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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-25-100405
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		16
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251017
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251017
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251017

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EVERSOURCE ENERGY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000072741
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				042147929
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05324
		FILM NUMBER:		251401018

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 CADWELL DRIVE
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01104
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8606655000

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		STREET 1:		107 SELDEN ST
		CITY:			BERLIN
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06037-1616

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHEAST UTILITIES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20041201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHEAST UTILITIES SYSTEM
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961121
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to an Underwriting Agreement, dated October 15, 2025, among Eversource Energy and BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan
Stanley &amp; Co. LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the
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between Eversource Energy and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee), dated as of April 1, 2002 (the &#8220;Indenture&#8221;).</p>

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in their entirety by references to such documents. The Underwriting Agreement and the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture are filed hereto
as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.1, respectively. The Indenture is filed as Exhibit A-3 to Eversource Energy&#8217;s 35-CERT, filed April 16, 2002
(File No. 070-09535).</p>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;<B>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means each &ldquo;free writing prospectus&rdquo;
(as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on behalf of the Company and approved by the Company or used or
referred to by the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities;</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;<B>Preliminary Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means the prospectus relating to the Securities included
in the Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Securities, as filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;<B>Pricing Disclosure Package</B>&rdquo; means, as of the Applicable Time, the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus, together with each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II hereto;</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;<B>Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means the final prospectus relating to the Securities included in
the Registration Statement, including any prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Securities, as filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; and</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;<B>Registration Statement</B>&rdquo; means, collectively, the various parts of such registration
statement, each as amended as of the Effective Date for such part, including any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and all exhibits
to such registration statement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Any
reference to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Form S-3 under the Securities Act as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may
be. Any reference to the &ldquo;<B>most recent Preliminary Prospectus</B>&rdquo; shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations on or prior to the date hereof.
Any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Exchange Act</B>&rdquo;), after the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus,
as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any Annual Report on
Form 10-K of the Company filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&#8239;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the Effective Date
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding
or examination for such purpose or pursuant to Section&#8239;8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has
been instituted or threatened by the Commission.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company was at the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, has been at all relevant
determination dates thereafter (as provided in clause (2) of the definition of &ldquo;well-known seasoned issuer&rdquo; in Rule 405 of
the Rules and Regulations), is on the date hereof and will be on the Closing Date (as defined below) a &ldquo;well-known seasoned issuer&rdquo;
(as defined in such Rule 405), including not having been an &ldquo;ineligible issuer&rdquo; (as defined in such Rule 405) at any such
time or date. The Registration Statement is an &ldquo;automatic shelf registration statement&rdquo; (as defined in such Rule 405), was
filed not earlier than the date that is three years prior to the Closing Date and the Company has not received from the Commission any
notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form and
the Company has not otherwise ceased to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects on the Effective
Date and on the Closing Date, and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material
respects when filed, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations
and on the Closing Date to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated by reference
in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus conformed, and any further documents so incorporated will conform, when filed with the
Commission, in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Date, contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; <I>provided
</I>that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically
for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section&#8239;8(g) hereof, except that the representations and warranties set
forth in this paragraph do not apply to that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification
on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Trust Indenture Act</B>&rdquo;), of The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the &ldquo;<B>Trustee</B>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the Closing Date, contain an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; <I>provided </I>that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in
or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section&#8239;8(g) hereof.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The documents incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus did not,
and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(vii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; <I>provided </I>that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in
or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section&#8239;8(g) hereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(viii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the date of first use, and the Company has complied with any filing requirements
applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. Except for each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
listed on Schedule II hereto (the use of which has been consented to by the Representatives), the Company has not made any offer relating
to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representatives. The
Company has retained in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed
pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. Schedule II hereto includes a complete list of all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses used in connection
with the offering of the Securities.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company has been duly formed, is validly existing as a Massachusetts voluntary association in
good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has the power and authority to own its property and to conduct its
business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company possesses such material certificates, authorizations, franchises or permits issued
by the appropriate state or federal regulatory authorities or bodies as are necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Each majority-owned subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or otherwise formed, is
validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or formation, has the corporate or limited liability company power, as applicable, and authority to own its property and
to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except
to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of common stock or membership interests of each subsidiary of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company, free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. Each subsidiary possesses such material certificates, authorizations, franchises or permits
issued by the appropriate state or federal regulatory authorities or bodies as are necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is
a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally and general principles of equity.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(xii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Indenture dated as of April 1, 2002 between the Company and the Trustee (as supplemented and
previously amended by various supplemental indentures, including, by the Twenty Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1,
2025, establishing the terms of the Securities, the &ldquo;<B>Indenture</B>&rdquo;), has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally
and general principles of equity.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will
be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, in each case enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally
and general principles of equity.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(xiv)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law, rule or regulation or the
Declaration of Trust of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree
of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, except such as have been obtained
under the Securities Act and such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the
offer and sale of the Securities.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending, threatened or contemplated to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Disclosure Package and are not so described or any statutes,
regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Disclosure Package
or to be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described, filed or incorporated as
required.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Each Preliminary Prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as
part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations, complied when so filed in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(xviii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application
of the proceeds thereof as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an &ldquo;investment company&rdquo;
as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(xix)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company and
its subsidiaries (A)&#8239;is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating
to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(&ldquo;<B>Environmental Laws</B>&rdquo;) (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up,
closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating
activities and any potential liabilities to third parties), (B)&#8239;has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and (C)&#8239;is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or
other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As of the date of the Company&rsquo;s most recent certification pursuant to Section&#8239;302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the &ldquo;<B>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</B>&rdquo;), the Company and each of its subsidiaries that is a reporting
company under the Exchange Act (collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Reporting Companies</B>&rdquo;) maintain systems of internal accounting controls
and processes sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (a)&#8239;transactions are executed in accordance with management&rsquo;s
general or specific authorizations; (b)&#8239;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; and (c)&#8239;assets are safeguarded from loss or unauthorized use. The Reporting
Companies evaluated the design and operation of their respective disclosure controls and procedures to determine whether they are effective
in ensuring that the disclosure of required information is timely made in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and forms of
the Commission. These evaluations were made under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the principal executive
officers and principal financial officers of each of the Reporting Companies, within the 45-day period prior to the filing of the most
recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The principal executive officers and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their
review, that the disclosure controls and procedures, as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, are effective
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by each of the Reporting Companies in reports that it files under the Exchange Act
is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Commission rules and forms. No significant changes
were made to the Reporting Companies&rsquo; internal controls or other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent
to the date of their evaluation. The Company is not aware of any material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The financial statements and the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as
of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The other financial information included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby. No other financial statements
or schedules of any other person are required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be included in or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, or the Prospectus. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting
Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the
information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&rsquo;s rules and guidelines
applicable thereto.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Deloitte and Touche LLP, who have audited certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent
registered public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries as required by the Securities Act.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the Closing Date and completion
of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
other than the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus set forth on
Schedule II hereto.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a) is, or is controlled or 50% or more owned by or is
acting on behalf of, an individual or entity that is currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States
(including any administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC), the U.S.
Department of State or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United Nations Security Council,
the European Union, the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or enforced by His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury) or other relevant
sanctions authority (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Sanctions</B>&rdquo;), (b) is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that
is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory, including, without
limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People&rsquo;s Republic, the so-called
Luhansk People&rsquo;s Republic, the non-government controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Regions of Ukraine, or any other
Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065 or (c) will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of this
offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual
or entity in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by, or could result in the imposition of Sanctions against,
any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor
or otherwise).</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (a) is under investigation by any governmental body
for, or has been charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering
predicate crimes under any applicable law (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</B>&rdquo;), (b) has been assessed civil
penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or (c) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money
Laundering Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries have taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event as required
by applicable law), to ensure that each of them is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Money
Laundering Laws.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken
any action, directly or indirectly, that could result in a violation or a sanction for violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the
rules or regulations thereunder; and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures to ensure
compliance therewith. No part of the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, each as may be amended, or any similar law of any other relevant
jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(xxvii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
(1) there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company&rsquo;s or any of its subsidiaries&rsquo;
information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries
after due inquiry, the data in the possession of the Company or its subsidiaries related to their respective customers, employees, suppliers
and vendors), equipment or technology (collectively, &ldquo;<B>IT Systems and Data</B>&rdquo;), (2) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has been notified of, or has any knowledge of, any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any
security breach or other compromise to its IT Systems and Data and (3) the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable statutes, governmental regulations and standards, contractual obligations and internal policies relating
to the security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or
modification, except as would not, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (b) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster
recovery technology consistent in all material respects with general industry standards and practices.</FONT></P>

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certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with
the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Each Underwriter hereby agrees that, except for one or more term sheets containing the information
set forth in Exhibit&#8239;A to Schedule II hereto, it will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the use of, any &ldquo;free
writing prospectus&rdquo;, as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations (which term includes use of any written information furnished
to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the
Company) other than (i)&#8239;one or more term sheets relating to the Securities which are not Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses and which
contain preliminary terms of the Securities and related customary information, (ii)&#8239;a free writing prospectus that is not required
to be filed with the Commission, (iii)&#8239;a free writing prospectus that contains no &ldquo;issuer information&rdquo; (as defined in
Rule 433(h)(2) of the Rules and Regulations) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in any Preliminary
Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iv)&#8239;any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus prepared pursuant to Section&#8239;7(c)
hereof, or (v)&#8239;any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Terms of Public Offering. </I>The Company is advised by the Underwriters that they have made
a public offering of the Securities on the date of this Agreement. The terms of the public offering of the Securities are set forth in
the Pricing Disclosure Package.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Payment and Delivery. </I>Except as otherwise provided in this Section&#8239;5, payment for the
Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available at the time (the &ldquo;<B>Closing Date</B>&rdquo;)
and place set forth in Schedule III hereto, upon delivery to the Representatives of the Securities, in fully registered global form registered
in the name of Cede &amp; Co., for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities registered in such names and
in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in writing not less than the business day immediately preceding the date of
delivery, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters duly paid. Delivery of
the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Conditions to the Underwriters&rsquo; Obligations. </I>The obligations of the Underwriters are
subject to the following conditions:</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">there shall not have occurred any downgrading or withdrawal, nor shall any notice have been given
of any intended or potential downgrading or withdrawal or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of
the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company&rsquo;s securities by any &ldquo;nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,&rdquo; as such term is defined for purposes of Section&#8239;3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act;</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in
accordance with Section&#8239;7(b) hereof; the Company shall have complied with all filing requirements applicable to any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section&#8239;8A
of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; any request
of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied
with; and the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations objecting
to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form; and</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in
the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
from that set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and that
makes it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and
signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Sections 6(a)(i) and (ii) above and to the effect that (i)&#8239;the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company
has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or
before the Closing Date and (ii)&#8239;since the Effective Date, no event has occurred that should have been set forth in a supplement
or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that has not been so set forth. The
officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">At the Closing Date, the Securities shall have at least the ratings specified in the Pricing Disclosure
Package, and the Company shall have delivered to the Underwriters a letter, dated the Closing Date, from each relevant rating agency,
or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, confirming that the Securities have been assigned such ratings;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Underwriters shall have received (i) from Ropes &amp; Gray LLP, outside counsel to the Company,
an opinion dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as <B><U>Exhibit A</U></B>, and (ii) from internal counsel to the Company,
an opinion dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as <B><U>Exhibit B</U></B>. The Company shall have furnished to each such
counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass on such matters. The opinions of Counsel described in
this Section 6(d) shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(e)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Underwriters shall have received from Choate, Hall &amp; Stewart LLP, special counsel for the
Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives
may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling
them to pass upon such matters.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(f)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Underwriters shall have received on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, letters, the first
dated the date hereof and the second dated the Closing Date, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Deloitte
 &amp; Touche LLP, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants&rsquo; &ldquo;comfort letters&rdquo;
to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference
in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If
any of the conditions specified in this Section&#8239;6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any
of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled
at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing
or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Covenants of the Company. </I>In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters
herein contained, the Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To furnish the Representatives, without charge, one (1) signed copy of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, for delivery to each other Underwriter, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits
thereto) and to furnish the Representatives in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business
day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section&#8239;7(e) hereof, as many copies of the Preliminary
Prospectus, Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and
amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representatives may reasonably request.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations not later than the Commission&rsquo;s close of business
on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement. If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure
Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i)&#8239;notify
promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Pricing Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii)&#8239;amend
or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii)&#8239;supply any amendment or supplement
to the Underwriters in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If required by the Securities Act, to timely file with the Commission under the Securities Act each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company will prepare a pricing term sheet, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to Schedule II
hereto, in a form approved by the Representatives and agrees to file such pricing term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and
Regulations within the time required by such Rule and to file all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus with respect to the Securities, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of each such proposed amendment
or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(e)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered (including in such circumstances where such requirement
can be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Rules and Regulations) in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall
occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for
the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with
the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives
will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light
of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
will comply with law.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of
such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company shall not be required
to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a consent to service of process or to file annual reports or to comply with any other
requirements deemed by the Company in its reasonable judgment to be unduly burdensome.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not to make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
without the prior written consent of the Representatives.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(h)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To retain in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses it uses
or refers to; and if at any time after the date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or, if for any other reason it shall
be necessary to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to notify the Representatives and, upon their request, to file
such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that will correct such conflict, statement or omission
or effect such compliance.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To make generally available to the Company&rsquo;s security holders, as soon as practicable, an
earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning after the &ldquo;effective date
of the registration statement&rdquo; within the meaning of Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations, which earning statement shall be in
such form, and be made generally available to security holders in such a manner, as to meet the requirements of the last paragraph of
Section&#8239;11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(j)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">During the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and continuing to and including the Closing
Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any debt securities of the Company or warrants
to purchase debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Securities (other than (i)&#8239;the Securities and (ii)&#8239;commercial
paper issued in the ordinary course of business), without the prior written consent of the Representatives.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(k)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement
is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including:
(i)&#8239;the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company&rsquo;s counsel and the Company&rsquo;s accountants in connection with the
registration and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation
and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and amendments
and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii)&#8239;all costs and expenses related to the transfer
and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii)&#8239;the cost of printing
or producing any Blue Sky memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state law and all expenses in connection
with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state law as provided in Section&#8239;7(f) hereof, including filing
fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters not to exceed $10,000 in connection with such qualification
and in connection with the Blue Sky memorandum, (iv)&#8239;the fees and disbursements of the Company&rsquo;s accountants and the Trustee
and its counsel, (v)&#8239;all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection
with any review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (vi)&#8239;any fees
charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities and (vii)&#8239;all other costs and expenses incident to the performance
of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that
except as provided in this Section, Section&#8239;8 entitled &ldquo;Indemnity and Contribution&rdquo;, and clause (b) of Section&#8239;10
entitled &ldquo;Defaulting Underwriters&rdquo; hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of their counsel (except as set forth in this Section&#8239;7(k)), and any advertising expenses connected with any offers
they may make.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(l)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations,
including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and will use its best efforts to cause the Company&rsquo;s directors and officers,
in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute
or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company will pay the applicable Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the
time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of the Rules and Regulations without regard to the proviso thereof.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the &ldquo;<B>Renewal Deadline</B>&rdquo;) of the
initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will, prior
to the Renewal Deadline, file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating
to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives. If the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration
statement, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating
to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement
to be declared effective within 60 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to
permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the
Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new
shelf registration statement, as the case may be.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If at any time when Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission
a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration
statement form, the Company will (i)&#8239;promptly notify the Representatives, (ii)&#8239;promptly file a new registration statement or
post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii)&#8239;use
its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv)&#8239;promptly notify
the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering
and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) of the
Rules and Regulations notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement
shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Indemnity and Contribution. </I>(a)&#8239;The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either
Section&#8239;15 of the Securities Act or Section&#8239;20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities when and as incurred by them (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with defending or investigating any such action or claim) that are based upon or arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure
Package (as defined to include, as of the Applicable Time, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, together with each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus listed on Schedule II hereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or any &ldquo;issuer
information&rdquo; (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) contained in any free writing prospectus, so long as the Company
consented in writing to such free writing prospectus prior to its first use or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein,
which information consists solely of the information specified in Section&#8239;8(g) hereof.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of either Section&#8239;15 of the Securities Act or Section&#8239;20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendments or supplements thereto, which
information is limited to the information set forth in Section&#8239;8(g) hereof.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving
any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either Section&#8239;8(a) or 8(b) hereof, such person (the &ldquo;<B>indemnified
party</B>&rdquo;) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the &ldquo;<B>indemnifying party</B>&rdquo;)
in writing (but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party under this subsection shall not relieve it from any liability which
it otherwise might have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this subsection) and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others
the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding.
In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i)&#8239;the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually
agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii)&#8239;the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due
to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii)&#8239;the indemnifying party has not retained counsel within a reasonable
period of time after the request by the indemnified party to do so. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect
of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and
that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives,
in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section&#8239;8(a) hereof, and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant
to Section&#8239;8(b) hereof. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify
the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without
the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which
any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless
such settlement (x)&#8239;includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such proceeding and (y)&#8239;does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act
by or on behalf of any indemnified party.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section&#8239;8(a) or 8(b) hereof is unavailable
to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i)&#8239;in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the
Securities or (ii)&#8239;if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of each indemnifying
party on the one hand and each indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be
in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on
the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of each indemnifying party
on the one hand and each indemnified party on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied
by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party and the parties&rsquo; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters&rsquo; respective obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section&#8239;8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not
joint.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant
to this Section&#8239;8 were determined by <I>pro rata </I>allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose)
or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section&#8239;8(d) hereof.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section&#8239;8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&#8239;11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section&#8239;8 are not exclusive
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section&#8239;8 and the representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of (i)&#8239;any termination of this Agreement, (ii)&#8239;any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling
any Underwriter or the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii)&#8239;acceptance of and payment
for any of the Securities.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the statements (i)
regarding delivery of the Securities by the Underwriters set forth in the last paragraph of text on the cover page, (ii)&#8239;in the
fourth and seventh paragraphs of text under the caption &ldquo;Underwriting&rdquo; and (iii)&#8239;in the third sentence of the sixth
paragraph of text under the caption &ldquo;Underwriting&rdquo; of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus are correct
and constitute the only information concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Termination. </I>This Agreement shall be subject to termination by notice given by the Representatives
to the Company, if (a)&#8239;after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i)&#8239;trading generally
shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market,
the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade or there shall have been established
by any of such exchanges or by the Commission or by any federal or state agency or by the decision of any court, any general limitation
on prices for such trading or any general restrictions on the distribution of securities, (ii)&#8239;trading of any securities of the
Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii)&#8239;a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities, (iv)&#8239;there shall have occurred
any (A)&#8239;outbreak of hostilities affecting the United States, or (B)&#8239;other national or international calamity or crisis, or
any material adverse change in financial, political or economic conditions affecting the United States, including, but not limited to,
an escalation of hostilities that existed prior to the date of this Agreement, or (v)&#8239;there shall have occurred any material disruption
in commercial banking, securities settlement or clearance services and (b)&#8239;in the case of any of the events specified in clauses
9(a)(i) through 9(a)(v), such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it impracticable or inadvisable, in the sole
judgment of the Representatives, to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Defaulting Underwriters. </I> (a)&#8239;If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters
shall fail or refuse to purchase the Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter or Underwriters in Schedule I hereto
that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate amount of such Securities which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate amount of the Securities
of such Underwriter or Underwriters to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions
that the amount of such Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of such
Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representatives
may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on
such date; <I>provided </I>that in no event shall the amount of the Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to
this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section&#8239;10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such amount of such Securities without
the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase such
Securities and the aggregate amount of such Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one tenth of the aggregate
amount of such Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the
purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the
part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right
to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration
Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall
not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because any condition to the obligation
of the Underwriters set forth in Section&#8239;6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section&#8239;9 hereof
or because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this
Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse
the Underwriters for all out of pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters
in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>No Fiduciary Duty. </I>The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with this offering,
sale of the Securities or any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting
relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by
the Underwriters: (i)&#8239;no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company and any other person, on the one hand, and the Underwriters,
on the other, exists; (ii)&#8239;the Underwriters are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to the Company, including, without
limitation, with respect to the determination of the public offering price of the Securities, and such relationship between the Company,
on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial and based on arms-length negotiations; (iii)&#8239;any
duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Company shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated
herein; and (iv)&#8239;the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The
Company hereby waives any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection
with this offering.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Representations and Indemnities to Survive</I>. The respective agreements, representations, warranties,
indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement
will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section&#8239;8 hereof, and will survive delivery of
and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 8 and 10(b) hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Notices</I>. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and,
if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to BofA Securities, Inc., 114 West 47th Street NY8-114-07-01, New
York, New York 10036, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal, Facsimile No.: (212) 901-7881; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, Facsimile No.: (212) 834-6081; Morgan Stanley
 &amp; Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Investment Banking Division, Phone: (212) 761-6691, Facsimile
No.: (212) 507-8999; PNC Capital Markets LLC, 300 Fifth Avenue, 10<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, Attention: Debt
Capital Markets, Transaction Execution, Email: capitalmarketsnotices@pnc.com; RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street,
8<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, New York, New York 10281, Attention: DCM Transaction Management/Scott Primrose, Telephone: (212) 618-7706, Email:
<U>TMGUS@rbccm.com</U>; and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., 214 North Tryon Street, 26th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention:
Investment Grade Syndicate, Facsimile No.: (877) 774-3462; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Eversource
Energy, Attention: Corporate Finance &amp; Cash Management, Facsimile No.: (781) 441-3086 and confirmed to it at Eversource Energy, 247
Station Drive, Westwood, Massachusetts 02090, Attention: Assistant Treasurer, with a copy to Eversource Energy, 56 Prospect Street, Hartford,
Connecticut 06103, Attention: Executive Vice President and General Counsel.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Counterparts. </I>This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered
via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law) or other transmission method and any counterpart
so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. </I>THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Applicable Law. </I>This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Headings. </I>The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience
of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>No Shareholder Liability.</I> The Declaration of Trust of the Company provides that no shareholder
of the Company shall be held to any liability whatever for the payment of any sum of money, or for damages or otherwise, under any contract,
obligation or undertaking made, entered into or issued by the trustees of the Company or by any officer, agent or representative elected
or appointed by the trustees of the Company and no such contract, obligation, or undertaking shall be enforceable against the trustees
of the Company or any of them in their or his individual capacities or capacity and all such contracts, obligations and undertakings
shall be enforceable only against the trustees of the Company as such, and every person, firm, association, trust and corporation having
any claim or demand arising out of any such contract, obligation or undertaking shall look only to the trust estate for the payment or
satisfaction thereof.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>USA Patriot Act</I>. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of
Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well
as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</I>.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under
a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this
Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement,
and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter
becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against
such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special
Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">For purposes of
this Section 20, a &ldquo;BHC Act Affiliate&rdquo; has the meaning assigned to the term &ldquo;affiliate&rdquo; in, and shall be interpreted
in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &sect; 1841(k). &ldquo;Covered Entity&rdquo; means any of the following: (i) a &ldquo;covered entity&rdquo;
as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &sect; 252.82(b); (ii) a &ldquo;covered bank&rdquo; as that
term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &sect; 47.3(b); or (iii) a &ldquo;covered FSI&rdquo; as that term is
defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &sect; 382.2(b). &ldquo;Default Right&rdquo; has the meaning assigned to that
term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &sect;&sect; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. &ldquo;U.S. Special
Resolution Regime&rdquo; means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title
II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.</FONT></P>

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pages follow.]</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE I</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.45% Senior Notes,
Series HH, Due 2030</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Principal
    Amount of Securities</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&#8239;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    Securities, Inc.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">96,000,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE II</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Complete list
of all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses used in connection with the offering</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>of the Securities</B></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Term
                                            sheet, dated October 15, 2025, attached as Exhibit A to this Schedule II, relating to the
                                            4.45% Senior Notes, Series HH, Due 2030.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit&#8239;A
to Schedule II</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Free Writing Prospectus</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Filed pursuant
to Rule 433</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration
No.</B></FONT><B> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">333-286362</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 15, 2025</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>EVERSOURCE ENERGY</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Pricing
Term Sheet</U></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 45%; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Issuer:
</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; width: 55%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Eversource
    Energy</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Security:
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$600,000,000
    4.45% Senior Notes, Series HH, Due 2030</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Principal
    Amount:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$600,000,000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Maturity
    Date: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">December
    15, 2030</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Coupon:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.45%</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Benchmark
    Treasury:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.625%
    due September 30, 2030</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Benchmark
    Treasury Price / Yield:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99-31+
    / 3.628%</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Spread
    to Benchmark Treasury:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">87
    basis points</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Yield
    to Maturity:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.498%</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Price
    to Public:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.771%
    of the principal amount</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Interest
    Payment Dates:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Semi-annually
    in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2026&#8239;&#8239;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Optional Redemption Provisions:</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Make-whole
    call at any time prior to November 15, 2030 (one month prior to the Maturity Date) at a discount rate of Treasury plus 15 basis points
    and on or after such date at par</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trade
    Date:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">October
    15, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Settlement
    Date*: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">October
    17, 2025 (T+2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CUSIP
    / ISIN: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">30040WBB3
    </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/ US30040WBB37</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Expected
    Ratings**: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt">[Reserved]</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Joint
    Book-Running Managers:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">BofA Securities, Inc.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">PNC Capital Markets LLC</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">RBC Capital Markets, LLC</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Co-Managers:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Samuel A. Ramirez &amp; Company,
    Inc.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Siebert Williams Shank &amp; Co.,
    LLC</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree
otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade Securities in the secondary market prior to the date that is one business day before
the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Securities will initially settle T+2 (on October 17, 2025) to specify
an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of Securities who wish to trade
Securities prior to the date that is one business day before the settlement date should consult their own advisors.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">** Note: A securities rating is not
a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>The
issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus, as supplemented) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication
relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus (as supplemented) in that registration statement and other documents the issuer
has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. </B>You may get these documents for free by
visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering
will arrange to send you the prospectus (as supplemented) if you request it by </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">calling BofA Securities,
Inc. toll-free at (800) 294-1322<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">; </FONT>J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect
at (212) 834-4533; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC toll-free at (866) 718-1649</FONT>;
PNC Capital Markets LLC toll-free at (855) 881-0697; RBC Capital Markets, LLC toll-free at (866) 375-6829; or U.S. Bancorp Investments,
Inc. toll-free at (877) 558-2607.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE III</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Closing Date and Location:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10:00
a.m.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, New York time</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 17, 2025</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Choate, Hall &amp; Stewart
LLP</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Two International Place</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Boston, Massachusetts 02110</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3in; text-indent: -3in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Purchase
Price for the Securities: &#9;99.171</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">% of the principal amount thereof</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Opinion of
Ropes &amp; Gray LLP</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Opinion of
Internal Counsel to the Company</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0pt"><B>Exhibit 4.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>EVERSOURCE
ENERGY</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>AS TRUSTEE</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>TWENTY-third
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Dated as of October&nbsp;1, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Supplemental to the Indenture dated as of April&nbsp;1,
2002</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Senior Notes,
Series&nbsp;HH, Due 2030</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">TWENTY-<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">third
</FONT>SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October&nbsp;1, 2025 (this &ldquo;<U>Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture</U>&rdquo;), between
EVERSOURCE ENERGY, a voluntary association duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;),
and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee
to The Bank of New York), a national banking association, as Trustee under the Original Indenture referred to below (the &ldquo;<U>Trustee</U>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has heretofore
executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture dated as of April&nbsp;1, 2002 (the &ldquo;<U>Original Indenture</U>&rdquo;), as supplemented
and amended, to provide for the issuance from time to time of its notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness (the &ldquo;<U>Securities</U>&rdquo;),
the form and terms of which are to be established as set forth in Sections 201 and 301 of the Original Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section&nbsp;901 of the Original
Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture
for, among other things, (a)&nbsp;the purpose of establishing the form and terms of the Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
201 and 301 of the Original Indenture, (b)&nbsp;changing any of the provisions of the Original Indenture as they apply to any series of
Securities created by such supplemental indenture and (c)&nbsp;amending the Original Indenture in a manner not materially adverse to Holders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has previously
executed and delivered to the Trustee twenty-two supplemental indentures which are part of the Indenture for the purposes recited therein
and for the purpose of issuing Securities under the Indenture, the currently outstanding series of which are set forth in the following
table:</P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Supplemental <BR>
Indenture</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Date</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Series</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Currently Outstanding</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Seventh</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 15%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">March&nbsp;1, 2016</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;J, Due 2026</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">250,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 15%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">250,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Tenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">January&nbsp;1, 2018</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;M, Due 2028</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">450,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">450,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Eleventh</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">December&nbsp;1, 2018</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;O, Due 2029</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">500,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">500,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Twelfth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">January&nbsp;1, 2020</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;P, Due 2050</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">350,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">350,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Thirteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">August&nbsp;1, 2020</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;P, Due 2050</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">300,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">300,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Thirteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">August&nbsp;1, 2020</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;R, Due 2030</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">600,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">600,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Fourteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">March&nbsp;1, 2021</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;S, Due 2031</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">350,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">350,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Fifteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">August&nbsp;1, 2021</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;U, Due 2026</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">300,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">300,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Sixteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">February&nbsp;1, 2022</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;V, Due 2027</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">650,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">650,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Sixteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">February&nbsp;1, 2022</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;W, Due 2032</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">650,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">650,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Seventeenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">June&nbsp;1, 2022</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;Y, Due 2027</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">600,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">600,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Eighteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">March&nbsp;1, 2023</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;Z, Due 2028</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">750,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">750,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Nineteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">May&nbsp;1, 2023</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;Z, Due 2028</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">550,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">550,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Nineteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">May&nbsp;1, 2023</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;AA, Due 2026</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">450,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">450,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Nineteenth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">May&nbsp;1, 2023</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;BB, Due 2033</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">800,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">800,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Twentieth</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">November&nbsp;1, 2023</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;CC, Due 2029</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">800,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">800,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Twenty-First</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">January&nbsp;1, 2024</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;DD, Due 2027</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">350,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">350,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Twenty-First</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">January&nbsp;1, 2024</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;EE, Due 2034</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">650,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">650,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Twenty-Second</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">April&nbsp;1, 2024</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;FF, Due 2031</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">700,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">700,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Twenty-Second</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">April&nbsp;1, 2024</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;GG, Due 2034</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">700,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">700,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Total Outstanding Principal Amount:</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">10,750,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company desires to create
a new series of Securities which is to be designated the &ldquo;Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;HH, Due 2030&rdquo; in the aggregate principal
amount of $600,000,000 (the &ldquo;<U>Series&nbsp;HH Notes</U>&rdquo;) and all action on the part of the Company necessary to authorize
the issuance of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes under the Original Indenture and this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly taken.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All acts and things necessary
to make the Series&nbsp;HH Notes, when executed by the Company and completed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in
the Original Indenture and this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to constitute
these presents a valid and binding supplemental indenture and agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">NOW, THEREFORE, THIS TWENTY-<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">third</FONT>
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">That in consideration of the
premises and of the acceptance and purchase of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes by the Holders thereof and of the acceptance of this trust by
the Trustee, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Series&nbsp;HH
Notes, as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">ARTICLE&nbsp;1</FONT><BR>
Definitions</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The use of the terms and expressions
herein is in accordance with the definitions, uses and constructions contained in the Original Indenture and the form of the Series&nbsp;HH
Notes attached hereto as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">ARTICLE&nbsp;2</FONT><BR>
Terms and Issuance of the Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;HH, Due 2030</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;201.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT></FONT><U>Issue
of Series&nbsp;HH Notes.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A series of Securities which
shall be designated the &ldquo;Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;HH, Due 2030&rdquo; (the &ldquo;<U>Series&nbsp;HH Notes</U>&rdquo;) shall be
executed, authenticated and delivered from time to time in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in all respects be subject to,
the terms and conditions and covenants of, the Original Indenture and this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture (including the form of
Series&nbsp;HH Note attached hereto as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>). The aggregate principal amount of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes that will initially
be authenticated and delivered under this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture shall not, except as permitted by the provisions of the
Original Indenture, exceed $600,000,000. Additional Series&nbsp;HH Notes, without limitation as to amount, having substantially the same
terms as the Series&nbsp;HH Notes (except a different issue date, issue price and bearing interest from the last Interest Payment Date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Outstanding Series&nbsp;HH Notes, and, if no interest has been paid, from
October&nbsp;17, 2025) may also be issued by the Company pursuant to this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the
existing Holders of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes, provided that an Event of Default has not occurred and is continuing with respect to the
Series&nbsp;HH Notes. Such additional Series&nbsp;HH Notes shall be consolidated and form a part of the same series as the outstanding
Series&nbsp;HH Notes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;202.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Form&nbsp;of
Series&nbsp;HH Notes; Incorporation of Terms.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Series&nbsp;HH Notes shall
be in substantially the form set forth in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U> attached hereto. The terms of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes contained in such
form are hereby incorporated herein by reference and are made a part of this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;203.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Global
Security; Depositary for Global Securities.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Series&nbsp;HH Notes shall
be issued initially in the form of a Global Security. The Depositary for any Global Securities of the series of which the Series&nbsp;HH
Notes are a part shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;204.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Limitation
on Liens.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of Section&nbsp;1007
of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;205.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Sale
and Leaseback Transactions.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The provisions of Section&nbsp;1012
of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;206.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Place
of Payment.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Place of Payment in respect
of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes shall be at the Corporate Trust Office, which, at the date hereof, is located at 500 Ross Street, 12th Floor,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15262, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">ARTICLE&nbsp;3</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;301.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Redemption
of Series&nbsp;HH Notes</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to the Par Call Date
(defined below), the Company may redeem the Series&nbsp;HH Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time,
on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days&rsquo; prior written notice mailed (or delivered by electronic transmission in accordance with
the applicable procedures of DTC) to the holders of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal
amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:</P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Series&nbsp;HH Notes to be redeemed discounted to the redemption date (assuming
the Series&nbsp;HH Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus 15 basis points less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the date of redemption, and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">100% of the principal amount of the Series&nbsp;HH
Notes to be redeemed,</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">plus, in either case, accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On or after the Par Call Date
(defined below), the Company may redeem the Series&nbsp;HH Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but
excluding, the redemption date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;302.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Definitions
Applicable to Redemption Provisions.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As used in this Article&nbsp;Three:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<U>Par Call Date</U>&rdquo;
means, November&nbsp;15, 2030 (the date that is one month prior to the maturity date of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;<U>Treasury Rate</U>&rdquo;
means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Treasury Rate shall be
determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield
or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as &ldquo;Selected Interest Rates (Daily)&thinsp;-&thinsp;H.15&rdquo; (or any successor
designation or publication) (&ldquo;H.15&rdquo;) under the caption &ldquo;U.S. government securities&thinsp;-&thinsp;Treasury constant
maturities&thinsp;-&thinsp;Nominal&rdquo; (or any successor caption or heading) (&ldquo;H.15 TCM&rdquo;). In determining the Treasury
Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1)&nbsp;the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period
from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the &ldquo;<U>Remaining Life</U>&rdquo;); or (2)&nbsp;if there is no such Treasury constant
maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields&thinsp;-&thinsp;one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant
maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than
the Remaining Life&thinsp;-&thinsp;and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days)
using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3)&nbsp;if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15
shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life.
For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date
equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If on the third business day
preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum
equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption
date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to the Par Call Date. If there is no United
States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date
equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the
Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there
are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting
the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United
States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury
securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual
yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed
as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three
decimal places.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Our actions and determinations
in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. The Trustee shall have no
responsibility to calculate the redemption price.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Notice of any redemption will
be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the depositary&rsquo;s procedures) at least 10 days
but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Series&nbsp;HH Notes to be redeemed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In the case of a partial redemption,
selection of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes for redemption will be made by lot or pursuant to the applicable depositary&rsquo;s procedures.
No notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Series&nbsp;HH Note is to be redeemed in part only,
the notice of redemption that relates to such Series&nbsp;HH Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Series&nbsp;HH
Note to be redeemed. A new Series&nbsp;HH Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Series&nbsp;HH Note will be
issued in the name of the holder of the Series&nbsp;HH Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original Series&nbsp;HH Note. For so
long as the Series&nbsp;HH Notes are held by DTC (or another depositary), the redemption of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes shall be done in
accordance with the policies and procedures of the depositary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On and after the redemption
date interest will cease to accrue on the Series&nbsp;HH Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. Prior to any redemption date,
the Company is required to deposit with a paying agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Series&nbsp;HH
Notes to be redeemed on such date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Any redemption may, at the
Company&rsquo;s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, the completion or occurrence
of a related transaction or event, as the case may be, and any notice of redemption made in connection with a related transaction or event
may, at the Company&rsquo;s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof. If such redemption is subject to satisfaction
of one or more conditions precedent, such notice will describe each such condition, and if applicable, will state that, at the Company&rsquo;s
discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was
mailed or delivered, including by electronic transmission) as any or all such conditions are satisfied (or waived by the Company in its
sole discretion), or that such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions
are not satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed, or
that such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company&rsquo;s discretion if in its good faith judgment any or all of such conditions
will not be satisfied. If any such condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice prior to the close
of business on the business day immediately prior to the redemption date. Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall
be rescinded or delayed, and the redemption of the Series&nbsp;HH Notes shall be rescinded or delayed as provided in such notice.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">ARTICLE&nbsp;4</FONT><BR>
Provisions of the Original Indenture Solely Applicable to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;401.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Section&nbsp;101
of the Original Indenture.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Solely with respect to the
Series&nbsp;HH Notes, the following definition shall be added after the definition of &ldquo;Discharged&rdquo; in Section&nbsp;101:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;&ldquo;<U>Electronic
Means</U>&rdquo; means the following communications methods: e-mail, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization
codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for
use in connection with its services hereunder.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;402.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Section&nbsp;105
of the Original Indenture.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Solely with respect to the
Series&nbsp;HH Notes, the following paragraph shall be added at the end of Section&nbsp;105:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;The Trustee
shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (&ldquo;<U>Instructions</U>&rdquo;) given
pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means; provided, however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency
certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (&ldquo;<U>Authorized Officers</U>&rdquo;) and containing
specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to
be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in
its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee&rsquo;s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling.
The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the
Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate
provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized
Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard
the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee&rsquo;s reliance upon
and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.
The Company agrees: (i)&nbsp;to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including
without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties;
(ii)&nbsp;that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the
Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s)&nbsp;selected by the Company; (iii)&nbsp;that
the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable
degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv)&nbsp;to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning
of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;403.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Section&nbsp;401
of the Original Indenture.</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section&nbsp;401 of the Original
Indenture shall not apply to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes. Section&nbsp;401 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety with
respect to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes to state:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">&ldquo;SECTION&nbsp;401.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Indenture shall
upon Company Request cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when</P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">either (A)&nbsp;all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (x)&nbsp;Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section&nbsp;306 hereof and (y)&nbsp;Securities
for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section&nbsp;1003 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
or (B)&nbsp;all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable and the Company
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (in each case except as provided in Section&nbsp;402(c)&nbsp;hereof and
the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;1003 hereof) with the Paying Agent or with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount
of money sufficient to pay and discharge, or has otherwise paid, the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and interest,
if any;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers&rsquo; Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">provided, however,
that if the Trustee or any Paying Agent is required to return any money deposited with it as described in this Section&nbsp;401 to the
Company or its representative under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, this Indenture shall retroactively
be deemed not to have been satisfied and discharged and automatically shall be reinstated and shall remain in full force and effect without
any further action, but the Company shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Trustee shall reasonably request to evidence and
acknowledge the same.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section&nbsp;607 hereof, the obligations
of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section&nbsp;614 hereof and, if money shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent
or the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B)&nbsp;of clause (1)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;401, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee
under Sections 401, 402, 1002 and 1003 hereof shall survive.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">SECTION&nbsp;404.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Section&nbsp;403
of the Original Indenture.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section&nbsp;403
of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes. Section&nbsp;403 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended in
its entirety with respect to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes to state:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">&ldquo;SECTION&nbsp;403.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><U>Satisfaction,
Discharge and Defeasance of the Notes</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company shall
be deemed to have paid and Discharged the entire Indebtedness on all the Outstanding Notes upon the deposit referred to in subparagraph
(1)&nbsp;hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as they relate to such Outstanding Notes, shall no longer be in effect (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall at Company Request execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (1)&nbsp;hereof,
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity; or to and including
the Redemption Date irrevocably designated by the Company pursuant to subparagraph (4)&nbsp;hereof;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(b)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 hereof and,
if the Company shall have irrevocably designated a Redemption Date pursuant to subparagraph (5)&nbsp;hereof, Sections 1101, 1104 and 1106
hereof as they apply to such Redemption Date;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(c)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company's obligations with respect to the Trustee under Section&nbsp;607 hereof; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(d)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the duties of the Trustee under
Section&nbsp;402 hereof and, if the Company shall have irrevocably designated a Redemption Date pursuant to subparagraph (5)&nbsp;hereof,
Article&nbsp;11 and the duty of the Trustee to authenticate Notes on registration of transfer or exchange;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">provided that, the
following conditions shall have been satisfied:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (in each case except as provided
in Section&nbsp;402(c)&nbsp;hereof and the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;1003 hereof) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically
pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, an amount of (i)&nbsp;money, or (ii)&nbsp;U.S.
Government Obligations or a combination of money and U.S. Government Obligations, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to
pay and discharge, and which the Trustee shall be instructed to apply to pay and discharge, the principal of and interest, if any, on
the Notes on the Stated Maturity or to and including the Redemption Date irrevocably designated by the Company pursuant to subparagraph
(4)&nbsp;hereof; provided, however, that (A)&nbsp;all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Section&nbsp;403
shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars; and (B)&nbsp;U.S. Government Obligations shall be valued at the amount of money that they will provide
through the payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms no later than one day prior to the Stated
Maturity or such Redemption Date, and shall not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment at the option of the
issuer thereof prior to the Stated Maturity or such Redemption Date;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default (including
by reason of such deposit) with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company has delivered to the Trustee an unqualified opinion, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee, of independent counsel of national standing selected by the Company and satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that
(i)&nbsp;Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance
and discharge, which opinion shall be based on a change in law or a ruling by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service after the date hereof
and (ii)&nbsp;the defeasance trust is not, or is registered as, an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(4)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">if the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited money or U.S. Government Obligations to pay or
discharge the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Outstanding Securities of a series to and including a Redemption
Date on which all of the Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed, such Redemption Date shall be irrevocably designated
by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee on or prior to the date of deposit of such money or U.S. Government Obligations, and such
Board Resolution shall be accompanied by an irrevocable Company Request that the Trustee give notice of such redemption in the name and
at the expense of the Company not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to such Redemption Date in accordance with Section&nbsp;1104
hereof;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(5)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers&rsquo; Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities have been complied
with.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The condition set
forth in clause (i)&nbsp;of subparagraph (3)&nbsp;hereof shall not apply if the Company shall have complied with the remaining conditions
of subparagraphs 1-5 hereof as of a date which is no more than 60 days prior to the maturity date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Anything herein
to the contrary notwithstanding, (a)&nbsp;if the Trustee or any Paying Agent is required to return any money or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with it pursuant to this Section&nbsp;403 to the Company or its representative under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar law, such Security shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been paid and any satisfaction and discharge of the
Company&rsquo;s Indebtedness in respect thereof shall retroactively be deemed not to have been effected, and such Security shall be deemed
to remain Outstanding and the provisions of the Indenture relating to such Security shall be reinstated and shall remain in full force
and effect and (b)&nbsp;any satisfaction and discharge of the Company&rsquo;s Indebtedness in respect of any Security shall be subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;1003.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;405.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Section&nbsp;1009
of the Original Indenture.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Subparagraph (1)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;1009
of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes. Subparagraph (1)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;1009 of the Original Indenture
is hereby amended in its entirety with respect to the Series&nbsp;HH Notes to state:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;the Company
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (in each case except as provided in Section&nbsp;402(c)&nbsp;hereof and
the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;1003 hereof) with the Trustee (specifying that each deposit is pursuant to this Section&nbsp;1009)
as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, an amount
of (i)&nbsp;money or (ii)&nbsp;U.S. Government Obligations or a combination of money and U.S. Government Obligations, in each case sufficient,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which the Trustee shall be instructed to apply to pay and discharge, the principal
of and each installment of principal and interest, if any, on the Notes on the Stated Maturity of such principal or to and including the
Redemption Date irrevocably designated by the Company pursuant to subparagraph (4)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;1009; provided, however,
that (A)&nbsp;all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Section&nbsp;1009 shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars;
and (B)&nbsp;U.S. Government Obligations shall be valued at the amount of money that they will provide through the payment of principal
and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms no later than one day prior to the Stated Maturity or such Redemption Date
and shall not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment at the option of the issuer thereof prior to the Stated
Maturity;&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">ARTICLE&nbsp;5</FONT><BR>
Miscellaneous</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;501.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Execution
as Supplemental Indenture.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Twenty-Third Supplemental
Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture and, as provided in the Original Indenture,
this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;502.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture by any
of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;503.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Effect
of Headings.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Article&nbsp;and Section&nbsp;headings
herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;504.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Successors
and Assigns.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All covenants and agreements
by the Company in this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;505.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Separability
Clause.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In case any provision in this
Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Series&nbsp;HH Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;506.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Benefits
of Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Nothing in this Twenty-Third
Supplemental Indenture or in the Series&nbsp;HH Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and
their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Twenty-Third Supplemental
Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;507.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Trustee.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall have no
responsibility for the recitals contained in this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, all of which shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, or for the validity or sufficiency of this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture. In acting hereunder, the Trustee shall have
the rights, protections and immunities granted to it under the Original Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;508.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Governing
Law.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Twenty-Third Supplemental
Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;509.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Execution
and Counterparts.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Twenty-Third Supplemental
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;510.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Liability
of Trustees and Shareholders.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Declaration of Trust of
the Company provides that no shareholder of the Company shall be held to any liability whatever for the payment of any sum of money, or
for damages or otherwise under any contract, obligation or undertaking made, entered into or issued by the trustees of the Company or
by any officer, agent or representative elected or appointed by the trustees and no such contract, obligation or undertaking shall be
enforceable against the trustees or any of them in their or his individual capacities or capacity and all such contracts, obligations
and undertakings shall be enforceable only against the trustees as such, and every person, firm, association, trust and corporation having
any claim or demand arising out of any such contract, obligation or undertaking shall look only to the trust estate for the payment or
satisfaction thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;511.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Certain
Tax Matters.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall be entitled
to deduct FATCA Withholding Tax, and shall have no obligation to gross-up any payment thereunder or to pay any additional amount as a
result of such FATCA Withholding Tax. The Company hereby covenants with the Trustee that it will provide the Trustee with sufficient information
so as to enable the determination of whether any payments pursuant to this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture are subject to the withholding
requirements described in Section&nbsp;1471(a)&nbsp;of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Code</U>&rdquo;)
or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations, or agreements thereunder or official interpretations
thereof (&ldquo;<U>FATCA Withholding Tax</U>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Section&nbsp;512.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT><U>Economic
Sanctions.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company covenants and represents that neither it nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors or officers are the target or subject
of any sanctions enforced by the US Government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department
of the Treasury or the US Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury,
or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively &ldquo;<U>Sanctions</U>&rdquo;);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company covenants and represents that neither it nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors or officers will directly or indirectly
use any payments made pursuant to this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, (i)&nbsp;to fund or facilitate any activities of or business
with any person who, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii)&nbsp;to fund or facilitate
any activities of or business with any country or territory that is the target or subject of Sanctions, or (iii)&nbsp;in any other manner
that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>EVERSOURCE ENERGY</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 47%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Matthew P Fallon</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Matthew P. Fallon</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Assistant Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N. A.,</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">as Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Terence Rawlins</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Terence Rawlins</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: Vice President</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;A</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>[Form&nbsp;of Face of Global Security]</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY.
THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY&nbsp;BE REGISTERED
EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless this certificate is
presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (&ldquo;<U>DTC</U>&rdquo;), to Eversource
Energy or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede&nbsp;&amp;
Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., has an interest herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>EVERSOURCE
ENERGY</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SENIOR
NOTES, SERIES HH, DUE 2030</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CUSIP NO. 30040WBB3<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT>$__________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">No.&nbsp;____</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">EVERSOURCE ENERGY, a voluntary
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;, which term
includes any successor entity under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede&nbsp;&amp;
Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ________________________ ($__________) on December&nbsp;15, 2030 (the &ldquo;<U>Final
Maturity</U>&rdquo;), and to pay interest thereon from October&nbsp;17, 2025 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 of each year, commencing on June&nbsp;15,
2026, at the rate of 4.45% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and, subject to the terms of the
Indenture, at the same rate on any overdue principal and premium and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable) on any overdue installment of interest.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The amount of interest payable
for any period other than a complete interest payment period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve thirty-day
months and, for any period shorter than a full month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period. In any case where
any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, then payment of principal and interest, if any,
or principal and premium, if any, payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. A &ldquo;Business
Day&rdquo; shall mean any day, except a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday in New York, New York or in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on
which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be (1)&nbsp;the Business
Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date if this Security remains in book-entry only form or (2)&nbsp;the 15th calendar day (whether
or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date if this Security does not remain in book-entry only form. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and any interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment
of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security has initially
been issued in the form of a Global Security, and the Company has initially designated The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York
(the &ldquo;<U>Depositary</U>,&rdquo; which term shall include any successor depositary), as the Depositary for this Security. For as
long as this Security or any portion hereof is issued in such form, and notwithstanding the previous paragraph, all payments of interest,
principal and other amounts in respect of this Security or portion thereof shall be made to the Depositary or its nominee in accordance
with its applicable policies and procedures, in the coin or currency specified above and as further provided on the reverse hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Reference is hereby made to
the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on
the reverse hereof by manual or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>[Form&nbsp;of Reverse of Global Security]</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>EVERSOURCE
ENERGY</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SENIOR
NOTES, SERIES HH, DUE 2030</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security is one of a
duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the &ldquo;<U>Securities</U>&rdquo;), issued and to be issued in one
or more series under an Indenture, dated as of April&nbsp;1, 2002, as amended and supplemented from time to time and as supplemented by
the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October&nbsp;1, 2025 (herein called the &ldquo;<U>Indenture</U>,&rdquo; which term
shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly
known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as Trustee (herein called the &ldquo;<U>Trustee</U>,&rdquo;
which term includes any successor trustee under Indenture), as to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee
and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the
series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________. The provisions of this Security,
together with the provisions of the Indenture, shall govern the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Holder, the Company
and the Trustee with respect to this Security, provided that, if any provision of this Security conflicts with any provision of the Indenture,
the provision of this Security shall be controlling to the fullest extent permitted under the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series
are subject to redemption upon not less than ten (10)&nbsp;or more than sixty (60) days&rsquo; notice by mail to the Holders of such securities
at their addresses in the Security Register, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, from time to time. If the Company elects
to redeem the Securities, it will do so at a Redemption Price set forth in Section&nbsp;301 of the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture
between the Company and the Trustee, dated October&nbsp;1, 2025, which established the terms of the Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Except as otherwise provided
in the Indenture, if notice has been given as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities (or any portion
thereof) called for redemption shall have been made available on the Redemption Date referred to in such notice, such Securities (or any
portion thereof) will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice and the only right of the
Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In the event of redemption
of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series
will not be subject to any sinking fund.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture permits, with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting
as one class). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities
of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Security.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the time, place and rate, and in the coin
or currency, herein prescribed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security shall be exchangeable
for Securities registered in the names of Persons other than the Depositary with respect to such series or its nominee only as provided
in this paragraph. This Security shall be so exchangeable if (x)&nbsp;the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as Depositary for such series or at any time ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, (y)&nbsp;the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers&rsquo; Certificate providing that this Security shall
be so exchangeable or (z)&nbsp;there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the series
of which this Security is a part. Securities so issued in exchange for this Security shall be of the same series, having the same interest
rate, if any, and maturity and having the same terms as this Security, in authorized denominations and in the aggregate having the same
principal amount as this Security and registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of a Security of the series of which this Security is a part is registrable
in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place
where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of the series
of which this Security is a part are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 thereafter. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this
series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">No service charge shall be
made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to due presentment of
this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">For so long as this Security
is issued in the form of a Global Security, neither the Company nor the Trustee will have any responsibility with respect to the policies
and procedures of the Depositary or for any notices or other communications among the Depositary, its direct and indirect participants
or the beneficial owners of this Security.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Neither the failure to give
any notice nor any defect in any notice given to the Holder of this Security or any other Security of this series will affect the sufficiency
of any notice given to any other Holder of any Securities of this series.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture provides that
the Company, at its option (a)&nbsp;will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Securities (except for certain obligations
to register the transfer or exchange of Securities, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Securities, maintain paying agencies and hold moneys
for payment in trust) or (b)&nbsp;need not comply with certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture, in each case if the Company deposits,
in trust, with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations which, through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in
accordance with their terms, will provide money, in an amount sufficient to pay all the principal of and premium, if any and interest,
if any, on the Securities on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of such Securities, and certain other conditions
are satisfied.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">No recourse shall be had for
the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based
on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any trustee, incorporator, stockholder, officer or director,
as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule&nbsp;of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived
and released.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Declaration of Trust of
the Company provides that no shareholder of the Company shall be held to any liability whatsoever for the payment of any sum of money,
or for damages or otherwise under any contract, obligation or undertaking made, entered into or issued by the trustees of the Company
or by any officer, agent or representative elected or appointed by the trustees and no such contract, obligation or undertaking shall
be enforceable against the trustees or any of them in their or his individual capacities or capacity and all such contracts, obligations
and undertakings shall be enforceable only against the trustees as such, and every person, firm, association, trust and corporation having
any claim or demand arising out of any such contract, obligation or undertaking shall look only to the trust estate for the payment or
satisfaction thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All terms used in this Security
not defined herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Eversource
Energy has caused this instrument to be duly executed.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Matthew P. Fallon</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This is one of the Securities
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: October&nbsp;17, 2025</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 12%"><IMG SRC="tm2528952d1_ex5-1img001.jpg" ALT=""></TD><TD STYLE="width: 37%; text-align: left"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">ROPES &amp; GRAYLLP</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">PRUDENTIAL TOWER</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">800 BOYLSTON STREET</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">BOSTON, MA 02199-3600</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">WWW.ROPESGRAY.COM</P></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: left">October 17, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 2.15pt 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Eversource Energy</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">300 Cadwell Drive</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Springfield, Massachusetts 01104</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-286362)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.15in 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.15in 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We have acted as counsel to Eversource Energy,
a Massachusetts voluntary association (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), in connection with the issuance and sale of $600,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 4.45% Senior Notes, Series HH, Due 2030 (the &ldquo;<U>Notes</U>&rdquo;) pursuant to the above-referenced registration
statement (the &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;). The Notes are being issued under an Indenture
dated April 1, 2002 (the &ldquo;<U>Base Indenture</U>&rdquo;), as supplemented by a Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated October
1, 2025 (the &ldquo;<U>Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture</U>,&rdquo; and together with the Base Indenture, the &ldquo;<U>Indenture</U>&rdquo;),
by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In connection with this opinion letter, we have
examined the Registration Statement and the Indenture, which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
We have also examined such certificates, documents and records and have made such investigation of fact and such examination of law as
we have deemed appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinions set forth herein. In conducting such investigation, we have relied,
without independent verification, upon certificates of officers of the Company and one or more of its subsidiaries, public officials and
other appropriate persons.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The opinions expressed herein are limited to matters
governed by the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the
qualifications and limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that, when the Notes have been duly executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and have been delivered against receipt of payment therefor, the Notes will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 33%"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Eversource Energy</P></TD><TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center">- 2 -</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 34%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Our opinions set forth above are subject to (i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
generally and (ii) general principles of equity. Our opinions are also subject to the qualification that the enforceability of provisions
in the Indenture providing for indemnification or contribution, broadly worded waivers, waivers of rights to damages or defenses, waivers
of unknown or future claims, and waivers of statutory, regulatory or constitutional rights may be limited on public policy or statutory
grounds.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We hereby consent to the incorporation of this
opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption &ldquo;Legal Opinions&rdquo; in
the Prospectus. By giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ropes &amp; Gray LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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<td class="text">800<span></span>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>For the EDGAR submission types of Form 8-K: the date of the report, the date of the earliest event reported; for the EDGAR submission types of Form N-1A: the filing date; for all other submission types: the end of the reporting or transition period. The format of the date is YYYY-MM-DD.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 1 such as Attn, Building Name, Street Name</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the City or Town</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Code for the postal or zip code</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the state or province.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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