EX-99.(D)(7) 4 d443287dex99d7.htm EX-99.(D)(7) EX-99.(d)(7)

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 January 1, 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

 

- 1 -


                         

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

       0.17

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 Investment Grade Corporate Core Index Fund

       0.12

 

- 2 -


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

 

FLEXSHARES TRUST
By:   LOGO
 

 

Name: Peter K. Ewing
Title: President
NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC.
By:   LOGO
 

 

Name: Peter K. Ewing
Title: Senior Vice President

 

- 3 -