FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund — new fund registration

FlexShares Trust registered 1 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2013-09-09. Featured series: FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: FlexShares Trust
CIK: 0001491978
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2013-09-09
State of incorporation: MD
Accession: 0001193125-13-361423
Reported net assets: $383.0M

Series & classes (1)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund	FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund	GQRE	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.00%
Gross expense ratio: 0.46%
Management fee: 0.45%
Net expense ratio: 0.45%
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 Northern Trust Global Quality Real Estate Index SM (the Underlying Index).

Advisers

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Advisor)