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Issuer:     NORTHERN TRUST CORP (NTRS)
CIK:        0000073124
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000073124-24-000100
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Northern Trust subsidiary convicted in French tax fraud case; appeal stays fine and liability
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- NTFS, indirect subsidiary, convicted of complicity in estate tax fraud on March 5, 2024 by French appellate court.
- Court ordered NTFS to pay fine of €187,500; joint/several liability for unpaid taxes to be set by tax courts.
- NTFS filed appeal same day; under French law, judgement and all effects (fine, liability) are stayed pending appeal.
- NTFS denies wrongdoing, states it provided no tax advice and complied with all fiduciary duties.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73124/000007312424000100/0000073124-24-000100-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73124/000007312424000100/ntrs-20240305.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000073124-24-000100

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