FEEM Stock, FlexShares ESG & Climate Emerging Markets Core Index Fund Information

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust ESG & Climate Emerging Markets Core IndexSM (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that exhibit certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics, while also seeking to provide broad-market, core exposure to publicly traded equity securities issued by companies domiciled in emerging market countries. The Underlying Index is designed to minimize tracking differences relative to the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Large Cap IndexSM (the Parent Index) while also seeking (a) an aggregate higher scoring of certain ESG characteristics, as measured by the Northern Trust ESG Vector Score (ESG Vector Score) described below, and (b) reduction of aggregate climate-related risk, as measured by certain carbon-related risk metrics, each relative to the Parent Index.