

If you're more of an aggressive investor looking for the growth potential offered by the stocks of smaller companies, then the Northern Small Cap Core Fund may be the right choice for you. Our experienced investment team follows a quantitative-managed, core style investment strategy to select stocks based on a statistical analysis of historical relationships among small-cap characteristics, stock prices and market capitalization ranges. The Fund invests in a highly diversified portfolio consistent with small-cap core benchmarks and uses a screening process designed to reduce exposure to stocks with negative fundamentals.
Fund Objective: Capital Appreciation
Fund Objective: Capital Appreciation
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Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than that shown here.
The Advisor has agreed to reimburse certain expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses; a portion of the compensation paid to each Trustee who is not an officer, director or employee of Northern Trust Corporation or its subsidiaries; expenses related to third-party consultants engaged by the Board of Trustees of the Trust; membership dues paid to the Investment Company Institute and Mutual Fund Directors Forum; extraordinary expenses; and interest, if any) to the extent the "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement" exceed 0.75%. The contractual limitation may not be terminated before July 31, 2013 without the approval of the Board of Trustees. In the absence of fee waivers, yield, total return, growth since inception and dividends would have been reduced. Total return is based on net change in NAV assuming reinvestment of distributions.
Disclosure
The Advisor has agreed to reimburse certain expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses; a portion of the compensation paid to each Trustee who is not an officer, director or employee of Northern Trust Corporation or its subsidiaries; expenses related to third-party consultants engaged by the Board of Trustees of the Trust; membership dues paid to the Investment Company Institute and Mutual Fund Directors Forum; extraordinary expenses; and interest, if any) to the extent the "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement" exceed 0.75%. The contractual limitation may not be terminated before July 31, 2013 without the approval of the Board of Trustees. In the absence of fee waivers, yield, total return, growth since inception and dividends would have been reduced. Total return is based on net change in NAV assuming reinvestment of distributions.
Disclosure


| Gross Expense Ratio | Net Expense Ratio‡ | |
| Small Cap Core (NSGRX) | 1.21% | 0.76% |
| ‡Includes contractual expense reimbursements that, if not extended, will end on July 31, 2013. |
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| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
| Small Cap Core | 17.12% | -2.49% | 25.58% | 33.14% | -40.03% |
| Russell 2000 Index | 16.35% | -4.18% | 26.85% | 27.16% | -33.79% |
| Morningstar Category Avg. Small Blend | 15.46% | -4.07% | 25.61% | 31.80% | -36.56% |
| Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. | |||||
| Number of Holdings | 1734 |
| Portfolio Turnover | 12.33% (as of 3/31/12) |
| Dividend Schedule | Annually |
| Dividend Income Last Quarter | N/A |
| Capital Gain Income Last Quarter | N/A |
| Weighted Average Market Cap ($Mil) | $1,624 |
| Benchmark | Russell 2000 Index |
| Morningstar Category | Small Blend |
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| All data is as of date indicated and subject to change. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||


as of April 30, 2013
| Small Cap Core Fund | Russell 2000 Index | |
| Beta | 0.95 | 1.00 |
| Up Market Capture | 97.71 | 100.00 |
| Down Market Capture | 93.84 | 100.00 |
| Information Ratio | 1.09 | 0.00 |
| *Above risk characteristics are based on a 3-year time period | ||



























