CNP: Material agreement

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement . On July 30, 2026, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Mizuho Securities USA LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), relating to the underwritten public offering of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.400% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series E, due 2058 (the “Notes”). The offering is being made pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-295924). The Notes are being issued pursuant to the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2024 (the “Junior Subordinated Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to the Junior Subordinated Indenture to be dated as of August 3, 2026, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”) with respect to the Notes. The form, terms and provisions of the Notes are further described in the Supplemental Indenture and the prospectus supplement of the Company dated July 30, 2026, together with the related prospectus dated May 15, 2026, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on July 31, 2026, which description is incorporated herein by reference. The Notes will be the Company’s unsecured obligations and will rank junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the C