At least once a year, mutual funds must distribute to shareholders any capital gains realized from selling securities within the funds. In 2012, Northern Funds paid capital gain distributions on December 19 for shareholders of record as of December 18.
The table below lists per share distribution amounts — dividends and short- and long-term gains — for Northern Funds. These amounts will also be reported on year-end statements. Northern Money Market Funds did not pay any capital gains for 2012.
|
Northern Equity Funds |
Dividend |
Long-Term Gain |
Short-Term Gain |
|
Emerging Markets Equity Index |
0.268284 |
— |
— |
|
Enhanced Large Cap |
0.077003 |
— |
— |
|
Global Real Estate Index* |
0.187840 |
— |
— |
|
Global Sustainability Index |
0.244460 |
— |
— |
|
Global Tactical Asset Allocation** |
0.029523 |
— |
— |
|
Global Tactical Asset Allocation**** |
0.037942 |
— |
— |
|
Income Equity |
0.087692 |
— |
— |
|
International Equity |
0.137508 |
— |
— |
|
International Equity Index |
0.257727 |
— |
— |
|
Large Cap Equity |
0.066402 |
— |
— |
|
Large Cap Growth |
0.051785 |
— |
— |
|
Large Cap Value |
0.277301 |
— |
— |
|
Mid Cap Index |
0.172497 |
0.276672 |
0.023835 |
|
Multi-Manager Emerging Markets |
0.228350 |
— |
— |
|
Multi-Manager Global Listed Infrastructure |
0.097239 |
— |
— |
|
Multi-Manager Global Real Estate* |
0.251831 |
0.706184 |
0.132923 |
|
Multi-Manager International Equity |
0.178396 |
— |
— |
|
Multi-Manager Large Cap |
0.044733 |
1.070262 |
0.130719 |
|
Multi-Manager Mid Cap |
0.097345 |
0.508350 |
— |
|
Multi-Manager Small Cap |
0.082029 |
0.191943 |
— |
|
Small Cap Core |
0.207382 |
0.030257 |
— |
|
Small Cap Index |
0.146717 |
0.064320 |
— |
|
Small Cap Value |
0.234269 |
0.410154 |
— |
|
Stock Index |
0.118989 |
— |
— |
|
Technology |
— |
— |
— |
|
Northern Fixed Income Funds |
Dividend |
Long-Term Gain |
Short-Term Gain |
|
Arizona Tax-Exempt |
*** |
0.078452 |
0.056572 |
|
Bond Index |
*** |
0.052414 |
0.034422 |
|
California Intermediate Tax-Exempt |
*** |
0.043752 |
0.078880 |
|
California Tax-Exempt |
*** |
0.026449 |
0.297782 |
|
Core Bond |
*** |
0.097573 |
0.187934 |
|
Fixed Income |
*** |
0.043101 |
0.182867 |
|
Global Fixed Income |
0.827563 |
0.942643 |
0.014951 |
|
High Yield Fixed Income |
*** |
— |
— |
|
High Yield Municipal |
*** |
— |
— |
|
Intermediate Tax-Exempt |
*** |
0.080423 |
0.140097 |
|
Multi-Manager High Yield Opportunity |
0.072033 |
0.088200 |
— |
|
Short Bond |
*** |
— |
— |
|
Short-Intermediate Tax-Exempt |
*** |
0.018443 |
— |
|
Short-Intermediate U.S. Government |
*** |
0.032747 |
0.250823 |
|
Tax-Advantaged Ultra-Short Fixed Income |
*** |
— |
— |
|
Tax-Exempt |
*** |
0.086048 |
0.197669 |
|
Ultra-Short Fixed Income |
*** |
0.008580 |
0.003879 |
|
U.S. Government |
*** |
0.005844 |
0.320996 |
|
U.S. Treasury Index |
*** |
0.720526 |
0.076232 |
*Shareholders in the Global Real Estate Index Fund and the Multi-Manager Global Real Estate Fund will not receive tax information for those funds until February, as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) often don’t provide complete tax information until after the calendar year end.
**The Global Tactical Asset Allocation Fund had a distribution date of December 26 for shareholders of record as of December 24.
***These funds are daily accruing funds with distributions paid monthly. The dividend factor will be reported separately at month end.
****The Global Tactical Asset Allocation Fund had a special distribution date on December 31 for shareholders of record as of December 28.
If you have any questions, contact your Relationship Manager, or call the Northern Funds Center at 800-595-9111 weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Central Time.











