Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-215833
August 7, 2017
PRICING TERM SHEET
(to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 7, 2017)
| Issuer: | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | |
| Security: | 2.50% Senior Notes due 2022 | |
| Legal Format: | SEC Registered | |
| Anticipated Ratings*: | Baa1 / BBB+ / BBB (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch) | |
| Size: | $500,000,000 | |
| Trade Date: | August 7, 2017 | |
| Expected Settlement Date: | August 10, 2017 | |
| Maturity Date: | September 1, 2022 | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | March 1 and September 1, commencing March 1, 2018 | |
| Coupon: | 2.50% | |
| Price to Public: | 99.971% | |
| Benchmark Treasury: | 1.875% due July 31, 2022 | |
| Benchmark Treasury Yield: | 1.806% | |
| Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | +70 basis points | |
| Re-offer Yield: | 2.506% | |
| Optional Redemption: | Prior to August 1, 2022, greater of 100% or make-whole at a discount rate of Treasury plus 12.5 basis points (calculated to August 1, 2022); and on or after August 1, 2022, 100% plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. | |
| CUSIP: | 15189T AR8 | |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | Barclays Capital Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC MUFG Securities Americas Inc. | |
| Senior Co-Manager: | TD Securities (USA) LLC | |
| Co-Managers: | Evercore Group L.L.C. Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. | |
*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
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