CMS ENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

May 22, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CMS ENERGY CORP (CMS)
CIK: 0000811156
Period of Report: 2012-05-18

Reporting Person: LOCHNER PHILIP R (N/A)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-18	Common Stock	A	3748	—	Acquired	31618	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Grant of 3,748 shares of Restricted Stock to each non-employee member of the CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") Board of Directors pursuant to CMS' Performance Incentive Stock Plan, and subject to a three-year "cliff" vesting schedule.

F2: The total holdings reflect an adjustment of 1,118 additional shares of Common Stock of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") purchased by CMS on the reporting person's behalf as a result of his participation in CMS' Stock Purchase Plan.