Form 8-K · Current report
CMS Energy 8-K, filed Nov 3, 2026
- Filed
- CIK
- 0000811156
- Accession no.
- 0001104659-26-121839
Summary
CMS Energy issued and sold $1 billion of 6.800% fixed-to-fixed reset rate junior subordinated notes due 2057, and said it intends to use the net proceeds to repay its $275 million 2.95% senior notes due February 2027 and $350 million 3.45% senior notes due August 2027 and for general corporate purposes. The notes were sold under a shelf registration statement with Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities, Mizuho Securities USA, Morgan Stanley, MUFG Securities Americas and Wells Fargo Securities as underwriter representatives.
Key points
- The Bank of New York Mellon serves as trustee under a twelfth supplemental indenture dated November 3, 2026.
- Estimated offering expenses total $1.8 million, including $1,550,350 in rating agency fees and an $87,000 SEC registration fee.
- Sidley Austin LLP provided an opinion and consent regarding tax matters, and Melissa M. Gleespen, CMS Energy's Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, provided an opinion on the notes' legality.
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Items reported
- 8.01Other Events
- 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits
From the filing
Item 8.01. Other Events. On November 3, 2026, CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS Energy") issued and sold $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.800% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2057 (the “Notes”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 that CMS Energy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission utilizing a “shelf” registration process (No. 333-293382) (the "Registration Statement"), a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated October 29, 2026 to the Prospectus dated February 11, 2026, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that included the final terms of the transaction, a Final Prospectus Supplement dated October 29, 2026 to the Prospectus dated…
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