Northern Trust Corporation filings document financial results, governance matters, investor presentations and capital structure disclosures for a financial services holding company. Recent Form 8-K reports include earnings releases, conference-call materials, Regulation FD presentations, annual meeting materials and stockholder voting results.
The filing record also describes securities registered on Nasdaq, including common stock and depositary shares representing interests in Series E non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock. Proxy materials cover board elections, executive compensation, equity plan approvals and auditor ratification, while material-event filings document debt offerings involving senior notes and subordinated notes.
Northern Trust Corp filed a Form 13F as an institutional investment manager, reporting equity and related holdings managed across its platform. The report is a 13F combination report, with portions of holdings reported by multiple other managers. The information table covers 19,568 reportable positions with an aggregate reported value of $859,788,523,480. The filing is signed by Executive Vice President Christian Roth on behalf of Northern Trust.
FMR LLC and Abigail P. Johnson report their beneficial ownership of Northern Trust Corp common stock in an amended Schedule 13G filing. FMR LLC reports beneficial ownership of 8,683,056.81 shares, representing 4.7% of the common stock. FMR has sole voting power over 6,059,649.99 shares and sole dispositive power over all 8,683,056.81 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. Abigail P. Johnson reports sole dispositive power over the same 8,683,056.81 shares, but no voting power. The filing states that one or more other persons may receive dividends or sale proceeds from these shares, but no other person holds more than five percent of the class. The ownership is reported as 5 percent or less of Northern Trust’s outstanding common stock.
SMITH DAVID BYRON JR reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Northern Trust Corp director David Byron Smith Jr reported receiving a bona fide gift of 1,120 shares of common stock on July 31, 2026, from a family trust in which he has a partial direct pecuniary interest. After the distribution, a revocable trust associated with him held 87,157 shares indirectly.
He also reports direct holdings of 989 stock units payable in common shares and additional indirect holdings through several family trusts, including three child trusts holding 2,125 shares each.
Northern Trust Corporation announced the full redemption of its Series D Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. On October 1, 2026, the company plans to redeem all 5,000 outstanding Series D preferred shares, each with a $100,000 liquidation preference, together with all 500,000 outstanding depositary shares, each representing a 1/100th interest in a Series D share.
The depositary shares will be redeemed at $1,000.00 per Depositary Share, separate from the regular quarterly dividend of $23.00 per Depositary Share, which was previously declared and is scheduled to be paid on the Redemption Date to holders of record as of 5:00 p.m. Chicago time on September 15, 2026. After the Redemption Date, the Series D preferred will no longer be outstanding and no further dividends will be declared on it. As of June 30, 2026, Northern Trust reported assets under custody/administration of US$20.0 trillion and assets under management of US$2.0 trillion.
Northern Trust Corporation is establishing an automatic shelf registration that allows it, as a well‑known seasoned issuer, to offer from time to time an indeterminate amount of debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock, stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units and warrants. Specific terms, prices and sizes will be set in future prospectus supplements.
Net proceeds from any offerings are expected to be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital, subsidiary funding, debt refinancing, share repurchases, dividends and potential acquisitions. At June 30, 2026, Northern Trust reported consolidated assets of $179.3 billion, stockholders’ equity of $13.4 billion and 182,955,653 common shares outstanding, with extensive global asset servicing and wealth management operations overseeing trillions of dollars in client assets.
Northern Trust Corp director Robert Edward Moritz Jr. purchased 255 shares of Common Stock on 2026-07-29 at $179.57 per share in a transaction reported with code P. After this buy, he holds 8,400 shares directly, including 989 stock units payable on a 1-for-1 basis in common stock.
Northern Trust Corporation reported sharply higher results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. Total revenue reached $2,698.0 million, up 35% from a year earlier, and net income rose 88% to $792.2 million, with diluted EPS of $4.23 and return on average common equity of 25.9%.
Growth reflected a 10% increase in trust, investment and other servicing fees to $1,349.5 million, an 11% rise in net interest income to $675.5 million as net interest margin improved to 1.81%, and a jump in other noninterest income to $673.0 million, including a $525.4 million gain from participation in Visa Inc.’s second exchange offer, partially offset by a $73.9 million loss on sales of available-for-sale securities.
Expenses rose 16% to $1,638.6 million, driven by $61.5 million of software disposition charges, $51.0 million of severance costs and a $33.1 million “Invested as One” equity grant. Credit quality remained strong, with a negative provision for credit losses of $5.3 million and nonaccrual loans at 0.16% of total loans. Client assets under custody/administration reached $20,000.2 billion and assets under management $1,969.9 billion at June 30, 2026.
Northern Trust Corporation reported strong results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, with net income of $792.2 million and diluted EPS of $4.23, up 51% and 56% from the prior quarter and 88% and 98% from the prior-year quarter. On a fully taxable equivalent basis, total revenue was $2.71 billion, up 22% sequentially and 35% year over year, driven by 10% growth in trust, investment and other servicing fees and 11% growth in net interest income.
Results included notable items: a $525.4 million pre-tax gain from participation in a Visa Inc. exchange offer and a $73.9 million pre-tax loss on available-for-sale debt securities sold in a portfolio repositioning, plus $145.6 million of pre-tax expense items such as software dispositions, severance and a one-time equity grant. Client assets were robust, with assets under custody/administration of $20.0 trillion and assets under management of $2.0 trillion, both up double digits year over year. Credit quality remained solid with a negative provision for credit losses of $5.3 million and nonaccrual assets at 0.16% of loans. The standardized Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.2%. The company returned $499.4 million to common shareholders in the quarter through $148.8 million of dividends and $350.6 million of share repurchases.
Northern Trust Corporation director Charles A. Tribbett reported a stock award of 69.9 shares of common stock, classified as a grant or other acquisition. The award is valued at $175.60 per share and represents compensation rather than an open-market purchase.
Following this grant, Tribbett holds 35,868.48 shares of Northern Trust common stock directly. A separate entry shows 4,724 shares held indirectly by a trust. The filing also notes that the award represents stock units payable automatically on a 1-for-1 basis in common shares.
NORTHERN TRUST CORP director Donald Thompson reported receiving stock-based awards rather than buying shares on the open market. On June 30, 2026, he acquired 215.72 shares of common stock at $173.84 per share, and on July 1, 2026, he received a further 125.75 shares at $175.60 per share. These are classified as grants or awards, reflecting compensation, not discretionary purchases.
After these awards, Thompson directly holds 31,678.21 shares of Northern Trust common stock. He also has an additional 1,743 shares held indirectly by a trust. A footnote explains that the transactions represent stock units payable automatically on a 1-for-1 basis in shares of the company’s common stock, so each unit corresponds to one share when delivered.