8-K 1 a17-3656_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) February 2, 2017

 

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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On February 2, 2017, CMS Energy Corporation (“CMS Energy”) issued a News Release, in which it announced its 2016 results.  Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of the CMS Energy News Release, furnished as a part of this report.

 

Exhibit 99.1 contains certain financial measures that are considered “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Securities and Exchange Commission rules.  Other than forward-looking earnings guidance, Exhibit 99.1 contains a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.  CMS Energy provides forward-looking earnings guidance on an adjusted basis.  Adjustments could include items such as discontinued operations, asset sales, impairments, restructuring costs, regulatory items from prior years, or other items.  Because CMS Energy is not able to estimate the impact of specific line items, which have the potential to significantly impact reported earnings in future periods, Exhibit 99.1 does not contain reported earnings guidance nor a reconciliation for the comparable future period earnings.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The information set forth in the CMS Energy News Release dated February 2, 2017, attached as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 7.01.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Investors and others should note that CMS Energy routinely posts important information on its website and considers the Investor Relations section, www.cmsenergy.com/investor-relations, a channel of distribution.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1

 

CMS Energy News Release dated February 2, 2017

 

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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: February 2, 2017

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

 

 

 

Dated: February 2, 2017

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

99.1

 

CMS Energy News Release dated February 2, 2017

 

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