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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0001127602-12-011309
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2012-03-19 21:27:03
Reporting Period:: 2012-03-15

Filing Date:: 2012-03-19
Accepted Time:: 2012-03-19 20:27:03
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
72741	Northeast Utilities	NU	Electric Services (4911)	042147929

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1054818	W Charles Shivery	C/O Northeast Utilities 56 Prospect Street Hartford CT 06103	Chrmn Of Bd, President & Ceo	No	Yes	No	Yes

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Shares, $5.00 Par Value	Disposition	2012-03-15	15,192	$36.74	614,686	No	4	F	Direct
Common Shares, $5.00 Par Value	Acquisiton	2012-03-16	29,024	$18.90	643,710	No	4	M	Direct
Common Shares, $5.00 Par Value	Disposition	2012-03-16	29,024	$36.40	614,686	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Shares, $5.00 Par Value	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-03-16	29,024	$0.00	29,024	$18.90

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2003-06-11	2012-06-11	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Shares, $5.00 Par Value	2,276	Indirect	By 401(k) Plan Trustee

Reported Derivative Holdings

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Price	Date	Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
Common Shares, $5.00 Par Value	Phantom Shares	$0.00			9,638	9,638	Direct

Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
	9,638	9,638	Direct

Footnotes

Disposition of performance shares under the 2009 - 2011 Long Term Incentive Plan, previously reported on February 17, 2012, to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
Includes restricted share units and dividend equivalents thereon. In addition, of the total owned, the reporting person holds 1,500 of these shares jointly with his spouse.
The options exercised to purchase 29,024 common shares were granted on June 11, 2002, and were vested and approaching expiration on June 11, 2012.
The transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $36.39 to $36.431. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
Shares held in trust under the Northeast Utilities Service Company 401k Plan, a qualified plan, according to information supplied by the plan's recordkeeper.
Matching contributions on reporting person's deferred compensation contributions under the Northeast Utilities Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, that are nominally invested as common shares. Each phantom share represents the right to receive cash value of one NU common share upon a distribution event, following vesting. Additional phantom shares are issued upon the automatic reinvestment of dividend-equivalents exempt from the line item reporting under SEC Rule 16a-11.