Soto Jesus Jr. 4

What Happened

• Jesus Soto Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CenterPoint Energy (CNP), was awarded 20,207 restricted stock units (RSUs) on February 11, 2026. The grant was recorded at $0.00 per share (typical for RSU awards) and has no immediate cash value until vesting.
• These RSUs vest in three equal installments in February 2027, 2028 and 2029 and are conditioned on continued employment and company performance (see Key Details). This is an award/grant rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-02-11; acquisition price recorded as $0.00 (RSU grant).
• Vesting: 20,207 RSUs vest in three equal installments (Feb 2027, 2028, 2029). Vesting generally requires continued employment and achievement of positive operating income for the year preceding each vesting date, with exceptions for death or disability and limited retirement/involuntary termination provisions (see footnotes).
• Shares/units reported after transaction: The filing notes prior outstanding awards of 155,561 RSUs (vesting in four equal installments Aug 2026–2029) and 14,662 RSUs (vesting in three equal installments Aug 2026–2028). Including this grant, the total RSUs reported subject to vesting equals 190,430 (20,207 + 155,561 + 14,662).
• Tax/withholding: No tax-withholding sale or cashless transaction is reported in this filing.
• Filing timeliness: Report filed 2026-02-13 for a 2026-02-11 transaction — within the standard two business-day Form 4 filing window (timely).

Context

• RSUs are a form of equity compensation that generally convert to shares only upon vesting; they do not represent an immediate market purchase or sale and do not by themselves indicate an insider buying or selling stock for investment reasons.
• These awards include performance conditions (positive operating income for the prior year) that can affect whether and when units vest.