Exhibit (7)(b)
FORM OF AMENDMENT TO
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of __________________, as amended, by and between American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Select Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust that acts as an open-end investment company (each a “Client” and, collectively, the “Clients”) and Foreside Fund, Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Foreside”) is entered into as of August 9, 2013 (the “Effective Date”).
WHEREAS, Foreside and the Client(s) desire to amend Schedule 1 of the Agreement to add the American Beacon Acadian Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund, American Beacon Earnest Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund, and American Beacon SGA Global Growth Fund; and
WHEREAS, the parties may amend Schedule 1 in accordance with Sections 7.5 and 8 of the Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. | Schedule 1 to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as provided on Appendix A attached hereto; |
II. | All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in effect and are hereby incorporated herein by reference. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed in their names and on their behalf by and through their duly authorized officers, as of the Effective Date.
American Beacon Funds,
American Beacon Select Funds
By: __________________________________
Gene L. Needles, Jr., President
FORESIDE FUND SERVICES, LLC
By: __________________________________
Mark A. Fairbanks, President
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
AMERICAN BEACON SELECT FUNDS
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Appendix A
Funds and Classes of the Clients
As of August 9, 2013
Funds | Classes |
American Beacon Funds | |
Acadian Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Balanced Fund | AMR, Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y |
Bridgeway Large Cap Value Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Earnest Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Emerging Markets Fund | AMR, Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Flexible Bond Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
High Yield Bond Fund | AMR, Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Holland Large Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Intermediate Bond Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
International Equity Fund | AMR, Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, Retirement |
International Equity Index Fund | Institutional |
Large Cap Value Fund | AMR, Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, Retirement |
Mid-Cap Value Fund | AMR, Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y |
Retirement Income and Appreciation Fund | Investor, A, C, Y |
SGA Global Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Small Cap Index Fund | Institutional |
Small Cap Value Fund | AMR, Institutional, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, Retirement |
Small Cap Value II Fund | Investor, Y |
Short-Term Bond Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
S&P 500 Index Fund | Institutional, Investor |
Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
The London Company Income Equity Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Zebra Global Equity Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
Zebra Small Cap Equity Fund | Institutional, Investor, A, C, Y |
American Beacon Select Funds | |
Money Market Select Fund | Select |
U.S. Gov’t. Money Market Select Fund | Select |