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FlexShares Launches US Quality Large Cap Index ETF

FlexShares® Exchange Traded Funds, sponsored and managed by Northern Trust, today introduced the FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund (NASDAQ: QLC), an equity portfolio that pursues long-term growth potential from a universe of large cap equities. The fund combines quality, value and momentum factors provide dividend income while controlling for market risk.

The FlexShares® US Quality Large Cap Index Fund features:

  • An accessible and efficient investment product which provides exposure to U.S. large cap equities
  • Ranks securities by quality, value and momentum factors
  • Optimization to maximize exposure to the factors, with sector, style and security level constraints to maintain a similar profile to the universe
  • An index-based strategy with competitive fees

"Our empirically-based proprietary approach to investing in high quality companies is the foundation of the investment strategy," said Shundrawn A. Thomas, head of Northern Trust's Funds and Managed Accounts Group. "The FlexShares® Quality Large Cap Index fund also offers targeted exposure to value and momentum factors providing investors with an efficient multi-factor core equity portfolio holding."

The underlying index is the Northern Trust Quality Large Cap Index. It is designed to measure the performance of a universe of large capitalization securities which demonstrate characteristics of better quality, attractive valuation and positive momentum.

For more information, please visit www.flexshares.com.

Before investing, carefully consider the FlexShares investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the prospectus, a copy of which may be obtained by visiting www.flexshares.com. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Foreside Fund Services, LLC, distributor.

About FlexShares

FlexShares Exchange Traded Funds are designed to pursue specific investment goals across both passive and active strategies. FlexShares offers differentiated ETF strategies that improve and simplify the investment decision process for the long-term investor. For more information, please visit flexshares.com. Follow us on Twitter @FlexSharesETFs.

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust has offices in the United States in 19 states and Washington, D.C., and 20 international locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of June 30, 2015, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$6.2 trillion, and assets under management of US$946 billion. For more than 125 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation. Visit northerntrust.com or follow us on Twitter @NorthernTrust.

Northern Trust Corporation, Head Office: 50 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S.A., incorporated with limited liability in the U.S. Global legal and regulatory information can be found at http://www.northerntrust.com/disclosures.

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: asset class; commodity; concentration; counterparty; currency; derivatives; dividend; emerging markets; equity securities; fluctuation of yield; foreign securities; geographic; income; industry concentration; inflation-protected securities; infrastructure-related companies; interest rate / maturity risk; issuer; large cap; management; market; market trading; mid cap stock; MLP; momentum; natural resources; new funds; non-diversification; passive investment; privatization; small cap stock; tracking error; value investing; and volatility risk. A full description of risks is in the prospectus.

In addition, FlexShares US Quality Large Cap Index Fund is passively managed and uses a representative sampling strategy to track its underlying index. Use of a representative sampling strategy creates tracking risk where the Fund’s performance could vary substantially from the performance of the underlying index. Additionally, the Fund is at increased dividend risk, as the issuers of the underlying stock might not declare a dividend, or the dividend rate may not remain at current levels. The Fund is also is at increased risk of industry concentration, where it may be more than 25% invested in the assets of a single industry. Finally, the Fund may also be subject to increased volatility risk, where volatility may not equal the target of the underlying index.

Contacts:

For FlexShares Exchange Traded Funds
Media Contacts:
Doug Holt
312-557-1571
Doug_Holt@ntrs.com
or
Liz LaBeau
312-240-3150
Liz.LaBeau@Edelman.com
www.flexshares.com
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