EXHIBIT H(15)
FORM OF
NORTHERN FUNDS
ADDENDUM NO. 13 TO THE TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT
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This Addendum, dated as of the __th day of August, 2000, is entered into
between NORTHERN FUNDS (the "Trust"), a Delaware business trust, and THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, an Illinois state bank (the "Transfer Agent").
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Transfer Agent are parties to a Transfer Agency
Agreement dated as of April 1, 1994 and subsequently amended (the "Transfer
Agency Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Transfer Agent wish to amend the Transfer Agency
Agreement to provide expressly that the Trust will reimburse the Transfer Agent
for certain expenses that it may incur.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
1. The Agreement is hereby amended to include the following provision:
Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. Subject to such procedures as the
Board of Trustees may adopt from time to time, Northern shall be
entitled to reimbursement from the Trust for its reasonable out-of-
pocket expenses (including legal expenses and costs of investigation)
incurred in connection with claims, proceedings and potential or
actual litigation instituted by persons other than Northern that
relate to the disposition of shares or other assets held in
shareholder accounts.
2. Except to the extent supplemented hereby, the Transfer Agency
Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is
hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects as supplemented hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Addendum as of the
date and year first above written.
All signatures need not appear on the same copy of this Addendum.
NORTHERN FUNDS
Attest: By:
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Attest: THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By:
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