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Exhibit 10(r)

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation

The following is a summary of compensation paid to the non-employee directors of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) effective April 24, 2020. For additional information regarding the compensation of the non-employee directors, please read the definitive proxy statement relating to the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of shareholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

•Annual retainer fee of $110,000 for Board membership, paid quarterly in arrears;

•Supplemental annual retainer of $20,000 for serving as a chairman of the Audit Committee or Compensation Committee; and

•Supplemental annual retainer of $15,000 for serving as a chairman of the Finance Committee or Governance Committee.

Stock Grants. Each non-employee director serving as of May 1, 2020 was granted an annual stock award under the CenterPoint Energy Inc. Stock Plan for Outside Directors (“Stock Plan for Outside Directors”) in 2020.  The cash value of these awards, as of the grant date, is set annually by the Board of Directors of the Company.  The number of shares awarded is then determined by dividing the cash value by the fair market value of the common stock on the grant date.  In 2020, the Board determined a cash value for the stock award, as of the grant date, of $150,000, resulting in a stock award to each non-employee director of 9,113 shares of common stock. The annual stock award granted in 2020 and any future stock awards under the Stock Plan for Outside Directors are immediately fully vested upon grant.

In addition to the annual stock award grant, the Stock Plan for Outside Directors provides that a non-employee director may receive a one-time, initial grant of shares of common stock upon first commencing service as a director, based on a cash value, as of the date of the grant, set by the Board. Any such awards granted are immediately fully vested. The Board made one-time initial grants under this provision of the Stock Plan for Outside Directors to Messrs. Lesar (while he was serving as a non-employee director of the Company) and Smitherman on June 4, 2020 with a cash value for such award, as of the grant date, of $150,000, resulting in a stock award to each of Messrs. Lesar and Smitherman of 8,310 shares of common stock, and to Mr. Cummings on July 1, 2020 with a cash value for such award, as of the grant date, of $125,000, resulting in a stock award to Mr. Cummings of 6,487 shares of common stock.

Deferred Compensation Plan. Directors may elect each year to defer all or part of their annual retainer fees, including any committee chairman fees and meeting fees. Directors participating in these plans may elect to receive distributions of their deferred compensation and interest in three ways: (i) an early distribution of either 50% or 100% of their deferrals for the year in any year that is at least four years from the year of deferral or, if earlier, the year in which they attain their normal retirement date under the plan (the first day of the month coincident with or next following attainment of age 70); (ii) a lump sum distribution payable in the year after they reach their normal retirement date or leave the Board of Directors, whichever is later; or (iii) 15 annual installments beginning on the first of the month coincident with or next following their normal retirement date or upon leaving the Board of Directors, whichever is later.Document

Exhibit 10(s)

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Summary of Senior Executive Officer Compensation

The following is a summary of compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President - Natural Gas Distribution identified below (to whom we collectively refer as our “senior executive officers”) of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (the “Company”). For additional information regarding the compensation of the senior executive officers, please read the definitive proxy statement relating to the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of shareholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

Base Salary. The following table sets forth the annual base salary of the Company’s senior executive officers effective April 1, 2021:
									
	Name and Position
		Base Salary

	David J. Lesar
President and Chief Executive Officer
		$	1,450,000 	
	
Jason P. Wells
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		$	670,000 	
	Kristie L. Colvin*
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
		$	390,000 	
	Scott E. Doyle
Executive Vice President - Natural Gas Distribution
		$	525,000 	

* In addition to her role as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Ms. Colvin was appointed as Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective April 2, 2020. Concurrent with Mr. Wells’ appointment, Ms. Colvin stepped down from the role of Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 

Short Term Incentive Plan. Annual bonuses are paid to the Company’s senior executive officers pursuant to the Company’s short term incentive plan, which provides for cash bonuses based on the achievement of certain performance objectives approved in accordance with the terms of the plan at the commencement of the year. Information regarding awards to the Company’s senior executive officers under the short term incentive plan is provided in definitive proxy statements relating to the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders.  In February 2021, the Compensation Committee of the Company approved the following:

•Mr. Lesar’s short-term incentive target was increased from 125% to 135%; 
•No changes were made to Mr. Wells’ short-term incentive target of 75%; 
•No changes were made to Ms. Colvin’s short-term incentive target of 55%; and
•Mr. Doyle’s short-term incentive target was increased from 65% to 70%. 

Long Term Incentive Plan. Under the Company’s long term incentive plan, the Company’s senior executive officers may receive grants of (i) stock option awards, (ii) stock appreciation rights, (iii) stock awards, (iv) restricted stock unit awards, (v) cash awards and (vi) performance awards. The current forms of the applicable award agreements pursuant to the Company’s long term incentive plan are included as exhibits hereto. In February 2021, the Compensation Committee of the Company approved the following:

•Mr. Lesar’s long-term incentive target was increased from 520% to 560%; 
•No changes were made to Mr. Wells’ long-term incentive target of 250%; 
•No changes were made to Colvin’s long-term incentive target of 100%; and
•Mr. Doyle’s long-term incentive target was increased from 170% to 190%.Document

Exhibit 10(t)(2)

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC
CHANGE IN CONTROL PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective May 1, 2017)
First Amendment
CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation, having established the CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Change in Control Plan, as amended and restated effective May 1, 2017, (the “Plan”), and having reserved the right under Section 7.06 thereof to amend the Plan, does hereby amend the Plan, effective March 1, 2021, as follows:
1.    Article I of the Plan is hereby amended to add the following new definition thereto:
    “‘Savings Plan’ means the CenterPoint Energy Savings Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2021, and as thereafter amended.”

2.    Section 3.01(g) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
    “(g)    Enhanced Retirement Benefit:  The Participant shall be entitled to benefits as described in either paragraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable:
(1)    If immediately prior to the Participant’s Covered Termination, the Participant is eligible to accrue benefits (other than interest credits on a cash balance account) under the Retirement Plan, such Participant shall be entitled to an amount not less than the amount that the Participant would have been entitled to receive as pay credits under the cash balance formula of the Retirement Plan (or under the applicable grandfathered benefit formula if the Participant is a Transitional Vectren Plan Member, as defined under the Retirement Plan), for the period following his or her Covered Termination, as if the Participant (i) was fully vested in his or her Retirement Plan benefit and (ii) remained an employee of the Company or its Affiliates throughout the Severance Period following (A) the date of the Participant’s Covered Termination or (B) in the case of a Pre-Change in Control Covered Termination, the date of the Change in Control based on his or her Compensation, with such enhanced benefit paid under the Company’s Benefit Restoration Plan in accordance with its terms and conditions.
(2)    If the Participant is not eligible for benefits under paragraph (1) above, such Participant shall be entitled to an amount equal to the total amount of Employer Non-Matching Contributions (as defined in the Savings Plan) that the Participant would have been entitled to receive under the Savings Plan, for the period following his or her Covered Termination, as if the Participant (i) was fully vested in his or her Savings Plan benefit and (ii) remained an employee of the Company 
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Exhibit 10(t)(2)

or its Affiliates throughout the Severance Period following (A) the date of the Participant’s Covered Termination or (B) in the case of a Pre-Change in Control Covered Termination, the date of the Change in Control based on his or her Compensation, with such enhanced benefit paid under the Company’s Savings Restoration Plan in accordance with its terms and conditions” 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has caused these presents to be executed by its duly authorized officer in a number of copies, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by any executed copy hereof, on this 22nd day of February, 2021, and effective as of the date specified above.
									
	 	 	CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By	/s/ David J. Lesar
	 	 	David J. Lesar
	 	 	President and Chief Executive Officer

			
	
	
	ATTEST:
	 /s/ Vincent A. Mercaldi
	
	Vincent A. Mercaldi
	Corporate Secretary

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