Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On May 29, 2009, UIL Holdings Corporation (the Registrant) issued a press release announcing that the underwriters of its public offering of common stock exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 600,000 common shares. The option was granted in connection with the Registrant's public offering of 4,000,000 common shares, which priced on May 20, 2009, at a public offering price of $21.00 per share. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The Registrant is furnishing the information in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 to comply with Regulation FD. Such information, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits: The following exhibit is furnished, as part of this report:

Exhibit Description

99.1 Press release issued by UIL Holdings Corporation on May 29, 2009

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