POWER OF ATTORNEY WITH RESPECT TO FORMS 3,4and 5

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of (i) the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary of

Northern Trust Corporation, and (ii) Darren C. Baker, Paul A. Bernacki, and Carlen Sellers of Schiff Hardin LLP,

or any of the foregoing persons acting singly, and with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and

lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of

Northern Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to

complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment thereto, and file such Form with

the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, through the use of EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering,

Analysis, and Retrieval system, and with any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it

being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to

this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.





The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and

every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights

and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifYing and confirming all that

such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges

that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not

assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of

and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this

27th day of October, 2009.





/s/John Bond

Section 16 POA