NORTHERN FUNDS EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(128)
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of the 30th day of June, 2014 by and between NORTHERN FUNDS (the “Trust”), a Delaware business trust and a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC. (“NTI”).
WHEREAS, NTI serves as investment adviser to the portfolios listed on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) pursuant to a Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) between the Trust and NTI dated June 30, 2014.
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement wish to provide for an undertaking by NTI to reimburse certain, but not all, of the expenses for each of the Funds set forth on Exhibit A.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. NTI shall, from the date of this Agreement, reimburse a portion of the operating expenses of each Fund set forth on Exhibit A so that after such reimbursement the total annual fund operating expenses of the Fund expressed as a percentage of average daily net assets shall not exceed the amount set forth on Exhibit A (“Expense Limit”), subject to certain excepted expenses as agreed to by the parties in writing from time to time (“Excepted Expenses”). NTI shall first reimburse management fees payable by a Fund, and then reimburse other operating expenses of such Fund to the extent the amount of difference between the Fund’s operating expenses and the Expense Limit exceeds the management fees payable by the Fund.
2. The termination date of this Agreement is July 31, 2015 (the “Initial Term”). This Agreement shall continue automatically for periods of one year (each such one year period, a “Renewal Year”). This Agreement may be terminated, as to any succeeding Renewal Year, by either party upon 60 days’ written notice prior to the end of the current Initial Term or then current Renewal Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, with respect to any Fund, at any time if it determines that such termination is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.
3. NTI acknowledges and agrees that it shall not be entitled to collect on or make a claim for reimbursed expenses that are the subject of this Agreement at any time in the future.
4. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the day and year first above written.
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President |
| NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President |
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Exhibit A
| Name of Fund |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement (expressed as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets) | |||
|
1. |
Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund | 0.30% | ||
| 2. |
Large Cap Core Fund (formerly known as the Enhanced Large Cap Fund) | 0.60% | ||
| 3. |
Large Cap Equity Fund | 0.85% | ||
| 4. |
Income Equity Fund | 1.00% | ||
| 5. |
International Equity Fund | 1.06% | ||
| 6. |
Large Cap Value Fund | 0.85% | ||
| 7. |
Large Cap Growth Fund | 0.85% | ||
| 8. |
Small Cap Core Fund | 0.75% | ||
| 9. |
Small Cap Value Fund | 1.00% | ||
| 10. |
Technology Fund | 1.25% | ||
| 11. |
Global Real Estate Index Fund | 0.50% | ||
| 12. |
Global Sustainability Index Fund | 0.30% | ||
| 13. |
International Equity Index Fund | 0.25% | ||
| 14. |
Mid Cap Index Fund | 0.15% | ||
| 15. |
Small Cap Index Fund | 0.15% | ||
| 16. |
Stock Index Fund | 0.10% | ||
| 17. |
Bond Index Fund | 0.15% | ||
| 18. |
Fixed Income Fund | 0.45% | ||
| 19. |
High Yield Fixed Income Fund | 0.80% | ||
| 20. |
Short-Intermediate U.S. Government Fund | 0.40% | ||
| 21. |
Tax-Advantaged Ultra-Short Fixed Income Fund | 0.25% | ||
| 22. |
Ultra-Short Fixed Income Fund | 0.25% | ||
| 23. |
U.S. Government Fund | 0.40% | ||
| 24. |
Arizona Tax-Exempt Fund | 0.45% | ||
| 25. |
California Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund | 0.45% | ||
| 26. |
California Tax-Exempt Fund | 0.45% | ||
| 27. |
High Yield Municipal Fund | 0.80% | ||
| 28. |
Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund | 0.45% | ||
| 29. |
Short-Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund | 0.45% | ||
| 30. |
Tax-Exempt Fund | 0.45% | ||
| 31. |
California Municipal Money Market Fund | 0.35% | ||
| 32. |
Money Market Fund | 0.35% | ||
| 33. |
Municipal Money Market Fund | 0.35% | ||
| 34. |
U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 0.35% |
| Name of Fund |
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement (expressed as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets) | |||
| 35. |
U.S. Government Select Money Market Fund | 0.35% | ||
| 36. |
Core Bond Fund | 0.40% | ||
| 37. |
Short Bond Fund | 0.40% | ||
| 38. |
U.S. Treasury Index Fund | 0.15% | ||
| 39. |
Global Tactical Asset Allocation Fund | 0.25% | ||
| 40. |
Investors Variable NAV Money Market Fund | 0.35% | ||
| 41. |
Investors Variable NAV AMT-Free Municipal Money Market Fund | 0.35% | ||
| 42. |
Investors Variable NAV U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 0.35% | ||
| 43. |
Investors Variable NAV Treasury Money Market Fund | 0.35% |
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