Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-114440
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 4
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2004)
(CENTERPOINT ENERGY LOGO)
$255,000,000
2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024
and
Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes
This document supplements our prospectus dated April 30, 2004, relating
to $255,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our 2.875% Convertible Senior
Notes Due 2024 and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. You
should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the accompanying
prospectus, which is to be delivered by selling securityholders to prospective
purchasers along with this prospectus supplement. The information in the
following table supplements the information set forth under the caption "Selling
Security Holders" in the prospectus.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF SHARES
NOTES BENEFICIALLY PERCENTAGE OF OF COMMON STOCK PERCENTAGE OF
OWNED THAT MAY NOTES THAT COMMON STOCK
NAME BE SOLD OUTSTANDING MAY BE SOLD OUTSTANDING (1)
---- ------------------- ------------- ---------------- ---------------
Aviator Master Fund ........................... $5,000 * 390 *
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.(2) ................ $225,000 * 17,564 *
Whitebox Diversified Convertible Arbitrage
Partners L.P. ............................... $4,000,000 * 312,256 *
- -------------------------
* Less than 1%
(1) Calculated using 307,072,860 shares of common stock outstanding as of
March 31, 2004. In calculating this amount for each holder, we treated
as outstanding the number of shares of common stock issuable upon
conversion of all of that holder's notes, but we did not assume
conversion of any other holder's notes.
(2) J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. was one of the initial purchasers in
connection with the private placement of the notes in December 2003.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. also beneficially owns 7,943 shares of
our common stock.
INVESTING IN THE NOTES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON
PAGE 10 OF THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE ACCOMPANYING
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this prospectus supplement is July 6, 2004.