SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2017-11-03

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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 10.1 - YANKEE GAS
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<head><title>Converted by EDGARwiz</title> </head> <body style="FONT-SIZE:10pt; FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman'; COLOR:#000000; MARGIN-TOP:0px"> <div style=WIDTH:595px> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=right>EXHIBIT 10.1<br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>from</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>YANKEE GAS SERVICES COMPANY</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>doing business as EVERSOURCE ENERGY</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>to</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>TRUSTEE</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>_________________________________</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>Dated as of September 1, 2017</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>Supplemental to Indenture of Mortgage</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>and Deed of Trust from</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>Yankee Gas Services Company to</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., successor to </p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>The Bank of New York, successor to<br>Fleet National Bank, formerly known as </p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>The Connecticut National Bank), Trustee,</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center>dated as of July 1, 1989, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2014</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style="BORDER-BOTTOM:#000000 3px double; PADDING-BOTTOM:4px; MARGIN:0px" align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=center><br><br></p></div> <div style=WIDTH:624px> <p style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always; MARGIN:0px" align=right><br></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px" align=center><b>THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE</b></p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=justify><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px; LINE-HEIGHT:12pt; TEXT-INDENT:48px" align=justify>THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 1, 2017, between YANKEE GAS SERVICES COMPANY, a specially chartered Connecticut corporation, doing business as Eversource Energy (herein called the <i>&#147;Company&#148;</i>), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking corporation, successor as trustee to The Bank of New York, as successor to Fleet National Bank (formerly known as The Connecticut National Bank), as Trustee (the <i>&#147;Trustee&#148;</i>) under the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of July 1, 1989, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2014, including any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto, including, without limitation, this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, being herein called the <i>&#147;Indenture&#148;</i>);</p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=justify><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px; TEXT-INDENT:48px" align=justify>WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 201, 301, 401, 1301(b) and 1301(f) of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of a new series&nbsp;of Securities which Securities will be secured by and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and to add to its covenants and agreements contained in the Indenture certain other covenants and agreements; and </p> <p style=MARGIN:0px align=justify><br></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE:12pt; FONT-FAMILY:CG Times,Times New Roman; MARGIN:0px; TEXT-INDENT:48px" align=justify>WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been performed, and the issuance of the new series&nbsp;of Securities, subject to the terms of the Indenture, has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and approved by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (&#147;<i>PURA</i>&#148;), and the Company has requested and hereby requests the Trustee to enter into and join the Compan