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September 29, 2014, as a Director of CL&P, PSNH, WMECO and Yankee Gas from April 10, 2012 to September 29, 2014 and of NSTAR Electric
and NSTAR Gas from November 27, 2012 to September 29, 2014. Previously, Mr. Nolan served as Senior Vice President-Customer & Corporate
Relations of NSTAR, NSTAR Electric and NSTAR Gas from 2006 until April 10, 2012. Mr. Nolan has served as a Director of Eversource Energy
Foundation, Inc. since April 10, 2012, and has served as Executive Director of Eversource Energy Foundation, Inc. since October 15, 2013. He has
served as a Trustee of the NSTAR Foundation since October 1, 2000.
Jay S. Buth. Mr. Buth has served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Eversource Energy, CL&P, NSTAR Electric,
NSTAR Gas, PSNH, WMECO, Yankee Gas and Eversource Service since April 10, 2012. Previously, Mr. Buth served as Vice President-
Accounting and Controller of Eversource Energy, CL&P, PSNH, WMECO, Yankee Gas and Eversource Service from June 2009 until April 10,
2012. From June 2006 through January 2009, Mr. Buth served as the Vice President and Controller for New Jersey Resources Corporation, an
energy services holding company that provides natural gas and wholesale energy services, including transportation, distribution and asset
management.
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
Eversource. Our common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The ticker symbol is “ES.” 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
2015 First $
56.83
$
48.54 $
0.4175
Second 51.42
45.20 0.4175
Third 52.15
44.64 0.4175
Fourth 52.85
48.18 0.4175
2014 First $
45.69
$
41.28 $
0.3925
Second 47.60
44.28 0.3925
Third 47.37
41.92 0.3925
Fourth 56.66
44.37 0.3925
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 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 Eversource.
Common stock dividends approved and paid to Eversource during the year were as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(Millions of Dollars) 2015 2014
CL&P $ 196.0 $ 171.2
NSTAR Electric
198.0 253.0
PSNH 106.0 66.0
WMECO 37.2 60.0
(b) Holders
As of January 31, 2016, there were 42,493 registered common shareholders of our company on record. As of the same date, there were a total of
317,191,249 common shares issued.
(d) 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.