June 9, 2010Underwriting Agreement • June 15th, 2010 • Centerpoint Energy Inc • Electric services • New York
CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), confirms, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, its agreement to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) 22,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and the preferred share purchase rights appurtenant thereto (the “Rights”), of the Company and, at the election of the Representatives acting on behalf of the Underwriters, to issue and sell to the Underwriters, solely to cover over-allotments, up to an additional 3,300,000 shares of Common Stock and appurtenant Rights (the “Optional Shares,” and, together with the Firm Shares, the “Securities”). The Company understands that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions contemplated by this Agreement and reflected in the documents and information in Schedule II (such material herein called the “Pricing Disclosure Pa
