TLTD — FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund ☆

The investment 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 IndexSM. The index reflects the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess greater exposure to size and value factors relative to the Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Index, a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index of companies incorporated in developed-market countries, excluding the U.S. The fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the index and in ADRs and GDRs based on the securities in the index.