NORTHEAST UTILITIES 20,000,000 COMMON SHARES, $5 PAR VALUE PER SHARE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • December 12th, 2005 • Northeast Utilities • Electric services • New York
Northeast Utilities, a Massachusetts voluntary association (the “Company”), proposes to sell an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common shares, par value $5 per share (the “Common Shares”). In addition, the Company proposes to grant to the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule 1 attached to this agreement (this “Agreement”) options to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of the Common Shares on the terms set forth in Section 2 (the “Option Shares”). The Firm Shares and the Option Shares, if purchased, are hereinafter collectively called the “Shares.” This is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Shares from the Company by the Underwriters.
