0000950123-11-098916.txt : 20111115 0000950123-11-098916.hdr.sgml : 20111115 20111115165229 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-098916 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111110 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20111115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111115 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001130310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 740694415 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31447 FILM NUMBER: 111207779 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA ST. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 7132073000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA ST. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RELIANT ENERGY REGCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001220 8-K 1 h85646e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 10, 2011
 
CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Texas
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		  1-31447
(Commission File Number) 		  74-0694415
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
1111 Louisiana
Houston, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices) 		  77002
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 207-1111
 
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
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ITEM 7.01.   REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
     On November 10, 2011, Walter L. Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (“CenterPoint Energy”), adopted a pre-arranged trading plan to (i) exercise options to acquire up to 17,929 shares of CenterPoint Energy common stock originally granted in 2002 and set to expire in 2012 and options to acquire up to 9,400 shares of CenterPoint Energy common stock originally granted in 2003 and set to expire in 2013 and (ii) sell certain of the shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of such options to fund the exercise price for the options and any tax liability and fees related to the exercise. The plan expires in February 2013.
     The transactions under the plan will be disclosed publicly through Form 144 and Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The plan was adopted in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and CenterPoint Energy’s policies regarding stock transactions.
     Rule 10b5-1 permits the implementation of a written plan for selling stock at times when insiders are not in possession of material nonpublic information, and allows them to sell stock on a regular basis and in a non-discretionary manner, regardless of any subsequent material nonpublic information they receive.

 

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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, INC.
 		  
Date: November 15, 2011  By:   /s/ Christopher J. Arntzen    
    Christopher J. Arntzen   
    Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and
Assistant Corporate Secretary