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Public Service Co. of New Hampshire – ‘8-K’ for 4/1/24

On:  Monday, 4/1/24, at 4:12pm ET   ·   For:  4/1/24   ·   Accession #:  1104659-24-41846   ·   File #:  1-06392

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/01/24  Public Svc Co. of New Hampshire   8-K:2,9     4/01/24   14:526K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

Current Report   —   Form 8-K

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM  i 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):  i April 1, 2024

 

 

 

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 i New Hampshire  i 001-06392  i 02-0181050

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 i Energy Park

 i 780 North Commercial Street

 i Manchester,  i New Hampshire

 

 

 i 03101-1134

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( i 800)  i 286-5000

 

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):

 

 i ¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 i ¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 i ¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 i ¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company  i ¨

 

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 April 1, 2024, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, doing business as Eversource Energy (the “Company”), issued an additional $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.35% First Mortgage Bonds, Series X, Due 2033 (the “Bonds”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 19, 2024, among Barclays Capital Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein, and the Company (the Underwriting Agreement). The additional Bonds are part of the same series of debt securities issued by the Company on September 25, 2023. Following the closing of this offering, the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding totaled $600,000,000.

 

The Bonds were issued under a Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, supplementing the First Mortgage Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1978, as supplemented, amended and restated effective as of June 1, 2011, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee. The terms of the Bonds, and the form thereof, were set forth in the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2023 between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.

 

 

 

Section 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 
Number
  Description
1.1   Underwriting Agreement dated March 19, 2024, between Public Service Company of New Hampshire, doing business as Eversource Energy, and Barclays Capital Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein.
4.1   Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds, dated as of September 1, 2023, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on September 25, 2023, File No. 001-06392.
4.2   Form of 5.35% First Mortgage Bonds, Series X, Due 2033 (included as Schedule A to the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1).
4.3   Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.
5.1   Legal opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the Bonds.
5.2   Legal opinion of Erik Newman, Esq. relating to the validity of the Bonds.
23.1   Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2   Consent of Erik Newman, 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.

 

  PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
  (Registrant)
     
April 1, 2024 By: /s/ Emilie G. O’Neil
    Emilie G. O’Neil
    Assistant Treasurer-Corporate Finance and Cash Management

 

 


Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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1 Subsequent Filing that References this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/03/24  Eversource Energy                 10-Q        3/31/24  125:15M


1 Previous Filing that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 9/25/23  Public Svc Co. of New Hampshire   8-K:2,9     9/25/23   15:663K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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