CenterPoint Energy Inc (Holding Co) filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2025

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On March 31, 2025, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), completed the previously announced sale of its Louisiana and Mississippi regulated natural gas local distribution company businesses for approximately $1.2 billion, subject to certain adjustments, including adjustments based on net working capital, regulatory assets and liabilities and capital expenditures at closing (the “Transaction”), pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of February 19, 2024, by and among Seller and Delta Utilities No. LA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta North Louisiana Gas Company, LLC), Delta Utilities S. LA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta South Louisiana Gas Company, LLC), Delta Utilities MS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta Mississippi Gas Company, LLC), and Delta Shared Services Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (N/K/A Delta Energy Resources, LLC).

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Purchase Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on filed by Seller and the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2024, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

On April 1, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Transaction. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.