Form 8-K · Current Report · Filed 2025-10-01

CenterPoint Energy Announces $700M Junior Subordinated Notes Offering

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. announced on September 30, 2025, an underwritten public offering of $700 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.950% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series D, due 2056. The offering is pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form S-3 and is governed by a Junior Subordinated Indenture dated August 14, 2024, and a related Supplemental Indenture No. 3 to be dated October 2, 2025. The Notes will rank junior and subordinate in right of payment to the Company's existing and future Senior Indebtedness and will bear interest at a rate of 5.950% per annum from October 2, 2025, to April 1, 2031, with subsequent rates determined by the Five-Year Treasury Rate plus a spread of 2.223%. The offering is being managed by Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, and Truist Securities, Inc. Legal opinions regarding the validity and tax matters of the Notes, as well as the Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P., are included as exhibits to this report.