--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001130310-23-000055" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "CNP" cik: "0001130310" company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC" filed_at: "2023-04-24T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T18:23:26.668905+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.5 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # CenterPoint Energy Announces 2023 Annual Meeting Vote Results ## Summary - All 9 director nominees elected with majority support; Wendy Montoya Cloonan received 506M votes for. - Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2023 approved with 534M votes for. - Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 437M votes for, 92M against. - Shareholders voted to hold future say-on-pay votes annually (524M votes for 1 year). - Shareholder proposal on Scope 3 emissions disclosure and targets not approved (96.7M for, 431.1M against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001130310-23-000055 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: CNP - cik: 0001130310 - company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC - filed_at: 2023-04-24T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.5 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031023000055/0001130310-23-000055-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031023000055/cnp-20230421.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-23-000055 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-23-000055.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-23-000055.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders voted on Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Shareholder Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Shareholder Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation (Item 4) For the advisory vote on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on CenterPoint Energy's executive compensation, votes were cast in favor of holding future advisory votes every year, every two years or every three years as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 523,951,870 753,096 5,225,295 862,920 31,464,507 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031023000055/0001130310-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Election of Directors (Item 1) The following nominees for director were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Wendy Montoya Cloonan 506,052,463 24,096,813 643,905 31,464,507 Earl M. Cummings 444,588,756 85,539,762 664,663 31,464,507 Christopher H. Franklin 512,052,393 18,072,297 668,491 31,464,507 David J. Lesar 525,205,238 4,673,836 914,107 31,464,507 Raquelle W. Lewis 509,731,867 20,386,518 674,796 31,464,507 Martin H. Nesbitt 522,286,407 7,822,635 684,139 31,464,507 Theodore F. Pound 472,040,486 58,066,320 686,375 31,464,507 Phillip R. Smith 510,834,790 19,298,532 659,859 31,464,507 Barry T. Smitherman 520,145,122 9,980,525 667,534 31,464,507 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031023000055/0001130310-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Item 2) The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for CenterPoint Energy for 2023 was ratified, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 534,201,899 27,347,512 708,277 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031023000055/0001130310-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Relating to CenterPoint Energy's Disclosure of Scope 3 Emissions and Setting Scope 3 Emissions Targets at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Shareholder Proposal Relating to CenterPoint Energy's Disclosure of Scope 3 Emissions and Setting Scope 3 Emissions Targets (Item 5) The shareholder proposal relating to CenterPoint Energy's disclosure of Scope 3 emissions and setting Scope 3 emissions targets was not approved, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 96,738,809 431,118,342 2,936,030 31,464,507 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031023000055/0001130310-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (Item 3) The advisory resolution on executive compensation was approved, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 437,261,276 92,309,036 1,222,869 31,464,507 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031023000055/0001130310-23-000055-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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