Eversource Energy (D/B/A) filed SEC Form 8-K: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On October 17, 2025, Eversource Energy issued $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.45% Senior Notes, Series HH, Due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated October 15, 2025, among Eversource Energy and BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
The Notes are Eversource Energy’s unsecured obligations and were issued under the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated October 1, 2025, between Eversource Energy and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture”), supplementing the Indenture between Eversource Energy and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee), dated as of April 1, 2002 (the “Indenture”).
Interest on the 2030 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2026 and ending on the maturity date of the 2030 Notes.
The foregoing summaries of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by references to such documents. The Underwriting Agreement and the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture are filed hereto as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.1, respectively. The Indenture is filed as Exhibit A-3 to Eversource Energy’s 35-CERT, filed April 16, 2002 (File No. 070-09535).
A copy of the opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the Notes is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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.
| EVERSOURCE ENERGY | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| October 17, 2025 | By: | /s/ Matthew P. Fallon |
| Matthew P. Fallon | ||
| Assistant Treasurer | ||