As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 21, 2014
1933 Act File No. 033-11387
1940 Act File No. 811-04984
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 183
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and/or
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 182
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
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AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)
4151 Amon Carter Boulevard, MD 2450
Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including
Area Code: (817) 391-6100
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Gene L. Needles, Jr., President
4151 Amon Carter Boulevard
MD 2450
Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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With copies to:
Kathy K. Ingber, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
1601 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-1600
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It is proposed that this filing will become
effective (check appropriate box)
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following box:
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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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This amendment is being filed solely to
submit exhibits containing risk/return summary information in interactive data format that is identical to the risk/return information
contained in the Registrant’s Prospectus for the A Class, C Class, Y Class, Advisor Class, AMR Class, Institutional Class,
Investor Class, and Retirement Class shares of the American Beacon Balanced Fund, American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund, American
Beacon Mid-Cap Value Fund, American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund, American Beacon Small Cap Value II Fund, American Beacon International
Equity Fund, American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund, American Beacon High Yield Bond Fund, American Beacon Retirement Income and
Appreciation Fund, American Beacon Intermediate Bond Fund, and American Beacon Short-Term Bond Fund which was filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in Post-Effective Amendment No. 181 to the Registrant’s registration statement on February 28, 2014.
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
represents that this Amendment meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has
duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 183 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth and the State of Texas, on March 21, 2014.
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AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
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By:
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/s/ Gene L. Needles, Jr.
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Gene L. Needles, Jr.
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President
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 183 Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Gene L. Needles, Jr.
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President (Principal Executive Officer)
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March 21, 2014
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Gene L. Needles, Jr.
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/s/ Melinda G. Heika
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Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
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March 21 , 2014
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Melinda G. Heika
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Gerard J. Arpey*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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Gerard J. Arpey
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W. Humphrey Bogart*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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W. Humphrey Bogart
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Brenda A. Cline*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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Brenda A. Cline
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Eugene J. Duffy*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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Eugene J. Duffy
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Thomas M. Dunning*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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Thomas M. Dunning
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Alan D. Feld*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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Alan D. Feld
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Richard A. Massman*
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Chairman and Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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Richard A. Massman
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Barbara J. McKenna*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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Barbara J. McKenna
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R. Gerald Turner*
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Trustee
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March 21, 2014
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R. Gerald Turner
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*By
/s/ Rosemary K. Behan
Rosemary K.
Behan, Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Type
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Description
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EX-101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document
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EX-101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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EX-101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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EX-101.LAB
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
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EX-101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
Gerard J. Arpey
, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds
and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr.,
Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Gerard J. Arpey
Gerard J. Arpey, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
W. Humphrey Bogart
, Trustee of the American Beacon
Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles,
Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ W. Humphrey Bogart
W. Humphrey Bogart, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
Brenda A. Cline
, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds
and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr.,
Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Brenda A. Cline
Brenda A. Cline, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
Eugene J. Duffy
, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds
and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr.,
Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Eugene J. Duffy
Eugene J. Duffy, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
Thomas M. Dunning
, Trustee of the American Beacon
Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles,
Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Thomas M. Dunning
Thomas M. Dunning, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
Alan D. Feld
, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds
and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr.,
Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Alan D. Feld
Alan D. Feld, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
Richard A. Massman
, Trustee of the American Beacon
Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles,
Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Richard A. Massman
Richard A. Massman, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
Barbara J. McKenna
, Trustee of the American Beacon
Funds and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles,
Jr., Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ Barbara J. McKenna
Barbara J. McKenna, Trustee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I,
R. Gerald Turner
, Trustee of the American Beacon Funds
and the American Beacon Select Funds (collectively, the “Trusts”), hereby constitute and appoint Gene L. Needles, Jr.,
Rosemary K. Behan, and Melinda G. Heika, 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 on the 9th day of August, 2012.
/s/ R. Gerald Turner
R. Gerald Turner, Trustee
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