Exhibit 99.(e)(10)

NINTH AMENDMENT TO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

This Ninth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of the 1^st day of March 2018 by and between American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Select Funds, each a Massachusetts business trust that acts as an open-end investment company (the “Client”), and Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Resolute”) is entered into as of April 30, 2020 (the “Effective Date”).

The attached amended and restated Schedule I (a) changes the name of the Institutional Class to R5 Class for all applicable Funds and (b) removes the American Beacon Acadian Emerging Markets Managed Volatility, American Beacon Alpha Quant Core, American Beacon Alpha Quant Dividend, American Beacon Alpha Quant Quality, and American Beacon Alpha Quant Value Funds is hereby incorporated into the Agreement, as amended, on behalf of each Fund of a Trust listed on Schedule I hereto, as may be amended from time to time (each, a “Fund”), and American Beacon Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and supersedes any prior Schedule I to the Agreement.

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:	/s/ Jeffrey K. Ringdahl
	Jeffrey K. Ringdahl
	Vice President

RESOLUTE INVESTMENT
DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
By:	/s/ Gene L. Needles, Jr.
	Gene L. Needles, Jr.
	Chairman, President & CEO

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Amended and Restated Schedule 1

Funds and Classes of the Client

As of April 30, 2020

Funds	Classes
American Beacon Funds
AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
AHL TargetRisk Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
ARK Transformational Innovation Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Bahl & Gaynor Small Cap Growth Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y,
Balanced Fund	R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y
Bridgeway Large Cap Growth Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
Bridgeway Large Cap Value Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Value Fund	R5, Investor, Y
Crescent Short Duration High Income Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Frontier Markets Income Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Garcia Hamilton Quality Bond Fund	R5, Investor, Y, R6
GLG Total Return Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y, Ultra
International Equity Fund	R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
Large Cap Value Fund	R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
Mid-Cap Value Fund	R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
Shapiro Equity Opportunities Fund	R5, Investor, Y
Shapiro SMID Cap Equity Fund	R5, Investor, Y
SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Small Cap Value Fund	R5, Investor, Advisor, A, C, Y, R6
Sound Point Floating Rate Income Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y, SP
SSI Alternative Income Fund	R5, Investor, Y
Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
Stephens Small Cap Growth Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y, R6
The London Company Income Equity Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
Tocqueville International Value Fund	R5, Investor, Y
TwentyFour Short Term Bond Fund	A, C, Y, R6
TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y, Ultra
Zebra Small Cap Equity Fund	R5, Investor, A, C, Y
American Beacon Select Funds
U.S. Gov’t. Money Market Select Fund	Select