EVERSOURCE ENERGY (NYSE:ES) Files An 8-K Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

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EVERSOURCE ENERGY (NYSE:ES) Files An 8-K Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an
Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement or a
Registrant

On March 10, 2017, Eversource Energy issued $300,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes, Series K, Due
2022 (the Notes), to an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 2,
2017 among Eversource Energy and Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman,
Sachs Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of
the several underwriters named therein. The Notes are Eversource
Energys unsecured obligations and were issued under an Eighth
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2017, between
Eversource Energy and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., supplementing the Indenture between Eversource Energy and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor
trustee), dated as of April 1, 2002. Interest on the Notes is
payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year,
beginning September 15, 2017, at the rate of 2.75% per year. The
Notes will mature on March 15, 2022.

Section 9

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

Underwriting Agreement, dated March 2, 2017, among
Eversource Energy and the Underwriters named therein

4.1

Eighth Supplemental Indenture establishing the terms of the
Notes, dated March 1, 2017, between Eversource Energy and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

4.2

Form of Notes (included as Exhibit A to the Eighth
Supplemental Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1)

Legal opinion of Richard J. Morrison, Esq. relating to the
validity of the Notes (includes consent)

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About EVERSOURCE ENERGY (NYSE:ES)

Eversource Energy, formerly Northeast Utilities, is a utility holding company engaged in the energy delivery business. The Company operates through three segments: electric distribution, electric transmission and natural gas distribution. The Company’s electric distribution segment consists of the distribution businesses, which are engaged in the distribution of electricity to retail customers in Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts, and the regulated electric generation businesses. Its electric transmission segment owns and maintains transmission facilities that are part of an interstate power transmission grid over which electricity is transmitted throughout New England. Its natural gas distribution segment distributes natural gas to approximately 286,000 customers in over 50 communities in central and eastern Massachusetts covering approximately 1,070 square miles.

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