8-K 1 0001.txt FORM 8-K 1 ================================================================================ FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) JUNE 3, 2000 COMMISSION REGISTRANT; STATE OF INCORPORATION; IRS EMPLOYER FILE NUMBER ADDRESS; AND TELEPHONE NUMBER IDENTIFICATION NO ----------- ---------------------------------- ----------------- 1-9513 CMS ENERGY CORPORATION 38-2726431 (A MICHIGAN CORPORATION) FAIRLANE PLAZA SOUTH, SUITE 1100 330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE DEARBORN, MICHIGAN 48126 (313) 436-9261 1-5611 CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY 38-0442310 (A MICHIGAN CORPORATION) 212 WEST MICHIGAN AVENUE JACKSON, MICHIGAN (517) 788-1030 ================================================================================ 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On June 3 and June 5, 2000, Consumers Energy Company and its parent CMS Energy Corporation, respectively, issued press releases on the June 3, 2000 enactment of electric restructuring legislation in Michigan. Copies of the Companies' press releases announcing these developments are filed as exhibits to this report. The Michigan Legislature's website, at www.MichiganLegislature.org contains further information about the new electric restructuring legislation. The complete text of the legislation on electric restructuring and securitization of stranded costs is found in Substitute for Senate Bill Numbers 937 and 1253. The press releases contain "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "intends", and "plans" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. They should be read in conjunction with the "Forward-Looking Statement Cautionary Factors" in CMS Energy's and Consumers' Form 10-K, Item 1 (incorporated by reference herein) that discusses important factors that could cause CMS Energy's and Consumers' results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. ITEM 7. EXHIBITS (99)(a) Consumers Energy press release dated June 3, 2000 relating to the electric restructuring legislation in Michigan. (99)(b) CMS Energy press release dated June 5, 2000 relating to the electric restructuring legislation in Michigan. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION Dated: June 5, 2000 By: /s/ Alan M. Wright ---------------------------------- Alan M. Wright Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY Dated: June 5, 2000 By: /s/ Alan M. Wright ---------------------------------- Alan M. Wright Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 4 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION ----------- ----------- (99)(a) - Consumers Energy press release dated June 3, 2000 relating to the electric restructuring legislation in Michigan. (99)(b) - CMS Energy press release dated June 5, 2000 relating to the electric restructuring legislation in Michigan.