On December 6, 2011, Cleco Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release increasing its earnings guidance for 2011, reporting its initial earnings guidance for 2012 and outlining its long-term capital expenditure forecast. For additional information, please refer to the press release furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Press Release”). Additionally, members of the Company’s senior management team will make various presentations in New York City December 6-9, 2011. A copy of the slides (the “Slides”) that management will use in their presentations is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.2. The information in the Press Release and the Slides is being furnished, not filed, for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section. Accordingly, the information in the Press Release and the Slides will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the Company or its wholly owned subsidiary, Cleco Power LLC (“Cleco Power”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference. The furnishing of the information in this report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company or Cleco Power that the information in this report is material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, including Cleco Power. |