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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-12-007146
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120216
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120221
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120221
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BUTLER GREGORY B
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001192333
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05324
FILM NUMBER: 12627323
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
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form4.xml
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
X0304
4
2012-02-16
0000072741
NORTHEAST UTILITIES
NU
0001192333
BUTLER GREGORY B
C/O NORTHEAST UTILITIES
56 PROSPECT STREET
HARTFORD
CT
06103
1
Sr VP and General Counsel
Common Shares, $5.00 par value
2012-02-16
4
A
0
7163
0
A
122804
D
Common Shares, $5.00 par value
2012-02-16
4
A
0
4722
0
A
127526
D
Common Shares, $5.00 par value
3964
I
By 401(k) Plan Trustee
Phantom Shares
Common Shares, $5.00 par value
183
183
D
Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon, including 51,834 shares that Mr. Butler holds jointly with his spouse.
Grant of restricted share units under the 2012 - 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan.
Shares held in trust under the Northeast Utilities Service Company 401K Plan, a qualified plan, according to information supplied by the plan's recordkeeper.
Matching contribution of reporting person's deferred compensation under the Northeast Utilities Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, that are nominally invested as Common Shares Each phantom share represents the right to receive the cash value of one NU Common share upon a distribution event, following vesting. Additional phantom shares are issued upon the automatic reinvestment of dividend-equivalents exempt from the line item reporting under SEC Rule 16a-11.
/s/ Gregory B. Butler
2012-02-21