---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-117423"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNP"
cik: "0001130310"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-20T20:18:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-20T20:20:11.205715+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint unit SIGECO to sell $260M first mortgage bonds in three tranches at 5.99%-6.33%

## Summary
- $130M 5.99% Series 2026A due 2031 priced Oct. 20, 2026; $80M 6.15% Series 2026B due 2033 to close Dec. 15, 2026.
- $50M 6.33% Series 2027A due 2037 to be issued Feb. 25, 2027, bringing the private placement total to $260M at 100% of principal.
- Proceeds for general corporate purposes: repaying short-term debt, refunding long-term debt at maturity and funding capital expenditures.
- Bonds are secured ratably by SIGECO's first mortgage indenture, with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee.
- Prepayable at 100% of principal plus accrued interest and a make-whole amount; partial prepayments must be at least 10% of a tranche.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-117423
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNP
- cik: 0001130310
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-20T20:18:27+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926117423/0001104659-26-117423-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926117423/tm2627902d1_8k.htm

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