EX-99.(D)(2) 2 d746428dex99d2.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED APPENDIX A Amended and Restated Appendix A

AMENDED AND RESTATED APPENDIX A

TO THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND ANCILLARY SERVICES AGREEMENT

BETWEEN FLEXSHARES® TRUST AND NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC.,

DATED AUGUST 23, 2011

Intending to be legally bound, the undersigned hereby amend and restate Appendix A to the aforesaid Agreement to include the following investment portfolios as of June 14, 2019:

 

 

Name of Fund

   

 

Investment Advisory Fee

 

(expressed as a percentage of each Fund’s average

 

daily net assets)

   
FlexShares® Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt Index Fund    0.25%
   
FlexShares® Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund    0.39%
   
FlexShares® Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund    0.59%
   
FlexShares® Quality Dividend Index Fund    0.37%
   
FlexShares® Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund    0.37%
   
FlexShares® Quality Dividend Dynamic Index Fund    0.37%
   
FlexShares® International Quality Dividend Index Fund    0.47%
   
FlexShares® International Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund    0.47%
   
FlexShares® International Quality Dividend Dynamic Index Fund    0.47%
   
FlexShares® Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund    0.46%
   
FlexShares® STOXX® Global Broad Infrastructure Index Fund    0.47%
   
FlexShares® Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund    0.45%
   
FlexShares® iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund      0.18%
   
FlexShares® iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund      0.18%

   
FlexShares® Disciplined Duration MBS Index Fund    0.20%
   
FlexShares® Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund    0.22%
   
FlexShares® Credit-Scored US Long Corporate Bond Index Fund    0.22%
   
FlexShares® US Quality Large Cap Index Fund    0.32%
   
FlexShares® Currency Hedged Morningstar DM ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund    0.44%
   
FlexShares® Currency Hedged Morningstar EM Factor Tilt Index Fund    0.64%
   
FlexShares® Real Assets Allocation Index Fund    0.57%
   
FlexShares® STOXX® US ESG Impact Index Fund    0.32%
   
FlexShares® STOXX® Global ESG Impact Index Fund    0.42%
   
FlexShares® Ready Access Variable Income Fund    0.25%
   
FlexShares® Core Select Bond Fund    0.35%
   
FlexShares® High Yield Value-Scored Bond Index Fund    0.37%
   
FlexShares® US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund    0.22%
   
FlexShares® Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund    0.32%
   
FlexShares® Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility Index Fund    0.40%

 All signatures need not appear on the same copy of this Amended and Restated Appendix A.

 

FLEXSHARES® TRUST
By:   /s/ Peter K. Ewing                        
Title:   President
NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC.
By:   /s/ Peter K. Ewing                        
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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