Attached files
| file | filename |
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| EX-1 - UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT - CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO | underwritingagreement.htm |
| EX-4 - SUPPLMENTAL INDENTURE AND FORM OF BOND - CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO | supplementalindenture.htm |
| EX-5 - OPINION OF RICHARD J. MORRISON - CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO | opinionofrichardjmorrison.htm |
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): January 22, 2013 (January 15, 2013)
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 organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 107 Selden Street | 06037 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 665-5000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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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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 January 15, 2013, The Connecticut Light and Power Company (“CL&P”) issued $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.50% First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 2013 Series A, due 2023 (the “Bonds”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated January 8, 2013, among CL&P, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Bonds were issued under a Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2013, between CL&P and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, supplementing the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust between CL&P and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company), as trustee, dated as of May 1, 1921, as amended and supplemented, including as amended and restated April 7, 2005.
Section 9
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description |
| 1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated January 8, 2013, among CL&P and the Underwriters named therein. |
| 4.1 | Supplemental Indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds, dated as of January 1, 2013, between CL&P and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”). |
| 4.2 | Form of Bond (included as Schedule A to the Supplemental Indenture). |
| 5 | Legal opinion of Richard J. Morrison, Esq. relating to the validity of the Bonds (including consent). |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and 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)
January 22, 2013
By:
/S/ PHILIP J. LEMBO
Philip J. Lembo
Vice President and Treasurer
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