FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund

FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide investors with exposure to dividend-paying companies outside the United States. The fund follows a passive, index-based approach by tracking the Northern Trust International Quality Dividend Index, which emphasizes companies with durable dividend profiles and stronger fundamental characteristics. Its portfolio is built from developed and emerging market equities and uses a quality-focused screening process that considers profitability, cash flow, and other business fundamentals alongside dividend potential. IQDF is used as an international equity income vehicle and typically holds a diversified basket of large- and mid-cap companies across sectors such as financials, healthcare, technology, and consumer industries. The fund plays a role in the market as a systematic way to access non-U.S. dividend income while aiming to reduce exposure to weaker dividend payers.