TILT

FlexShares Morningstar US Market Factors Tilt Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt IndexSM. The index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess greater exposure to size and value factors relative to the Morningstar US Market Index, a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index of U.S.-incorporated large-, mid-, small- and micro-capitalization companies. The fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in the securities of the index.