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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): December 3, 2015

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Connecticut
1-15052
06-1541045
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

157 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut
 
06506
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
 
(203) 499-2000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 3, 2015, UIL Holdings Corporation (“UIL”) and its subsidiaries, The United Illuminating Company, The Southern Connecticut Gas Company, Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation and The Berkshire Gas Company (collectively with UIL, the “Borrowers”), entered into an Amendment No. 2 to their Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of November 30, 2011, among the Borrowers, the Banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.

The Amendment No. 2 addresses, among other things, provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to changes of control, including amending the definition of a “Change of Control.” 

The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 2 is qualified in its entirety by the Amendment No. 2, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1            Amendment No. 2, dated December 3, 2015, to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2011.
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date: December 9, 2015

 
UIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION
 
Registrant
     
 
By
/s/ Richard J. Nicholas
   
Richard J. Nicholas
   
Executive Vice President
   
and Chief Financial Officer