AMERICAN BEACON EARNEST PARTNERS EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS (ABEEX) Exchange: NMFQS

DELISTED - Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in equity securities of issuers economically tied to emerging market countries. A company is generally regarded as being economically tied to an emerging markets country if it:   ·         is primarily listed on the trading market of an emerging market country;   ·         is headquartered in an emerging market country; or   ·         derives 50% or more of its revenues from, or has 50% or more of its assets in, an emerging market country.   An emerging market country is one that:   ·         has an emerging stock market as defined by the International Finance Corporation;   ·         has a low- to middle-income economy according to the World Bank;   ·         is included in the IFC Investable Index or the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index; or   ·         has a per-capita gross national product of $10,000 or less.   The Fund's equity investments may include common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stocks, depositary receipts (collectively referred to as “stocks”), exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and real estate investments trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations and convertible securities of any duration.   The Fund's sub-advisor, EARNEST Partners, LLC (“EARNEST Partners”), selects securities within the emerging markets category using a proprietary screening model and fundamental analysis. EARNEST Partners seeks to outperform the designated benchmark, while controlling volatility and underperformance risk. EARNEST Partners uses screens to attempt to identify the financial and market characteristics that were in place when an individual company produced superior performance. Characteristics include: valuation measures, market trends, operating trends, growth measures, and profitability measures. The investment team then focuses its fundamental analysis on companies it believes are in attractive industries, with developed strategies, talented management teams, sufficient funding, strong performance results, a competitive advantage, and a viable method of profit development. The decision to sell a security is typically made based upon the realization of EARNEST Partners' investment thesis, identification of another stock that it believes has superior return and risk characteristics, or deterioration in the company's prospects due to unsatisfactory business execution, changing market conditions, or other adverse effects.   The Fund may also invest cash balances in other investment companies, including money market funds and ETFs, and may purchase and sell futures or forward contracts to gain market exposure on cash balances or reduce market exposure in anticipation of liquidity needs.