0001193125-16-500061 Sample Contracts

NORTHERN FUNDS FORM OF SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT Active M U.S. Equity Fund

Sub-Advisory Agreement • March 10th, 2016 • Northern Funds • Illinois

• Contract Type
  Sub-Advisory Agreement
• Filed
  March 10th, 2016
• Company
  Northern Funds
• Jurisdiction
  Illinois

Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) entered into as of the day of , 2016, by and among Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (the “Adviser”), and Polen Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Adviser”).

FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Purchase Agreement • March 10th, 2016 • Northern Funds

• Contract Type
  Purchase Agreement
• Filed
  March 10th, 2016
• Company
  Northern Funds

FORM OF CUSTODY AGREEMENT AMENDED AND RESTATED SCHEDULE C FEES Dated: [ ], 2016

Custody Agreement • March 10th, 2016 • Northern Funds

• Contract Type
  Custody Agreement
• Filed
  March 10th, 2016
• Company
  Northern Funds

AMENDMENT NO. 37 TO THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF NORTHERN FUNDS (a Delaware statutory trust)

Amendment to the Declaration of Trust • March 10th, 2016 • Northern Funds

• Contract Type
  Amendment to the Declaration of Trust
• Filed
  March 10th, 2016
• Company
  Northern Funds

This Amendment No. 37 (the “Amendment”) to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Northern Funds (the “Trust”) amends, effective August 21, 2015 the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of February 7, 2000, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”).