PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(l)(27)
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 August 3, 2007.
| NORTHERN FUNDS |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| XXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
