0001130310-23-000120.txt : 20230815 0001130310-23-000120.hdr.sgml : 20230815 20230815162107 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001130310-23-000120 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230811 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230815 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230815 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Wright Russell Keith CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001988274 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31447 FILM NUMBER: 231175142 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA STREET, STE 4600 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001130310 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 740694415 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA ST. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 7132073000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 LOUISIANA ST. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RELIANT ENERGY REGCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001220 3 1 wk-form3_1692130858.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2023-08-11 0 0001130310 CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CNP 0001988274 Wright Russell Keith 1111 LOUISIANA HOUSTON TX 77002 0 1 0 0 VP, FP&A and Interim CAO Common Stock 3017 D Total includes (i) 712 time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") previously awarded under the Issuer's Long-term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and vesting in February 2024, (ii) 1,162 RSUs previously awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2025, and (iii) 1,117 RSUs previously awarded under the Plan and vesting in February 2026. The above awards shall vest (a) if the Restricted Person continues to be an employee of Issuer from grant date through vesting date and (b) in the event of his disability or death. 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 Vincent A. Mercaldi, Attorney-in-Fact 2023-08-15 EX-24.1 2 poarwright.txt EX-24.1 CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. Power of Attorney WHEREAS, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), may be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "Exchange Act"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 or other reports, applications, and documents ("Forms") relating to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company; NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint Vincent A. Mercaldi, any duly appointed corporate secretary or assistant corporate secretary of the Company, and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents with power to act with or without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, Forms and any and all amendments thereto and any and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith, if any, and to file the same with the Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority. Each said attorney-in-fact and agent shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorney. The powers and authority of each said attorney-in-fact and agent herein granted shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms under the Exchange Act, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned by giving written notice of such revocation to the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that the said attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Exchange Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 25th day of July, 2023. /s/ Russell K. Wright Name: Russell K. Wright