---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-256879"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNP"
cik: "0001130310"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T23:05:03.829770+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint subsidiary SIGECO issues $470M in 5.75%-6.00% first mortgage bonds

## Summary
- SIGECO issued $180M 5.75% bonds due 2029, $105M 5.91% bonds due 2030, and $185M 6.00% bonds due 2034.
- Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes including repaying short-term and refunding long-term debt.
- Bonds are secured ratably with existing first mortgage bonds under the Amended and Restated Mortgage Indenture.
- Bonds sold in a private placement to institutional investors; not registered under the Securities Act.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-256879
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNP
- cik: 0001130310
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523256879/0001193125-23-256879-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523256879/d527620d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-256879.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC incurred senior notes of $180,000,000 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche A due 2029 with certain institutional investors in the private placement market at 5.75% per annum maturing March 15, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $180,000,000 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche A due 2029
  - Counterparty: certain institutional investors in the private placement market
  - Rate: 5.75% per annum
  - Maturity: March 15, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: (the “Company”), and certain institutional investors in the private placement market (“Purchasers”) entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (“Bond Purchase Agreement”), under which SIGECO agreed to sell, and each Purchaser agreed to severally purchase on October 13, 2023, $180,000,000 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche A due 2029 (the “Tranche A Bonds”), $105,000,000 5.91% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche B due 2030 (the “Tranche B Bonds”) and $185,000,000 6.00% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche C due 2034 (the “Tranche C Bonds”, and together with the Tranche A Bonds and the Tranche B Bonds, the “Bonds”) in the series and tranche as set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523256879/0001193125-23-256879-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC incurred senior notes of $105,000,000 5.91% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche B due 2030 with certain institutional investors in the private placement market at 5.91% per annum maturing October 15, 2030.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $105,000,000 5.91% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche B due 2030
  - Counterparty: certain institutional investors in the private placement market
  - Rate: 5.91% per annum
  - Maturity: October 15, 2030
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: (the “Company”), and certain institutional investors in the private placement market (“Purchasers”) entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (“Bond Purchase Agreement”), under which SIGECO agreed to sell, and each Purchaser agreed to severally purchase on October 13, 2023, $180,000,000 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche A due 2029 (the “Tranche A Bonds”), $105,000,000 5.91% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche B due 2030 (the “Tranche B Bonds”) and $185,000,000 6.00% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche C due 2034 (the “Tranche C Bonds”, and together with the Tranche A Bonds and the Tranche B Bonds, the “Bonds”) in the series and tranche as set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523256879/0001193125-23-256879-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC incurred senior notes of $185,000,000 6.00% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche C due 2034 with certain institutional investors in the private placement market at 6.00% per annum maturing March 15, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $185,000,000 6.00% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche C due 2034
  - Counterparty: certain institutional investors in the private placement market
  - Rate: 6.00% per annum
  - Maturity: March 15, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: (the “Company”), and certain institutional investors in the private placement market (“Purchasers”) entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (“Bond Purchase Agreement”), under which SIGECO agreed to sell, and each Purchaser agreed to severally purchase on October 13, 2023, $180,000,000 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche A due 2029 (the “Tranche A Bonds”), $105,000,000 5.91% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche B due 2030 (the “Tranche B Bonds”) and $185,000,000 6.00% First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2023B, Tranche C due 2034 (the “Tranche C Bonds”, and together with the Tranche A Bonds and the Tranche B Bonds, the “Bonds”) in the series and tranche as set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312523256879/0001193125-23-256879-index.htm

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