Hunton Andrews Kurth Represents Underwriters on Eversource Energy’s Offering of 6,000,000 Common Shares

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represented the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Eversource Energy of 6,000,000 shares of its common shares. An amount equal to the net proceeds of the offering will be used to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts.

Eversource Energy, a voluntary association and Massachusetts business trust, is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut and is a public utility holding company subject to the regulation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005. Eversource Energy is engaged primarily in the energy delivery business, providing franchised retail electric service to approximately 3.22 million customers in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, franchised retail natural gas service to more than 541,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and water services to approximately 229,000 residential, commercial, industrial, municipal and fire protection and other customers, in 60 towns and cities in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

The Hunton Andrews Kurth team included Mike Fitzpatrick, Steve Friend, Brendan Harney, Mae Ji and Matt Hayes. Robert McNamara and Tim Strother provided tax advice.