PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit (l)(33)
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 Tax-Advantaged Ultra-Short Fixed Income Fund (the “Tax-Advantaged Ultra-Short Fixed Income Shares”) for $10.00 per share. The Trust hereby acknowledges receipt from the Purchaser of funds in full payment for the Tax-Advantaged Ultra-Short Fixed Income Shares.
2. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Trust that the Tax-Advantaged Ultra-Short Fixed Income 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 May 8, 2009.
| NORTHERN FUNDS | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| XXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |
