UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 1, 2024

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New Hampshire

001-06392

02-0181050

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Energy Park

780 North Commercial Street

Manchester, New Hampshire

03101-1134

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 286-5000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
None	None	None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Section 2

Financial Information

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On April 1, 2024, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, doing business as Eversource Energy (the “Company”), issued an additional $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.35% First Mortgage Bonds, Series X, Due 2033 (the “Bonds”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 19, 2024, among Barclays Capital Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein, and the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”). The additional Bonds are part of the same series of debt securities issued by the Company on September 25, 2023. Following the closing of this offering, the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding totaled $600,000,000.

The Bonds were issued under a Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, supplementing the First Mortgage Indenture, dated as of August 15, 1978, as supplemented, amended and restated effective as of June 1, 2011, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee. The terms of the Bonds, and the form thereof, were set forth in the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2023 between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.

Section 9

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement dated March 19, 2024, between Public Service Company of New Hampshire, doing business as Eversource Energy, and Barclays Capital Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein.
4.1		Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds, dated as of September 1, 2023, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on September 25, 2023, File No. 001-06392.
4.2		Form of 5.35% First Mortgage Bonds, Series X, Due 2033 (included as Schedule A to the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1).
4.3		Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.
5.1		Legal opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the Bonds.
5.2		Legal opinion of Erik Newman, Esq. relating to the validity of the Bonds.
23.1		Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of Erik Newman, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.2).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

	PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
	(Registrant)

April 1, 2024	By:	/s/ Emilie G. O’Neil
		Emilie G. O’Neil
		Assistant Treasurer-Corporate Finance and Cash Management

PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 8-K