Exhibit (h)(12)
NORTHERN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
ADDENDUM NO. 9 TO THE REVISED
AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT
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This Addendum, dated as of the 31/st/ day of July, 2001 is entered into
between Northern Institutional 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 have entered into a Revised and
Restated Transfer Agency Agreement dated as of January 8, 1993, Addendum No. 1
dated July 1, 1993, Addendum No. 2 dated March 25, 1994, Addendum No. 3 dated
January 22, 1997, Addendum No. 4 dated April 22, 1997, Addendum No. 5, dated
January 27, 1998, Addendum No. 6, dated March 31, 1998, Addendum No. 7 dated
October 5, 1999 and Addendum No. 8 dated March 1, 2001 (the "Transfer Agency
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Trust appointed the Transfer Agent to act as
transfer agent with respect to each Class of shares in the Diversified Assets
Portfolio, Government Portfolio, Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Government Select
Portfolio, Equity Index Portfolio, Small Company Index Portfolio, Diversified
Growth Portfolio, Focused Growth Portfolio, U.S. Treasury Index Portfolio, U.S.
Government Securities Portfolio, Short-Intermediate Bond Portfolio, Bond
Portfolio, Intermediate Bond Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, International Growth
Portfolio, International Bond Portfolio, International Equity Index Portfolio,
Small Company Growth Portfolio, Municipal Portfolio, Mid Cap Growth Portfolio,
the Blue Chip 20 Portfolio (formerly known as the MarketPower Portfolio) and the
Core Bond Portfolio; and
WHEREAS, the Trust is establishing the Liquid Assets Portfolio (the
"Portfolio"), and it desires to retain the Transfer Agent to render transfer
agency and other services with respect to the Portfolio and each Class of shares
within the Portfolio and the record and/or beneficial owners thereof, and the
Transfer Agent is willing to render such services;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
1. Appointment. The trust hereby appoints the Transfer Agent as transfer
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agent with respect to the Portfolio on the terms and for the periods
set forth in the Transfer Agency Agreement. The Transfer Agent hereby
accepts such appointment and agrees to render the services and perform
the duties set forth in the Transfer Agency Agreement for the
compensation therein provided.
2. Capitalized Terms. From and after the date hereof, the term "Current
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Portfolios" as used in the Transfer Agency Agreement shall be deemed
to include the Liquid Assets Portfolio. Capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Transfer Agency Agreement.
3. Miscellaneous. Except to the extent supplemented hereby, the Transfer
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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
day and year first above written.
NORTHERN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
[SEAL] Title: Authorized Officer
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