CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 12, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC (CNP)
CIK: 0001130310
Period of Report: 2012-01-10

Reporting Person: Fitzgerald Walter L. (Sr VP and CAO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-10	Common Stock	M	17929	$6.4378	Acquired	62675	Direct
2012-01-10	Common Stock	F	9299	$19.7816	Disposed	53376	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-01-10	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$6.4378	M	17929	Disposed	2012-03-04	Common Stock (17929)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5833	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The exercise of options reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on November 10, 2011.

F2: Equivalent Shares held in CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Savings Plan as of 01/01/2012.

F3: Options from a 2002 grant which vested in three equal installments on March 5, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

F4: Price is not applicable.