# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000073124
**File Stem:** 0000073124-26-000031
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000073124-26-000031.hdr.sgml**: 20260422

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000073124-26-000031

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260421

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260422

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260422

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NORTHERN TRUST CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000073124
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 362723087
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36609
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26883819

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 50 S LASALLE ST
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60603
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3126306000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 50 S LASALLE ST
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60603

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NORTRUST CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19780525

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

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| **FORM** | **8-K** |

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the** 

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 21, 2026** 

**NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **Delaware** | **001-36609** | **36-2723087** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)** | **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer Identification No.)** |
| **50 South LaSalle Street** | **50 South LaSalle Street** | | **60603** |
| **Chicago,** | **Illinois** | | **(Zip Code)** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Address of principal executive offices)** | | |

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**Registrant's telephone number, including area code (312) 630-6000** 

**Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:**

☐ **Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)**

☐ **Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)**

☐ **Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))**

☐ **Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))**

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **<u>Title of each class</u>** | **<u>Trading Symbol</u>** | **<u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u>** |
| **Common Stock, $1.66 2/3 Par Value** | **NTRS** | **The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC** |
| **Depositary Shares, each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series E Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock** | **NTRSO** | **The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC** |

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**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).**

**Emerging growth company** ☐

**If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.** ☐

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**Item 5.07.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.** 

**(a)-(b)** The 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the "2026 Annual Meeting") of Northern Trust Corporation (the "Corporation") was held on April 21, 2026, for the purposes of: (i) electing 13 directors to serve on the Board of Directors until the 2027 annual meeting or their successors are elected and qualified; (ii) approving, by an advisory vote, 2025 named executive officer compensation; (iii) approving the Corporation's 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; and (iv) ratifying the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. Stockholders representing 168,937,566 shares, or 91.15% of the Corporation's common stock as of the February 23, 2026 record date, voted in person or by proxy. Final voting results are as follows.

**<u>Election of Directors</u>**

All 13 nominees for director named in the proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting were elected by the votes set forth in the table below.

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| **Nominee** | **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Susan Crown | 148852391 | 9958176 | 98549 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chandra Dhandapani | 158174058 | 647610 | 87448 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dean M. Harrison | 155971712 | 2820402 | 117002 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jay L. Henderson | 132718881 | 25905084 | 285151 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marcy S. Klevorn | 158187339 | 624118 | 97659 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Siddharth N. (Bobby) Mehta | 157913916 | 900859 | 94341 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert E. Moritz | 157144251 | 1632574 | 132291 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael G. O'Grady | 151778764 | 6585340 | 545012 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard M. Petrino | 157897713 | 896147 | 115256 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Martin P. Slark | 153345708 | 5456850 | 106558 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David H. B. Smith, Jr. | 152655306 | 6175312 | 78498 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald Thompson | 148736603 | 10081480 | 91033 | 10028450 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charles A. Tribbett III | 146601703 | 12208879 | 98534 | 10028450 |

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**<u>Approval of 2025 Named Executive Officer Compensation</u>**

The 2025 named executive officer compensation was approved, on an advisory basis, by the votes set forth in the table below.

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 148,700,308 | 9,443,599 | 765,209 | 10,028,450 |

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**<u>Approval of the Corporation's 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</u>**

The Corporation's 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was approved, by the votes set forth in the table below.

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 158,350,319 | 429,173 | 129,624 | 10,028,450 |

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**<u>Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP</u>**

The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year was ratified by the votes set forth in the table below.

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| **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 160,991,571 | 7,843,560 | 102,435 |  |

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**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits**

(d) Exhibits

 <u>Exhibit Number</u> <u>Description</u> <br> 104 The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| | | <u>NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION</u> | <u>NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION</u> |
| Date: | April 22, 2026 | By: | /s/ Nicole V. Gersch |
|  |  |  | Nicole V. Gersch |
|  |  |  | Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |

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