FIFTH AMENDMENT TO ADMINSTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99.(h)(5)(F)

 

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO

ADMINSTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This Fifth Amendment to the Administrative Services Agreement (the Amendment”) dated December 7, 2023 by and among AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS, a Massachusetts business trust, AMERICAN BEACON INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS TRUST, a Delaware Statutory Trust, (collectively, the “Trusts”), AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ABA”), and PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parametric”), as amended from time to time (collectively, the “Agreement”).

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend certain provisions of the Agreement, as more particularly set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.

Amendment to Agreement.

 

Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Schedule A attached hereto.

2.

Miscellaneous.

 

(a)       Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

 

(b)       This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form.

	ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY:
	AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
	On behalf of its series on Schedule B of the Agreement, and
	AMERICAN BEACON INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS TRUST
	On behalf of its series on Schedule B of the Agreement
	By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	President
	ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY:
	AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS
	By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Sr. Vice President
	ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY:
	PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC
	By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
	Title:	CIO

FIFTH AMENDED SCHEDULE A

Dated December 7, 2023

TO THE

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT

Dated: June 10, 2019, as amended from time to time

 

Statement of Intent/Operating Procedures

 

Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (“Parametric”) shall fulfil its duties set forth in the Administrative Services Agreement, as amended (the “Agreement”) in accordance with the following:

I.

Scope of the Engagement.

The Trusts are seeking to equitize the cash balances of certain mutual fund portfolios (each, a “Fund”) of American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (the “Trusts”). American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (“ABA”), as authorized by the Trusts, will manage the underlying cash balances and has directed Parametric under the terms of the Agreement to perform certain administrative functions related to the purchase and sale of futures to maintain appropriate equity exposure as directed by ABA under the Agreement. ABA and the Trusts hereby direct Parametric to equitize approximately 100% of the Liquid Assets (as defined in Section 3 of the Agreement) of each Fund (allowing for the fact that there may be de minimis amounts of the cash balance not equitized, as fractional futures contracts cannot be purchased) in order to maintain exposure for each Fund’s Liquid Assets on a daily basis, each in accordance with the instructions in this Schedule A, until otherwise directed in writing by ABA for each Fund.

Directions related to the equitized amounts, the futures contracts used and the list of approved futures commission merchants and US Treasury dealers are listed below. ABA may in its judgment direct Parametric to implement the equitization using futures other than those listed below upon written notice to, and acceptance by, Parametric in writing.

II.

Implementation.

For a new Account (as defined in Section 2 of the Agreement) of a Fund, ABA and the Trusts will direct Parametric to equitize any injtial portfolio cash balances, and, on an ongoing basis, Parametric will buy and/or sell the appropriate number of approved contracts to reflect changes in the underlying cash balances using the procedures listed in Section III of this Schedule A. Such procedures may be modified by written notice from ABA to Parametiic with its written consent.

The derivative exposure¹ from equitization for each eligible Fund listed on Schedule B of the Agreement is capped at 9% of the total Fund value (including subscription and redemption activity). Parametric will rely on the information provided by the custodian to determine the total Fund value. Parametric will base the exposure percentage of the Fund solely on information provided daily by the Fund’s custodian and for the avoidance of doubt Parametric is not otherwise responsible for calculating or determining the Fund’s total value. Parametric will contact ABA for

 

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Derivative exposure is generally calculated as the number of exchanged-traded listed futures contracts x index price x multiplier instructions in the following instances: (i) the derivative exposures are passively over the 9% cap, or (ii) the target trade would cause the derivative exposure to exceed the 9% cap.

III.

Daily Operating Procedures

 

Morning	Parametric receives necessary information from the custodian’s Mutual Fund Custody Group (“MFG”) to determine the level of Liquid Assets, including subscription and redemption activity. Liquid Assets include, but are not limited to, cash, short-term holdings, United States Treasury securities, balances in any money market fund, unsettled cash from open transactions and variation margin held in the Account for futures transactions.
Prior to Noon	Parametric posts a daily tracking report to a secure client portal and notifies ABA when the report is available. Parametric contacts ABA if report will be delayed.
During market hours	In accordance with the Agreement and any subsequent ABA instruction, Parametric calculates 100% of Liquid Assets as the amount to be equitized and calculates the number of futures contracts to be purchased or sold for each Fund. Number of contracts is determined by size of Liquid Assets in each Fund and type of contract is specified in Section V below.
During market hours	Parametric executes trades with one or more FCMs or one or more executing brokers, to be cleared at one or more approved FCMs, as specified in Section VI below.
During business day	Parametric electronically receives trade confirmation data from FCMs. All trade data is confirmed. Trade information is processed.
Prior to 9am (next day)	Parametric sends daily calculations of variation margin to MFG which confirms these calculations with the statements received from the FCMs.

IV.

Eligible Funds

See Schedule B of the Agreement

V.

List of Approved Futures Contracts by Fund

 

Portfolio		Futures Contracts		FCM
Balanced Fund		S&P 500
Bridgeway Large Cap Growth Fund		S&P 500
Bridgeway Large Cap Value Fund		S&P 500
Diversified Fund		See below*
International Equity		MSCIEAFE
Large Cap Value Small		S&P 500
Cap Value		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2000
The London Company Income Equity		S&P 500

 

*  The Diversified Fund cash balances may be equitized using the following contracts. Each contract shall be weighted to track the MSC! All Country World Index.

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S&P 500 Mini Index Futures

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MSC! EAFE Mini Index Futures

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MSC/Emerging Markets Index Futures

 

VI.

List of Approved Futures Commission Merchants

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	VII.	List of Approved US Treasury Dealers
		Dealer

Bank of America ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc./Salomon Brothers

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Company Inc.

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Nomura Securities International

RBC Capital Markets LLC

Societe Generale

▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo

 

(Signature page follows)

	ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY:
	AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
	On behalf of its series on Schedule B of the Agreement, and
	AMERICAN BEACON INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS TRUST
	On behalf of its series on Schedule B of the Agreement
	By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	President
	ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY:
	AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS
	By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Sr. Vice President
	ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY:
	PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC
	By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
	Title:	CIO