-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, T/c20ZJySK9ZXV9AxsQdwo2yvpM8LMcG3TwXwxVjVi/c3ZhZQKgzWLXYtA0Lkz5C UWXZQwPBKsLe77cdAFVovA== 0001127602-10-028393.txt : 20101118 0001127602-10-028393.hdr.sgml : 20101118 20101118172625 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-10-028393 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101116 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101118 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101118 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Olivier Leon J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001314616 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05324 FILM NUMBER: 101203555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NORTHEAST UTILITIES STREET 2: 56 PROSPECT STREET CITY: HARTFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06103 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTHEAST UTILITIES CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000072741 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 042147929 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE FEDERAL STREET STREET 2: BUILDING 111-4 CITY: SPRINGFIELD STATE: MA ZIP: 01105 BUSINESS PHONE: 8606655000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 107 SELDEN ST CITY: BERLIN STATE: CT ZIP: 06037-1616 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORTHEAST UTILITIES SYSTEM DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961121 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0303 4 2010-11-16 0000072741 NORTHEAST UTILITIES NU 0001314616 Olivier Leon J C/O NORTHEAST UTILITIES 56 PROSPECT STREET HARTFORD CT 06103 1 Executive VP and COO Common Shares, $5.00 par value 2010-11-16 4 A 0 48077 31.20 A 115516 D Common Shares, $5.00 par value 1833 I By 401(k) Plan Trustee Phantom Shares Common Shares, $5.00 par value 2623 2623 I Deferred Comp Plan Grant of restricted share units pursuant to the NU Incentive Plan representing a retention award to Mr. Olivier that is scheduled to vest in full: (i) three years from the closing date under the merger agreement between Northeast Utilities and NSTAR; (ii) on involuntary termination of employment prior to such date (subject to reduction for severance payments); and (iii) upon earlier death or disability, pursuant to the terms of the NU Retention Program. Upon vesting, the holder of the restricted share units is entitled to receive Northeast Utilities common shares on a one-for-one basis, less applicable withholding. Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon. Shares held in trust under the Northeast Utilities Service Company 401K Plan, a qualified plan, as of November 16, 2010, according to information provided by the plan's record keeper. The reporting person holds phantom shares of NU common under the Northeast Utilities Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, a non-qualified plan (the DCP), made as matching contributions under the DCP. Each phantom share represents the right to receive the cash value of one share of NU common upon a distribution event, following vesting. Additional phantom shares are issued upon the automatic reinvestment of dividend-equivalents exempt from line item reporting under SEC Rule 16a-11. /s/Leon J. Olivier By: O. Kay Comendul 2010-11-18 EX-24 2 doc1.txt EXHIBIT 24 Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Samuel K. Lee, Jeffrey C. Miller, and O. Kay Comendul, signing singly, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) Obtain necessary EDGAR access codes and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 144 promulgated thereunder, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 144 and Form 3, 4 and 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and (3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Action of 1933 and/or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of November 17, 2010. /s/ Leon J. Oliver Leon J. Olivier STATE OF Connecticut COUNTY OF Hartford Sworn to and subscribed before me, a notary public, in and for said county and state, this 17th day of November, 2010. /s/Kathy L. Schmidt Kathy L. Schmidt Notary Public My commission expires 9-30-2014 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----