Applications

Important Information About Procedures For
Opening a New Account

Compliance with the USA Patriot Act
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, all financial institutions are required by law to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each individual or entity opening an account.
What this means to you: When you open an account, we will ask you for your name, address, taxpayer or other government identification number and other information, such as date of birth for individuals, that will allow us to identify you. We will verify this information to ensure the identity of all individuals opening a mutual fund account.

You may download an application or prospectus for any of the Funds, Institutional Class, Retirement Class, Y Class, A Class, C Class, Advisor Class, Investor Class , American Beacon Select Funds, and the American Beacon Mileage Fund.

Institutional Class
The Institutional Class of the Funds is intended for company pension funds or corporate cash or, if you otherwise have at least $250,000 to invest. To learn more about the Institutional Class of Funds, call 1-800-967-9009. You can click to download an application or prospectus.

Send your completed Institutional Class application to:

Advisor Class
The Advisor Class of funds are offered to those investing through intermediary organizations, such as broker-dealers or third party administrators. The minimum investment for this fund class is $2,500. Download an application or a prospectus here.

Investor Class
Investor Class is designed to serve the needs of individuals, retirement accounts, and individuals who purchase funds through a financial advisor or brokerage firm mutual fund network. The minimum investment for this fund is $2,500. Individual investors may download an application or a prospectus here.
Corporate investors should download this application.

The Funds are also offered through intermediaries such as the discount brokerage firms listed below:

American Beacon Select Funds
Fund shares are offered to corporate cash accounts, sweep accounts and other institutional investors. An initial investment of at least $1 million is required.To obtain more information about the Funds, call 800-967-9009 or, download an application or a prospectus here.

American Beacon Money Market Mileage Fund
The American Beacon Money Market Mileage Fund will interest all American Airlines^© AAdvantage^© members interested in accumulating travel awards while investing. The minimum investment for the Mileage Fund is $2,500. Download an application or a prospectus here.

Mail your completed American Beacon Money Market Mileage Fund application to:

Retirement Class

Retirement Class is offered primarily to small retirement plans and investors who invest through retirement plan services. The minimum investment for this fund class is $2,500. Download an application or a prospectus here.

Y Class

The Y Class shares of the American Beacon Funds are offered primarily to retirement plans and advisors that require revenue sharing from the Funds.  The minimum investment per plan or advisor for this fund class is $100,000. Download an application or a prospectus here.

A Class

A Class shares are available to retail investors who invest directly through intermediary organizations, such as broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries, or through employee directed benefit plans, or directly with the Funds. Shares of each Fund are available to investors at their offering price, which is equal to the net asset value per share (“NAV”) plus the applicable front-end sales charge that you pay when you buy your A Class shares. The front-end sales charge is generally deducted directly from the amount of your investment. A Class shares are also subject to a Rule 12b-1 fee and a shareholder servicing fee. Download an application or a prospectus here.

C Class

The American Beacon Funds -- C Class shares are available to retail investors who invest directly through intermediary organizations, such as broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries, or through employee directed benefit plans, or directly with the Funds. C Class shares are available for Traditional and Roth IRA accounts investing through American Beacon. If you sell your shares within 12 months after buying them, you will normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge. C Class shares also are subject to a Rule 12b-1 fee and shareholder servicing fees. Download an application or a prospectus here.