in its shares (thus reducing any loss or increasing any gain on a shareholder's subsequent taxable disposition of the shares) and (b) if for any shareholder the excess is greater than that basis, be treated as realized capital gain.

Selling shareholders will generally recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the shares sold and the sale proceeds. If the shares are held as a capital asset, the gain or loss will be a capital gain or loss. The maximum tax rate applicable to net capital gains recognized by individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers is: (i) the same as the maximum ordinary income tax rate for gains recognized on the sale of capital assets held for one year or less; or (ii) 20% for gains recognized on the sale of capital assets held for more than one year (as well as certain capital gain distributions) (15% or 0% for individuals in certain tax brackets).

If Fund shares are sold at a loss after being held for six months or less, the loss will be treated as long-term, instead of short-term, capital loss to the extent of any capital gain distributions received on those shares. In addition, any loss a shareholder realizes on a sale of Fund shares will be disallowed to the extent the shares are replaced within a 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the sale; in that case, the basis in the acquired shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. Investors also should be aware that the NAV of Fund shares at any time may reflect the amount of a forthcoming dividend or other distribution, so if they purchase Fund shares shortly before the record date for a distribution, they will pay full price for the shares and receive some part of the price back as a taxable distribution, even though it represents a partial return of invested capital.

For U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly), a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax will apply on all or a portion of their "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains, which generally includes taxable distributions received from the Fund and taxable gains on the disposition of shares of the Fund. This 3.8% tax also applies to all or a portion of the undistributed net investment income of certain shareholders that are estates and trusts.

An investor also should be aware that the benefits of the reduced tax rate applicable to long-term capital gains may be impacted by the application of the alternative minimum tax to individual shareholders.

Special tax rules apply to investments through defined contribution plans and other tax-qualified plans. Shareholders should consult their tax advisor to determine the suitability of shares of the Fund as an investment through such plans.

If more than 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets at the close of any taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations, it will be eligible to file an election for that year with the IRS that would enable its shareholders to benefit from any foreign tax credit or deduction available with respect to any foreign taxes it pays. Pursuant to the election, the Fund would treat those taxes as dividends paid to its shareholders and each shareholder (1) would be required to include in gross income, and treat as paid by the shareholder, the shareholder's proportionate share of those taxes, (2) would be required to treat that share of those taxes and of any dividend the Fund paid that represents income from foreign or U.S. possessions sources ("foreign-source income") as the shareholder's own income from those sources, and (3) could either use the foregoing information in calculating the

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foreign tax credit against the shareholder's federal income tax or, alternatively, deduct the foreign taxes deemed paid by the shareholder in computing taxable income. If the Fund makes this election for a taxable year, it will report to its shareholders shortly after that year their respective shares of the foreign taxes it paid and its foreign-source income for that year.

An individual shareholder of the Fund who, for a taxable year, has no more than $300 ($600 for married persons filing jointly) of creditable foreign taxes included on IRS Forms 1099 and all of whose foreign-source income is "qualified passive income" may elect for that year to be exempt from the extremely complicated foreign tax credit limitation for federal income tax purposes (about which shareholders may wish to consult their tax advisers), in which event the shareholder would be able to claim a foreign tax credit without having to file the detailed Form 1116 that otherwise is required. A shareholder will not be entitled to credit or deduct its portion of foreign taxes the Fund paid that is allocable to Fund shares the shareholder has not held for at least 16 days during the 31-day period beginning 15 days before the ex-distribution date for those shares. The minimum holding period will be extended if the shareholder's risk of loss with respect to those shares is reduced by reason of holding an offsetting position. No deduction for foreign taxes may be claimed by a shareholder who does not itemize deductions. A foreign shareholder may not deduct or claim a credit for foreign taxes in determining its federal income tax liability unless the Fund dividends paid to it are effectively connected with the shareholder's conduct of a U.S. trade or business.

**Basis Election and Reporting** - A Fund shareholder who wants to use an acceptable method for basis determination with respect to Fund shares other than the average basis method (the Fund's default method) must elect to do so in writing, which may be electronic. The basis determination method a Fund shareholder elects may not be changed with respect to a redemption (including a redemption that is part of an exchange) of Fund shares after the settlement date of the redemption.

In addition to the requirement to report the gross proceeds from redemptions of Fund shares, the Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the IRS and furnish to its shareholders the basis information for Fund shares that are redeemed or exchanged and indicate whether they had a short-term (one year or less) or long-term (more than one year) holding period. Fund shareholders should consult with their tax advisers to determine the best IRS-accepted basis determination method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how the basis reporting law applies to them. Fund shareholders who acquire and hold Fund shares through a financial intermediary should contact their financial intermediary for information related to the basis election and reporting.

**Backup Withholding** - The Fund is required to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury 24% of dividends, capital gain distributions, and redemption proceeds (regardless of the extent to which gain or loss may be realized) otherwise payable to any individual who fails to certify that the taxpayer identification number furnished to the Fund is correct or who furnishes an incorrect number (together with the withholding described in the next sentence, "backup withholding"). Withholding at that rate also is required from the Fund's dividends and capital gain distributions otherwise payable to such a shareholder who (1) is subject to backup withholding for failure to report the receipt of interest or dividend income properly or (2) fails to certify to the Fund that he or she is not subject to backup withholding or that it is a corporation or other "exempt recipient". Backup withholding is not an additional tax; rather, any amounts so withheld may be credited against the shareholder's federal income tax liability or refunded if proper documentation is submitted to the IRS.

**Non-U.S. Shareholders -** Dividends the Fund pays to a shareholder who is a non-resident alien individual or foreign entity (each a "non-U.S. shareholder") — other than (1) dividends paid to a non-U.S. shareholder whose ownership of the Fund's shares is "effectively-connected" with a trade or business within the United States the shareholder conducts and (2) capital gain distributions paid to a non-resident alien individual who is physically present in the United States for no more than 182 days during the taxable year -- generally are subject to 30% federal withholding tax (unless a reduced rate of withholding or a withholding exemption is provided under an applicable treaty). However, two categories of dividends the Fund might pay, "short-term capital gain dividends" and "interest-related dividends," to non-U.S. shareholders (with certain exceptions) and reported by it in writing to its shareholders are exempt from that tax. "Short-term capital gain dividends" are dividends that are attributable to net short-term gain, computed with certain adjustments. "Interest-related dividends" are dividends that are attributable to "qualified net interest income" (i.e., "qualified interest income," which generally consists of certain OID, interest on obligations "in registered form," and interest on deposits, less allocable deductions) from sources within the United States. Non-U.S. shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers concerning the applicability of that withholding tax.

**Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA")** - Under FATCA, "foreign financial institutions" ("FFIs") and "non-financial foreign entities" ("NFFEs") that are Fund shareholders may be subject to a generally nonrefundable 30% withholding tax on income dividends the Fund pays. As discussed more fully below, the FATCA withholding tax generally can be avoided (a) by an FFI, if it reports certain information regarding direct and indirect ownership of financial accounts U.S. persons hold with the FFI, and (b) by an NFFE that certifies its status as such and, in certain circumstances, information regarding substantial U.S. owners. Proposed regulations (having current effect) have been issued to eliminate certain FATCA withholding taxes, including the withholding tax on investment sale proceeds that was scheduled to begin in 2019, and to defer the effective date of other taxes.

The U.S. Treasury has negotiated intergovernmental agreements ("IGAs") with certain countries and is in various stages of negotiations with other foreign countries with respect to alternative approaches to implement FATCA. An entity in one of those countries may be required to comply with the terms of the IGA instead of U.S. Treasury regulations. An FFI resident in a country that has entered into a Model I IGA with the United States must report to that country's government (pursuant to the terms of the applicable IGA and applicable law), which will, in turn, report to the IRS. An FFI resident in a Model II IGA country generally must comply with U.S. regulatory requirements, with certain exceptions, including the treatment of recalcitrant accountholders. An FFI resident in one of those countries that complies with whichever of the foregoing applies will be exempt from FATCA withholding.

An FFI can avoid FATCA withholding by becoming a "participating FFI," which requires the FFI to enter into a tax compliance agreement with the IRS under the Internal Revenue Code. Under such an agreement, a participating FFI agrees to (1) verify and document whether it has U.S. accountholders, (2) report certain information regarding their accounts to the IRS, and (3) meet certain other specified requirements.

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An NFFE that is the beneficial owner of a payment from the Fund can avoid FATCA withholding generally by certifying its status as such and, in certain circumstances, either that (1) it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or (2) it does have one or more such owners and reports the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each such owner. The NFFE will report to the Fund or other applicable withholding agent, which may, in turn, report information to the IRS.

Those foreign shareholders also may fall into certain exempt, excepted, or deemed compliant categories established by U.S. Treasury regulations, IGAs, and other guidance regarding FATCA. An FFI or NFFE that invests in the Fund will need to provide the financial intermediary through which it holds Fund shares with documentation properly certifying the entity's status under FATCA to avoid FATCA withholding. The requirements imposed by FATCA are different from, and in addition to, the tax certification rules to avoid backup withholding described above. Foreign investors are urged to consult their tax advisers regarding the application of these requirements to their own situation and the impact thereof on their investment in the Fund.

**Creation and Redemption of Creation Units** - An Authorized Participant who exchanges securities for Creation Units generally will recognize a gain or a loss. The gain or loss will be equal to the difference between the market value of the Creation Units at the time and the sum of the exchanger's aggregate basis in the securities surrendered plus the amount of cash paid for such Creation Units. A person who redeems Creation Units will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the exchanger's basis in the Creation Units and the sum of the aggregate market value of any securities received plus the amount of any cash received for such Creation Units. The IRS, however, may assert that a loss realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted currently under the rules governing "wash sales," or on the basis that there has been no significant change in economic position. Any capital gain or loss realized upon the creation of Creation Units will generally be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the securities exchanged for such Creation Units have been held for more than one year.

Any capital gain or loss realized upon the redemption of Creation Units will generally be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the shares comprising the Creation Units have been held for more than one year. Otherwise, such capital gains or losses will be treated as short-term capital gains or losses.

Persons purchasing or redeeming Creation Units should consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax treatment of any creation or redemption transaction.

The Fund has the right to reject an order for Creation Units if the purchaser (or group of purchasers) would, upon obtaining the shares so ordered, own 80% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund and if, pursuant to Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund would have a basis in the deposit securities different from the market value of such securities on the date of deposit. The Fund also has the right to require information necessary to determine beneficial share ownership for purposes of the 80% determination.

**Tax Shelter Reporting Regulations -** Under U.S. Treasury regulations, if an individual shareholder recognizes a loss of $2 million or more in any single tax year or, for a corporate shareholder, $10 million or more in any single tax year, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulation in light of their individual circumstances.

**Other Taxes** - Statutory rules and regulations regarding state and local taxation of ordinary income dividends, QDI dividends and net capital and foreign currency gain distributions may differ from the federal income taxation rules described above. Distributions may also be subject to additional state, local and foreign taxes depending on each shareholder's situation.

Investors should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund based on their particular circumstances. The Fund does not expect to receive a ruling from any tax authority or an opinion of tax counsel with respect to its treatment of any tax positions. Tax consequences of transactions are not the primary consideration of the Fund in implementing its investment strategy.

**DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST**

The Trust is an entity of the type commonly known as a "Massachusetts business trust." Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of such a trust may, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable for its obligations. However, the Trust's Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Trust and provides for indemnification and reimbursement of expenses out of Trust property for any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Trust. The Declaration of Trust also provides that the Trust may maintain appropriate insurance (e.g., fidelity bonding) for the protection of the Trust, its shareholders, Trustees, officers, employees and agents to cover possible tort and other liabilities. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss due to shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which both inadequate insurance existed and the Trust itself was unable to meet its obligations. The Trust has not engaged in any other business.

**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**

The Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, [XX], audits and reports on the Fund's annual financial statements. The audited financial statements include the schedule of investments, statement of assets and liabilities, statement of operations, statements of changes in net assets, financial highlights, notes and report of independent registered public accounting firm. Shareholders will receive annual audited financial statements and semi-annual unaudited financial statements. As of the date of this SAI, the Fund had not commenced operations. Accordingly, financial statements are not available for the Fund.

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**APPENDIX A**

**Ratings Definitions**

Below are summaries of the ratings definitions used by some of the rating organizations. Those ratings represent the opinion of the rating organizations as to the credit quality of the issues that they rate. The summaries are based upon publicly available information provided by the rating organizations.

<u><u>Ratings of Long-Term Obligations and Preferred Stocks</u></u> — The Fund utilizes ratings provided by rating organizations in order to determine eligibility of long-term obligations. The ratings described in this section may also be used for evaluating the credit quality for preferred stocks.

Credit ratings typically evaluate the safety of principal and interest payments, not the market value risk of bonds. The rating organizations may fail to update a credit rating on a timely basis to reflect changes in economic or financial conditions that may affect the market value of the security. For these reasons, credit ratings may not be an accurate indicator of the market value of a bond.

The four highest Moody's ratings for long-term obligations (or issuers thereof) are Aaa, Aa, A and Baa. Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk. Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk. Obligations rated A are judged to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk. Obligations rated Baa are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit risk and, as such, may possess certain speculative characteristics.

Moody's ratings of Ba, B, Caa, Ca and C are considered below investment grade. Obligations rated Ba are judged to be speculative and are subject to substantial credit risk. Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk. Obligations rated Caa are judged to be speculative, of poor standing and subject to very high credit risk. Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest. Obligations rated C are the lowest rated and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest. Moody's appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category. Additionally, a "(hyb)" indicator is appended to all ratings of hybrid securities issued by banks, insurers, finance companies, and securities firms. By their terms, hybrid securities allow for the omission of scheduled dividends, interest, or principal payments, which can potentially result in impairment if such an omission occurs. Hybrid securities may also be subject to contractually allowable write-downs of principal that could result in impairment. Together with the hybrid indicator, the long-term obligation rating assigned to a hybrid security is an expression of the relative credit risk associated with that security.

The four highest S&P Global ratings for long-term obligations are AAA, AA, A and BBB. An obligation rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by S&P Global and indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is extremely strong. An obligation rated AA differs from the highest-rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is very strong. An obligation rated A is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is still strong. An obligation rated BBB exhibits adequate protection parameters; however, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to weaken the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation.

S&P Global ratings of BB, B, CCC, CC, and C are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. BB indicates the least degree of speculation and C the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposure to adverse conditions. An obligation rated BB is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions that could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. An obligation rated B is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated BB, but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. An obligation rated CCC is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. An obligation rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The CC rating is used when a default has not yet occurred but S&P Global expects default to be a virtual certainty, regardless of the anticipated time to default. An obligation rated C is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment, and the obligation is expected to have lower relative seniority or lower ultimate recovery compared with obligations that are rated higher. An obligation rated D is in default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the D rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P Global believes that such payments will be made within the next five business days in the absence of a stated grace period or within the earlier of the stated grace period or the next 30 calendar days. The D rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. A rating on an obligation is lowered to D if it is subject to a distressed debt restructuring. An SD (selective default) rating is assigned when S&P Global believes that the obligor has selectively defaulted on a specific issue or class of obligations, but it will continue to meet its payment obligations on other issues or classes of obligations in a timely manner. The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the rating categories.

The four highest ratings for long-term obligations by Fitch Ratings are AAA, AA, A and BBB. Obligations rated AAA are deemed to be of the highest credit quality. AAA ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events. Obligations rated AA are deemed to be of very high credit quality. AA ratings denote expectations of very low credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events. Obligations rated A are deemed to be of high credit quality. An A rating denotes expectations of low credit risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings. Obligations rated BBB are deemed to be of good credit

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quality. BBB ratings indicate that expectations of credit risk are currently low. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse business or economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment grade category.

Fitch's ratings of BB, B, CCC, CC, C, RD and D are considered below investment grade or speculative grade. Obligations rated BB are deemed to be speculative. BB ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to credit risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time; however, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met. Obligations rated B are deemed to be highly speculative. B ratings indicate that material credit risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, the capacity for continued payment is vulnerable to deterioration in the business and economic environment. CCC ratings indicate that substantial credit risk is present. CC ratings indicate very high levels of credit risk. C indicates exceptionally high levels of credit risk Obligations rated C indicate a default or default-like process had begun, or the issuer is in standstill, or for a closed funding vehicle, payment capacity is irrevocably impaired. Ratings in the categories of 'CCC', 'CC', and 'C' can also relate to obligations or issuers that are in default. In this case, the rating does not opine on default risk but reflects the recovery expectation only. Conditions that are indicative of a C category rating for an issuer include: (a) the issuer has entered into a grace or cure period following non-payment of a material financial obligation; (b) the formal announcement by the issuer or their agent of a distressed debt exchange; or (c) a closed financing vehicle where payment capacity is irrevocably impaired such that it is not expected to pay interest and/or principal in full during the life of the transaction, but where no payment default is imminent. Obligations rated RD indicate an issuer that, in Fitch Ratings' opinion, has experienced an uncured payment default or distressed debt exchange on a bond, loan or other material financial obligation but which has not entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation or other formal winding-up procedure, and which has not otherwise ceased operating. This would include: (a) the selective payment default on a specific class or currency of debt; or (b) the uncured expiry of any applicable grace period, cure period or default forbearance period following a payment default on a bank loan, capital markets security or other material financial obligation. Obligations rated D indicate an issuer that, in Fitch Ratings' opinion, has entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation or other formal winding-up procedure or that has otherwise ceased business and debt is still outstanding. Default ratings are not assigned prospectively to entities or their obligations; within this context, non-payment on an instrument that contains a deferral feature or grace period will generally not be considered a default until after the expiration of the deferral or grace period, unless a default is otherwise driven by bankruptcy or other similar circumstance, or by a distressed debt exchange. In all cases, the assignment of a default rating reflects the agency's opinion as to the most appropriate rating category consistent with the rest of its universe of ratings and may differ from the definition of default under the terms of an issuer's financial obligations or local commercial practice. The modifiers "+" or "-" may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the AAA obligation rating category, or to corporate finance obligation ratings in the categories below CCC.

<u><u>Ratings of Municipal Obligations</u></u> — Moody's ratings for short-term investment-grade municipal obligations are designated Municipal Investment Grade (MIG or VMIG in the case of variable rate demand obligations) and are divided into three levels — MIG/VMIG 1, MIG/VMIG 2, and MIG/VMIG 3. For the MIG scale, the MIG 1 designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing. The MIG 2 designation denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample, although not as large as in the preceding group. The MIG 3 designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Liquidity and cash-flow protection may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established. An SG designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Debt instruments in this category may lack sufficient margins of protection. For the VMIG scale, the VMIG 1 designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections. The VMIG 2 designation denotes strong credit quality. Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections. The VMIG 3 designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections. An SG designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a liquidity provider that does not have a sufficiently strong short-term rating or may lack the structural or legal protections.

S&P Global uses SP-1, SP-2, SP-3, and D to rate short-term municipal obligations. A rating of SP-1 denotes a strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation. A rating of SP-2 denotes a satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes. A rating of SP-3 denotes a speculative capacity to pay principal and interest. A rating of D is assigned upon failure to pay the note when due, completion of a distressed debt restructuring, or the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions.

<u><u>Ratings of Short-Term Obligations</u></u> — Moody's short-term ratings, designated as P-1, P-2, P-3, or NP, are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor short-term financial obligations that generally have an original maturity not exceeding thirteen months. The rating P-1 (Prime-1) is the highest short-term rating assigned by Moody's and it denotes an issuer (or supporting institution) that has a superior ability to repay short-term obligations. The rating P-2 (Prime-2) denotes an issuer (or supporting institution) that has a strong ability to repay short-term obligations. The rating P-3 (Prime-3) denotes an issuer (or supporting institution) that has an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations. The rating NP (Not Prime) denotes an issuer (or supporting institution) that does not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.

S&P Global short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that typically means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days. A short-term obligation rated A-1 is rated in the highest category by S&P Global and indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on these obligations is extremely strong. A short-term obligation rated A-2 is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is satisfactory. A short-term obligation rated A-3 exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to weaken the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. A short-term obligation rated B is regarded as vulnerable and has significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments;

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however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties that could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments. A short-term obligation rated C is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. A short-term obligation rated D is in default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the D rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P Global believes that such payments will be made within any stated grace period. However, any stated grace period longer than five business days will be treated as five business days. The D rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. An obligation's rating is lowered to D if it is subject to a distressed debt restructuring. An SD rating is assigned when S&P Global believes that the obligor has selectively defaulted on a specific issue or class of obligations, but it will continue to meet its payment obligations on other issues or classes of obligations in a timely manner.

Fitch Rating's Short-Term Ratings are assigned to obligations whose initial maturity is viewed as "short term" based on market convention (a long-term rating can also be used to rate an issue with short maturity). Typically, this means a timeframe of up to 13 months for corporate, sovereign, and structured obligations and up to 36 months for obligations in U.S. public finance markets. A short-term issuer or obligation rating is based in all cases on the short-term vulnerability to default of the rated entity and relates to the capacity to meet financial obligations in accordance with the documentation governing the relevant obligation. Short-term deposit ratings may be adjusted for loss severity. A rating of F1 denotes an obligation of the highest short-term credit quality. It indicates the strongest intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments and may have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature. A rating of F2 denotes good short-term credit quality. It indicates a good intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. A rating of F3 denotes fair short-term credit quality. It indicates that the intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate. A rating of B denotes an obligation that is of speculative short-term credit quality, indicating minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments as well as heightened vulnerability to near term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions. A rating of C denotes a high short-term default risk, and indicates that default is a real possibility. A rating of RD indicates an entity that has defaulted on one or more of its financial commitments, although it continues to meet other financial obligations. RD is typically applicable to entity ratings only. A rating of D indicates a broad-based default event for an entity, or the default of a short-term obligation.

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**APPENDIX B**

**GLOSSARY**

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| **American Beacon or the Manager** | American Beacon Advisors, Inc. |
| **Select Funds or Trust** | American Beacon Select Funds |
| **Board** | Board of Trustees |
| **CCO** | Chief Compliance Officer |
| **CFTC** | Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| **CPO** | Commodity Pool Operator |
| **Denial of Services** | A cybersecurity incident that results in customers or employees being unable to access electronic systems |
| **Dividends** | Distributions from a Fund's net investment income |
| **Dodd-Frank Act** | Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act |
| **DRD** | Dividends-received deduction. |
| **ETF** | Exchange-Traded Fund |
| **ETN** | Exchange-Traded Note |
| **EU** | European Union |
| **FINRA** | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. |
| **Forwards** | Forward Currency Contracts |
| **Holdings Policy** | Policies and Procedures for Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings |
| **Internal Revenue Code** | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
| **Investment Company Act** | Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended |
| **IRA** | Individual Retirement Account |
| **IRS** | Internal Revenue Service |
| **Junk Bonds** | High yield, non-investment grade bonds |
| **LOI** | Letter of Intent |
| **Management Agreement** | The Fund's Management Agreement with the Manager |
| **Manager** | American Beacon Advisors, Inc. |
| **Moody's** | Moody's Investors Service, Inc. |
| **NAV** | Net asset value |
| **NDF** | Non-deliverable forward contracts |
| **NYSE** | New York Stock Exchange |
| **OID** | Original Issue Discount |
| **OTC** | Over-the-Counter |
| **Proxy Policy** | Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures |
| **QDI** | Qualified Dividend Income |
| **RIC** | Regulated Investment Company |
| **S&P Global** | S&P Global Ratings |
| **SAI** | Statement of Additional Information |
| **SEC** | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| **Securities Act** | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
| **State Street** | State Street Bank and Trust Co. |
| **TIPS** | Treasury Inflation Protected Securities |
| **Trustee Retirement Plan** | Trustee Retirement and Trustee Emeritus and Retirement Plan |
| **UK** | United Kingdom |

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**B-1** 

**PART C**<br>OTHER INFORMATION

Item 28. Exhibits

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Number** | **Number** | **Exhibit Description** |
| (a) | (1) | [Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99a1.htm), dated August 27, 2024, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 50, filed November 25, 2024 ("PEA No. 50") |
|  | (2) | [Certificate of Designation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/abahlte-html6697_ex99a2.htm) for American Beacon AHL Liquid Trend ETF, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 43, filed August 25, 2023 ("PEA No. 43") |
|  | (3) | [Certificate of Designation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/abahlte-html6697_ex99a3.htm) for American Beacon AHL Trend ETF, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 43 |
|  | (4) | [Certificate of Designation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99a4.htm) for American Beacon GLG Natural Resources ETF, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 47, filed January 30, 2024 ("PEA No. 47") |
|  | (5) | [Certificate of Designation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99a5.htm) for American Beacon Ionic Inflation Protection ETF, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 50 |
|  | (6) | [Certificate of Designation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825009822/abnoife-efp17767_ex99a6.htm) for American Beacon Ninety One International Franchise ETF, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 58, filed September 18, 2025 ("PEA No. 58") |
|  | (7) | Certificate of Designation for American Beacon Aberedeen Municipal High Income ETF - (to be filed by amendment) |
| (b) |  | [Amended and Restated By-Laws](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99b.htm), effective as of August 27, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 50 |
| (c) |  | Rights of holders of the securities being registered are contained in Articles III, VIII, X, XI and XII of the Registrant's [Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99a1.htm) and Articles II, III, VI, VII and VIII of the Registrant's [Amended and Restated By-Laws](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99b.htm) |
| (d) | (1)(A)(i) | [Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99d1a.htm) by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated December 29, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (1)(A)(ii) | [First Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99d1aii.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated January 9, 2024, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 49, filed May 24, 2024 ("PEA No. 49") |
|  | (1)(A)(iii) | [Second Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99d1aiii.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated January 26, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 49 |
|  | (1)(A)(iv) | [Third Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99d1aiv.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated February 27, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 49 |
|  | (1)(A)(v) | [Fourth Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99d1av.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated March 14, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 49 |
|  | (1)(A)(vi) | [Fifth Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99d1avi.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated April 15, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 49 |
|  | (1)(A)(vii) | [Sixth Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99d1avii.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated October 21, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 50 |
|  | (1)(A)(viii) | [Seventh Amendment](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99d1aviii.htm) to Management Agreement Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated February 24, 2025, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 54, filed April 10, 2025 ("PEA No. 54")  |
|  | (1)(A)(ix) | [Eighth Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825008925/absf-efp17324_ex99d1aix.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated June 20, 2025, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 57, filed August 26, 2025 ("PEA No. 57") |
|  | (1)(A)(x) | [Ninth Amendment to Management Agreement](abamhie-etf23918_ex99d1ax.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated November 19, 2025 - (filed herewith) |
|  | (1)(A)(xi) | [Tenth Amendment to Management Agreement](abamhie-etf23918_ex99d1axi.htm) Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated February 2, 2026 - (filed herewith) |
|  | (1)(B)(i) | [Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99d1bi.htm) by and between American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated December 29, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (1)(B)(ii) | [First Amendment to Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99d1bii.htm) by and between American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated February 1, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (1)(B)(iii) | [Second Amendment](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99d1biii.htm) to Management Agreement by and between American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc. dated March 18, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 54 |
|  | (1)(C) | [Management Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99d1c.htm) between American Beacon Cayman Trend Company, Ltd. and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated December 29, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |

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| **Number** | **Number** | **Exhibit Description** |
|  | (2)(A) | [Investment Advisory Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99d2a.htm) by and between American Beacon Advisors, Inc. and AHL Partners LLP, dated December 29, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (2)(B) | [Investment Advisory Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99d2b.htm) by and between American Beacon Advisors, Inc. and AHL Partners LLP with respect to American Beacon Cayman Trend Company, Ltd., dated December 29, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (2)(C) | [Investment Advisory Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99d2c.htm) by and between American Beacon Advisors, Inc. and GLG LLC, dated January 23, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (2)(D) | [Investment Advisory Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99d2d.htm) by and between American Beacon Advisors, Inc. and Ionic Capital Management LLC, dated March 19, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 54 |
|  | (2)(E) | [Form of Investment Advisory Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825009822/abnoife-efp17767_ex99d2e.htm) by and between American Beacon Advisors, Inc. and Ninety One North America, Inc., is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 58 |
|  | (2)(F) | Investment Advisory Agreement by and between American Beacon Advisors, Inc. and abrdn Inc., dated [XX XX, 2026], - (to be filed by amendment)  |
| (e) | (1)(A) | [Distribution Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99e1.htm) among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., dated December 29, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (1)(B) | [First Amendment to Distribution Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99e1b.htm) among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., dated May 1, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 49 |
|  | (1)(C) | [Second Amendment to Distribution Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99e1c.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., effective October 21, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 50 |
|  | (1)(D) | [Third Amendment](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99e1aiv.htm) to Distribution Agreement among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., effective February 18, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 54 |
|  | (1)(E) | [Fourth Amendment to Distribution Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825008925/absf-efp17324_ex99e1e.htm) among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., dated June 20, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 57 |
|  | (1)(F) | [Fifth Amendment to Distribution Agreement](abamhie-etf23918_ex99e1f.htm) among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., dated February 2, 2026 - (filed herewith) |
|  | (2)(A) | [Distribution Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005809/amsf-html6889_ex99e2.htm) between American Beacon Select Funds and Foreside Financial Services, LLC, effective August 3, 2023, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 44, filed October 24, 2023 ("PEA No. 44") |
|  | (2)(B) | [First Amendment to Distribution Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99e2aii.htm) between American Beacon Select Funds and Foreside Financial Services, LLC, effective February 1, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (2)(C) | [Second Amendment](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99e2aiii.htm) to Distribution Agreement between American Beacon Select Funds and Foreside Financial Services, LLC, effective April 14, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 54 |
| (f) |  | Bonus, profit sharing or pension plans – (none) |
| (g) | (1) | [Custodian Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322818002426/h10052831_99g1.htm) between Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company, dated December 31, 1999, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30, filed April 25, 2018 |
|  | (2) | [Form of Amendment to the Custodian Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000095013401509148/d90649bex99-gii.txt) regarding name change, dated November 30, 2001, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, filed November 30, 2001 |
|  | (3) | [Amendment to Custodian Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000095013404002733/d12975exv99wxgyxiiy.txt) to reflect amendments to Rule 17f-5 and addition of Rule 17f-7 of the 1940 Act, dated June 1, 2001, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6, filed March 1, 2004 |
|  | (4) | [Amendment to Custodian Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/abahlte-html6697_ex99g4.htm), dated August 23, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 43 |
|  | (5) | [Amendment to Custodian Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99g5.htm), dated January 18, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (6) | [Amendment](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99g6.htm) to Custodian Agreement, dated March 3, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 54 |
| (h) | (1) | [Transfer Agency Services Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823003099/absf-html6250_ex99h1.htm) between SS&C GIDS, Inc. and American Beacon Select Funds, effective February 1, 2023, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38, filed April 27, 2023 ("PEA No. 38") |
|  | (2)(A) | [Transfer Agency and Service Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/abahlte-html6697_ex99h2.htm) by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company and American Beacon Select Funds, dated August 23, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 43 |
|  | (2)(B) | [First Amendment to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99h2b.htm) by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company and American Beacon Select Funds, dated January 18, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (2)(C) | [Second Amendment](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99h2c.htm) to Transfer Agency and Service Agreement by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company and American Beacon Select Funds, dated March 3, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 54 |
|  | (3)(A) | [Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/abahlte-html6697_ex99h3a.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund, and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated April 30, 2017, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 43 |
|  | (3)(B) | [First Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2b.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund, and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated May 8, 2018, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 36, filed April 29, 2021 ("PEA No. 36") |

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Number** | **Number** | **Exhibit Description** |
|  | (3)(C) | [Second Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2c.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund, and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated August 26, 2018, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(D) | [Third Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2d.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated March 26, 2019, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(E) | [Fourth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2e.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated October 15, 2019, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(F) | [Fifth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2f.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated January 13, 2020, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(G) | [Sixth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2g.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective April 30, 2020, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(H) | [Seventh Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2h.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective July 31, 2020, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(I) | [Eighth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2i.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective September 10, 2020, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(J) | [Ninth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2j.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective September 30, 2020, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(K) | [Tenth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322821002533/abusnnsf-html3582_ex99h2k.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective November 2, 2020, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 36 |
|  | (3)(L) | [Eleventh Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322822002968/absf-html4810_ex99h2l.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund, American Beacon Apollo Total Return Fund and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective August 2, 2021, is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 37, filed August 2, 2021 |
|  | (3)(M) | [Twelfth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823003099/absf-html6250_ex99h2m.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective May 23, 2022, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 38 |
|  | (3)(N) | [Thirteenth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823003099/absf-html6250_ex99h2n.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective January 31, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 38 |
|  | (3)(O) | [Fourteenth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/0001133228-23-005148-index.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective as of August 15, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 43 |
|  | (3)(P) | [Fifteenth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99h3p.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated January 19, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (3)(Q) | [Sixteenth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99h3q.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective as of May 1, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 49 |
|  | (3)(R) | [Seventeenth Amendment to the Sub-Administrative Services Fee Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99h3r.htm) between American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., effective as of October 21, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 50 |
|  | (4) | [Form of Authorized Participant Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/abahlte-html6697_ex99h4.htm), is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 43 |
| (i) |  | Opinion and Consent of Counsel – (to be filed by amendment) |

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| **Number** | **Number** | **Exhibit Description** |
| (j) |  | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – (none) |
| (k) |  | Financial statements omitted from prospectus – (none) |
| (l) |  | [Letter of Investment Intent](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000089843299000968/0000898432-99-000968.txt) is incorporated by reference to the Registrant's initial Registration Statement filed with the SEC on October 1, 1999 |
| (m) | (1) | [Distribution Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005809/amsf-html6889_ex99m.htm) pursuant to Rule 12b-1, dated August 7, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 44 |
|  | (2) | [Amended and Restated Schedule A to the Distribution Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824000622/abgnretf-html7145_ex99m2.htm) pursuant to Rule 12b-1, effective January 17, 2024, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 47 |
|  | (3) | [Amended and Restated Schedule A](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825003645/abiipe-efp15164_ex99m3.htm) to the Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1, effective March 18, 2025, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 54 |
| (n) |  | Plan Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 – (none) |
| (p) | (1) | [Code of Ethics](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322823005148/abahlte-html6697_ex99p1.htm) of American Beacon Advisors, Inc., American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., dated August 11, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 43 |
|  | (2) | [Code of Ethics](abamhie-etf23918_ex99p2.htm) for AHL Partners LLP, amended August 2025 - (filed herewith) |
|  | (3) | [Code of Ethics](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824005653/absf-html7946_ex99p3.htm) for GLG LLC, amended October 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 49 |
|  | (4) | [Code of Ethics](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322824010519/absf-efp11849_ex99p4.htm) for Ionic Capital Management LLC, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 50 |
|  | (5) | [Code of Ethics](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096012/000113322825009822/abnoife-efp17767_ex99p5.htm) for Ninety One North America, Inc., effective November 1, 2023, is incorporated by reference to PEA No. 58 |
|  | (6) | Code of Ethics for abrdn Inc., dated [XX XX, XXXX] - (to be filed by amendment)  |
| Other Exhibits | Other Exhibits | Other Exhibits |
|  |  | [Powers of Attorney](abamhie-etf23918_ex99other.htm) for Trustees of American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, effective as of January 31, 2026 - (filed herewith) |

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**Item 29. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant**

The Trust through the American Beacon AHL Trend ETF, a separate series of the Trust, wholly owns and controls the American Beacon Cayman Trend Company, Ltd. ("Trend Subsidiary"), a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Trend Subsidiary's financial statements will be included, on a consolidated basis, in the American Beacon AHL Trend ETF's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.

**Item 30. Indemnification**

*Article XI of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust provides that:*

<u><u>Limitation of Liability</u></u>

<u><u>Section 1.</u></u> Provided they have exercised reasonable care and have acted under the reasonable belief that their actions are in the best interest of the Trust, the Trustees and officers of the Trust shall not be responsible for or liable in any event for neglect or wrongdoing of them or any officer, agent, employee or investment advisor of the Trust, and shall not be liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law, but nothing contained herein shall protect any Trustee or officer against any liability to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.

<u><u>Indemnification</u></u>

<u><u>Section 2.</u></u>

(a) Subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in paragraph (b) below:

(i) every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or officer or employee of the Trust or is or was serving at the request of the Trust as a trustee, director, officer, employee or agent of another organization in which the Trust has an interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise ("Covered Person") shall be indemnified by the Trust and each Series to the fullest extent permitted by law, including the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder as amended from time to time and interpretations thereunder, against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him or her in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he or she becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her being or having been a Covered Person and against amounts paid or incurred by him or her in the settlement thereof;

(ii) subject to the provisions of this Section 2, each Covered Person shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully and completely justified and protected with regard to any act or any failure to act resulting from reliance in good faith upon the records, books and accounts of the Trust or, as applicable, any Series, upon an opinion or other advice of legal counsel, or upon reports made or advice given to the Trust or, as applicable, any Series, by any Trustee or any of its officers, employees, or a service provider selected with reasonable care by the Trustees or officers of the Trust, regardless of whether the person rendering such report or advice may also be a Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust or, as applicable, any Series.

(iii) as used herein, the words "claim," "action," "suit," or "proceeding" shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal, investigative or other, including appeals), actual or threatened, and the words "liability" and "expenses" shall include, without limitation, attorneys' fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities whatsoever.

(b) To the extent required under the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder as amended from time to time and interpretations thereunder, but only to such extent, no indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered Person:

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(i) who shall have been adjudicated by a court or body before which the proceeding was brought to be liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office; or

(ii) in the event of a settlement, unless there has been a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office: (A) by the court or other body approving the settlement; (B) by at least a majority of those Trustees who are neither interested persons of the Trust nor are parties to the matter based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry); or (C) by written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry).

(c) The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be such Covered Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such Covered Person. Nothing contained herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to which any Covered Person or other person may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law or prevent the Trust from entering into any contract to provide indemnification to any Covered Person or other Person.

(d) To the extent that any determination is required to be made as to whether a Covered Person engaged in conduct for which indemnification is not provided as described herein, or as to whether there is reason to believe that a Covered Person ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification, the Person or Persons making the determination shall afford the Covered Person a rebuttable presumption that the Covered Person has not engaged in such conduct and that there is reason to believe that the Covered Person ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.

(e) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, including Section 17(h) of the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder as amended from time to time and interpretations thereunder, expenses in connection with the preparation and presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described in paragraph (a) of this Section 2 shall be paid by the Trust or the applicable Series from time to time prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person that such amount will be paid over by him or her to the Trust or a Series, as applicable, if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 2; provided, however, that any such advancement will be made in accordance with any conditions required by the Commission.

The advancement of any expenses pursuant to this Section 2(e) shall under no circumstances be considered a "loan" under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from time to time, or for any other reason.

(f) Any repeal or modification of this Article XI or adoption or modification of any other provision of this Declaration of Trust inconsistent with this Article XI shall be prospective only to the extent that such repeal or modification would, if applied retrospectively, adversely affect any limitation on the liability of any Covered Person or indemnification or right to advancement of expenses available to any Covered Person with respect to any act or omission that occurred prior to such repeal, modification or adoption.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Declaration of Trust to the contrary, any liability and/or expense against which any Covered Person is indemnified under this Section 2 and any advancement of expenses that any Covered Person is entitled to be paid under Section 2(e) shall be deemed to be joint and several obligations of the Trust and each Series, and the assets of the Trust and each Series shall be subject to the claims of any Covered Person therefor under this Article XI; provided that (a) any such liability, expense or obligation may be allocated and charged by the Trustees between or among the Trust and/or any one or more Series (and Classes) in such manner as the Trustees in their sole discretion deem fair and equitable; and (b) the Trustees may determine that any such liability, expense or obligation should not be allocated to one or more Series (and Classes), and such Series or Classes shall not be liable therefor as provided under Article III, Section 4.

(h) Without limiting the foregoing, the Trust may, in connection with any transaction permitted by this Declaration of Trust, including the acquisition of assets subject to liabilities or a merger or consolidation pursuant to Article XII, Section 2, assume the obligation to indemnify any person including a Covered Person or otherwise contract to provide such indemnification, and such indemnification shall not be subject to the terms of this Article XI, Section 2 unless otherwise required under applicable law.

According to Article XII, Section 1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, nothing in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust shall be construed to make the Shareholders, either by themselves or with the Trustees, partners or members of a joint stock association. Trustees are not liable personally to any person extending credit to, contracting with or having any claim against the Trust, a particular Portfolio or the Trustees. A Trustee, however, is not protected from liability due to willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.

Article V, Section 5 provides that, subject to the provisions of Article XI, the Trustees shall not be liable for any act or omission in accordance with certain advice of counsel or other experts or for failing to follow such advice. Article XI, Section 1 provides that the Trustees are not liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law, but a Trustee is not protected from liability due to willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office, for any act or omission in accordance with advice of counsel or other experts or for failing to follow such advice.

*Numbered Paragraph 10 of the Management Agreement by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., provides that:*

<u><u>10. Limitation of Liability of the Manager.</u></u> The Manager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by a Trust or any Fund in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relate except a loss resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under this Agreement. Any person, even though also an officer, partner, employee, or agent of the Manager, who may be or become an officer, Board member, employee or agent of a Trust shall be deemed, when rendering services to a Trust or acting in any business of a Trust, to be rendering such services to or acting solely for a Trust and not as an officer, partner, employee, or agent or one under the control or direction of the Manager even though paid by it. The U.S. federal and state securities laws impose liabilities on persons who act in good faith, and, therefore, nothing in this Agreement is intended to

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limit the obligations of the Manager under such laws. This Paragraph 10 does not in any manner preempt any separate written indemnification commitments made by the Manager with respect to any matters encompassed by this Agreement.

*Numbered Paragraph 10 of the Management Agreement by and between American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., provides that:*

<u><u>10. Limitation of Liability of the Manager.</u></u> The Manager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust or any Fund, and its or their shareholders, in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under this Agreement. Any person, even though also an officer, director, partner, employee, or agent of the Manager, who may be or become an officer, Board member, employee or agent of the Trust shall be deemed, when rendering services to the Trust or any Fund or acting in any business of the Trust or such Fund, to be rendering such services to or acting solely for the Trust or such Fund and not as an officer, director, partner, employee, or agent or one under the control or direction of the Manager even though paid by it. The U.S. federal and state securities laws impose liabilities on persons who act in good faith, and, therefore, nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the obligations of the Manager under such laws. This Paragraph 10 does not in any manner preempt any separate written indemnification commitments made by the Manager with respect to any matters encompassed by this Agreement, which shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

*Numbered Paragraph [9] of the Investment Advisory Agreement with abrdn Inc. provides that:*

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*Numbered Paragraph 9 of the Investment Advisory Agreement with AHL Partners LLP provides that:*

9. Liability. The Adviser, its affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Covered Persons") shall have no liability to the Trust, its shareholders, the Manager or any third party arising out of or related to this Agreement, provided however, the Covered Persons agree to, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager, any affiliated person within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act, and each person, if any, who, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, controls the Manager, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager or such affiliated person or controlling person may become subject under the securities or commodities laws, any other federal or state law, at common law or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the performance of any Covered Person's responsibilities to the Trust and the Manager which may be based upon any willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of, any Covered Person's obligations and/or duties under this Agreement. The U.S. federal and state securities laws impose liabilities on persons who act in good faith, and therefore, nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the obligations of any Covered Persons under such laws.

Neither the Manager nor the Trust shall have any liability to any Covered Person or any third party arising out of or related to this Agreement, provided however, the Manager agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, all Covered Persons against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which a Covered Person may become subject under the securities or commodities laws, any other federal or state law, at common law or otherwise, arising out of the Manager's responsibilities to any Covered Person which may be based upon any willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of, the Manager's obligations and/or duties under this Agreement by the Manager or by any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, or any affiliate acting on behalf of it.

The indemnification in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

*Numbered Paragraph 9 of the Investment Advisory Agreement with GLG LLC, provides that:*

9. Liability. The Adviser, its affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Covered Persons") shall have no liability to the Trust, its shareholders, the Manager or any third party arising out of or related to this Agreement, provided however, the Covered Persons agree to, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager, any affiliated person within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act, and each person, if any, who, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, controls the Manager, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager or such affiliated person or controlling person may become subject under the securities or commodities laws, any other federal or state law, at common law or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the performance of any Covered Person's responsibilities to the Trust and the Manager which may be based upon any willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of, any Covered Person's obligations and/or duties under this Agreement. The U.S. federal and state securities laws impose liabilities on persons who act in good faith, and therefore, nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the obligations of any Covered Persons under such laws.<br>Neither the Manager nor the Trust shall have any liability to any Covered Person or any third party arising out of or related to this Agreement, provided however, the Manager agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, all Covered Persons against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which a Covered Person may become subject under the securities or commodities laws, any other federal or state law, at common law or otherwise, arising out of the Manager's responsibilities to any Covered Person which may be based upon any willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of, the Manager's obligations and/or duties under this Agreement by the Manager or by any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, or any affiliate acting on behalf of it.<br>The indemnification in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

*Numbered Paragraph 9 of the Investment Advisory Agreement with Ionic Capital Management LLC, provides that:*

<u><u>9. Liability of Adviser; Indemnification.</u></u> The Adviser shall have no liability to the Trust, its shareholders or any third party arising out of or related to this Agreement, provided however, the Adviser shall not be protected against any liability to, and shall indemnify and hold harmless, the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager, any affiliated person thereof within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act, and any controlling person thereof as described in Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager or such affiliated person or controlling person may become subject under the securities laws, any other federal or state law, at common law or otherwise, however arising out of or in connection with

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the performance of the Adviser's responsibilities to the Trust which may be based upon: (i) any willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of, the Adviser's obligations and/or duties under this Agreement by the Adviser or by any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, or any affiliate acting on behalf of the Adviser; or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Trust's prospectus and statement of additional information applicable to a Fund, or any other Trust filings, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature or other materials pertaining to a Fund, the Trust or the Manager, or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Adviser which was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Manager or the Trust by the Adviser for use therein. The indemnification in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

*Numbered Paragraph 9 of the Investment Advisory Agreement with Ninety One North America, Inc. provides that:*

<u><u>9. Liability of Adviser; Indemnification.</u></u> The Adviser shall have no liability to the Trust, its shareholders or any third party arising out of or related to this Agreement, provided however, the Adviser shall not be protected against any liability to, and shall indemnify and hold harmless, the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager, any affiliated person thereof within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act, and any controlling person thereof as described in Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which the Trust and its shareholders, the Manager or such affiliated person or controlling person may become subject under the securities laws, any other federal or state law, at common law or otherwise, however arising out of or in connection with the performance of the Adviser's responsibilities to the Trust which may be based upon: (i) any willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of, the Adviser's obligations and/or duties under this Agreement by the Adviser or by any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, or any affiliate acting on behalf of the Adviser; or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Trust's prospectus and statement of additional information applicable to a Fund, or any other Trust filings, proxy materials, reports, advertisements, sales literature or other materials pertaining to a Fund, the Trust or the Manager, or the omission to state therein a material fact known to the Adviser which was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Manager or the Trust by the Adviser for use therein. The indemnification in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

*Section 4.2 of the Distribution Agreement with Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., provides that:*

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Resolute shall not be responsible for, and the Client shall on behalf of each applicable Fund or Class thereof, indemnify and hold harmless Resolute, its employees, directors, officers and managers and any person who controls Resolute within the meaning of section 15 of the Securities Act or section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (for purposes of this Section 4.2(a), "Resolute Indemnitees") from and against, any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees, payments, liabilities and other expenses of every nature and character (including, but not limited to, direct and indirect reasonable reprocessing costs) arising out of or attributable to all and any of the following (for purposes of this Section 4.2(a), a "Resolute Claim")

(i) any material action (or omission to act) of Resolute or its agents taken in connection with this Agreement; provided, that such action (or omission to act) is taken in good faith and without willful misfeasance, negligence or reckless disregard by Resolute, or its affiliates, of its duties and obligations under this Agreement;

(ii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or arising out of or based upon any alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Client in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or exhibits to the Registration Statement by or on behalf of Resolute;

(iii) any material breach of the Clients' agreements, representations, warranties, and covenants in Sections 2.9 and 5.2 of this Agreement; or

(iv) the reliance on or use by Resolute or its agents or subcontractors of information, records, documents or services which have been prepared, maintained or performed by the Client or any agent of the Client, including but not limited to any Predecessor Records provided pursuant to Section 2.9(b).

(b) Resolute will indemnify, defend and hold the Client and their several officers and members of their Governing Bodies and any person who controls the Client within the meaning of section 15 of the Securities Act or section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (collectively, the "Client Indemnitees" and, with the Resolute Indemnitees, an "Indemnitee"), free and harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, judgments, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees and other expenses of every nature and character (including the cost of investigating or defending such claims, demands, actions, suits or liabilities and any reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith), but only to the extent that such claims, demands, actions, suits, judgments, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees and other expenses result from, arise out of or are based upon all and any of the following (for purposes of this Section 4.2(c), a "Client Claim" and, with a Resolute Claim, a "Claim"):

(i) any material action (or omission to act) of Resolute or its agents taken in connection with this Agreement, provided that such action (or omission to act) is taken in good faith and without willful misfeasance, negligence or reckless disregard by Resolute, or its affiliates, of its duties and obligations under this Agreement.

(ii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Client in writing in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement by or on behalf of Resolute; or

(iii) any material breach of Resolute's agreements, representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Section 2.4 and 5.1 hereof.

(c) The Client or Resolute (for purpose of this Section 4.2(d), an "Indemnifying Party") may assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any Resolute Claim or Client Claim, respectively, and may retain counsel chosen by the Indemnifying Party and approved by the other Party, which approval

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shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Indemnifying Party shall advise the other Party that it will assume the defense of the suit and retain counsel within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice of the claim. If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any such suit and retains counsel, the other Party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel that they retain. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of any such suit, or if other Party does not approve of counsel chosen by the Indemnifying Party, or if the other Party has been advised that it may have available defenses or claims that are not available to or conflict with those available to the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party will reimburse any Indemnitee named as defendant in such suit for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel that the Indemnitee retains. An Indemnitee shall not settle or confess any claim without the prior written consent of the applicable Client, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

(d) An Indemnifying Party's obligation to provide indemnification under this section is conditioned upon the Indemnifying Party receiving notice of any action brought against an Indemnitee within twenty (20) days after the summons or other first legal process is served. Such notice shall refer to the Person or Persons against whom the action is brought. The failure to provide such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability that it may have to any Indemnitee except to the extent that the ability of the party entitled to such notice to defend such action has been materially adversely affected by the failure to provide notice.

(e) The provisions of this section and the parties' representations and warranties in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee and shall survive the sale and redemption of any Shares made pursuant to subscriptions obtained by Resolute. The indemnification provisions of this section will inure exclusively to the benefit of each person that may be an Indemnitee at any time and their respective successors and assigns (it being intended that such persons be deemed to be third party beneficiaries under this Agreement).

*Section 4.3 of the Distribution Agreement with Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., provides that:*

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except as specifically set forth below:

(a) Neither Party shall be liable for losses, delays, failure, errors, interruption or loss of data occurring directly or indirectly by reason of circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; action or inaction of civil or military authority; public enemy; war; terrorism; riot; fire; flood; sabotage; epidemics; labor disputes; civil commotion; interruption, loss or malfunction of utilities, transportation, computer or communications capabilities; insurrection; or elements of nature;

(b) Neither Party shall be liable for any consequential, special or indirect losses or damages suffered by the other Party, whether or not the likelihood of such losses or damages was known by the Party;

(c) No affiliate, director, officer, employee, manager, shareholder, partner, agent, counsel or consultant of either Party shall be liable at law or in equity for the obligations of such Party under this Agreement or for any damages suffered by the other Party related to this Agreement;

(d) There are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement;

(e) Each Party shall have a duty to mitigate damages for which the other Party may become responsible;

(f) The assets and liabilities of each Fund are separate and distinct from the assets and liabilities of each other Fund, and no Fund shall be liable or shall be charged for any debt, obligation or liability of any other Fund, whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise; and in asserting any rights or claims under this Agreement, Resolute shall look only to the assets and property of the Fund to which Resolute's rights or claims relate in settlement of such rights or claims; and

(g) Each Party agrees promptly to notify the other party of the commencement of any litigation or proceeding of which it becomes aware arising out of or in any way connected with the issuance or sale of Shares.

*Section 3.4 of the Distribution Agreement with Foreside Financial Services, LLC, provides that:* 

The Distributor shall not be liable to the Adviser for any action taken or omitted by it in the absence of bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard by it (or its agents or employees) of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

*Supplemental Limited Indemnification from the Manager*

ABA shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee, in his or her individual capacity, from and against any cost, asserted claim, liability or expense, including reasonable legal fees (collectively, "Liability") based upon or arising out of (i) any duty of ABA under the Management Agreement (including ABA's failure or omission to perform such duty), and (ii) any liability or claim against Indemnitee arising pursuant to Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any similar or related federal, state or common law statutes, rules or interpretations. ABA's indemnification obligations under this Letter Agreement shall be limited to civil and administrative claims or proceedings.

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**Item 31.** **I. Business and Other Connections of Investment Manager**

**American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (the "Manager")** offers investment management and administrative services to the Registrant. It acts in the same capacity to other investment companies, including those listed below.

Set forth below is information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each officer and director of American Beacon Advisors, Inc. is, or at any time during the past two fiscal years has been, engaged for his/her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

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| **Name; Current Position with American Beacon Advisors, Inc.** | **Other Substantial Business and Connections** |
| Patrick J. Bartels; Director | Redan Advisors LLC: Managing Member |
| Rosemary K. Behan; Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | Resolute Topco, Inc.: Secretary (2015-Present)<br>Resolute Acquisition, Inc.: Secretary (2015-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Senior Vice President (2021-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.: Secretary (2017-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Services, Inc.: Senior Vice President (2021-2025), Secretary and General Counsel (2015-2025) <br>American Beacon Cayman Managed Futures Strategy Fund, Ltd.: Secretary (2014-Present)<br>American Beacon Cayman Multi-Alternatives Company, Ltd.: Secretary (2023-2025)<br>American Beacon Cayman TargetRisk Company, Ltd.: Secretary (2018-Present)<br>American Beacon Cayman Trend Company, Ltd.: Secretary (2023-Present)<br>American Beacon Funds Complex: Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer (2006-Present) |
| Clay P. Bell; Vice President and Assistant Treasurer | Resolute Topco, Inc.: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (February 2026-Present)<br>Resolute Acquisition, Inc.: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (February 2026-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (February 2026-Present) |
| Bernadette A. Bridy, Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer | American Beacon Funds Complex: Vice President (2026-Present) |
| Paul B. Cavazos; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer | American Beacon Funds Complex: Vice President (2016-Present) |
| N. Clay Colbert, Assistant Treasurer and Controller | Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Controller (2025-Present) and Assistant Treasurer (October 2025-Present) |
| Jame Donath; Director | Greenscape Financial Group: Chairman <br>Orange Grove Bio: Senior Advisor <br>114 Tenants Corp: President of the Board <br>Norwood UK Restructuring Dinner: Co-Founder  |
| Carmen E. Fahy; Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel | Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Associate General Counsel (2025-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.: Assistant Secretary (March 2026-Present)<br>American Beacon Funds Complex: Assistant Secretary (March 2026-Present)<br>Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of Labor: Senior Trial Attorney (2023-2025) |
| Richard M. Goldman; Director | Becket Capital: Founder and Managing Partner <br>AlphaTrai Asset Management: Director <br>Marblegate Acquisition Corporation: Independent Corporate Director  |

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| **Name; Current Position with American Beacon Advisors, Inc.** | **Other Substantial Business and Connections** |
| Rebecca L. Harris; Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President | Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Chief Operating Officer (June 2024-Present) Senior Vice President (2021-May 2024, June 2024-Present), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024) <br>Resolute Investment Services: Senior Vice President (2021-May 2024, June 2024-2025), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024)<br>Resolute Acquisition, Inc.: Senior Vice President (January-May 2024, June 2024-Present), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024)<br>Resolute Topco, Inc.: Senior Vice President (January-May 2024, June 2024-Present), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024) Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024)<br>National Investment Services of America, LLC: Director (2022-Present)<br>RSW Investments Holdings LLC: Director (2022-Present)<br>Shapiro Capital Management LLC: Director (2022-Present)<br>SSI Investment Management LLC: Director (2022-Present)<br>American Beacon Advisors, Inc.: Chief Operating Officer (June 2024-Present), Senior Vice President (2021-May 2024), Director (May-June 2024), President (May-June 2024), Chief Executive Officer (May-June 2024)<br>American Beacon Funds Complex: President (May 2024-June 2024), Vice President (2022-May 2024, June 2024-Present)  |
| Kirstin Hill; Director | Social Finance: President & COO |
| John J. Linnehan; Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | Resolute Topco, Inc.: Senior Vice President and Treasurer (February 2026-Present)<br>Resolute Acquisition, Inc.: Senior Vice President and Treasurer (February 2026-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Senior Vice President, Treasurer and CFO (February 2026-Present) |
| Terri L. McKinney; Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services | Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services (2021-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Services, Inc.: Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services (2021-2025)<br>Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.: Director and Vice President (2024-Present) <br>American Beacon Funds Complex: Vice President (2010-Present) |
| Donna S. Merchant, Vice President, Human Resources | Resolute Investment Managers: Vice President, Human Resources (2024-Present)<br>Easter Seals Lone Star Texas: Governing Board of Directors, Board Member (2015-2025); Executive Committee (2023-2024) |
| Bo Ragsdale; Vice President, Information Technology | Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Vice President, Information Technology (2021-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Services, Inc.: Vice President, Information Technology (2021-2025) |
| Christina E. Sears; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer | Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Vice President (2017-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Services, Inc.: Vice President (2019-2025)<br>Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.: Vice President (2017-Present)<br>American Private Equity Management, LLC: Chief Compliance Officer (2012-2024)<br>RSW Investments Holdings, LLC: Chief Compliance Officer (2019-Present)<br>Shapiro Capital Management LLC: Chief Compliance Officer (2024-Present)<br>American Beacon Funds Complex: Chief Compliance Officer (2004-Present), Assistant Secretary (1999-Present) |
| Samuel J. Silver; Vice President and Chief Fixed Income Officer | American Beacon Funds Complex: Vice President (2011-Present) |

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| **Name; Current Position with American Beacon Advisors, Inc.** | **Other Substantial Business and Connections** |
| Gregory J. Stumm; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer | Resolute Acquisition, Inc.: Director (June 2024-Present), President (June 2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-Present), Senior Vice President (2022-2024)<br>Resolute Topco, Inc.: Director (June 2024-Present), President (June 2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-Present)<br>Resolute Investment Services, Inc.: Director (June 2024-2025), President (June 2024-2025), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-2025), Senior Vice President (2022-2024)<br>Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.: Director (June 2024-Present), President (June 2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (June 2024-Present), Senior Vice President (2022-2024)<br>Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.: President (2024-Present), Chief Executive Officer (2024-Present), Director (2022-Present), Senior Vice President (2022-2024)<br>National Investment Services of America, LLC: Director (June 2024-Present)<br>RSW Investments Holdings LLC: Director (June 2024-Present)<br>Shapiro Capital Management, LLC: Director (June 2024-Present)<br>SSI Investment Management, LLC: Director (June 2024-Present)<br>American Beacon Advisors, Inc.: Senior Vice President (2022-2024)<br>American Beacon Funds Complex: President (June 2024-Present), Vice President (2022-June 2024) |

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The principal address of each of the entities referenced above, other than RSW Investment Holdings LLC, Shapiro Capital Management LLC, SSI Investment Management LLC, and National Investment Services of America, LLC is 220 East Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039. The principal address of RSW Investment Holdings LLC is 47 Maple Street, Suite 304, Summit, New Jersey 07901. The principal address of Shapiro Capital Management LLC is 3060 Peachtree Road NW #1555, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. The principal address of SSI Investment Management LLC is 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2050, Los Angeles, California 90067. The principal address of National Investment Services of America, LLC is 777 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2350, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.

**II. Business and Other Connections of Investment Advisers**

The investment advisers listed below provide investment advisory services to the Trust.

**American Beacon Advisors, Inc.**, 220 East Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039.

**abrdn Inc ("Aberdeen")** is a registered investment adviser and is an investment sub-adviser for the American Beacon Aberdeen Municipal High Income ETF. The principal address of Aberdeen is 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. Information as to the officers and directors of Aberdeen is included in its Form ADV, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (CRD number 111069), and is incorporated herein by reference.

**AHL Partners LLP ("AHL")** is a registered investment adviser and is an investment sub-advisor for the American Beacon AHL Trend ETF. The principal address of AHL is 2 Swan Lane, London, UK EC4R 3AD. Information as to the officers and directors of AHL is included in its Form ADV, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (CRD number 167882), and is incorporated herein by reference.

**GLG LLC ("Man GLG")** is a registered investment adviser and is the investment sub-advisor for the American Beacon GLG Natural Resources ETF. The principal address of Man GLG is 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor, New York, NY. Man GLG is an investment advisory firm formed in April 2002. Man GLG is a limited liability company that is directly owned by Man Investments Holdings, Inc. Man Investments Holdings, Inc. is an indirect subsidiary of Man Group plc, the ultimate parent company of Man GLG. Information as to the officers and directors of Man GLG is included in its Form ADV, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (CRD number 138802), and is incorporated herein by reference.

**Ionic Capital Management LLC** **("Ionic")** is a registered investment adviser and is the investment sub-advisor for the American Beacon Ionic Inflation Protection ETF. The principal address of Ionic is 475 5th Ave., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10017. Information as to the officers and directors of Ionic is included in its Form ADV, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (CRD number 156400), and is incorporated herein by reference.

**Ninety One North America, Inc ("Ninety One")** is a registered investment adviser and is an investment sub-advisor for the American Beacon Ninety One International Franchise ETF. The principal address of Ninety One is 65 East 55th Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Information as to the officers and directors of Ninety One is included in its Form ADV, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (CRD number 167922), and is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 32. Principal Underwriter**

(a)(1) Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc. ("RID") serves as principal underwriter for the following investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended:

1 American Beacon Funds

2 American Beacon Select Funds - American Beacon U.S. Government Money Market Select Fund

(a)(2) Foreside Financial Services, LLC ("Foreside") serves as principal underwriter for the following investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended:

1. 13D Activist Fund, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust<br>2. 2nd Vote Funds<br>3. AAMA Equity Fund, Series of Asset Management Fund<br>4. AAMA Income Fund, Series of Asset Management Fund<br>5. Adams Street Private Equity Navigator Fund LLC<br>6. Advisers Investment Trust

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7. AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund<br>8. Align Alternative Access Fund<br>9. AltShares Trust<br>10. American Beacon AHL Trend ETF, Series of American Beacon Select Funds<br>11. American Beacon GLG Natural Resources ETF, Series of American Beacon Select Funds<br>12. American Beacon Ionic Inflation Protection ETF, Series of American Beacon Select Funds<br>13. Aristotle Funds Series Trust<br>14. Boston Trust Walden Funds (f/k/a The Boston Trust & Walden Funds)<br>15. Bow River Capital Evergreen Fund<br>16. Connetic Venture Capital Access Fund<br>17. Constitution Capital Access Fund, LLC<br>18. Datum One Series Trust<br>19. Diamond Hill Funds<br>20. Diamond Hill Securitized Credit Fund<br>21. Driehaus Mutual Funds<br>22. EntrepreneurShares Series Trust<br>23. FMI Funds, Inc.<br>24. Impax Funds Series Trust I (f/k/a Pax World Funds Series Trust I)<br>25. Impax Funds Series Trust III (f/k/a Pax World Funds Series Trust III)<br>26. Inspire 100 ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>27. Inspire 500 ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>28. Inspire Corporate Bond ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>29. Inspire Fidelis Multi Factor ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>30. Inspire Global Hope ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>31. Inspire International ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>32. Inspire Growth ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>33. Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF, Series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>34. Inspire Capital Appreciation ETF, Series of the Northern Lights Fund Trust IV<br>35. LifeX 2035 Income Bucket ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>36. LifeX 2050 Inflation-Protected Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>37. LifeX 2050 Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>38. LifeX 2055 Inflation-Protected Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>39. LifeX 2055 Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>40. LifeX 2060 Inflation-Protected Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>41. LifeX 2060 Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>42. LifeX 2065 Inflation-Protected Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>43. LifeX 2065 Longevity Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>44. LifeX Durable Income ETF, Series of Stone Ridge Trust<br>45. Nomura Energy Transition ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>46. Nomura Focused Emerging Markets Equity ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>47. Nomura Focused International Core ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>48. Nomura Focused Large Growth ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>49. Nomura Global Listed Infrastructure ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>50. Nomura National High-Yield Municipal Bond ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>51. Nomura Tax-Free USA ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>52. Nomura Tax-Free USA Short Term ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>53. Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF, Series of Nomura ETF Trust<br>54. Man ETF Series Trust<br>55. Meketa Infrastructure Fund<br>56. Nomura Alternative Income Fund<br>57. Praxis Mutual Funds<br>58. Primark Meketa Private Equity Investments Fund<br>59. SA Funds – Investment Trust<br>60. Sequoia Fund, Inc.<br>61. Simplify Exchange Traded Funds<br>62. Siren ETF Trust<br>63. Stone Ridge Alternative Lending Risk Premium Fund, Series of Stone Ridge Trust V<br>64. Stone Ridge Art Risk Premium Fund, Series of Stone Ridge Trust VIII<br>65. Stone Ridge Reinsurance Risk Premium Interval Fund, Series of Stone Ridge Trust II<br>66. Tactical Dividend and Momentum Fund, Series of Two Roads Shared Trust<br>67. TCG Strategic Income Fund<br>68. TCW ETF Trust

(b)(1) The following are the Officers and Managers of RID. RID's main business address is 220 E. Las Colinas Blvd, STE 1200, Irving, TX 75039.

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| **Name** | **Address** | **Position with Underwriter** | **Position with Registrant**  |
| Gregory J. Stumm | 220 E. Las Colinas Blvd, STE 1200, Irving, TX 75039 | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President | President |
| Terri L. McKinney | 220 E. Las Colinas Blvd, STE 1200, Irving, TX 75039 | Senior Vice President | Vice President |
| Rosemary K. Behan | 220 E. Las Colinas Blvd, STE 1200, Irving, TX 75039 | Secretary | Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
| Christina E. Sears | 220 E. Las Colinas Blvd, STE 1200, Irving, TX 75039 | Vice President | Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary |
| Carmen E. Fahy | 220 E. Las Colinas Blvd, STE 1200, Irving, TX 75039 | Assistant Secretary | Assistant Secretary |

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(b)(2) The following are the Officers and Managers of Foreside. Foreside's main business address is 190 Middle Street, Suite 301, Portland, Maine 04101.

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| **Name** | **Address** | **Position with Underwriter** | **Position with Registrant** |
| Teresa Cowan | 190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, ME 04101 | President/Manager |  |
| Chris Lanza | 190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, ME 04101 | Vice President |  |
| Kate Macchia | 190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, ME 04101 | Vice President |  |
| Jennifer A. Brunner | 190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, ME 04101 | Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer |  |
| Kelly B. Whetstone | 190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, ME 04101 | Secretary |  |
| Susan L. LaFond | 190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, ME 04101 | Treasurer |  |
| Weston Sommers | 190 Middle Street, Suite 301<br>Portland, ME 04101 | Financial and Operations Principal and Chief Financial Officer |  |

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(c) Not applicable.

**Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records**

The books and other documents required by Section 31(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are maintained in the physical possession of 1) the Trust's custodian and fund accounting agent at State Street Bank and Trust Company, One Congress Street, Suite 1, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2016; 2) the Manager at American Beacon Advisors, Inc., 220 East Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039; 3) the Trust's transfer agent, SS&C GIDS, Inc., 330 West 9th St., Kansas City, Missouri 64105; 4) Mastercraft, 3021 Wichita Court, Fort Worth, Texas 76140; or 5) the Trust's investment advisers at the addresses listed in Item 31 above.

**Item 34. Management Services**

Not applicable.

**Item 35. Undertakings**

Not applicable.

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving and the State of Texas, on April 8, 2026.

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| AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS | AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS |
| By: | /s/ Gregory J. Stumm |
|  | Gregory J. Stumm |
|  | President |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| <u>Signature</u> | <u>Title</u> | <u>Date</u> |
| /s/ Gregory J. Stumm | President (Principal Executive Officer) | April 8, 2026 |
| Gregory J. Stumm |  |  |
| /s/ Aaron Cooper | Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer | April 8, 2026 |
| Aaron Cooper | and Principal Accounting Officer) |  |
| Gilbert G. Alvarado\* | Trustee | April 8, 2026 |
| Gilbert G. Alvarado |  |  |
| Gerard J. Arpey\* | Trustee | April 8, 2026 |
| Gerard J. Arpey |  |  |
| Eugene J. Duffy\* | Trustee | April 8, 2026 |
| Eugene J. Duffy<br>Claudia A. Holz\* | <br>Trustee | <br>April 8, 2026 |
| Claudia A. Holz<br>|  |  |
| Douglas A. Lindgren\* | Chair and Trustee | April 8, 2026 |
| Douglas A. Lindgren |  |  |
| <br> Janet C. Smith\* | <br> Trustee | <br> April 8, 2026 |
| Janet C. Smith |  |  |
| Paul Zemsky\* | Trustee | April 8, 2026 |
| Paul Zemsky |  |  |

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| \*By | /s/ Rosemary K. Behan |
|  | Rosemary K. Behan |
|  | Attorney-In-Fact |

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**EXHIBIT INDEX**

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| **Type** | **Description** |
| 99.(d)(1)(A)(x) | [Ninth Amendment to Management Agreement Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated November 19, 2025](abamhie-etf23918_ex99d1ax.htm) |
| 99.(d)(1)(A)(xi) | [Tenth Amendment to Management Agreement Schedule B by and among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., dated February 2, 2026](abamhie-etf23918_ex99d1axi.htm) |
| 99.(e)(1)(F) | [Fifth Amendment to Distribution Agreement among American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., dated February 2, 2026](abamhie-etf23918_ex99e1f.htm) |
| 99.(p)(2) | [Code of Ethics for AHL Partners LLP, amended August 2025](abamhie-etf23918_ex99p2.htm) |
| 99.Other | [Powers of Attorney for Trustees of American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust, effective as of January 31, 2026](abamhie-etf23918_ex99other.htm) |

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## Ex-99.(D)(1)(A)(X)

**Exhibit 99.(d)(1)(A)(x)**

**AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS**

**AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS**

**Ninth AMENDMENT TO Management Agreement**

This Ninth Amendment (the "Amendment") to the Management Agreement dated December 29, 2023 ("Agreement"), as amended, by and among the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust (each, a "Trust"), on behalf of each Fund of a Trust listed on schedule(s) thereto (each, a "Fund"), and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Manager"), is entered into as of November 19, 2025, (the "Effective Date"). American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds, and the Manager are together referred to herein as the "Parties."

WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein contained, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

1. Amendment to the Agreement

The Agreement is amended to add the following new Section:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**24.**  **<u>Privacy, Data Protection and Breach Notification in Accordance with Amendments to Regulation S-P</u>** 

(a) <u>Definitions</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) "Applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws" means any applicable laws, guidance, binding
industry standards, rules or regulations (i) with which the Manager is required to comply, and/or (ii) which apply to the Processing of
Fund Data and, in each case, which relate to privacy, the Processing of Personal Information, the security of Fund Data, and/or data breach
disclosure and notification, including the GLBA.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) "Fund Data" means any information Processed by the Manager on behalf of a Fund in connection
with providing the Services, including all Personal Information.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) "GLBA" means Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder that apply to a Fund, the Manager, and/or Fund Data, including, in all cases, the Securities and Exchange Commission's
("SEC") Regulation S-P, as amended.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) "Personal Information" means any and all information that the Manager Processes on behalf
of a Fund in connection with providing the Services that (i) identifies, or that alone or in combination with other information allows
for the identification of, an individual; and/or (ii) that is defined as "Consumer Information," "Customer Information,"
"Nonpublic Personal Information," "personal information," "personal data" and/or "Sensitive
Customer Information" under Applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) "Process" and its conjugates means any operation or set of operations that is performed upon
Fund Data, including Personal Information, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring,
transfer, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making
available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction, or instruction, training or other learning relating to such
data or combination of Fund Data, including Personal Information.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) "Security Breach" means any unauthorized access to, acquisition of, disclosure, use, loss,
denial or loss of use, alteration, destruction, compromise, or unauthorized Processing of Fund Data, including Personal Information, in
the possession or control of the Manager, that has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur, or any other act or omission that compromises
the security, integrity, or confidentiality of such information. A Security Breach shall at all times include unauthorized access to or
use of Customer Information that has occurred or is reasonably likely to have occurred.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) "Services" has the meaning given to it in the Agreement.

For purposes of this Amendment, the terms "Consumer," "Consumer Information," "Customer," "Customer Information," "Customer Information Systems," "Disposal," "Financial Institution," "Nonpublic Personal Information," and "Sensitive Customer Information," have the meanings given to those terms in the SEC's Regulation S-P, as amended (17 C.F.R. Part 248).

(b) <u>Confidentiality</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Manager agrees to treat as confidential all Fund Data and all information that is furnished to it
by a Fund or its agents or representatives, directly or indirectly, whether orally, in writing, electronically or in other tangible form
or format, and which is identified as confidential or proprietary or that is disclosed in such a manner that a reasonable person would
understand the information to be confidential, ("Confidential Information"). The Manager agrees to Process, use and disclose
all Confidential Information solely for the purpose of providing the Services and shall not disclose Confidential Information to any person,
affiliate or third party, provided that such information may be disclosed: (i) as required by law, court process or pursuant to the lawful
requirement of a governmental agency; (ii) if the Manager is advised by counsel that it may incur liability for failure to make a disclosure;
(iii) at the request of and with the prior written consent of a Fund; and (iv) to the Manager's service providers, employees, contractors,
sub-contractors, agents, professional advisors, auditors or persons performing similar functions, as is necessary in relation to providing
the Services, so long as, with respect to each of (i) through (iv), the Manager requires the recipient of Confidential Information to
treat such information as confidential and comply with restrictions on the Processing of Confidential Information that are substantially
similar to those set forth in this Section.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) The foregoing shall not be applicable to any information (i) that is publicly available when provided
or thereafter becomes publicly available, other than through a breach of this Agreement. or (ii) that is independently derived by the
Manager without the use of any information provided by a Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The Parties acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding anything in the foregoing Sections 24 (b)(i) and
24 (b)(ii), the Privacy and Data Protection terms in Section 24(c) apply at all times to all Fund Data and control in the case of a conflict
with the terms in this Section 24(b).

(c) <u>Privacy and Data Protection</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Compliance with Applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws

The Manager agrees that it currently and at all times will comply with Applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Restrictions on Use; Engagement of Sub-Contractors

Subject to applicable legal requirements, the Manager agrees that it will use, disclose and Process Fund Data solely to the extent necessary to provide the Services and for no other purpose. If the Manager discloses Fund Data to another person or entity, or otherwise permits another person or entity to Process Fund Data, the Manager shall require such persons and entities to at all times (i) comply with terms materially similar to those set forth in this Amendment; (ii) limit the Processing, use and disclosure of Fund Data as set forth in this Amendment; and (iii) comply with Applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws, including the GLBA and the redisclosure and reuse obligations set forth therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) Compliance with GLBA/Reg. S-P

The Manager acknowledges that in connection with providing the Services, it may receive or otherwise Process Nonpublic Personal Information about current, former or prospective Fund shareholders and that such information may be subject to the GLBA. When Processing such Nonpublic Personal Information, the Manager represents and warrants that it shall use and disclose Nonpublic Personal Information solely as is necessary to provide the Services and that it shall at all times comply with the GLBA to the same extent as the GLBA is applicable to the Fund itself, including with the redisclosure and reuse obligations set forth therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Written Information Security Program; Policies and Procedures

The Manager has established and maintains written policies and procedures that address administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of information, including Fund Data. Such written policies and procedures must be reasonably designed to (i) ensure the security and confidentiality of Fund Data; (ii) protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Fund Data; and (iii) protect against unauthorized access to or use of Fund Data that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any individual or Customer. Such written policies and procedures must apply to the Manager's Processing of Fund Data, be reasonably designed to comply with Applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws, and include a written program reasonably designed to detect, respond to, and recover from Security Breaches.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) Technical Safeguards

The Manager has implemented security controls that apply to its Processing of Fund Data and to the Information Systems on which Fund Data is Processed and which, in each case, are reasonable and designed to: (i) ensure the security and confidentiality of Fund Data; (ii) protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Fund Data; (iii) protect against unauthorized access to or use of Fund Data that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any individual or Customer; (iv) comply with Applicable Data Protection Laws; and (v) prevent Security Breaches.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) Compliance Reporting; Certifications

The Manager certifies its compliance with the terms of this Amendment as of the date of the Amendment and will immediately notify the Trusts and Funds in the event it becomes aware that any of the representations and warranties in this Amendment are no longer accurate. The Manager shall, on at least an annual basis hereafter, and more frequently at the reasonable written request of a Trust or Fund, provide a written certification of its compliance with the terms of this Amendment. Upon reasonable advance notice, the Manager shall permit representatives of the Trusts and Funds to conduct an annual compliance review of the Manager's practices and compliance with the terms set forth in this Amendment, which may include an in-person visit to the Manager's office.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) Data Breach: Notification

The Manager will provide written notification to the Trusts and Funds as soon as possible, but no later than 72 hours after becoming aware that a Security Breach is occurring or has occurred. The written notification shall include the following details regarding the Security Breach: (i) the root cause of the Security Breach and an assessment of the nature and scope of the Security Breach, including the Customer Information Systems and categories of Fund Data that may have been impacted; (ii) the estimated date or date range within which the Security Breach occurred and the date on which the Manager first discovered or became aware of the Security Breach; (iii) the approximate number of individuals or entities whose information was impacted; and (iv) the measures taken to contain and control the Security Breach at the time of notification and proposed to be taken to address the Security Breach. In the event such information has not yet been ascertained at the time the Manager makes its initial notification to the Trusts and Funds, or new facts become available that are different from those already reported to the Trusts and Funds, the Manager agrees to provide prompt notification and updates to the Trusts and Funds thereof on an ongoing basis.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) Data Breach: Response

Upon discovering or being made aware of a Security Breach, the Manager shall immediately take steps to contain and control the Security Breach and to prevent further unauthorized access to or use of Fund Data. The Manager shall also take steps to mitigate the impact of the Security Breach, identify the root cause, and implement measures to prevent future occurrences.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) Data Breach: Cooperation

The Manager shall cooperate with each Trust and Fund, as applicable, and their agents and representatives in good faith to investigate and respond to any Security Breach.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) Data Breach: Non-Disclosure

Unless required by applicable law, and in such case only with prior written notification to the Trusts and Funds, as applicable, under no circumstance shall the Manager notify, alert or correspond with any individual or entity verbally, in writing or otherwise, about a Security Breach.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi) Cyber-Insurance

The Manager acknowledges and agrees that it currently and at all times will maintain the required amount of dedicated and comprehensive cyber-liability insurance with a reputable carrier.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii) Data Deletion and Disposal

Upon termination of the Agreement, the Manager shall promptly, subject to applicable legal requirements, ensure the proper Disposal of Fund Data. The Manager shall at all times use reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of Fund Data in connection with the Disposal thereof and represents and warrants that it has adopted and implemented written policies and procedures that address the proper Disposal of Fund Data which are consistent with the requirements of Applicable Privacy and Data Protection Laws. At the request of a Trust or Fund, Manager shall certify that the Fund Data has been properly disposed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiii) Survival

The undertakings and obligations contained in this Section 24(c) shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

2. Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment is incorporated in its entirety into the Agreement, and this Amendment and said Agreement shall be read and interpreted together as the Agreement.

3. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form and the Parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received electronically.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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.

Dated as of: <u>November 19, 2025</u>

AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS, INC. <br> AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS

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|:---|:---|:---|
| By: | /s/ Gregory J. Stumm | /s/ Paul Cavazos |
|  | Gregory J. Stumm | Paul B. Cavazos |
|  | President | Senior Vice President |

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## Ex-99.(D)(1)(A)(Xi)

**Exhibit 99.(d)(1)(A)(xi)**

**AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS**

**AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS**

**TENTH AMENDMENT TO Management Agreement**

The attached amended and restated Schedule B is hereby incorporated into the Management Agreement dated December 29, 2023, as amended ("Agreement"), by and between the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust (each, a "Trust"), on behalf of each Fund of a Trust listed on Schedule B hereto, as may be amended from time to time (each, a "Fund"), and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Manager"), and supersedes any prior Schedule B to the Agreement.

Dated as of: February 2, 2026

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS | AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS | AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS, INC. | AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS, INC. |
| AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS | AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS |  |  |
| By: | /s/ Gregory J. Stumm | By: | /s/ Paul B. Cavazos<u> </u> |
|  | Gregory J. Stumm |  | Paul B. Cavazos |
|  | President |  | Senior Vice President |

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**AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS**

**AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS**

**Management Agreement**

**SCHEDULE B**

Dated as of: February 2, 2026

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Fund** | **Effective Date** | **Fee Schedule** | **Grandfathered** <br> **Fund** |
| American Beacon AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund | 12/29/2023 | Alternative Investments | Yes |
| American Beacon AHL TargetRisk Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon ARK Transformational Innovation Fund | 01/09/2024 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Balanced Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Multiple Manager | Yes |
| American Beacon Developing World Income Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon DoubleLine Floating Rate Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon DoubleLine Select Income Fund | 02/23/2026 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Garcia Hamilton Quality Bond Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon IMC International Small Cap Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon International Equity Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Multiple Manager | Yes |
| American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund | 03/14/2024 | Traditional – Multiple Manager | Yes |
| American Beacon Man Large Cap Growth Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Man Large Cap Value Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Ninety One Emerging Markets Equity Fund | 10/21/2024 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Ninety One Global Franchise Fund | 10/21/2024 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Ninety One International Franchise Fund | 10/21/2024 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon NIS Core Plus Bond Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Shapiro Equity Opportunities Fund | 02/27/2024 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Shapiro SMID Cap Equity Fund | 01/26/2024 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund | 03/14/2024 | Traditional – Multiple Manager | Yes |
| American Beacon SSI Alternative Income Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon The London Company Income Equity Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon TwentyFour Short Term Bond Fund | 12/29/2023 | Traditional – Single Manager | n/a |
| American Beacon U.S. Government Money Market Select Fund | 12/29/2023 | 0.10% | n/a |

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## Ex-99.(E)(1)(F)

**Exhibit 99.(e)(1)(F)**

**FIFTH AMENDMENT TO** 

**DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT**

This Amendment (the "Amendment") to the Distribution Agreement (the "Agreement") dated the 29<sup>th</sup> day of December, 2023, by and between the American Beacon Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds, with their principal office and place of business at 220 E. Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039 (the "*Client"),* and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal office and place of business at 220 E. Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039 *("Resolute")* is entered into as of February 2, 2026.

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement as set forth below:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I. Amendments:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. Effective
 as of dates indicated below, Schedule 1 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:

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **Fund Name** | **Action** | **Effective** |
| American Beacon DoubleLine Select Income Fund | New Fund | February 23, 2026 |
| American Beacon AHL Multi-Alternatives Fund | Termination | December 30, 2025 |
| American Beacon Twenty Four Sustainable Short Term Bond Fund | Name Change to American Beacon Twenty Four Short Term Bond Fund | November 3, 2025; |
| American Beacon DoubleLine Floating Rate Income Fund | Name Change to American Beacon DoubleLine Floating Rate Fund | February 18, 2026 |

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Schedule 1 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.

Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment is incorporated in its entirety into the Agreement, and this Amendment and said Agreement shall be read and interpreted together as 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.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS** | **AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS** | **RESOLUTE INVESTMENT** | **RESOLUTE INVESTMENT** |
| **AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS** | **AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS** | **DISTRIBUTORS, INC.** | **DISTRIBUTORS, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Paul B. Cavazos | By: | /s/ Gregory J. Stumm |
|  | Paul B. Cavazos |  | Gregory J. Stumm |
|  | Vice President |  | President & CEO |

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**DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT**

**Amended and Restated Schedule 1**

**Funds and Classes of the Client**

As of February 2, 2026

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Funds** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Classes** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> American Beacon Funds |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AHL TargetRisk Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ARK Transformational Innovation Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Balanced Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Developing World Income Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DoubleLine Floating Rate Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5 R6, Investor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DoubleLine Select Income Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investor, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Garcia Hamilton Quality Bond Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IMC International Small Cap Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;International Equity Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Large Cap Value Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Man Large Cap Growth Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Man Large Cap Value Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ninety One Emerging Markets Equity Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ninety One Global Franchise Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ninety One International Franchise Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NIS Core Plus Bond Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shapiro Equity Opportunities Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shapiro SMID Cap Equity Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Small Cap Value Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SSI Alternative Income Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The London Company Income Equity Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TwentyFour Short Term Bond Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A, C, Y, R6 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R5, Investor, A, C, Y |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> American Beacon Select Funds |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;U.S. Gov't. Money Market Select Fund | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Select |

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**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.

## Ex-99.(P)(2)

**Exhibit 99.(p)(2)**

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**Contents**

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|:---|:---|:---|
| 1. | Introduction | 3 |
| 2. | Status of the Code: Relationship with Man Group Policies and Procedures | 3 |
| 3. | To whom does the Code apply? | 3 |
| 4. | Your Responsibilities | 3 |
| 5. | Compliance with Applicable Laws | 3 |
| 6. | Core Principles | 4 |
| 7. | Acting ethically and with integrity | 4 |
| 8. | Putting clients' interests first | 5 |
| 9. | Managing conflicts of interest | 5 |
| 10. | Retaining and disclosing information appropriately | 7 |
| 11. | Observing high standards of market conduct | 8 |
| 12. | Reporting Violations | 11 |
| 13. | Acknowledgement, Compliance and Certification | 11 |
| 14. | Books and Records | 11 |
| **EXHIBIT 1** | **EXHIBIT 1** | **12** |
| **MAN US REGULATED FUND(S)** | **MAN US REGULATED FUND(S)** | **12** |
| **1.** | **Applicability to Independent Directors/Trustees of Man US Regulated Fund(s)** | **12** |
| **2.** | **Applicability to Man US Regulated Fund Officers that are not Employees of Man or the SEC registered investment adviser** | **12** |
| **3.** | **Administration of Code of Ethics** | **12** |

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**Disclaimer**

For the latest version of this document use the Man Group Policy SharePoint site.

**Copyright**

This document is for internal use only by employees of Man Group.

 

None of the information or images contained in the document may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded or distributed either in whole or in part to any person or entity outside Man Group except with the express permission in writing from an authorised representative of Man Group.

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**1.** **Introduction** 

This Global Code of Ethics ("Code") is an overarching statement of Man's <sup>1</sup> commitment to integrity and high ethical standards as a financial institution. Its purpose is to define the standard of conduct Man expects from the personnel of Man, and to assist personnel in seeking to meet their and Man's legal and regulatory obligations.

**2.** **Status of the Code: Relationship with Man Group Policies and Procedures** 

The Code does not attempt to cover every ethical, legal or regulatory question that arises in the workplace. Man operates in a number of jurisdictions, which have differing compliance, legal and regulatory requirements and expectations as to market conduct. Whilst the Code is a guide to the overall standard of behaviour Man expects from its personnel worldwide, it is not a substitute for the need to comply with local compliance, legal and regulatory requirements and policies.

Accordingly, many of the principles described in this Code are explained further in Man's global policies and procedures and may also be covered in more detail in specific local policies and procedures applicable in your location.

**3.** **To whom does the Code apply?** 

The Code applies to all Man personnel<sup>2</sup> and any director, trustee or officer of a US Regulated Fund<sup>3</sup>. See Exhibit 1 for further details with regards to Man US Regulated Fund(s).

You should note that some of Man's policies apply more widely to cover the immediate family members<sup>4</sup> of personnel. This is made clear in the individual policies.

**4.** **Your Responsibilities** 

Man expects you to make sure that you understand and follow this Code and Man's other policies and procedures relevant to you during and (where relevant) following your employment. This Code forms part of the terms and conditions of your employment or service. Failure to comply with this Code may result in disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, disgorgement of profits, imposition of a substantial fine, demotion, suspension or termination of employment.

You will be held personally responsible for any illegal, unlawful or improper acts you commit. You could also be held responsible for the acts of others (in particular anyone whom you supervise) if you knew, or ought to have known, about them or were culpable for them. Your acts could also be reported to regulatory or government authorities, which could result in civil, regulatory or criminal investigations or sanctions. If you have any questions about the Code you should contact Compliance.

**5.** **Compliance with Applicable Laws** 

The Code requires all Man personnel to comply with applicable laws including local laws. With regards to personnel of Man US regulated entities ("US Personnel"), including US or non-US Man entities that are registered with the SEC as an investment adviser, US Personnel are required to comply with US federal securities laws. Specifically, in that regard it

<sup>1</sup> Man means Man Group plc. and its controlled subsidiaries and partnerships.

<sup>2</sup> For purposes of this Code, "personnel" includes every employee, officer, partner, director (other than non-executive directors of Man Group plc. or any subsidiary who do not have access to Man's technology, information systems, client holdings and/or trading information) and other person having a similar status or performing similar functions or otherwise subject to the supervision and control of Man. This includes consultants and independent contractors hired for a period of 60 days or more depending on their duties.

<sup>3</sup> Man US Regulated Fund(s) include investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or business development companies that are advised by a Man SEC registered investment adviser. Man US Regulated Fund(s) do not include investment companies that are sub-advised by a Man SEC registered investment adviser.

<sup>4</sup> For the purposes of this Code, "immediate family member" generally means spouse and any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships of the member of staff or their spouse. This definition may be different in other Man policies.

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is, in particular, unlawful for US Personnel or Man US regulated entities, in connection with the purchase or sale, directly, or indirectly, by US personnel or Man US regulated entities:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud clients;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• To make any untrue statement of a material fact to clients or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements made to the clients, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• To engage in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit
on clients; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• To engage in any manipulative practice with respect to clients.

The policies, restrictions, and procedures included in this Code are designed to prevent violations of these prohibitions.

**6.** **Core Principles** 

Man's expectations of its personnel are expressed by certain core business principles that Man expects you to uphold:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Act ethically and with integrity

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Put clients' interests first

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Manage conflicts of interest

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Retain and disclose information appropriately

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Observe high standards of market

Each of these is discussed further below.

**7.** **Acting ethically and with integrity** 

*Acting ethically*

Acting ethically means ensuring your behaviour takes into account Man's values and franchise and is consistent with the moral, as well as legal, obligations Man owes its clients, counterparties and shareholders.

Situations arise where the right course of action may not be clear. It is useful to consider some questions when considering such issues:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Is my action legal?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Could my action damage the interests of Man's clients?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Could my action damage Man's franchise?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Is my action consistent with the Code of Ethics and the policies and procedures of Man?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Could my action be considered unethical or inappropriate?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Should I escalate the issue?

When in doubt, consider how you might be perceived by Man's clients, counterparties, personnel and regulators before acting.

*Acting with integrity*

Acting with integrity includes being honest and fair in your dealings, taking personal responsibility and being accountable for your actions.

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In Man's financial dealings, this extends beyond treating clients fairly and, in accordance with Man's fiduciary obligations; it also captures not taking unfair advantage of others (including brokers and other counterparties) through manipulation, misrepresentation or concealment, abuse of confidential information or other unfair dealings or practices.

In dealings among Man's personnel, it includes ensuring that all relationships in the workplace are business-like, respectful and free of bias, harassment and violence. Man does not tolerate harassment or discrimination, either in the workplace or among Man's personnel in a work-related setting outside the workplace. Man's policies on these subjects are set out in the relevant local Staff Handbooks located on the intranet.

In the context of personnel with supervisory responsibility for others, integrity also includes the obligation to supervise staff to whom you delegate and business lines for which you are responsible.

*Your responsibility*

It is your responsibility to ensure that you act ethically and with integrity in your business conduct. If you are unclear about laws, regulations or policies and procedures that apply to you or your job, or if you are unsure about the legality or appropriateness of a course of action, you should consult with Compliance before you act.

If you are a supervisor, it is your responsibility to ensure that the staff or business lines for which you are responsible are adequately resourced and trained, comply with their legal and regulatory obligations and act in accordance with the Code. You must also ensure that line management arrangements and systems for which you are responsible operate as intended (including upward provision of management information), and are monitored, managed and reviewed periodically, escalating issues as appropriate.

Please refer to the Global Escalation Policy for further detail.

**8.** **Putting clients' interests first** 

*Putting clients' interests first*

Man stands in a position of trust and confidence with respect to its clients. Accordingly, Man places the interests of its clients as its highest priority.

The business principle "put clients first" means that Man acts in the best interest s of its clients and places their interests above those of Man and of Man personnel.

In very limited circumstances Man may act in its own interests (for example in receiving fees from clients or payments from third parties, subject to Man's legal and regulatory obligations). Man may only do so where Man has given clear disclosure to the client against whose interests Man could be alleged to have acted that Man has the right to do so, and had received their consent. Where Man act as an investment manager/adviser to a fund, clear disclosure must also have been made in the prospectus or other offering document for that fund.

*Your responsibility*

It is your responsibility to ensure that you act in the interests of the client and in accordance with the mandate e the client has given. You must also abide by Man's conflicts of interest policies. If you are considering any action in which Man or another client has an interest and there is any doubt whether the client has been notified of and agreed to that course of action, you must notify Compliance.

**9.** **Managing conflicts of interest** 

The management of conflicts of interest is key to ensuring that Man puts clients' interests first. The conflicts of interests and related policies referred to below address situations that give rise to actual or potential conflicts of interest, to ensure that Man identifies, manages and monitors conflicts of interest to a high standard.

*When can conflicts arise?*

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Conflicts can arise in a number of circumstances including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Business conflicts between different clients, for example,

- in respect of allocation of trades, where two client's investment objectives cover the same potential investment

- in respect of dealings between clients, such as cross trades

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Business conflicts between clients and Man, for example,

- where Man stands to benefit from a transaction entered into for a client (such as soft dollar/commission sharing arrangements)

- where investors in funds request side letters which provide preferential terms such as access to information

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Personal conflicts between clients and Man's personnel, for example,

- in relation to personal investments by personnel in securities in which clients may have positions

- in relation to personal investment in funds which Man manages or advises and in relation to which personnel may have preferential information

- in relation to outside business activities of staff in companies which may deal with, or be invested in by, clients in relation to the acceptance of gifts or entertainment

*Your responsibility*

 

You are responsible for identifying, reporting and managing conflicts of interest according to Man's legal and regulatory requirements and Man's policies. Potential or actual conflicts must be brought to the attention of your line manager and Compliance.

Your personal investments must not breach Man's compliance policies and procedures or otherwise appear improper. You should avoid other activities, interests or relationships outside Man that could impair your judgement or interfere with your responsibilities on behalf of Man or its clients.

*Policies*

 

Man has a number of policies designed to address conflicts of interest.

*Conflict of interests policy*

Man's Global Conflicts of Interest Policy addresses business conduct and practices that give rise to actual or potential conflicts of interest. Man's Global Conflicts of Interest Policy describes the framework by which Man identifies and manages conflicts and the types of conflicts of which you should be aware.

*Personal Investment*

Man has adopted a Global Personal Account Dealing Policy to ensure that your personal investments do not conflict with any duty of care owed or service provided to clients, and do not contravene, or give the appearance of contravening, any legal or regulatory requirement to which Man or any individual is subject. The Global Personal Account Dealing Policy sets out specific requirements and restrictions relating to personal securities transactions and investments.

These include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• disclosure of personal accounts to Compliance

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• prior approval for certain personal transactions

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• long term investments are encouraged and short-term, speculative trades are discouraged

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• confidential information must not be used when trading for your own or someone else's account

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• personal trades must not give rise to a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• no personal trading ahead of any transaction intended or contemplated for any client account

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Please refer to Man's Global Personal Account Dealing policy for further details.

*Gifts and Entertainment*

Gifts and entertainment may compromise, or appear to compromise, the propriety of Man's business relationships or create an actual or potential conflict of interest. Therefore, you and your immediate family members may not accept or give gifts from or to any person or entity with which Man has a current or potential business relationship, unless the gifts are of nominal value (as defined in your location). Gifts and entertainment must also be reasonable and appropriate. Please read and comply with Man's Global Gifts and Entertainment Policy to understand how to address conflicts of interest that may arise when you accept or give gifts, entertainment, social accommodations, or other items of value.

*Service on Boards of Directors and Other Outside Activities*

Service on the board of directors of an outside company, as well as other outside activities generally, must be evaluated in the context of your duties at Man. Accordingly, you must receive prior written consent from senior management and Compliance (via the Code of Ethics System) in order to serve on the board of directors or in any similar capacity of any outside company. In addition, if you serve on the board of a private company which is about to go public, you may be required to resign either immediately or at the end of the current term.

The prior written consent of Compliance is also required before (i) engaging in outside business ventures (such as a consulting engagement); (ii) accepting any executorships, trusteeship or power of attorney (except with respect to a family member); (iii) serving on a creditors' committee except as part of your duties at Man; (iv) serving as an employee of another company; (v) assuming a position in government; and (vi) assuming a position with a charitable organisation in a management role or in a role that may require you to make financial decisions.

**10.** **Retaining and disclosing information appropriately** 

This principle covers the following key areas:

*Confidentiality*

 

Man owes confidentiality obligations to its clients. It may also owe confidentiality obligations to counterparties and issuers of securities. Personnel of Man are under confidentiality obligations pursuant to the terms of their employment and under laws relating to inside information about Man.

Please refer to the Man Group plc. Inside Information Policy which discusses inside information or material non- public information in the context of Man securities.

Confidential information is information, including proprietary information, which you create, develop, use or learn in the course of your employment with Man. It includes information that is not generally known to the public about Man, Man's personnel, Man's clients or other parties with whom Man has a relationship and who have an expectation of confidentiality. Examples include client names, trading activities, securities holdings, acquisition, divestiture and tender offer plans, and personal information relating to clients/investors and personnel (such as passport numbers, government issued identification numbers such as social security numbers, national insurance numbers etc.).

You must protect confidential information, regardless of its form or format, from the time of its creation or receipt until its disposal, which means:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• only accessing confidential information that you need and are authorised to see in order to perform your
responsibilities on Man's behalf;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• not displaying, reviewing or discussing confidential information in public places where you may be overheard
or in the presence of outside vendors or other third parties; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• communicating confidential information only to Man's employees and agents (such as lawyers or external
auditors) who have a legitimate business reason to know the information and who have an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of
such information.

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*Retention of information*

 

Man has legal and regulatory obligations to retain information received or generated in the course of its business.

Man is required to maintain accurate books and records of its business activities consistent with legal requirements and business needs.

*Disclosure of information*

Man has various disclosure obligations in relation to information received or generated in the course of its business. These include disclosure obligations arising from its listed status; disclosure obligations to regulators arising from its regulatory licenses; requirements to report to clients/investors; transaction reporting; requirements to disclose material interests in shares; requirements to disclose short positions; obligations relating to suspicious transaction reporting, amongst others.

It is critical that disclosure of information to clients, investors, regulatory authorities, markets and the investing public is clear, accurate, complete and not misleading, and made by the individual within Man authorised to make that disclosure.

*Your responsibility*

You must comply with Man's policies and any written agreements between you and Man relating to confidential information and follow any policies and preclearance procedures of your business unit, department or region that apply to the acceptance, proper use and handling of confidential information.

Be cautious before accepting confidential information from clients, counterparties or even from other areas within Man because doing so may preclude your area or Man from conducting certain business. Do not accept information that is not necessary for the counterparty to conduct its business with us.

Your obligation to protect Man's confidential information continues even after you leave Man, and you must return all such information in your possession or control upon your departure. In addition, you must not bring to Man any confidential information, whether documents or other tangible form relating to your prior employer's business. Unauthorised access, use or distribution of confidential information violates Man's policy and could be illegal.

You should be familiar with any record keeping procedures that apply to your business function, and ensure that any records you produce are accurate, truthful and organised, and can be located and retrieved when needed or requested. When no longer required for legal or business purposes, records should be disposed of according to Man's policies and procedures.

You must ensure that you give disclosure to third parties only when you are authorised to do so, and that disclosures are clear, accurate, complete and not misleading.

**11.** **Observing high standards of market conduct** 

The laws and regulations on market conduct vary locally and this section covers in broad lines the main principles of market conduct Man expects you to follow. More specifically you are required to know and comply with all the laws and regulations applicable to you in your jurisdiction and in any jurisdiction in which you conduct business. If you have any questions about laws and regulations applicable to you, please contact Compliance.

*Market conduct*

 

Almost all jurisdictions have laws or regulations that prohibit market abuse or manipulative trading activities. Amongst other things, these laws and regulations prohibit the dissemination of false or misleading information and the use of information regarding a pending transaction in a security by taking a favourable position for clients, for Man and/or your personal account. Whether you are trading for a client, for Man or for your personal account, you must abide by these laws and regulations.

*Anti-money laundering*

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It is critical that Man does not participate in or facilitate money laundering. In order to avoid the risk of money laundering Man has a programme of anti-money laundering training and know your client procedures, which require that personnel (if it is part of their duties) obtain all client identification information required by laws, regulations and Man's policies.

It is vital that personnel be alert to activities that could constitute money laundering or involve proceeds derived from unlawful activity and promptly report any unusual or potentially suspicious activity about clients/investors, the source of their funds, or their transactions, to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer ("MLRO").

Please refer to the Global Anti-Money Laundering Policy and any procedures for more detail.

Any involvement in money laundering activity – even if unintentional – could result in civil and criminal penalties against you and Man.

*Anti-bribery and corruption*

 

Man expects its employees to maintain the highest ethical standards of business conduct and prohibits all forms of bribery. In particular, Man prohibits offering, making any transfer or providing anything of value to any Government Official in order to seek or retain business, cause that Government Official not to offer business to someone else or to gain an unfair business advantage.

The term "Government Official" is broadly defined and includes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Officers or employees of a government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or any person
acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of a government or department, agency or instrumentality

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Legislative, administrative and judicial officials regardless of whether elected or appointed

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Candidates for public office and officials of political parties

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Officers or employees of a state-owned business

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Officers or employees of supra-national organisations such as the World Bank, United Nations, International
Monetary Fund, OECD, etc.

In addition, many government agencies have their own rules governing the acceptance of gifts, travel and entertainment. For example, in the United States, federal, state, local and municipal laws and regulations may limit or prohibit acceptance of gifts and entertainment by Government Officials – make sure you comply with any applicable requirement.

Please refer to the Global Gifts and Entertainment Policy and the Global Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy for more detail.

*Fraud*

Man does not tolerate any level of fraud. Failure to comply with Man's anti-fraud polices and related fraud procedures and controls may subject personnel to internal disciplinary action (including immediate termination). All personnel are responsible for:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• reporting any suspicion of fraud promptly (in accordance with reporting procedures set out in the Global
Fraud Policy);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• complying at all times with relevant controls, policies and procedures; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• alerting their Head of Department and/or Compliance where they believe the opportunity for fraud exists
because of poor procedure of lack of effective oversight.

Any allegation of fraud, anonymous or otherwise, is and will be investigated thoroughly by the Compliance, Group Risk, Legal and/or Internal Audit department; additionally, Compliance monitors and takes the lead on any reported Whistleblowing cases.

Please refer to the Global Fraud Policy for more detail.

*Tax Evasion*

Evading taxes and deliberately and dishonestly assisting someone else to evade taxes (facilitation of tax evasion) are offences in many countries with potentially significant fines and/or imprisonment being imposed on the tax evader and/or the facilitator. In some

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countries, companies, including Man, face criminal exposure where tax evasion is facilitated by persons working for and on behalf of them.

Man does not tolerate any level of tax evasion and is committed to ensuring that tax evasion and the facilitation of tax evasion offences are not being committed during the conduct of Man's business by our investors, within our supply chain or in any part of our business. It is therefore critical that personnel do not participate in or facilitate tax evasion. In order to avoid the risk of tax evasion and facilitation for and on Man's behalf Man has a programme of anti-tax evasion and facilitation training, policy and risk management framework.

Failure to comply with Man's Anti-Tax Evasion Policy and Risk Management Framework may result in personnel being subject to internal disciplinary action (including immediate termination).

All personnel are responsible for:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• reporting any suspicion or concern in regards to tax evasion or facilitation of tax evasion immediately
(in accordance with reporting procedures set out in the Global Anti-Tax Evasion Policy to the Group MLRO)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• complying at all times with relevant controls, policies and procedures; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• alerting the Head of Group Tax, Compliance and/or the MLRO where they believe the opportunity for tax
evasion or facilitation exists because of poor procedure of lack of effective oversight.

Man is committed to making the necessary notifications to all relevant UK and non-UK regulatory authorities with regards to the facilitation of tax evasion and will support any investigation led by any relevant regulatory body.

*Procedures to Prevent Misuse of Material Non-public Information*

Inside information, or material non-public information, is a form of confidential information and includes all non-public information that may have a significant impact on the price of a security or other financial instrument, or that a reasonable investor would be likely to consider important in making an investment decision. In certain circumstances, the determination of whether non-public information is "inside information" may be complex. Man has policies which are designed to inform and assist you in handling the possession of material non-public information or inside information in order to avoid situations that may violate applicable law or create an appearance of impropriety. Man also has policies which set out details of information barriers between different business units within Man.

Please refer to the Global Inside Information and Chinese Wall Policy for further information.

*Your responsibility*

You must:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• understand your anti-money laundering responsibilities by participating as required in Man's ongoing
anti- money laundering training

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• know your clients and investors by obtaining all client and investor identification information required
by laws, regulations and Man's policies

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• be alert to activities that could constitute money laundering or involve proceeds derived from unlawful
activity; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• promptly report any unusual or potentially suspicious activity about clients or investors, the source
of their funds, or their transactions, to the MLRO.

When dealing with government agencies and/ or Government Officials through the services of third parties such as local agents, you must use due care and extreme caution in the selection and use of such agents or other third parties. You must also get the prior written approval of Compliance before making or soliciting political contributions to an elected official or to any election or campaign or candidate as further detailed in Man's Global Gifts and Entertainment Policy.

You may never, under any circumstances, trade, encourage others to trade, or recommend securities or other financial instruments while in the possession of inside information or material non-public information.

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**12.** **Reporting Violations** 

It may seem easier to keep silent when faced with questionable conduct, but you must never ignore a legal, regulatory or ethical issue that may need to be addressed.

If you believe that you may have committed a breach of a law, regulatory rule or policy (including the Code of Ethics), or become aware of conduct of another person (whether that person is an employee, client, counterparty or third party) that may constitute a breach then you must immediately contact Compliance.

All reports will be treated confidentially to the extent possible and investigated promptly and appropriately. You will not be sanctioned or discriminated against for any good faith reporting of a violation of the Code of Ethics (please refer to the Global Whistleblowing Policy). Compliance will keep records of any violation of the Code of Ethics, and of any action taken as a result of the violation.

**13.** **Acknowledgement, Compliance and Certification** 

To ensure compliance with the Code of Ethics, any person to whom this Code applies is subject to the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• upon joining Man and on an annual basis (i) Complete and submit the Compliance Questionnaire, Certification
and Holdings Report and Regulatory Background Questionnaire (certain personnel only)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• on a quarterly basis, provide a Gifts and Entertainment Report and Transaction Report

Man will provide you with a copy of the Code and any amendments hereto. Any questions regarding any provision of the Code or its application should be directed to Compliance. Man personnel must attest that they among other things have received, understand and will comply with the Code.

**14.** **Books and Records** 

Compliance will maintain all books and records relating to the Code of Ethics. Such books and records include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A copy of the Code of Ethics that is in effect, or at any time within the past five years was in effect;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A record of any violation of the Code of Ethics, and of any action taken as a result of the violation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A record of each Covered Person that currently is, or was within the past five years, required to submit
reports;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A record of all written acknowledgements of receipt, review and understanding of the Code of Ethics from
each person who is currently, or within the past five years was, a Covered Person;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A copy of all brokerage account statements, Initial Personal Securities Holdings Reports, Compliance Questionnaire
and Certification and forms submitted by Covered Persons;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A copy of each pre-approval form or other record submitted and whether such trade was approved or denied;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• A record of any exception from the Code of Ethics granted by the Compliance, all related documentation
supplied by the Covered Person seeking the exception, and the reasons supporting the decision to grant the exception.

These books and records will be maintained by Man in an easily accessible place for at least five years from the end of the fiscal year during which the record was created, the first two years in an appropriate office of Man.

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**EXHIBIT 1**

**MAN US REGULATED FUND(S)**

**1.** **Applicability to Independent Directors/Trustees of Man US Regulated Fund(s)** 

The general principles set forth in this Code of Ethics are applicable to the directors/ trustees of the Man US Regulated Fund(s) who are not "interested persons" of the Man US Regulated Fund(s) within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act (the "Independent Directors/Trustees"). The Independent Directors/Trustees of the Man US Regulated Fund(s) do not have on-going, day-to-day involvement with the operations of the Man US Regulated Fund(s) and are therefore not subject to the specific policies referenced in the Code of Ethics including the Global Personal Account Dealing Policy included in Exhibit 2 which requires pre-clearance and reporting of personal trades. In addition, although the Independent Directors/Trustees are not subject to the personal trading reporting requirements, the Independent Directors/Trustees must provide such reports if the Independent Director/Trustee knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling their official duties as a director/trustee of any Man US Regulated Fund should have known, that during the 15-day period immediately preceding or after the date of the director's/trustee's transaction in a Covered Security by the Independent Director/Trustee, such Covered Security was being purchased or sold by the Man US Regulated Fund or such purchase or sale by the Man US Regulated Fund was being considered by the Man US Regulated Fund.

The Board of Directors/Trustees of each Man US Regulated Fund (the "Board"), including a majority of the Independent Directors/Trustees, must approve this Code of Ethics and any material change to the code. The Board must base its approval of the Code of Ethics and any material changes thereon on a determination that the Code of Ethics contains provisions reasonably necessary to prevent Covered Persons from engaging in any conduct that would result in violations of applicable securities laws. Before approving the Code of Ethics, the Board must receive a certification from each of the Man US Regulated Fund(s) and its adviser that it has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Covered Persons from violating the Code of Ethics. The Board must approve a material change to the Code of Ethics no later than six months after adoption of the material change.

**2.** **Applicability to Man US Regulated Fund Officers that are not Employees of Man or the SEC registered investment adviser** 

Man US Regulated Fund Officers that are not employees of Man or the SEC registered investment adviser to the Man US Regulated Fund are considered Access Persons (as defined in Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Rule 17j-1")) with respect to the Man US Regulated Fund and, as such, are expected to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Comply with applicable laws as described in section 5 of this Code of Ethics; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Provide quarterly reports of personal transactions in Covered Securities (as defined in Rule 17j-1), new
account openings and annual holdings reports (as required under Rule 17j-1).

Man US Regulated Fund Officers that are not employees of Man or the SEC registered investment adviser do not, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, make or participate in making or obtain information regarding recommendations as to the purchase or sale of securities by the Man US Regulated Fund(s) and therefore, except as otherwise noted in this section, are not subject to specific policies referenced in this Code of Ethics, including, without limitation, the Global Personal Account Dealing Policy which requires pre-clearance of personal trades and the Board Service and Outside Activities provisions set forth in Section 9 of the Code.

**3.** **Administration of Code of Ethics** 

The Man US Regulated Fund(s) and their respective advisers must use reasonable diligence and institute procedures reasonably necessary to prevent violations of this Code of Ethics.

No less frequently than annually, the CCO of each of the advisers and the Regulated Fund(s) must furnish to the Board a written report that:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Describes any issues arising under its Code of Ethics since the last report to the Board, including, but
not limited to, information about material violations of the Code of Ethics or procedures and sanctions imposed in response to the material
violations; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Certifies that the Man US Regulated Fund or the adviser, as applicable, has adopted procedures reasonably
necessary to prevent Covered Persons from violating the Code of Ethics.

On a quarterly basis, the CCO of each of the advisers and the Regulated Funds will report any violations of its Code of Ethics to the Board.

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## Ex-99.Other

**Exhibit 99.Other**

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, <u>Gilbert G. Alvarado</u>, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Rosemary K. Behan and Carmen Elizabeth Fahy, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and is effective on the 31st day of January, 2026.

/s/ Gilbert G. Alvarado

Gilbert G. Alvarado, Trustee

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, <u>Gerard J. Arpey</u>, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Rosemary K. Behan and Carmen Elizabeth Fahy, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and is effective on the 31st day of January, 2026.

/s/ Gerard J. Arpey

Gerard J. Arpey, Trustee

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, <u>Eugene J. Duffy</u>, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Rosemary K. Behan and Carmen Elizabeth Fahy, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and is effective on the 31st day of January, 2026.

/s/ Eugene J. Duffy

Eugene J. Duffy, Trustee

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, <u>Claudia A. Holz</u>, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Rosemary K. Behan and Carmen Elizabeth Fahy, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and is effective on the 31st day of January, 2026.

/s/ Claudia A. Holz

Claudia A. Holz, Trustee

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, <u>Douglas A. Lindgren</u>, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Rosemary K. Behan and Carmen Elizabeth Fahy, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and is effective on the 31st day of January, 2026.

/s/ Douglas A. Lindgren

Douglas A. Lindgren, Trustee

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, <u>Janet C. Smith</u>, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Rosemary K. Behan and Carmen Elizabeth Fahy, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and is effective on the 31st day of January, 2026.

/s/ Janet C. Smith

Janet C. Smith, Trustee

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

I, <u>Paul Zemsky</u>, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds, the American Beacon Select Funds and the American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (collectively, the "Trusts"), hereby constitute and appoint Rosemary K. Behan and Carmen Elizabeth Fahy, each of them with the power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, my true and lawful attorney with full power to sign for me in my capacity as Trustee for the Trusts any Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto of the Trusts and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming my signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments to said Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this instrument has been signed below by the following in my capacity and is effective on the 31st day of January, 2026.

/s/ Paul Zemsky

Paul Zemsky, Trustee