NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION (Delaware corporation)Purchase Agreement • November 9th, 2007 • Northern Trust Corp • State commercial banks • New York
Northern Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in said Schedule A of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.20% Notes due November 9, 2012 (the “Securities”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of August 15, 2006 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as succ
