CMS ENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Jan 22, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CMS ENERGY CORP (CMS)
CIK: 0000811156
Period of Report: 2016-01-20

Reporting Person: Butler John M (N/A)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-01-20	Common Stock	A	22247	—	Acquired	135509	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Restricted Stock granted by CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") pursuant to CMS' Performance Incentive Stock Plan and subject to a three-year "cliff" vesting schedule.

F2: The total holdings reflect an adjustment of 141 additional shares of Common Stock of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") acquired as a result of dividend reinvestment pursuant to the reporting person's participation in the CMS Stock Purchase Plan, an adjustment of 329 additional shares of Common Stock of CMS acquired as a result of his participation in his broker's dividend reinvestment plan, and an adjustment of 1,673 additional shares of Restricted Stock purchased on behalf of the reporting person as a result of an automatic acquisition of Restricted Stock in lieu of cash dividends pursuant to the terms of the award granted to the reporting person in accordance with the provisions of the CMS Performance Incentive Stock Plan.