0001127602-12-008585.txt : 20120229 0001127602-12-008585.hdr.sgml : 20120229 20120229133601 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-12-008585 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120227 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120229 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120229 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: 12651423 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 2012-02-27 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 2012-02-27 4 F 0 4168 35.86 D 123358 D Common Shares, $5.00 par value 3972 I By 401(k) Plan Trustee Phantom Shares Common Shares, $5.00 par value 186 186 D Disposition of restricted shares upon vesting to satisfy tax withholding obligations. Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon, including 60,523 shares that Mr. Butler holds jointly with his spouse. 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 2012-02-29