As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2012
Securities Act of 1933 File No. 333-173967
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-22555
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 x
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 x
Amendment No. 27 x
(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)
FLEXSHARES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
50 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
800-595-9111
(Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Name and Address of Agent for Service: | with a copy to: | |
Diana E. McCarthy, Esq. | Peter K. Ewing | |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | Craig R. Carberry, Esq. | |
One Logan Square, Ste. 2000 | Northern Trust Investments, Inc. | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-6996 | 50 South LaSalle Street | |
Chicago, Illinois 60603 |
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
x | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
¨ | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
¨ | this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois on the 3rd day of October 2012.
FLEXSHARES TRUST | ||||
By: |
/s/ Shundrawn A. Thomas | |||
Shundrawn A. Thomas | ||||
Trustee and President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to Registrants Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name |
Title |
Date | ||||||||
* Sarah N. Garvey |
Trustee | October 3, 2012 | ||||||||
Sarah N. Garvey | ||||||||||
* Philip G. Hubbard |
Trustee | October 3, 2012 | ||||||||
Philip G. Hubbard | ||||||||||
* Eric T. McKissack |
Trustee | October 3, 2012 | ||||||||
Eric T. McKissack | ||||||||||
/s/ Shundrawn A. Thomas |
Trustee and President | October 3, 2012 | ||||||||
Shundrawn A. Thomas | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||
/s/ Randal Rein |
Treasurer | October 3, 2012 | ||||||||
Randal Rein | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
* By: |
/s/ Diana E. McCarthy | |
Diana E. McCarthy | ||
Attorney-In-Fact, pursuant to power of attorney |
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-101.INS XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase