UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
As previously disclosed, on June 30, 2022 and in connection with an internal restructuring (the “Restructuring”), CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (“CERC”) acquired 100% of: (i) the issued and outstanding capital stock of Indiana Gas Company, Inc. (“Indiana Gas”) and (ii) the issued and outstanding membership interests of Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, LLC (“VEDO”), each of which were a wholly owned subsidiary of Vectren Utility Holdings, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. As a result, Indiana Gas and VEDO became direct wholly-owned subsidiaries of CERC.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to provide the combined financial information of Indiana Gas and VEDO included in Exhibit 99.1. Exhibit 99.1 includes the unaudited combined financial statements of Indiana Gas and VEDO as of June 30, 2022 and for the three- and six-month periods then ended. Exhibit 99.1 is furnished, not filed, pursuant to Item 7.01. Accordingly, none of the information will be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, as amended, and the information in Exhibit 99.1 will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by CERC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified as being incorporated by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibit 99.1 is furnished, not filed, pursuant to Item 7.01. Accordingly, none of the information will be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, as amended, and the information in Exhibit 99.1 will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by CERC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified as being incorporated by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Unaudited combined financial statements of Indiana Gas Company, Inc. and Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, LLC as of June 30, 2022 and for the three- and six-month periods then ended. | |
| 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.
| CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. | ||||||
| Date: September 6, 2022 | By: | /s/ Kara Gostenhofer Ryan | ||||
| Kara Gostenhofer Ryan | ||||||
| Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||