EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001193125-12-437151

Form 497 - Definitive materials

SEC Accession No. 0001193125-12-437151

Filing Date

2012-10-26

Accepted

2012-10-26 13:47:45

Documents

Filing Date Changed

2012-10-26

Effectiveness Date

2012-10-26

Document Format Files

Seq	Description	Document	Type	Size
1	FLEXSHARES TRUST	d422795d497.htm	497	5049
	Complete submission text file	0001193125-12-437151.txt		959314

Data Files

Seq	Description	Document	Type	Size
2	XBRL INSTANCE DOCUMENT	fst5-20121010.xml	EX-101.INS	29236
3	XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION SCHEMA	fst5-20121010.xsd	EX-101.SCH	7959
4	XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION CALCULATION LINKBASE	fst5-20121010_cal.xml	EX-101.CAL	4462
5	XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION DEFINITION LINKBASE	fst5-20121010_def.xml	EX-101.DEF	232923
6	XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE	fst5-20121010_lab.xml	EX-101.LAB	132569
7	XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE	fst5-20121010_pre.xml	EX-101.PRE	156858

Series and Classes/Contracts Information:

Existing
	Status	Name	Ticker Symbol
CIK 0001491978
Series S000035596		FlexShares Ready Access Variable Income Fund
Class/Contract C000109007		FlexShares Ready Access Variable Income Fund	RAVI

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