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Section 5 | Corporate Governance and Management |
Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On September 16, 2022, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Eversource Energy (the “Company”) announced that James J. Judge, Executive Chairman of the Board of Trustees, will retire as Executive Chairman of the Board and as a Trustee, effective as of December 31, 2022. The Board elected Joseph R. Nolan, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer and a Trustee, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees and also appointed Mr. Nolan as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Board, effective as of December 31, 2022.
Also on September 16, 2022, the Board determined that Jay S. Buth, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, is temporarily unavailable to perform his duties as principal accounting officer. The Board appointed John M. Moreira, currently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, to serve as the principal accounting officer on an interim basis.
Section 8 | Other Events |
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 16, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Judge’s retirement as Executive Chairman of the Board and as a Trustee and Mr. Nolan’s election as Chairman of the Board, both effective as of December 31, 2022, which press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Section 9 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit Number |
Description |
99.1 | Press Release of the Company dated September 16, 2022. |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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) | ||
September 16, 2022 | By: | /s/ James W. Hunt, III |
James W. Hunt, III | ||
Executive Vice President - Corporate Relations and Sustainability and Secretary |