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 December 20, 2024:

 

     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

   0.57%

FlexShares® Quality Dividend Index Fund

   0.37%

FlexShares® Quality Dividend Defensive 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

   0.15%

 

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FlexShares® Credit-Scored US Long Corporate Bond Index Fund

   0.15%

FlexShares® US Quality Large Cap Index Fund

   0.25%

FlexShares® Real Assets Allocation Index Fund

   0.49%

FlexShares® STOXX® US ESG Select Index Fund

   0.32%

FlexShares® STOXX® Global ESG Select Index Fund

   0.42%

FlexShares® Ultra-Short 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

   0.08%

FlexShares® Developed Markets ex-US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund

   0.12%

FlexShares® Emerging Markets Quality Low Volatility Index Fund

   0.18%

FlexShares® ESG & Climate US Large Cap Core Index Fund

   0.09%

FlexShares® ESG & Climate Developed Markets ex-US Core Index Fund

   0.12%
  

FlexShares® ESG & Climate Investment Grade Corporate Core Index Fund

   0.12%

 

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

 

FLEXSHARES TRUST
By:     LOGO
 

 

Name: Kevin P. O’Rourke
Title: President
NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC.
By:     LOGO
 

 

Name: Kevin P. O’Rourke
Title: Senior Vice President

 

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