EX-99.(D)(3) 2 d184160dex99d3.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED APPENDIX A Amended and Restated Appendix A

Exhibit (d)(3)

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 August 20, 2021:

 

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® Real Assets Allocation Index Fund

     0.57

FlexShares® STOXX® US ESG Select Index Fund

     0.32

FlexShares® STOXX® Global ESG Select 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

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 Emerging Markets Core Index Fund

     0.18

FlexShares® ESG & Climate High Yield Corporate Core Index Fund

     0.23

FlexShares® ESG & Climate Investment Grade Corporate Core Index Fund

     0.12

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

 

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NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Peter K. Ewing

Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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