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Fixed Income

Risk Management

FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund

For investors seeking the inflation-hedging attributes of TIPS with targeted duration exposure.

FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index (Underlying Index).

$24.04 (-0.33%)

$24.03

0.18%

$27.56/$23.32

OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY

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INDEX STRATEGY

iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index

Diagraming the index process

FUND FOCUS

Understanding TIPS & Duration Management

In depth discussion of the index and fund process

RESOURCES

RESOURCES

Fact Sheet Daily Holdings Monthly Holdings Summary Prospectus Prospectus SAI Semiannual Report Annual Report iXBRL Archive Tax Form 8937 NAIC Designations Capital Gains ICI Primary Layout ICI Secondary Layout Qualified Interest Income NRA Form 8937 Distributions

Fact Sheet

pdf

Daily Holdings

csv

Monthly Holdings

csv

Summary Prospectus

Prospectus

SAI

Semiannual Report

Annual Report

iXBRL Archive

Tax Form 8937

pdf

NAIC Designations

pdf

Capital Gains

pdf

ICI Primary Layout

xls

ICI Secondary Layout

xls

Qualified Interest Income

pdf

NRA

xlsx

Form 8937

pdf

Distributions

csv

 Tax & Legal Documents Archive

INDEX

The iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index measures the performance of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) as determined by Markit iBoxx's proprietary index methodology. The iBoxx index methodology targets a modified adjusted duration of 5.0 years and defines the eligible universe of TIPS as having no less than one year and no more than ten years until maturity as of the Index determination date. A proprietary regression calculation is then used to determine the modified adjusted duration of the TIPS and weight the TIPS in the Index at a modified adjusted duration level within a range of 5.0 years, plus or minus 5% within Index constraints. One cannot invest directly in an index.

Index Methodology

Before investing, carefully consider the FlexShares investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the prospectus and a summary prospectus, copies of which may be obtained on this website. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest. Foreside Fund Services, LLC, distributor.

An investment in FlexShares is subject to numerous risks, including possible loss of principal. Fund returns may not match the return of the respective indexes. The Funds are subject to the following principal risks: ESG Investing; corporate bond; concentration; Income; currency; derivatives; LIBOR; emerging markets; equity securities; fluctuation of yield; foreign securities; geographic; industry concentration; interest rate / maturity risk; issuer; large cap; management; market; market trading; new funds; non-diversification; passive investment; privatization; small cap stock; tracking error; turnover; Authorized Participant Concentration; liquidity; high yield and volatility risk. A full description of risks is in the prospectus.

Individual investors should contact their financial advisor or broker dealer representative for more information on FlexShares ETFs.

Investment Products and Services are:

Not FDIC INSURED May lose value No bank guarantee

All registered investment companies, including FlexShares, are obliged to distribute portfolio gains to shareholders at year-end regardless of performance. Trading FlexShares Funds will also generate tax consequences and transaction expenses. The information provided is not intended to be tax advice. Tax consequences of dividend distributions may vary by individual taxpayer.

The FlexShares Funds, registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Funds") are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC, not affiliated with Northern Trust.

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FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund (TDTF) is passively managed and primarily uses a replication strategy to track its underlying index. Use of a replication strategy creates tracking risk where the Fund’s performance could vary substantially from the performance of the underlying index along with the risk of high portfolio turnover. It may invest in derivative instruments. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate with the underlying asset, rate or index and the Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested. The Fund is subject to fluctuation of yield risk, income risk, inflation protected security risk and interest rate/maturity risk. The Fund is non-diversified meaning the Fund performance may depend on the performance of a small number of issuers because the Fund may invest a large percentage of its assets in securities issued by or representing a small number of issuers.

The iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index is the intellectual property (including registered trademarks) of Markit iBoxx and/or its licensors ("Licensors"), which is used under license. The securities based on the Index are in no way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Markit iBoxx and its Licensors and neither of the Licensors shall have any liability with respect thereto.

All data provided by: Northern Trust, J.P. Morgan, Refinitiv and Morningstar.