8-K 1 k63773e8-k.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) JULY 12, 2001
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. FIRST CALL RELEASE On July 12, 2001, CMS Energy Corporation issued a First Call release in which it discussed an application which its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy Company, filed with the Michigan Public Service Commission seeking Consumers' first gas service rate increase in 17 years. A copy of the CMS Energy First Call release is filed as an exhibit to this report and is incorporated herein by reference. The First Call release contains "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. 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. (c) Exhibits: 99(a) CMS Energy Corporation First Call release dated July 12, 2001. 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: July 12, 2001 By: /s/ Thomas A. McNish -------------------------------------- Thomas A. McNish Vice President and Secretary CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY Dated: July 12, 2001 By: /s/ Thomas A. McNish -------------------------------------- Thomas A. McNish Vice President and Secretary 4 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION ----------- ----------- (c) Exhibits: 99(a) CMS Energy Corporation First Call release dated July 12, 2001.