DUGANIER BARBARA J 4

What Happened
Barbara J. Duganier, a director of CenterPoint Energy (CNP), was granted 4,037 shares on May 1, 2026 as an award under the company's outside directors' stock plan. The Form 4 lists the acquisition price as $0.00, so the filing records the total value of this grant as $0.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-05-01; Filing date: 2026-05-05. The filing was submitted after the transaction date and appears to be outside the typical two-business-day reporting window.
• Transaction type/code: A (Award/Grant). Shares acquired: 4,037 at $0.00 per share (total $0 recorded).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the provided filing.
• Footnote: Award granted under the Issuer's Stock Plan for Outside Directors, as amended and restated (see F1).
• No 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding, or cashless sale indicators are shown in this filing.

Context
This is a compensation-related grant to a non-executive director and is typically routine (not a market buy or sell). Such awards are common as part of director pay and do not necessarily signal a buy-side conviction by the insider.