UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On February 25, 2022, Eversource Energy issued $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.90% Senior Notes, Series V, Due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated February 22, 2022, among Eversource Energy and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Series V Underwriting Agreement”). On February 25, 2022, Eversource Energy also issued $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Senior Notes, Series W, Due 2032 (the “2032 Notes” and together with the 2027 Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated February 22, 2022, among Eversource Energy and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Series W Underwriting Agreement”).
The Notes are Eversource Energy’s unsecured obligations and were issued under the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated February 1, 2022, between Eversource Energy and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture”), 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 (the “Indenture”).
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2022 and ending on the applicable maturity date.
The foregoing summaries of the Series V Underwriting Agreement, the Series W Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by references to such documents. The Series V Underwriting Agreement, the Series W Underwriting Agreement and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture are filed hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 1.2 and 4.1, respectively. The Indenture is filed as Exhibit A-3 to Eversource Energy’s 35-CERT, filed April 16, 2002 (File No. 070-09535).
A copy of the opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the Notes is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| EVERSOURCE ENERGY | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| February 25, 2022 | By: | /s/ Emilie G. O’Neil |
| Emilie G. O’Neil | ||
| Assistant Treasurer | ||