---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-080484"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNP"
cik: "0001130310"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T14:24:05.944108+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint Energy borrows and repays $250M term loan within three days

## Summary
- Entered $250M Term Loan Agreement on March 21, 2023 with JPMorgan Chase as administrative agent.
- Borrowed full $250M at closing; proceeds used for general corporate purposes.
- On March 23, 2023, delivered irrevocable prepayment notice; repaid ~$250.1M on March 24, terminating the agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-080484
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNP
- cik: 0001130310
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523080484/0001193125-23-080484-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523080484/d452025d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC terminated Term Loan Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto valued at approximately $250.1 million (effective 2023-03-24).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto
  - Value: approximately $250.1 million
  - Effective: 2023-03-24
  source text: On March 23, 2023, the Company delivered an irrevocable notice to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the banks party to the Term Loan Agreement, to make an optional prepayment of the full outstanding amount of the Term Loan Agreement, including accrued and unpaid interest through March 24, 2023, with such prepayment made on March 24, 2023. The aggregate amount of the prepayment was approximately $250.1 million. Following the prepayment, the Term Loan Agreement and all obligations thereunder were terminated in its entirety.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523080484/0001193125-23-080484-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC entered into Term Loan Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto valued at $250 million (effective 2023-03-21).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto
  - Value: $250 million
  - Effective: 2023-03-21
  source text: On March 21, 2023, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a $250 million Term Loan Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523080484/0001193125-23-080484-index.htm

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