---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-207408"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNP"
cik: "0001130310"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T21:26:36.959742+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint Energy issues $400M of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026

## Summary
- Entered underwriting agreement on Aug 8, 2023 for $400M of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026.
- Notes offered by Barclays, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley as representatives of underwriters.
- Issuance under existing indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee.
- Supplemental Indenture No. 14 to be dated August 10, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-207408
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNP
- cik: 0001130310
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523207408/0001193125-23-207408-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523207408/d527380d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-207408.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC entered into Underwriting Agreement with Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters valued at $400,000,000 (effective 2023-08-08).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters
  - Value: $400,000,000
  - Effective: 2023-08-08
  source text: On August 8, 2023, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (“CenterPoint Energy,” or the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), relating to the underwritten public offering of (i) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523207408/0001193125-23-207408-index.htm

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