PR Newswire | Sep 30, 2021 04:35PM EDT

09/30 15:35 CDT

CenterPoint Energy announces increase in Common Stock dividend HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2021

HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) board of directors today declared an increase in the company's regular quarterly cash dividend from $0.16 to $0.17 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. This increase will be effective with the dividend payment to be distributed on December 9, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 18, 2021.

About CenterPoint EnergyAs the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. As of June 30, 2021, the company owned approximately $36 billion in assets and also owned 53.7 percent of the common units representing limited partner interests in Enable Midstream Partners, LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns, operates and develops strategically located natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. With approximately 9,500 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.

For more information contactMedia:CommunicationsMedia.Relations@CenterPointEnergy.comInvestors:Philip Holder / Jackie RichertPhone 713.207.6500

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