EXHIBIT NUMBER (21) TO 1996 FORM 10-K NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES AS OF MARCH 1, 1997 Percent Jurisdiction of Owned Incorporation ----- --------------- The Northern Trust Company 100% Illinois NorLease, Inc. 100% Delaware MFC Company, Inc. 100% Delaware The Northern Trust Company, Canada 100% Ontario, Canada Nortrust Nominees Ltd. 100% London The Northern Trust Company U.K. Pension Plan Limited 100% London The Northern Trust International Banking Corporation 100% Edge Act Nortrust International Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd. 100% Hong Kong Northern Global Financial Services Ltd. 100% Hong Kong Northern Trust Trade Services Limited 100% Hong Kong Northern Trust Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited 100% Ireland Northern Trust of Florida Corporation 100% Florida Northern Trust Cayman International, Ltd. 100% Cayman Islands, BWI Northern Trust Bank of Florida N.A. 100% National Bank Realnor Properties, Inc. 100% Florida Realnor Special Properties, Inc. 100% Florida Realnor 1177, Inc. 100% Florida Realnor Hallandale, Inc. 100% Florida Nortrust of Arizona Holding Corporation 100% Arizona Northern Trust Bank of Arizona N.A. 100% National Bank Northern Trust of California Corporation 100% Delaware Northern Trust Bank of California N.A. 100% National Bank Berry, Hartell, Evers & Osborne, Inc. 100% Delaware Northern Trust Bank of Texas N.A. 100%* National Bank Fiduciary Services Inc. 100% Texas Tanglewood Bancshares, Inc. 100% Texas Northern Futures Corporation 100% Delaware - --------------- * 75.5% directly and 24.5% through Tanglewood Bancshares, Inc. NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES AS OF MARCH 1, 1997 (continued) Percent State of Owned Incorporation ----- ------------- Northern Investment Corporation 100% Delaware Northern Investment Management Company 100% Delaware Northern Trust Securities, Inc. 100% Delaware Northern Trust Services, Inc. 100% Illinois Nortrust Realty Management, Inc. 100% Illinois The Northern Trust Company of New York 100% New York Northern Trust Retirement Consulting, Inc. 100% Delaware Northern Trust Global Advisors, Inc. 100% Delaware NT Global Advisors, Inc. 100% Ontario, Canada Northern Trust Global Advisors Limited 100% England RCB Trust Company 100% Connecticut Metroplex Bancshares, Inc. 100% Texas Metroplex Delaware Financial Corporation 100% Delaware Bent Tree National Bank 100% National Bank