FlexShares Currency Hedged Morningstar DM ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund — new fund registration

FlexShares Trust registered 2 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2015-08-21. Featured series: FlexShares Currency Hedged Morningstar DM ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: FlexShares Trust
CIK: 0001491978
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2015-08-21
State of incorporation: MD
Accession: 0001193125-15-299035
Reported net assets: $6.1M

Series & classes (2)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
FlexShares Currency Hedged Morningstar DM ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund	FlexShares Currency Hedged Morningstar DM ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund	—	Yes
FlexShares Currency Hedged Morningstar EM Factor Tilt Index Fund	FlexShares Currency Hedged Morningstar EM Factor Tilt Index Fund	—	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.00%
Gross expense ratio: 0.84%
Management fee: 0.44%
Net expense ratio: 0.44%
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®Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Hedged Index SM (the “Underlying Index”).

Advisers

NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC. (Advisor)