Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 9, 2009, Northern Trust Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it has received approval from the United States Department of the Treasury (the "Treasury") to repurchase all 1,576,000 shares of its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, without par value and a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, it issued and sold to the Treasury on November 14, 2008, as part of the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program. A copy of the press release is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release of Northern Trust Corporation, dated June 9, 2009

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