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American Beacon The London Company Income Equity Fund

Portfolio information as of March 31, 2013
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Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

A TOTAL RETURN APPROACH TO INCOME EQUITY INVESTING

The London Company, a privately owned investment company, has nearly two decades of experience in managing a focused, conservative investment process that has produced a consistent performance record while seeking to mitigate risk in down markets.

Firm inception: 1994

Portfolio Managers:

  • Stephen Goddard, CFA, CIO, 26 years experience
  • Jonathan Moody, CFA, 23 years experience
  • Brian Campbell, CFA, 12 years experience
  • Mark DeVaul, CFA, CPA, 14 years experience

THINKING LIKE AN OWNER

The Fund tries to think like a business owner, buying companies at a discount to their private value.

  • The investment team focuses on identifying high cash return companies, which are generally better able to consistently generate free cash flow.
  • For each potential holding, the team analyzes the balance sheet using a proprietary optimization model to determine the company’s intrinsic value.

Sub-Advisor (%)

The London Company of Virginia, LLC 100.0


The Fund's primary risks include focused holdings risk, interest rate risk, small and medium capitalization risk, foreign exposure risk, futures contracts risk, dividend risk and credit risk. These risks may expose the Fund's investments to greater price fluctuations than the market as a whole. Because the Fund is a focused portfolio of fewer companies, the increase or decrease of the value of a single stock may have a greater impact on the Fund's NAV and total return when compared to other diversified funds. Investing in debt securities entails interest rate risk, which is the risk that debt securities will decrease in value with increases in market interest rates. Investing in the securities of small and mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk and the possibility of greater price volatility than investing in larger capitalization and more established companies. Investing in foreign equities entails additional risk not associated with domestic equities, such as currency fluctuations, economic and political instability and differences in accounting standards. The Fund may invest in futures contracts, which are a type of derivative investment. Investing in derivatives could result in losing more than the amount invested. Investing in dividend-paying stocks entails dividend risk, which is the risk that a stock may not experience the same level of earnings growth or capital appreciation as non-dividend paying stocks. Credit risk is the risk that the decline in an issuer's credit rating may have an adverse impact on the value of that security. Please see the prospectus for a complete discussion of the Fund’s risks. There can be no assurances that the investment objectives of this Fund will be met.

American Beacon Funds and American Beacon The London Company Income Equity Fund are service marks of American Beacon Advisors, Inc.