Company: CNLHP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001104659-25-031685
Chunk: 16

Company: CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 16
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 of the date hereof, the Declaration of Trust requires the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding common shares to approve (i) placing a mortgage lien on the whole or substantially the whole of the trust estate, (ii) issuing shares of preferred stock, (iii) releasing pre-emptive rights from common shares holding such rights, and (iv) amending or terminating the Declaration of Trust. If approved by shareholders, the Declaration of Trust, as amended, will require the vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares to approve such actions. The votes on the proposals considered at the 2025 Annual Meeting will be reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K required to be filed after the Annual Meeting.

Preemptive Rights. Our Declaration of Trust provides that the holders of common shares and convertible securities will have preemptive rights with respect to offerings for cash of common shares or securities convertible into common shares, except with respect to:

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common shares, or the grant of rights or options on such shares, to our Trustees, directors, officers, or employees or those of a subsidiary of ours, if the issue or grant is approved by the holders of common shares at a meeting duly held for such purpose or is authorized by and consistent with a plan previously so approved by the holders of common shares;

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common shares issued on the conversion of convertible securities, if the convertible securities were offered or issued to holders of common shares in satisfaction of their preemptive rights or were not subject to preemptive rights;

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common shares and convertible securities offered to shareholders in satisfaction of their preemptive rights and not purchased by those shareholders;

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common shares or convertible securities issued pursuant to a plan adjusting any rights to fractional shares or fractional interests in order to prevent the issue of fractional shares or fractional interests in these shares;

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common shares or convertible securities issued in connection with a merger or consolidation or pursuant to an order of a court, unless such order provides otherwise;

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common shares or convertible securities issued in a public offering or through an underwriting;

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common shares or convertible securities released from preemptive rights through the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the common shares then outstanding; or

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common shares or convertible securities held in our treasury.

Board of Trustees. Members of our Board of Trustees serve one-year terms and are elected annually.

Shareholder Proposals and Trustee Nominations. Our shareholders may submit shareholder proposals and nominate candidates for the