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S-1/A - AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-1 - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRds1a.htm
EX-3.8 - FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE REAL ASSET RETURN FUND - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex38.htm
EX-3.1 - AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex31.htm
EX-3.3 - SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE BOND CORE PLUS FUND - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex33.htm
EX-3.2 - NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE STABLE ASSET RETURN FUND - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex32.htm
EX-3.6 - TENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ALL CAP EQUITY - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex36.htm
EX-3.5 - FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE SMALL-MID CAP EQUITY FUND - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex35.htm
EX-3.4 - SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE LARGE CAP EQUITY FUND - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex34.htm
EX-3.7 - FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE INDEX FUNDS - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex37.htm
EX-3.11 - TENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE BALANCED FUND - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex311.htm
EX-23.2 - CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex232.htm
EX-10.1 - AMENDED AND RESTATED AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS POOLED TRUST - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex101.htm
EX-3.10 - FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION FOR THE TARGET RISK FUNDS - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex310.htm
EX-99.9 - CONSENT OF CHRISTOPHER W. CARLSON TO BEING NAMED AS A DIRECTOR - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex999.htm
EX-10.3.2 - AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE 2008 RESTATEMENT OF BASIC PLAN - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex1032.htm
EX-10.3.1 - AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE 2008 RESTATEMENT OF BASIC PLAN - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex1031.htm
EX-10.2 - AMENDED AND RESTATED AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS RETIREMENT TRUST - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS / NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRdex102.htm

Exhibit 3.9

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS/

NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE TRUST

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION

RETIREMENT DATE FUNDS

Pursuant to Sections 3.03 and 7.01 of the Declaration of Trust, as amended and restated effective July 1, 2010 (the “Declaration of Trust”), which authorizes Northern Trust Investments, N.A., as successor trustee (the “Trustee”) of the American Bar Association Members/Northern Trust Collective Trust (the “Collective Trust”), to amend the Fund Declarations of the investment funds established under the Collective Trust, effective as of July 1, 2010, the Trustee hereby amends and restates the Fund Declaration dated June 29, 2009 of the Retirement Date Funds (the “Retirement Date Funds”), consisting of five separate Retirement Date Funds, each of which shall constitute a separate Fund established pursuant to the Declaration of Trust: the Lifetime Income Retirement Date Fund, the 2010 Retirement Date Fund, the 2020 Retirement Date Fund, the 2030 Retirement Date Fund and the 2040 Retirement Date Fund. The provisions of the Declaration of Trust are incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the Trustee agrees and declares that it will hold, administer and deal with all money and property received or purchased by it as Trustee of the Collective Trust on behalf of the Retirement Date Funds subject to the additional terms and conditions set forth in this Fund Declaration. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Declaration of Trust.

1. Investment Objective. The purpose of the Retirement Date Funds is to provide a series of balanced investment funds each of which is designed to correspond to a particular time horizon to retirement. The Retirement Date Funds will utilize a broad range of asset classes and a regular rebalancing process to provide diversification of returns and risks consistent with the stated time period to retirement. The Lifetime Income Retirement Date Fund seeks to avoid significant loss of principal for investors who have reached or are beyond their retirement date. The 2010 Retirement Date Fund seeks to provide a blend of capital appreciation and stability of principal for investors planning to retire in or around the year 2010. The 2020 Retirement Date Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and more limited stability of principal for investors planning to retire in or around the year 2020. The 2030 Retirement Date Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation for investors planning to retire in or around the year 2030. The 2040 Retirement Date Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation for investors planning to retire in or around the year 2040. Assets in the Retirement Date Funds will be invested in various index or other collective investment funds maintained by the Trustee, its affiliates or other banks.

Assets in each Retirement Date Fund for any given year shall be allocated as described in the Prospectus of the Collective Trust in effect at that time, pursuant to which the Units of each Retirement Date Fund may be issued (the “Prospectus”).


The mix of asset classes is evaluated based on long-term asset class forecasts for return and risk, as determined by the Trustee. On a regular basis, as often as annually, each Retirement Date Fund, other than the Lifetime Income Retirement Date Fund, will be rebalanced to a more conservative strategy as the year in which such Retirement Date Fund will reach its most conservative investment mix approaches. Each Retirement Date Fund will reach its most conservative investment mix five years after its target retirement date, which for each Retirement Date Fund other than the Lifetime Income Retirement Date Fund is the year specified in the Retirement Date Fund’s name.

Allocations of the funds underlying the Retirement Date Funds will be readjusted by the Trustee on a quarterly basis to maintain, during the applicable year, the percentage allocations applicable for the particular year.

2. Investment Guidelines and Restrictions. It is the intention of the Trustee not to cause the Retirement Date Funds to invest in derivative instruments, except to the extent set forth in the Prospectus. The Trustee may in the future modify such investment policy as it relates to the Retirement Date Funds.

The Trustee may invest all or any portion of the assets of any Retirement Date Fund in accordance with Section 3.03(c) of the Declaration of Trust.

The Retirement Date Funds will not, except as otherwise contemplated by the Prospectus:

(a) trade in foreign currency, except for transactions incidental to the settlement of purchases or sales of securities for the Fund and derivatives transactions in foreign currency to the extent permitted in the Prospectus;

(b) make an investment in order to exercise control or management over a company;

(c) make short sales, unless the Fund has, by reason of ownership of other securities, the right to obtain securities of a kind and amount equivalent to the securities sold, which right will continue so long as the Fund is in a short position;

(d) issue senior securities or trade in commodities or commodity contracts, other than options or futures contracts (including options on futures contracts) with respect to securities or securities indices, and except as described in the Prospectus;

(e) write uncovered options;

(f) purchase real estate or mortgages, provided that the Fund may buy shares of real estate investment trusts listed on U.S. stock exchanges if such purchases are consistent with the investment objective and restrictions set forth in this Fund Declaration;

(g) invest in securities of registered investment companies;

(h) invest in oil, gas or mineral leases;

 

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(i) purchase any security on margin or borrow money, except for short-term credit necessary for clearance of securities transactions;

(j) make loans, except by (i) the purchase of marketable bonds, debentures, commercial paper and similar marketable evidences of indebtedness, (ii) engaging in repurchase agreement transactions and (iii) making loans of portfolio securities; or

(k) underwrite the securities of any issuer.

The Trustee intends to operate the Retirement Date Funds as a “qualifying entity” pursuant to Regulation 4.5 of the Commodity Exchange Act.

3. Value of Units in each Retirement Date Fund. The initial value of a Unit of each Retirement Date Fund on the date of commencement of operations was: $10.00 for the Lifetime Income Retirement Date Fund; $12.00 for the 2010 Retirement Date Fund; $14.00 for the 2020 Retirement Date Fund; $16.00 for the 2030 Retirement Date Fund; and $18.00 for the 2040 Retirement Date Fund.

4. Restrictions on Withdrawal and Transfer. Subject to the Declaration of Trust or as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus or any supplement thereto, there are no restrictions on withdrawal and transfer. Units in each Retirement Date Fund may be withdrawn on any Business Day.

5. Fees. For services rendered to or on behalf of the Retirement Date Funds, The Northern Trust Company will be entitled to receive compensation in the amounts and at the times set forth in Schedule A attached hereto.

6. Investment Advisors. The Trustee retains the right to appoint Investment Advisors to assist the Trustee in managing the respective assets of the Retirement Date Funds. Any such Investment Advisors shall be designated from time to time in Schedule B attached hereto, and the Trustee shall enter into investment advisory agreements with such Investment Advisors setting forth the terms and conditions (including any volume or percentage limitations applicable to types, categories or classes of securities) under which any such Investment Advisors will advise and make recommendations to the Trustee and the compensation to be paid to such Investment Advisors.

7. Conflicts. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this document and the Declaration of Trust, the Declaration of Trust shall control unless the Declaration of Trust specifically permits the Trustee to vary the particular provision set forth therein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, N.A. has caused its name to be signed to this Third Amended and Restated Fund Declaration for the Retirement Date Funds by its proper officer as of June 24, 2010.

 

NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, N.A.
By:  

/s/ Thomas R. Benzmiller

Name:   Thomas R. Benzmiller
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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SCHEDULE A

RETIREMENT DATE FUNDS

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION

Effective as of July 1, 2010, for services rendered by the Trustee to or on behalf of the respective Retirement Date Funds, The Northern Trust Company (“Northern Trust”) shall be entitled to receive, with respect to the assets of the Retirement Date Funds, a Trust, Management and Administration fee charged at the annual rate of .115% of the value of the respective assets held by the Retirement Date Funds, which will accrue on a daily basis and will be paid monthly from the respective assets of the Retirement Date Funds, provided that such fee shall be reduced by the amount of any fee received by Northern Trust (which for these purposes shall not exceed the amount set forth above), other than the fees expressly provided for in the Fund Declaration of the Retirement Date Funds, including but not limited to those set forth in this Schedule A, on account of the investment of any assets of the Retirement Date Funds in any collective investment fund maintained by Northern Trust or its affiliates.


SCHEDULE B

RETIREMENT DATE FUNDS

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED FUND DECLARATION

The Trustee has entered into an Investment Advisor Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company with respect to management of the respective assets of the Retirement Date Funds.