8-K 1 a15-24397_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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) December 1, 2015

 

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)

 

 

 

 

One Energy Plaza

 

 

 

 

Jackson, Michigan 49201

 

 

 

 

(517) 788-0550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-5611

 

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

 

38-0442310

 

 

(A Michigan Corporation)

 

 

 

 

One Energy Plaza

 

 

 

 

Jackson, Michigan 49201

 

 

 

 

(517) 788-0550

 

 

 

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:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On December 1, 2015 Consumers Energy Company (“Consumers”), the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, closed on its acquisition of a 540-MW natural gas fueled power plant located in Jackson, Michigan, for a purchase price of approximately $154.5 million, subject to post-closing working capital adjustments.  Consumers acquired the plant from AlphaGen Power, LLC and DPC Juniper, LLC, both wholly owned subsidiaries of JP Morgan Chase.  The acquisition was closed pursuant to a closing plan contained in a Purchase and Sale Agreement that was signed on December 30, 2013.

 

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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: December 1, 2015

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

 

 

 

Dated: December 1, 2015

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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