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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrants' Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
(a) Market Information and (c) Dividends
NU. Our common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The ticker symbol is "NU," although it is frequently presented as
"Noeast Util" and/or "NE Util" in various financial publications. The high and low sales prices of our common shares and the dividends
declared, for the past two years, by quarter, are shown below.
Year
Quarter
High
Low
Dividends
Declared
2013
First
$
43.49
$
38.60
$
0.368
Second
45.66
39.35
0.368
Third
45.13
40.01
0.368
Fourth
43.75
40.60
0.368
2012
First
$
37.64
$
33.48
$
0.294
Second
39.09
34.84
0.343
Third
40.86
36.68
0.343
Fourth
40.38
37.53
0.343
Information with respect to dividend restrictions for us, CL&P, NSTAR Electric, PSNH, and WMECO is contained in Item 7,
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, under the caption "Liquidity" and Item 8,
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, in the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, within this Annual Report
on Form 10-K.
There is no established public trading market for the common stock of CL&P, NSTAR Electric, PSNH and WMECO. All of the common
stock of CL&P, NSTAR Electric, PSNH and WMECO is held solely by NU.
During 2013 and 2012, CL&P approved and paid $152 million and $100.5 million, respectively, of common stock dividends to NU.
During 2013, NSTAR Electric approved and paid $56 million of common stock dividends to its parent company. For the period April 10,
2012 to December 31, 2012, NSTAR Electric approved and paid $159.9 million of common stock dividends to its parent company.
During 2013 and 2012, PSNH approved and paid $68 million and $90.7 million, respectively, of common stock dividends to NU.
During 2013 and 2012, WMECO approved and paid $40 million and $9.4 million, respectively, of common stock dividends to NU.
(b) Holders
As of January 31, 2014, there were 46,983 registered common shareholders of our company on record. As of the same date, there
were a total of 315,434,940 common shares issued.
(c) Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
For information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, see Item 12, Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters, included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(d) Performance Graph
The performance graph below illustrates a five-year comparison of cumulative total returns based on an initial investment of $100 in
2008 in Northeast Utilities common stock, as compared with the S&P 500 Stock Index and the EEI Index for the period 2009 through
2013, assuming all dividends are reinvested.