0001209191-18-012517.txt : 20180222 0001209191-18-012517.hdr.sgml : 20180222 20180222172156 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-18-012517 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180220 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180222 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Doyle Scott Edward CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001699158 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31447 FILM NUMBER: 18633614 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 4700 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001130310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 740694415 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 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 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2018-02-20 0 0001130310 CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CNP 0001699158 Doyle Scott Edward 1111 LOUISIANA HOUSTON TX 77002 0 1 0 0 Senior VP Common Stock 2018-02-20 4 A 0 4209 26.73 A 27723 D Common Stock 6357 I By Savings Plan Time-based restricted stock units vesting in February 2021 if the Reporting Person continues to be an employee of Issuer from the grant date through the vesting date and on a pro-rata basis in the event of his earlier retirement, disability or death. Total includes (i) 2,894 time-based restricted stock units previously awarded under the Issuer's Long-term Incentive Plan and vesting in February 2019, and (ii) 3,044 time-based restricted stock units previously awarded under the Issuer's Long-term Incentive Plan and vesting in February 2020. Each award shall vest if the Reporting Person continues to be an employee of Issuer from the grant date through the vesting date and on a prorata basis in the event of his earlier retirement, disability or death. Equivalent shares held in CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Savings Plan. Vincent A. Mercaldi, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-02-22 EX-24.4_771444 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. Power of Attorney WHEREAS, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), may be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "Exchange Act"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 or other reports, applications, and documents ("Forms") relating to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company; NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint Dana C. O'Brien, Vincent A. Mercaldi, any duly appointed corporate secretary or assistant corporate secretary of the Company, and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents with power to act with or without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, Forms and any and all amendments thereto and any and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, if any, and to file the same with the Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority. Each said attorney-in-fact and agent shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorney. The powers and authority of each said attorney-in-fact and agent herein granted shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms under the Exchange Act, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned by giving written notice of such revocation to the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that the said attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Exchange Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 1st day of March, 2017. /s/ Scott E. Doyle Name: Scott E. Doyle