CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) today announced the closing of its offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.50 percent senior notes due Sept. 1, 2022. Net proceeds will be for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of a portion of its outstanding commercial paper.

Barclays, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley and MUFG served as joint bookrunners with TD Securities as senior co-manager. Additionally, Evercore ISI and Ramirez & Co., a diversity and inclusion (D&I) firm, served as co-managers.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission & distribution, natural gas distribution and energy services operations. The company serves more than five million metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company also owns 54.1 percent of the common and subordinated units representing limited partner interests in Enable Midstream Partners, a publicly traded master limited partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp., which owns, operates and develops natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. With more than 7,700 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, please visit www.CenterPointEnergy.com.