CenterPoint Energy 2011 Annual Report Download - page 21

Investor
Information
Annual Meeting
The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday,
April 26, at 9 a.m. CDT in the CenterPoint Energy Tower auditorium,
1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas. Shareholders who hold shares
of CenterPoint Energy at the close of business on February 27, 2012,
will receive notice of the meeting and will be eligible to vote.
Investor Services
If you have questions about your CenterPoint Energy investor
account, please contact us:
In Houston: [phone]
Toll Free: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Investor services, online tools and a list of publications may be found
on the company’s website at CenterPointEnergy.com/investors.
Investor Services representatives are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Central time, Monday through Friday, to help you with questions about
CenterPoint Energy common stock or enrollment in the CenterPoint
Energy Investor’s Choice Plan.
The Investor’s Choice Plan provides easy, inexpensive investment
options, including direct purchase and sale of CenterPoint Energy
common stock; dividend reinvestment; statement-based accounting
and monthly or quarterly automatic investing by electronic transfer.
You can become a registered CenterPoint Energy shareholder by
making an initial investment of at least $250 through Investor’s Choice.
CenterPoint Energy Investor Services serves as transfer agent,
registrar and dividend disbursing agent for CenterPoint Energy
common stock.
Information Requests
Call [phone] toll free for additional copies of:
2011 Annual Report and Form 10-K
2012 Proxy Statement
Dividend Payments
Common stock dividends are generally paid quarterly in March,
June, September and December. Dividends are subject to declaration
by the Board of Directors, who establish the amount of each quarterly
common stock dividend and fix record and payment dates.
Institutional Investors
Security analysts and other investment professionals should contact
Marianne Paulsen, Director of Investor Relations at [phone].
Stock Listing
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. common stock is traded under the symbol
CNP on the New York and Chicago stock exchanges.
Auditors
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Houston, Texas
Corporate Office, Street Address
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Lo u i sia n a St r e et
Houston, Texas 77002
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 4567 Houston, Texas 77210-4567
Telephone: [phone]
Website Address
CenterPointEnergy.com
DESIGN: SAVAGE, BRANDING + CORPORATE DESIGN, HOUSTON, TX
This annual report is printed on environmentally
responsible paper, which is FSC®-certified
(portions of which are 100% post-consumer
recycled paper).
•฀$623฀million฀in฀operating฀income,฀
•฀Added฀45,000+฀customers
•฀Remotely฀completed฀nearly฀2฀million฀
•฀Spent฀nearly฀$38฀million฀on฀system฀
•฀In฀the฀second฀quarter฀of฀2012,฀
•฀$226฀million฀in฀operating฀income
•฀Added฀19,000+฀customers
•฀Decreased฀bad฀debt฀expense฀by฀
•฀Invested฀$295฀million฀in฀capital,฀in฀
•฀Launched฀My฀Energy฀Analyzer,฀a฀
•฀Expanded฀conservation฀programs฀
•฀Earned฀a฀J.D.฀Power฀and฀Associates฀
•฀$248฀million฀in฀operating฀income
•฀$21฀million฀in฀earned฀equity฀income฀
•฀Added฀40฀new฀industrial฀customers,฀
•฀Began฀offering฀a฀new฀premium฀
•฀Made฀upgrades,฀such฀as฀adding฀
•฀$189฀million฀in฀operating฀income
•฀$9฀million฀in฀equity฀income฀from฀
•฀Total฀daily฀throughput฀increased฀
•฀Added฀nearly฀100฀miles฀of฀pipeline฀
•฀Expanded฀our฀treating฀and฀
•฀$6฀million฀in฀operating฀income
•฀Accelerated฀our฀strategy฀of฀
•฀Expanded฀into฀four฀new฀states
•฀Invested฀in฀our฀intrastate฀pipeline฀
•฀Introduced฀Green฀Balance,฀a฀carbon-
•฀Launched฀our฀Premier฀Partners฀
•฀Continue฀to฀implement฀new฀
•฀Build฀infrastructure฀to฀meet฀the฀
•฀Provide฀an฀essential฀level฀of฀
•฀Increase฀capital฀spending฀to฀
•฀In฀2013,฀expect฀to฀complete฀the฀
•฀Promote฀the฀adoption฀of฀natural฀
•฀Secure฀power฀generation฀business฀
•฀Continue฀rate฀and฀cost฀recovery฀
•฀Pursue฀new฀gathering฀and฀
•฀Test฀new฀processes฀at฀our฀amine฀
•฀Provide฀greater฀daily฀optimization฀
•฀Focus฀on฀retail฀customer฀growth฀
•฀Increase฀service฀offerings฀