UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 2024
THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Connecticut | 0-00404 | 06-0303850 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
107 Selden Street Berlin, CT | 06037-1616 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 286-5000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| None | | None | | None |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
| Section 2 | Financial Information |
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On August 13, 2024, The Connecticut Light and Power Company, doing business as Eversource Energy (the “Company”), issued $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.95% First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 2024 Series B, due 2034 (the “Bonds”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 6, 2024, among Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein, and the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
The Bonds were issued under a Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2024, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”), supplementing the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company), dated as of May 1, 1921, as amended and supplemented, including as amended and restated as of April 7, 2005. A copy of the Supplemental Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1.
| Section 9 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibit
Number | | Description |
| 1.1 | | Underwriting Agreement, dated August 6, 2024, between The Connecticut Light and Power Company, doing business as Eversource Energy, and Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein. |
| 4.1 | | Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2024, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee. |
| 4.2 | | Form of 4.95% First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 2024 Series B, due 2034 (included as Schedule A to the Supplemental Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1). |
| 5.1 | | Legal opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the Bonds. |
| 5.2 | | Legal opinion of Kerry Tomasevich, Esq. relating to the validity of the Bonds. |
| 23.1 | | Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
| 23.2 | | Consent of Kerry Tomasevich, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.2). |
| 104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY |
| | (Registrant) |
| | | |
| August 13, 2024 | By: | /s/ Emilie G. O’Neil |
| | | Emilie G. O’Neil |
| | | Assistant Treasurer-Corporate Finance and Cash Management |
