DAVID J. LESAR - 02 Jan 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC (CNP)

Role: CEO, Director
Signature: Vincent A. Mercaldi, Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: CNP
Transactions as of: 02 Jan 2024
Transactions value $: -$6,704,878
Form type: 4
Filing time: 03 Jan 2024, 16:32:23 UTC
Previous filing: 13 Nov 2023
Next filing: 14 Mar 2024
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CNP	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$6.7M	-231K	-17.66%	$29.01	1.08M	02 Jan 2024	Direct	F1, F2
holding	CNP	Common Stock						37K	02 Jan 2024	By GreenStream Resources LLC
holding	CNP	Common Stock						278K	02 Jan 2024	By Spouse

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares withheld for taxes upon payment of time-based restricted stock units.
F2	Includes (i) 93,119 time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") awarded under the Issuer's long-term incentive plan (the "Plan") and vesting in February 2024, (ii) 78,851 RSUs awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2025 and (iii) 84,964 RSUs awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2026. The awards shall vest (a) if Reporting Person ("R.P.") remains an employee through the vesting date, (b) upon earlier disability or death, or (c) on a pro-rata basis upon earlier retirement unless full vesting conditions satisfied. However, the vesting of each award is conditioned upon positive operating income in the last full calendar year of the restricted period except in the case of death or disability.

Content

Shares withheld for taxes upon payment of time-based restricted stock units.

Includes (i) 93,119 time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") awarded under the Issuer's long-term incentive plan (the "Plan") and vesting in February 2024, (ii) 78,851 RSUs awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2025 and (iii) 84,964 RSUs awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2026. The awards shall vest (a) if Reporting Person ("R.P.") remains an employee through the vesting date, (b) upon earlier disability or death, or (c) on a pro-rata basis upon earlier retirement unless full vesting conditions satisfied. However, the vesting of each award is conditioned upon positive operating income in the last full calendar year of the restricted period except in the case of death or disability.