secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CMS ENERGY CORP (CMS)
CIK:        0000811156
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-016142
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CMS Energy issues $1B of 6.50% junior subordinated notes due 2055
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- Issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal of 6.50% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055.
- Notes sold under shelf registration; proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital and debt repayment.
- Estimated offering expenses total $2,280,100, including SEC fee of $153,100 and rating agency fee of $1,915,000.
- Underwriting syndicate led by Barclays, BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811156/000110465925016142/0001104659-25-016142-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811156/000110465925016142/tm256633d4_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-016142

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