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Northeast Utilities

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Shareholder Information
 
Shareholder Services Department -
How to Reach Us
 
Frequently Asked Shareholder Questions
 
Dividend Information
 
Buying and Selling through the
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
 
Changing the Name on your Account
 
Annual Meeting Information
Investors Information
 
Current Stock Quote Services
 
Financial Reports
 
October 1997 Financial Update
 
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Prospectus
 
 


Dividend Information

Effective the second quarter of 1997, the NU Board of Trustees voted to suspend payment of common share dividends.


Dividend Reinvestment

Buying and Selling
Through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan

The Northeast Utilities Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the Plan) provides a convenient and cost-effective way of accumulating additional NU common shares through the use of Optional Cash Payments. Although the NU Board of Trustees recently voted to suspend payment of common dividends, the Plan is still open to registered holders of NU common shares. To become a shareholder, investors must arrange their initial purchase through their stock broker.

Some important features of the Plan are:

Purchase Terms:

Sale Terms:

Enrollment:
Registered shareholders may enroll in the Plan by completing  the web form for a Dividend Reinvestment Plan Authorization. In order to be eligible for reinvestment of a particular dividend, the authorization form must be returned by the record date for that payment.

Plan Prospectus:
We are pleased to make available to you a copy of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan Prospectus.


Stock Transfer

Changing the Name on Your Account

To serve its shareholders better, Northeast Utilities established a stock transfer department staffed with our own employees in June of 1990. The Shareholder Services Department is available to assist our shareholders with inquiries concerning transfers of stocks, including situations involving:

The proper forms and instructions for one of these or any other type of change to your account name, are available on  the web form, or by e-mail shareinfo@nu.com, from the Shareholder Services Department.

If you need to request an address change please submit the address change form or e-mail shareinfo@nu.com to request a form.


Annual Meeting Information

The location and the date of the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Northeast Utilities will be voted on by the NU Board of Trustees in February 1998.


How to Reach Northeast Utilities
Shareholder Services Department

By Mail:
Shareholder Services Department
Northeast Utilities Service Company
PO Box 5006
Hartford CT 06102-5006
By Phone:
1-800-999-7269 (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time)
(860) 665-4801 (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time)

NU is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol NU

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