HOUSTON, Aug. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint
Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) today announced the closing of its
offering of $500 million aggregate
principal amount of its 2.50 percent senior notes due Sept. 1, 2022. Net proceeds will be for general
corporate purposes, including the repayment of a portion of its
outstanding commercial paper.
Barclays, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley and MUFG
served as joint bookrunners with TD Securities as senior
co-manager. Additionally, Evercore ISI and Ramirez & Co., a
diversity and inclusion (D&I) firm, served as co-managers.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the
solicitation of any offer to buy, any security and shall not
constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in
which such offering would be unlawful.
This news release includes forward-looking statements. Actual
events and results may differ materially from those
projected. The statements in this news release regarding the
use of proceeds from the offering and other statements that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements. Factors that could
affect actual results include, but are not limited to, future
financial performance and results of operations, the timing and
impact of future regulatory and legislative decisions, weather
variations, changes in business plans, financial market conditions
and other factors discussed in CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2017, and June
30, 2017, and CenterPoint Energy's other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. A written prospectus may be
obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Website at
https://www.sec.gov/.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery
company that includes electric transmission & distribution,
natural gas distribution and energy services operations. The
company serves more than five million metered customers primarily
in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company also owns 54.1 percent of
the common and subordinated units representing limited partner
interests in Enable Midstream Partners, a publicly traded master
limited partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp.,
which owns, operates and develops natural gas and crude oil
infrastructure assets. With more than 7,700 employees, CenterPoint
Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more
than 150 years. For more information, please visit
www.CenterPointEnergy.com.
For more information contact
Media:
Alicia Dixon
Phone 713.207.5885
Investors:
Dave Mordy
Phone 713.207.6500
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