EXHIBIT 99
UIL Holdings Corporation
157 Church Street
P.O. Box 1564
New Haven, CT 06506-0901
203.499.2812 Fax: 203.499.3626
NEWS RELEASE
| October 26, 2009 | Analyst Contact: | Susan Allen: | 203-499-2409 |
UIL Holdings Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend
UIL Holdings Corporation (NYSE: UIL) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.432 per share on its Common Stock at today’s Board meeting. This dividend is payable January 4, 2010 to shareowners of record at the close of business on December 18, 2009.
UIL Holdings Corporation (NYSE:UIL), headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, is the holding company for The United Illuminating Company, a regulated utility providing electricity and energy related services to 324,000 customers in the Greater New Haven and Bridgeport. For more information on UIL Holdings, visit us at http://www.uil.com.