NORTHERN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS (a Delaware statutory trust) AMENDMENT NO. 21 TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
Exhibit (a)(22)
(a Delaware statutory trust)
AMENDMENT NO. 21 TO THE AGREEMENT
AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
This Amendment No. 21 (the “Amendment”) to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Northern Institutional Funds (the “Trust”) amends, effective February 15, 2013, the Agreement and Declaration of the Trust dated as of July 1, 1997, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”).
WHEREAS, under Article V, Section 2 of the Declaration of Trust, the Trustees have full power and authority, in their sole discretion and without obtaining shareholder approval, to abolish any one or more series or classes of shares; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees have voted to approve the termination of the Large Cap Index Portfolio of the Trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, The Declaration of Trust is hereby amended as follows:
1. The Large Cap Index Portfolio of the Trust is abolished and terminated.
2. All references in the Declaration of Trust to the “Declaration” shall mean the Declaration of Trust as amended by this Amendment.
3. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Declaration of Trust is hereby confirmed and remains in full force and effect.
