ES Eversource Energy

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):  October 12, 2017 (October 5, 2017)

EVERSOURCE ENERGY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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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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 October 5, 2017, Eversource Energy issued an additional $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes, Series K, Due 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ” ) and $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes, Series L, Due 2024 (the “ 2024 Notes ” ).

Eversource Energy issued an additional $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2022 Notes pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated October 2, 2017, among Eversource Energy and Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.  The additional 2022 Notes are part of the same series of debt securities issued by Eversource Energy on March 10, 2017.  Following the closing of this offering, the aggregate principal amount of 2022 Notes outstanding totaled $750,000,000.  Interest on the 2022 Notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning March 15, 2018 for the additional 2022 Notes, at the rate of 2.75% per year.  The 2022 Notes will mature on March 15, 2022.

Eversource Energy also issued $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2024 Notes pursuant to a separate Underwriting Agreement, dated October 2, 2017, among Eversource Energy and Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.  Interest on the 2024 Notes is payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning April 1, 2018, at the rate of 2.90% per year.  The 2024 Notes will mature on October 1, 2024.

The additional 2022 Notes and the 2024 Notes are Eversource Energy ’ s unsecured obligations and were issued under the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2017, between Eversource Energy and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Ninth Supplemental Indenture ” ), supplementing the Indenture between Eversource Energy and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee), dated as of April 1, 2002.  A copy of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1.  The terms of the 2022 Notes, and the form thereof, were set forth in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2017, which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Eversource Energy ’ s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2017.   The terms of the 2024 Notes, and the form thereof, were set forth in the Ninth Supplemental Indenture.      

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Section 9