EX-99.(A)(14) 3 h10055706_ex99a14.htm EX-99.(A)(14)-CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION RE FRONTIER MARKETS INCOME FUND

 
Exhibit 99.(a)(14)

Creation and Designation of
Additional Series of Shares of Beneficial Interest of
American Beacon Funds
 
Pursuant to Article III, Section 1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the American Beacon Funds (the “Trust”) dated March 4, 2015 (“Trust Instrument”), the American Beacon Global Evolution Frontier Markets Income Fund (the “Fund”), a new series of the Trust, was created by resolution of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) on March 7, 2013 as the American Beacon Global Evolution Frontier Markets Debt Fund.  The Fund is hereby renamed the American Beacon Frontier Markets Income Fund.

The Fund and its shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”) are designated as follows:

1.
The initial classes of Shares of the Fund are designated as Institutional Class Shares, Investor Class Shares, Y Class Shares, A Class Shares and C Class Shares.  Each class of Shares has the same rights and obligations, except as provided in the Trust Instrument, the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (“Registration Statement”) or by resolution adopted by the Board.  The Fund’s Shares shall be offered for sale and redeemed on the terms set forth in the Trust’s Registration Statement.

2.
All rights and preferences of the Fund and the Shares are as set forth in the Trust Instrument dated March 4, 2015 and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Trust dated February 18, 2014.
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument the 6th day of June, 2018.

 
/s/ Gilbert G. Alvarado
 
Gilbert G. Alvarado
   
 
/s/ Joseph B. Armes
 
Joseph B. Armes
   
 
/s/ Gerard J. Arpey
 
Gerard J. Arpey
   
 
/s/ Brenda A. Cline
 
Brenda A. Cline
   
 
/s/ Eugene J. Duffy
 
Eugene J. Duffy
   
 
/s/ Alan D. Feld
 
Alan D. Feld
   
 
/s/ Claudia A. Holz
 
Claudia A. Holz
   
 
/s/ Douglas A. Lindgren
 
Douglas A. Lindgren
   
 
/s/ Richard A. Massman
 
Richard A. Massman
   
 
/s/ Barbara J. McKenna
 
Barbara J. McKenna
   
 
/s/ R. Gerald Turner
 
R. Gerald Turner
 

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