UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): May 8, 2018
Commission
File Number | | Registrant; State of Incorporation;
Address; and Telephone Number | | IRS Employer
Identification No. |
| | PSNH FUNDING LLC 3
(Delaware)
C/O Public Service Company of New Hampshire
Energy Park
780 North Commercial Street
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-1134
(781) 441-8127 | | 82-4087442 |
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1-6392 | | PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE
(Depositor and Sponsor)
(New Hampshire)
Energy Park
780 North Commercial Street
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101-1134
(800) 286-5000 | | 02-0181050 |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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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 |
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PSNH Funding LLC 3 | o |
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Public Service Company of New Hampshire | o |
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.
PSNH Funding LLC 3 | o |
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Public Service Company of New Hampshire | o |
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 8, 2018, PSNH Funding LLC 3 (the “Issuing Entity”) completed the issuance and sale of $635,663,200 aggregate principal amount of Rate Reduction Bonds, Series 2018-1 (the “RRBs”). The RRBs have been issued in three tranches: (i) $235,900,000 aggregate principal amount of Tranche A-1 Rate Reduction Bonds, Series 2018-1, maturing in 2026 and bearing interest at a rate of 3.094% per year, (ii) $111,600,000 aggregate principal amount of Tranche A-2 Rate Reduction Bonds, Series 2018-1, maturing in 2028 and bearing interest at a rate of 3.506% per year and (iii) $288,163,200 aggregate principal amount of Tranche A-3 Rate Reduction Bonds, Series 2018-1, maturing in 2035 and bearing interest at a rate of 3.814% per year.
The RRBs were issued pursuant to a Base Indenture dated as of May 8, 2018, by and between the Issuing Entity and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary (the “Base Indenture”) and a Series Supplement dated as of May 8, 2018, by and between the Issuing Entity and The Bank of New York Mellon as Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediate (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). In connection with the issuance of the RRBs, the Issuing Entity entered into a Servicing Agreement dated as of May 8, 2018 with Public Service Company of New Hampshire (“PSNH”) as Servicer (the “Servicing Agreement”), a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of May 8, 2018 with PSNH as Seller (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) and an Administration Agreement dated as of May 8, 2018 with PSNH as Administrator (the “Administration Agreement”).
The terms of the RRBs and each of the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Administration Agreement are described in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2018 (the “Prospectus”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by the Issuing Entity and PSNH. The descriptions of the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Administration Agreement in the Prospectus are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Administration Agreement, which are attached as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Effective as of May 8, 2018, the Issuing Entity adopted an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “A&R LLC Agreement”), in connection with the issuance of RRBs. PSNH, the sole member of the Issuing Entity, previously approved the A&R LLC Agreement. The A&R LLC Agreement is described in the Prospectus. The description of the A&R LLC Agreement in the Prospectus is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the A&R LLC Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number | | Description |
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3.2 | | Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of PSNH Funding LLC 3, effective as of May 8, 2018 |
4.1 | | Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2018, by and between PSNH Funding LLC 3 and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary |
4.2 | | Series Supplement, dated as of May 8, 2018, by and between PSNH Funding LLC 3 and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee and Securities Intermediary |
10.1 | | Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2018, by and between PSNH Funding LLC 3 and Public Service Company of New Hampshire, as Servicer |
10.2 | | Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2018, by and between PSNH Funding LLC 3 and Public Service Company of New Hampshire as Seller |
10.3 | | Administration Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2018, by and between PSNH Funding LLC 3 and Public Service Company of New Hampshire as Administrator |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, as Servicer
on behalf of PSNH FUNDING LLC 3 |
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| By: | /s/ Jay S. Buth |
| | Jay S. Buth |
| | Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer |
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| PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE |
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| By: | /s/ Jay S. Buth |
| | Jay S. Buth |
| | Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer |
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Date: May 11, 2018 | |
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