0001127602-12-013368.txt : 20120404
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-12-013368
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120402
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120404
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120404
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: 12743629
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
X0305
4
2012-04-02
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
2012-04-02
4
F
0
25
37.21
D
106388
D
Common Shares, $5.00 par value
4021
I
By 401(k) Plan Trustee
Phantom Shares
Common Shares, $5.00 par value
186
186
D
Tax withholding with regard to shares issued in respect of dividend equivalents to which the reporting person became entitled on March 1, 2012. The dividend equivalents related to Performance Units that were paid out in shares of issuer common stock on February 16, 2012. Shares in respect of the dividend equivalents were paid out thereafter.
Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon and shares issued in respect of the dividend equivalents described in note 1. Mr. Butler holds 43,055 shares 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 contributions on 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/ Jeffrey C. Miller, attorney in fact for Mr. Butler
2012-04-04