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SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
Shareholders
As of December 31, 2005, there were 53,402 common shareholders
of record of Northeast Utilities holding an aggregate of 174,897,704
common shares.
Common Share Information
The common shares of Northeast Utilities 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 daily closing prices and
dividends paid for the past two years, by quarters, are shown in
the chart below.
Quarterly Dividend
Year Quarter High Low per Share
2005 First $19.45 $17.84 $0.1625
Second $21.22 $18.11 $0.1625
Third $21.79 $19.47 $0.175
Fourth $20.08 $17.61 $0.175
2004 First $20.10 $18.35 $0.15
Second $19.50 $17.70 $0.15
Third $19.49 $18.50 $0.1625
Fourth $20.03 $17.30 $0.1625
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The Bank of New York
Investor Relations Department
P.O. Box 11258
Church Street Station
New York, NY 10286-1258
1-800-999-7269
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Northeast Utilities will
be held at 10:30 a.m. on May 9, 2006, at the Sheraton Springfield
Monarch Place Hotel, One Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Compliance with New York Stock Exchange Corporate
Governance Rules
The Company’sForm 10-K for 2005 contained the certifications
required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and on
June 8, 2005, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer provided the
New York Stock Exchange with the required annual written certification
that he was not awareof any violations by the Company of the
Exchange’s corporate governance listing standards.
Form 10-K
Northeast Utilities will provide shareholders a copy of its 2005
Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form10-K, including the financial statements and schedules
thereto, without charge, upon receipt of a written request sent to:
O. Kay Comendul
Assistant Secretary
Northeast Utilities
P.O. Box 270
Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270
Northeast Utilities is the parent company of the NU system
(collectively referred to as NU). NU operates New England’s largest
energy delivery system with 1,881,957 electric customers in
Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts and 196,870
natural gas customers in Connecticut.
Current NU subsidiaries are listed below:
Electric and Gas Operating Subsidiaries
The Connecticut Light and Power Company
Public Service Company of New Hampshire
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Yankee Gas Services Company
Competitive Subsidiaries
Holyoke Water Power Company* (generation ownership)
NU Enterprises, Inc.* (unregulated businesses holding company)
Mode 1 Communications, Inc. (telecommunications)
Northeast Generation Company* (generation ownership)
Northeast Generation Services Company* (generation services)
Select Energy, Inc.* (energy supply)
Select Energy Services, Inc.* (energy services)
Support Subsidiary
Northeast Utilities Service Company (systemwide services)
Realty Subsidiaries
NorConn Properties, Inc. (Connecticut)
Properties, Inc. (New Hampshire)
The Quinnehtuk Company (Massachusetts)
The Rocky River Realty Company (Connecticut)
Financing Subsidiaries
CL&P Funding LLC
CL&P Receivables Corporation
PSNH Funding LLC
PSNH Funding LLC 2
WMECO Funding LLC
*Weare exiting these businesses.
New option to receive your annual report
and proxy materials electronically
In 2005, NU shareholders approved a change to the Declaration
of Trust which now allows us to offer electronic delivery of annual
meeting materials. Shareholders interested in this new option may
log onto the following Web site, www.giveconsent.com/nu. It would
be helpful to have your NU shareholder account number on hand
when you go on line. Your account number can be found on your
dividend check or on your dividend reinvestment statement.
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