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CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
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Meeting Type: For holders as of: |
Annual Meeting March 7, 2017 | ||
| Date: May 5, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m. EDT | ||||
| Location: | CMS
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CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY |
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The purposes of the Annual Meeting are to: 1. Elect as Directors the 11 nominees named in the CMS Energy Corporation Proxy Statement and 2. Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.
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