FLEXSHARES® TRUST

 

FLEXSHARES® FAMILY OF INDEX ETFS

 

SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 1, 2020

 

TO THE SUMMARY PROSPECTUSES DATED MARCH 1, 2020, AS SUPPLEMENTED

 

Effective immediately, each Summary Prospectus is updated as follows:

 

1. The following sentence is added to “PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES” section for each Fund:

 

The Underlying Index of the Fund will be rebalanced or reconstituted as described above under normal market conditions. During periods of market disruption or other abnormal market conditions, the rebalancing or reconstitution of the Fund’s Underlying Index may be delayed.

 

2. The Market Risk factor under the heading “PRINCIPAL RISKS” in each Fund’s summary section is deleted and restated as follows:

 

MARKET RISK is the risk that the value of the Fund’s investments may increase or decrease in response to expected, real or perceived economic, political or financial events in the U.S. or global markets. The frequency and magnitude of such changes in value cannot be predicted. Certain securities and other investments held by the Fund may experience increased volatility, illiquidity, or other potentially adverse effects in response to changing market conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond or equity markets, or volatility in the equity markets. Market disruptions caused by local or regional events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness (including epidemics and pandemics) or other public health issues, recessions or other events or adverse investor sentiment could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and could result in the Fund’s shares trading at increased premiums or discounts to the Fund’s net asset value. A recent outbreak of COVID-19, a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus, has negatively affected the worldwide economy, the financial health of individual companies and the market in significant and unforeseen ways. The future impact of COVID-19 is currently unknown. The effects to public health, business and market conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic may have a significant negative impact on the performance of the Fund’s investments. During periods of market disruption or other abnormal market conditions, the Fund’s exposure to the risks described elsewhere in this summary will likely increase. Market disruptions, regulatory restrictions or other abnormal market conditions could have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track its Underlying Index or cause delays in the Underlying Index’s rebalancing or reconstitution schedule. During any such delay, it is possible that the Underlying Index and, in turn, the Fund will deviate from the Underlying Index’s stated methodology and therefore experience returns different than those that would have been achieved under a normal rebalancing or reconstitution schedule. Because the Fund is designed to maintain a high level of exposure to its Underlying Index at all times, it will not take any steps to invest defensively or otherwise reduce the risk of loss during market downturns.

 

Market risk includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as growth or value, may underperform the market generally. The market value of the securities in which the Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected. Securities markets may experience great short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and a foreign market may move in the opposite direction from the U.S. market. Price changes may be temporary or last for extended periods. You could lose money over short periods due to

 

 

 

 

fluctuation in the market prices of the Fund’s shares in response to market movements, and over longer periods during market downturns.

 

Please retain this Supplement with your Summary Prospectus for future reference.

 

 

 

 

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