CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC

Regulatory Filings • Apr 1, 2025

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2025

Registrant, State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization

Commission file number Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code and Telephone Number I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

1-31447
(a Texas corporation) 1111 Louisiana
Houston	Texas	77002
( 713 )	207-1111

1-13265
(a Delaware corporation) 1111 Louisiana
Houston	Texas	77002
( 713 )	207-1111

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Registrant	Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	CNP	The New York Stock Exchange
			NYSE Chicago
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.	6.625% Senior Notes due 2037	n/a	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

Emerging Growth Company ☐

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Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On March 31, 2025, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), completed the previously announced sale of its Louisiana and Mississippi regulated natural gas local distribution company businesses for approximately $1.2 billion, subject to certain adjustments, including adjustments based on net working capital, regulatory assets and liabilities and capital expenditures at closing (the “Transaction”), pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of February 19, 2024, by and among Seller and Delta Utilities No. LA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta North Louisiana Gas Company, LLC), Delta Utilities S. LA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta South Louisiana Gas Company, LLC), Delta Utilities MS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta Mississippi Gas Company, LLC), and Delta Shared Services Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta Energy Resources, LLC).

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Purchase Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Seller and the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2024, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 1, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Transaction. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

EXHIBIT NUMBER	EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
99.1	Press release issued by the Company on April 1, 2025.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

/s/ Kristie L. Colvin
Kristie L. Colvin
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

/s/ Kristie L. Colvin
Kristie L. Colvin
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer