--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001130310-24-000062" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "CNP" cik: "0001130310" company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC" filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:24:01.450517+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.25 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # CenterPoint Energy annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved, Scope 3 proposal defeated ## Summary - All 11 director nominees elected; Wendy Montoya Cloonan received 460M votes for, lowest of the slate. - Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as 2024 auditor passed with 551M for and 23M against. - Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with 507M for, 35M against. - Shareholder proposal on additional Scope 3 emissions goals defeated: 68M for, 472M against. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001130310-24-000062 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: CNP - cik: 0001130310 - company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC - filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.25 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031024000062/0001130310-24-000062-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031024000062/cnp-20240426.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-24-000062 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-24-000062.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001130310-24-000062.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-26 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-04-26 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 507,245,312 35,865,463 1,384,143 31,554,626 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031024000062/0001130310-24-000062-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Relating to CenterPoint Energy's Setting Additional Interim and Long-Term Scope 3 Emissions Goals at the 2024-04-26 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2024-04-26 source text: Shareholder Proposal Relating to CenterPoint Energy's Setting Additional Interim and Long-Term Scope 3 Emissions Goals (Item 4) The shareholder proposal relating to CenterPoint Energy's setting of additional interim and long-term Scope 3 emissions goals was not approved, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 68,098,196 472,274,042 4,122,680 31,554,626 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031024000062/0001130310-24-000062-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-26 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-04-26 source text: Election of Directors (Item 1) The following nominees for director were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the 2025 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 460,459,386 83,003,302 1,032,230 31,554,626 Earl M. Cummings 537,153,167 6,307,480 1,034,271 31,554,626 Barbara J. Duganier 538,358,922 5,109,979 1,026,017 31,554,626 Christopher H. Franklin 520,882,860 22,551,844 1,060,214 31,554,626 Raquelle W. Lewis 518,834,558 24,656,683 1,003,677 31,554,626 Thaddeus J. Malik 536,674,008 6,990,524 830,386 31,554,626 Theodore F. Pound 520,082,621 23,585,928 826,369 31,554,626 Ricky A. Raven 536,609,444 7,040,748 844,726 31,554,626 Phillip R. Smith 518,068,938 25,365,170 1,060,810 31,554,626 Barry T. Smitherman 530,611,269 12,952,227 931,422 31,554,626 Jason P. Wells 541,782,045 1,995,027 717,846 31,554,626 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031024000062/0001130310-24-000062-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-04-26 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-04-26 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 2024 was ratified, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 551,773,468 23,497,479 778,597 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000113031024000062/0001130310-24-000062-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.