0001127602-12-007146.txt : 20120221 0001127602-12-007146.hdr.sgml : 20120220 20120221164039 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 4 1 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