This Amendment No. 135 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement of Northern Institutional Funds (the “Registrant”) on Form N-1A is being filed under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) to amend and supplement Amendment No. 134 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on July 31, 2023 under the 1940 Act (Accession No. 0001193125-23-199379) (“Amendment No. 134”), as
pertaining to Part B of the Liquid Assets Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), a series of the Registrant.
Shares of beneficial interest in this Portfolio are not registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), in accordance with Regulation D under the 1933 Act. This Amendment is not offering to sell, or soliciting any offer to buy, any security to the public within the meaning of the 1933
Act.
This Amendment relates only to the Portfolio and does not incorporate by reference the currently effective Part A and
Part B for the Registrant’s other series.
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (“SAI”) AMENDMENT
At a meeting held November 15, 2023, the Board of Trustees of Northern Institutional Funds approved the removal of the Portfolio’s non-fundamental policy relating to borrowing. Accordingly, effective November 17, 2023, the following non-fundamental investment policy on page 25 of the SAI is deleted:
Notwithstanding Investment Restriction No. 8, the Portfolio intends, as a non-fundamental
policy, to limit all borrowings to no more than 25% of the Portfolio’s total assets (including the amount borrowed).
Please retain
this amendment with your SAI for future reference.
ITEM29.PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE
REGISTRANT
Northern Institutional Funds (the “Registrant”) is controlled by its Board of Trustees. As of the date of this Registration
Statement, Northern Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust, is under common control with the Registrant.
ITEM30.INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3 of Article IV of the Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated July 1, 1997, as amended, provides for indemnification of
the Registrant’s Trustees and officers under certain circumstances. The Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated by reference herein.
Each
Management Agreement includes Section 11 between the Registrant and Northern Trust Investments, Inc., the investment adviser for each series of the Registrant (the “Investment Adviser” or “NTI”) which provides for
indemnification of NTI as it relates to advisory services it provides to the Registrant or, in lieu thereof, contribution by the Registrant, under certain circumstances.
Section 11 of each Management Agreement also provides for indemnification of NTI as it relates to
administration services and duties, against all claims except those resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of NTI, or NTI’s breach of confidentiality. The Management Agreements are incorporated by
reference herein.
Section 3 of the Placement Agency Agreement and Distribution Agreement between the Registrant and Northern Funds Distributors, LLC
(“NFD”) provides that the Registrant will indemnify NFD against certain liabilities relating to untrue statements, or alleged untrue statements, or omissions of material fact except those resulting from the reliance on information
furnished to the Registrant by NFD, or those resulting from NFD’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties and obligations, or by reason of NFD’s reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under
the Placement Agency Agreement or Distribution Agreement, or NFD’s breach of confidentiality. Section 3 of the Placement Agency Agreement and Distribution Agreement also provides that NFD will indemnify the Trustees and officers of the
Registrant against certain liabilities relating to untrue statements, or alleged untrue statements, or omissions of material fact resulting from the reliance on information furnished to the Registrant by NFD, and those liabilities resulting from
NFD’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under the Placement Agency Agreement and Distribution Agreement, respectively, or NFD’s breach of its confidentiality obligations under
the Placement Agency Agreement and Distribution Agreement, respectively. The Placement Agency Agreement and Distribution Agreement are incorporated by reference herein.
A mutual fund trustee and officer liability policy purchased by the Registrant insures the Registrant and its Trustees and officers, subject to the
policy’s coverage limits and exclusions and varying deductibles, against loss resulting from claims by reason of any act, error, omission, misstatement, misleading statement, neglect or breach of duty.
ITEM31.BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISER
Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (“NTI”), an indirect subsidiary of Northern Trust Corporation, serves as investment adviser of each of the
Portfolios. NTI is referred to as the “Investment Adviser.” NTI is an Illinois State Banking Corporation and an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. It primarily manages assets for
institutional and individual separately managed accounts, investment companies and bank common and collective funds. Northern Trust Corporation is regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as a financial holding company under
the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. NTI is located at 50 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois60603. Set forth below is a list of officers and directors of NTI, together with information as to any other business, profession,
vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by such officers and directors during the past two years. The tables below were provided to the Registrant by the Investment Adviser for inclusion in this Registration Statement.
Name and Position with
Investment Adviser (NTI)
Name of Other Company
Position with Other Company
Abunassar, John
Director and Executive Vice
President
The Northern Trust Company
Executive Vice President
Carroll, Stephen Elliott
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
Vice President and Anti-Money
Laundering Compliance Officer
50 South Capital Advisors, LLC
Belvedere
Advisors LLC
AML Compliance Officer
AML Compliance
Officer
Del Real, Jose J.
Assistant Secretary
The Northern Trust Company
Assistant General Counsel and Senior Vice President
Ewing, Peter K.
Director and Senior Vice
President
The Northern Trust Company
Senior Vice President
Name and Position with
Investment Adviser (NTI)
Name of Other Company
Position with Other Company
Gamba, Daniel
Director, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
The Northern Trust Company
Executive Vice President and
President –
Asset Management
Hawkins, Sheri B.
Director and Executive
Vice
President
None
None
Kumar, Archana
Director, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer
None
None
Manioudakis, Angelo
Director, Chief Investment
Officer and Executive Vice President
None
None
McInerney, Joseph W.
Senior Vice President and
Chief Risk Officer
None
None
Teufel, Maya G.
Senior Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer
None
None
Wojnar, Darek
Director and Executive Vice
President
The Northern Trust Company
Executive Vice President
ITEM32.PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS
(a)
Northern Funds Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”) serves as principal underwriter for the
following investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (other than the Registrant):
1.
Northern Funds
(b)
The following are the Officers and Manager of the Distributor, the Registrant’s underwriter, none of whom
serve as an officer of the Registrant. The Distributor’s main business address is Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine04101.
The location of accounts and records was provided in the most recent report on Form N-CEN filed by the Registrant.
ITEM34.MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Not Applicable.
ITEM35.UNDERTAKINGS
Not Applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 135 to its Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois on the 17th day of November, 2023.