HOUSTON, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint
Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) board of directors today declared
dividends on shares of its Common Stock, Series A Perpetual
Preferred Stock and Series B Mandatory Convertible Preferred
Stock.
Common Stock Dividend
The company's board of directors declared a regular quarterly
cash dividend of $0.1600 per share on
the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock payable on
September 9, 2021 to shareholders of
record at the close of business on August
19, 2021.
Series A Preferred Stock Dividend
The company's board of directors declared a regular semiannual
cash dividend of $30.6250 per share
on the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock
payable September 1, 2021 to
shareholders of Series A Preferred Stock of record at the close of
business on August 15, 2021.
Series B Preferred Stock Dividend
The company's board of directors declared a regular quarterly
cash dividend of $17.5000 per share
on the issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock
payable September 1, 2021 to
shareholders of Series B Preferred Stock of record at the close of
business on August 15, 2021. This
equates to $0.8750 per depositary
share (NYSE: CNPPRB), each of which represents a 1/20th
interest in a share of the Series B Preferred Stock.
About CenterPoint Energy
As the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in
Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
(NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric
transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas
distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered
customers in Arkansas,
Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. As of March 31,
2021, the company owned approximately $36 billion in assets and also owned 53.7 percent
of the common units representing limited partner interests in
Enable Midstream Partners, LP, a publicly traded master limited
partnership that owns, operates and develops strategically located
natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. With approximately
9,500 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies
have been in business for more than 150 years. For more
information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.
For more information, contact
Media:
Communications
Media.Relations@CenterPointEnergy.com
Investors:
Philip Holder / Jackie Richert
Phone: 713.207.6500
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