FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund — new fund registration

FlexShares Trust registered 5 new fund series on Form N-1A, filed 2011-05-05. Featured series: FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: FlexShares Trust
CIK: 0001491978
Form: N-1A
Filed: 2011-05-05
State of incorporation: MD
Accession: 0001193125-11-128806
Reported net assets: $2.0B

Series & classes (5)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund	Flexshares US Equity Core Portfolio Fund	TILT	Yes
FlexShares Morningstar Developed ex-US Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund	FlexShares World ex-US Core Equity Portfolio Fund	TLTD	Yes
FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund	FlexShares Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio Fund	TLTE	Yes
FlexShares Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund	FlexShares Natural Resources Portfolio Fund	GUNR	Yes
FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund	FlexShares US TIPS Portfolio Fund	TDTT	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.00%
Gross expense ratio: 0.26%
Management fee: 0.25%
Net expense ratio: 0.25%
Other expenses: 0.01%

Investment objective

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index SM (the Underlying Index).

Advisers

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Advisor)