Foster Christopher A 4
4 · CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC · Filed Feb 13, 2026
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CenterPoint Energy CFO Christopher A. Foster Receives RSU Award
What Happened Christopher A. Foster, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CenterPoint Energy (CNP), was granted 25,076 restricted stock units (RSUs) on February 11, 2026. The award was reported as an acquisition at $0.00 per share (an equity grant/compensation award rather than a market purchase), so Foster paid no cash for the RSUs. The RSUs vest over future periods subject to service and performance conditions described below.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-02-11; Transaction type: A (award/grant); Price reported: $0.00.
- Award size: 25,076 RSUs granted.
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the Form 4 provided.
- Vesting and conditions (Footnote F1): These RSUs vest in three equal installments in February 2027, 2028 and 2029 if Foster remains employed through each vesting date (with exceptions for earlier disability or death); earlier retirement may trigger pro rata vesting if it occurs in the grant year. Vesting is conditioned on achievement of positive operating income for the year preceding each vesting date (except in cases of death or disability).
- Additional prior awards (Footnote F2): The filing notes prior RSU awards included in totals: 14,908 RSUs vesting in May 2026; 11,272 RSUs vesting in two equal installments in Feb 2026 & 2027; and 20,295 RSUs vesting in three equal installments in Feb 2026–2028. Those awards also have similar service/performance vesting conditions.
- Filing timeliness: Reported on Form 4 filed 2026-02-13 for a 2026-02-11 grant — filed within the standard 2-business-day window.
Context RSUs are a form of compensation that convert to company stock only if and when they vest; they are not an immediate open-market purchase and do not itself signal that the insider bought or sold shares. The added condition tying vesting to positive operating income for the prior year links payout partly to company performance, which may affect the chance and timing of actual share delivery.
Insider Transaction Report
- Award
Common Stock
[F1][F2]2026-02-11+25,076→ 158,579 total
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]Time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") awarded under the Issuer's Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and vesting in three equal installments in February 2027, 2028, and 2029. The above award shall vest (i) if the Reporting Person ("R.P.") continues to be an employee of Issuer from the grant date through the respective vesting date, (ii) in the event of his earlier disability or death, or (iii) if he satisfies various conditions, upon his earlier retirement, except that such retirement vesting will be on a pro rata basis if his retirement occurs in the year of grant. All vesting is conditioned upon achievement of positive operating income for the year preceding the applicable vesting date except in the case of death or disability.
- [F2]Total includes previous awards under the Plan of (i) 14,908 RSUs vesting in May 2026, (ii) 11,272 RSUs vesting in two equal installments in February 2026 and 2027, and (iii) 20,295 RSUs vesting in three equal installments in February 2026, 2027, and 2028. The above awards shall vest (a) upon continued employment with Issuer through the respective vesting date or (b) in the event of earlier disability or death. The awards will also vest on a full or pro-rata basis upon earlier retirement, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, and all vesting of those awards is further conditioned upon achievement of positive operating income for the year preceding the applicable vesting date except in the case of death or disability.