| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On April 26, 2021, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, and the banks party thereto entered into a First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement (the “First Amendment”), amending the Company’s Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 15, 2019 (the “Term Loan Agreement”). The First Amendment extended the maturity date of the Term Loan Agreement from May 15, 2021 to June 14, 2021.
Affiliates of the banks party to the Term Loan Agreement have performed depository and other banking, investment banking, trust, investment management and advisory services for the Company and its affiliates (including participating in the credit facilities of the Company and its affiliates) from time to time for which they have received customary fees and expenses and may, from time to time, engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company and its affiliates in the ordinary course of their business.
The First Amendment described above is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Amendment.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The exhibits listed below are filed herewith. The First Amendment contains representations, warranties and other provisions that were made, among other things, to provide the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk among them, and should not be relied upon as constituting or providing any factual disclosures about the Company, any other persons, any state of affairs or other matters.
