Northern Trust Offers Environmental Analytics for Clients to Measure the Carbon Footprint of Their Investments

LONDON, December 10 - Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today that it will offer
environmental emission analytics, enabling institutional investors and high
net worth individuals across the globe to effectively measure the carbon
footprint of their investments. These new capabilities form part of Northern
Trust's existing suite of investment risk and performance analytics
solutions.

This latest enhancement comes at a time of heightened awareness of the
effects of carbon emissions on the environment, particularly as governments
worldwide implement taxes and regulation on emissions. The development of
environmental emission analytics is in line with Northern Trust's commitment
to supporting responsible investment policies through asset management and
asset servicing solutions.

"Increasingly, we are seeing investors turn their attention towards
measures that attempt to accurately attribute environmental impact as an
extension to established performance and risk analytics," said Peter Holman,
head of client servicing for institutional investors in EMEA, at Northern
Trust. "But the ability to accurately assess the carbon footprint of a
portfolio is largely constrained by the lack of consistent or comprehensive
environmental data disclosed by companies."

Northern Trust provides clients with environmental analytics based on
data from Trucost Plc, through the Style Research Portfolio Analyzer (SRPA).
Trucost which was established to help organisations, investors and
governments understand the environmental impact of business activities in
financial terms, claims to hold the world's most comprehensive database on
corporate greenhouse gas emissions.

"By combining the analytics received through Trucost's methodology with
Northern Trust's existing performance and analytics capabilities, we provide
consolidated information to clients, enabling them to compare the carbon
footprints of their managers alongside more traditional risk metrics and
style analyses," said Ian Castledine, global head of investment risk product
for asset servicing at Northern Trust. "Using our integrated environmental
analytics solution, trustees can make comparisons between funds and
individual managers, and improve communications on environmental performance
with stakeholders and regulatory bodies. This may ultimately result in a
reduced environmental impact of their investments, without sacrificing
financial performance."

The new capability is an innovation of Northern Trust's Investment Risk
and Analytical Services, which has provided risk and performance services to
clients for more than 30 years. Recent developments include enhanced data for
comprehensive Environmental, Social and Governance monitoring of client
portfolios with its Compliance Analyst product. A recent member of the United
Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and member of the
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Northern Trust also
has more than US$9 billion in socially screened assets under management,
including index options such as the Northern Global Sustainability Index
Fund.

Northern Trust does not review/approve the contents/conclusions provided
by Trucost and offers this on an information only basis for use as the client
deems appropriate.

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of
investment management, asset and fund administration, banking solutions and
fiduciary services for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals
worldwide. Northern Trust, a financial holding company based in Chicago, has
offices in 18 U.S. states and 16 international locations in North America,
Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of September 30,
2009, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$3.6 trillion, and assets
under investment management of US$611 billion. For 120 years, Northern Trust
has earned distinction as an industry leader in combining exceptional service
and expertise with innovative products and technology. For more information,
visit www.northerntrust.com.

Northern Trust operates in Australia as a foreign authorised
deposit-taking institution (foreign ADI) and is regulated by the Australian
Prudential Regulation Authority.

Northern Trust in Hong Kong is a securities company regulated by the
Securities and Futures Commission.

Northern Trust in Singapore is a foreign wholesale bank regulated by the
Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Northern Trust operates in China as a Representative Office and is
regulated by the China Banking Regulatory Commission.

Northern Trust (Guernsey) Limited, Northern Trust Fiduciary Services
(Guernsey) Limited, Northern Trust Fiduciary Company (Guernsey) Limited and
Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited
are licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Northern Trust International Fund Administrators (Jersey) Limited and
Northern Trust Fiduciary Services (Jersey) Limited are regulated by the
Jersey Financial Services Commission.

Northern Trust Global Services is authorised and regulated in the
Netherlands by De Nederlandsche Bank.

Northern Trust Global Services Limited Luxembourg Branch is authorised
and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and in Luxembourg by the
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) and Northern Trust
Luxembourg Management Company S.A. is regulated by the CSSF.

Northern Trust Global Services Limited - Abu Dhabi. Representative
Office, Licence number 13/238/2008.

Where Northern Trust's UK entities undertake regulated business, they are
authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services
Authority.

Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Ireland)
Limited and Northern Trust Fiduciary Services (Ireland) Limited are regulated
by the Financial Regulator.

The Northern Trust Company operates in Canada as The Northern Trust
Company, Canada Branch which is an authorized foreign bank branch under the
Bank Act (Canada). Trustee related services in Canada are provided by the
wholly owned subsidiary The Northern Trust Company, Canada, an authorized
trust company under the Trust & Loans Companies Act (Canada). Deposits with
The Northern Trust Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries are not
insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Northern Trust Global Services Ltd (UK) Sweden Filial is a BCD Passported
branch of Northern Trust Global Services Ltd a firm authorised and regulated
in the UK by the Financial Services Authority ('FSA').

EMEA, Camilla Greene, +44-(0)-20-7982-2176, cg81 at ntrs.com, or US, Canada & APAC, John O'Connell, +1-312-444-2388, jo45 at ntrs.com