Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2007

Registration No. 333-            


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM S-8

Registration Statement

under

The Securities Act of 1933

 


NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   36-2723087

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Fifty South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

AMENDED AND RESTATED

NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION

2002 STOCK PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

Kelly R. Welsh

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Fifty South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

(Name and address of agent for service)

(312) 630-6000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Securities to be Registered   

Amount

to be

registered

  

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per share

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price

 

Amount of

registration fee

Common Stock, $1.66-2/3 par value per share (including associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)    18,000,000
shares
   $64.00 (1)   $1,152,000,000 (1)   $35,366.40 (1)(2)

(1) Computed on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on July 24, 2007 pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 



REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES – STATEMENT PURSUANT TO

GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8

The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-86418) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 17, 2002 registering Common Stock issuable under the Plan is hereby incorporated by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

The Exhibits filed herewith are set forth on the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.

 

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SIGNATURES

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on July 20, 2007.

 

NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION  
(Registrant)  
By:  

/s/ William A. Osborn

 
  William A. Osborn  
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ William A. Osborn

  Chairman of the Board, Chief   July 20, 2007
William A. Osborn   Executive Officer and Director  

Steven L. Fradkin*

  Executive Vice President and   July 20, 2007
Steven L. Fradkin   Chief Financial Officer  

Aileen B. Blake*

  Executive Vice President and   July 20, 2007
Aileen B. Blake   Controller (Chief Accounting Officer)  

Linda Walker Bynoe*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Linda Walker Bynoe    

Nicholas D. Chabraja*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Nicholas D. Chabraja    

Susan Crown*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Susan Crown    

Dipak C. Jain*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Dipak C. Jain    


Arthur L. Kelly*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Arthur L. Kelly    

Robert C. McCormack *

  Director   July 20, 2007
Robert C. McCormack    

Edward J. Mooney *

  Director   July 20, 2007
Edward J. Mooney    

John W. Rowe*

  Director   July 20, 2007
John W. Rowe    

Harold B. Smith*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Harold B. Smith    

William D. Smithburg*

  Director   July 20, 2007
William D. Smithburg    

Enrique J. Sosa*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Enrique J. Sosa    

Charles A. Tribbett III*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Charles A. Tribbett III    

Frederick H. Waddell*

  Director   July 20, 2007
Frederick H. Waddell    
*By:  

/s/ Kelly R. Welsh

 
  Kelly R. Welsh  
  Attorney-in-Fact  
  (Pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed as Exhibits to this Registration Statement)  


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

4.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2006, File No. 0-5965)
4.2    By-laws, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2007, File No. 0-5965)
5    Opinion of Counsel
23.1    Consent of Counsel (Contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
23.2    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24    Powers of Attorney