EX-99.(D)(2) 2 d193474dex99d2.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED APPENDIX A Amended and Restated Appendix A

Exhibit (d)(2)

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 8, 2016:

 

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

      0.27 % 

FlexShares® Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund

      0.42 % 

FlexShares® Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund

      0.65 % 

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

      0.48 % 

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

      0.20 % 

FlexShares® iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund

      0.20 % 

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

      0.47 % 

FlexShares® Currency Hedged Morningstar EM Factor Tilt Index Fund

      0.70 % 

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 % 

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

 

FLEXSHARES TRUST
By:  

/s/ Peter K. Ewing

Title:   Vice President

 

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NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Peter K. Ewing

Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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