UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • March 23rd, 2009 • Northeast Utilities • Electric services • New York
Northeast Utilities, a Massachusetts voluntary association (the “Company”), proposes to sell an aggregate of 16,500,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common shares, par value $5 per share (the “Common Shares”) to the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I attached to this agreement (this “Agreement”). In addition, the Company proposes to grant an option to the Underwriters to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,475,000 shares of the Common Shares (the “Option Shares”) on the terms set forth in Section 2 hereof. 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.
