---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-200205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNP"
cik: "0001130310"
company_name: "CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T09:15:07.955645+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CenterPoint Energy issues $800M junior subordinated notes in two tranches due 2055

## Summary
- $400M Series A at 7.000% fixed to Feb 2030, then resets at 5-yr Treasury + 3.254%.
- $400M Series B at 6.850% fixed to Feb 2035, then resets at 5-yr Treasury + 2.946%.
- Notes are unsecured, junior subordinated, with optional interest deferral up to 20 consecutive periods.
- Underwriting syndicate led by Barclays, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley; closing expected Aug 14, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-200205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNP
- cik: 0001130310
- company_name: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312524200205/0001193125-24-200205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000119312524200205/d857133d8k.htm

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