Exhibit (l)(27)
FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Northern Funds (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust, and Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxx (the "Purchaser"), hereby agree as follows:
1. The Trust hereby offers the Purchaser and the Purchaser hereby purchases
ten shares of the Short-Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund (the "Short-Intermediate
Tax-Exempt Shares") for $10.00 per share. The Trust hereby acknowledges receipt
from the Purchaser of funds in full payment for the Short-Intermediate
Tax-Exempt Shares.
2. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Trust that the
Short-Intermediate Tax-Exempt Shares are being acquired for investment purposes
and not with a view to the distribution thereof.
IN AGREEMENT WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto have executed this Agreement as of _______ ___, 2007.
NORTHERN FUNDS
By:
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XXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX
By:
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