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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;22, 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CMS ENERGY
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Energy Plaza, Jackson, Michigan 49201 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CMS Energy Corporation Performance Incentive Stock Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Thomas J. Webb </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CMS Energy Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Energy Plaza </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jackson, Michigan 49201</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(517)&nbsp;788-0351 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Melissa M. Gleespen, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vice President and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CMS Energy Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Energy Plaza </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jackson, Michigan 49201 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(517)&nbsp;788-2158 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>maximum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>offering&nbsp;price&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">2,000,000<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$27.57<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$55,140,000<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$7,103</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the CMS
Energy Performance Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected which results in an increase in the number of the Company&#146;s outstanding shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
November&nbsp;19, 2013. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#tx633597_1">PART II</A></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering 2,000,000 shares
of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of CMS Energy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) that may be offered and sold under the CMS Energy Corporation Performance Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
Note that no new shares have been authorized for issuance under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The contents of the Company&#146;s previously filed
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-152800) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on August&nbsp;6, 2008 relating to the Plan, is hereby incorporated by reference herein to the
extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx633597_1"></A>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="tx633597_2"></A>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) (Commission file number
1-09513) by the Company are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2013, June&nbsp;30, 2013 and September&nbsp;30, 2013; </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;29, February 14, February 19, March 20, March 22, April 11, May 7 (Item 8.01 only), May 17 (Item 8.01 only), May 22, October 1,
and November 15, 2013; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated June&nbsp;15, 2011. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as
&#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following resolution was adopted by CMS Energy&#146;s board of directors on January&nbsp;27, 2011: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED: That effective January&nbsp;27, 2011 the Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law every person (including the
estate, heirs and legal representatives of such person in the event of the decease, incompetency, insolvency or bankruptcy of such person) who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the documented
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against all liability, costs, expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments,
penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement, incurred by or imposed upon the person in connection with or resulting from any claim or any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or of whatever nature, arising from the person&#146;s service or capacity as, or by reason of the fact that the person is or was, a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or is or was serving at the documented request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. Such right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the
person may be entitled under statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article XIII, Section&nbsp;1 of CMS
Energy&#146;s Bylaws, as amended and restated, provides: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Corporation may purchase and maintain liability insurance, to the full
extent permitted by law, on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article VIII of CMS Energy&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provides: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A director shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a director except
(i)&nbsp;for a breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for a violation
of Section&nbsp;551(1) of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, and (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article VIII, and no modification to its provisions by
law, shall apply to, or have any effect upon, the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article IX of CMS Energy&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provides: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each director and each officer of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), </P>

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judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense of any proceeding in which he or she was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party by reason of being or having been a director or an officer of the Corporation. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights to which such director or officer may be entitled under any now or
hereafter existing statute, any other provision of these Articles, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise. If the Business Corporation Act of the State of Michigan is amended after approval by the shareholders of this Article IX to
authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporation Act of the
State of Michigan, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article IX by the shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or
modification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sections 561 through 571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act provide CMS Energy with the power to indemnify directors,
officers, employees and agents against certain expenses and payments, and to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of directors, officers, employees and agents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Officers and directors are covered within specified monetary limits by insurance against certain losses arising from claims made by reason of
their being directors or officers of CMS Energy or of CMS Energy&#146;s subsidiaries, and CMS Energy&#146;s officers and directors are indemnified against such losses by reason of their being or having been directors or officers of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at CMS Energy&#146;s request. In addition, CMS Energy has indemnified each of its present directors by contracts that contain affirmative provisions essentially similar to those in
Sections 561 through 571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act cited above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="tx633597_4"></A>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company effective June&nbsp;1, 2004, as amended May&nbsp;22, 2009 (included as Exhibit (3)(a) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of January 24, 2013 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January 29, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">CMS Energy&#146;s Performance Incentive Stock Plan</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Jackson, State of Michigan, on November&nbsp;22, 2013. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>CMS Energy Corporation</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Registrant)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas J. Webb</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Thomas J. Webb</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial
Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 22<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> day of November, 2013. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Principal executive officer: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ John Russell</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">John G. Russell</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Principal financial officer: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Thomas J. Webb</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Thomas J. Webb</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Controller or principal accounting officer: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Glenn P. Barba</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Glenn P. Barba</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Directors: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jon E. Barfield* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kurt L. Darrow* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stephen E. Ewing* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard M. Gabrys* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William D. Harvey* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David W. Joos* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Philip R. Lochner, Jr.* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael T. Monahan* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John G. Russell* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kenneth L. Way* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Laura H. Wright* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John B. Yasinsky* </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Thomas J. Webb</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Thomas J. Webb, Attorney-in-Fact</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibits listed below that have been previously filed with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference with the same effect as if filed with
this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company effective June&nbsp;1, 2004, as amended May&nbsp;22, 2009 (included as Exhibit (3)(a) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of January 24, 2013 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed January 29, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">CMS Energy&#146;s Performance Incentive Stock Plan</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2013
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CMS ENERGY
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Michigan
38-2726431
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Energy Plaza, Jackson, Michigan 49201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CMS Energy Corporation Performance Incentive Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas J. Webb
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CMS Energy Corporation
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, Michigan 49201
(Name and address of agent for service)
(517) 788-0351
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
It is respectfully requested that the Commission send copies of all notices, orders and communications to:
Melissa M. Gleespen, Esq.
Vice President and Corporate Secretary
CMS Energy Corporation
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, Michigan 49201
(517) 788-2158
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,000,000
(1)
$27.57
(2)
$55,140,000
(2)
$7,103
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the CMS
Energy Performance Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected which results in an increase in the number of the Company's outstanding shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
November 19, 2013.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
CMS Energy's Performance Incentive Stock Plan
Opinion of Melissa M. Gleespen
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Power of Attorney
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering 2,000,000 shares
of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of CMS Energy Corporation (the "Company") that may be offered and sold under the CMS Energy Corporation Performance Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").
Note that no new shares have been authorized for issuance under the Plan.
The contents of the Company's previously filed
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-152800) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 6, 2008 relating to the Plan, is hereby incorporated by reference herein to the
extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (Commission file number
1-09513) by the Company are incorporated herein by reference:
•
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012;
•
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013;
•
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 29, February 14, February 19, March 20, March 22, April 11, May 7 (Item 8.01 only), May 17 (Item 8.01 only), May 22, October 1,
and November 15, 2013; and
•
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated June 15, 2011.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as
"Incorporated Documents").
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The following resolution was adopted by CMS Energy's board of directors on January 27, 2011:
RESOLVED: That effective January 27, 2011 the Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law every person (including the
estate, heirs and legal representatives of such person in the event of the decease, incompetency, insolvency or bankruptcy of such person) who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the documented
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against all liability, costs, expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments,
penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement, incurred by or imposed upon the person in connection with or resulting from any claim or any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or of whatever nature, arising from the person's service or capacity as, or by reason of the fact that the person is or was, a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or is or was serving at the documented request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. Such right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the
person may be entitled under statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise.
Article XIII, Section 1 of CMS
Energy's Bylaws, as amended and restated, provides:
The Corporation may purchase and maintain liability insurance, to the full
extent permitted by law, on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity.
Article VIII of CMS Energy's Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provides:
A director shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a director except
(i) for a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for a violation
of Section 551(1) of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, and (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article VIII, and no modification to its provisions by
law, shall apply to, or have any effect upon, the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.
Article IX of CMS Energy's Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provides:
Each director and each officer of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law against
expenses (including attorneys' fees),
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judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense of any proceeding in which he or she was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party by reason of being or having been a director or an officer of the Corporation. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights to which such director or officer may be entitled under any now or
hereafter existing statute, any other provision of these Articles, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise. If the Business Corporation Act of the State of Michigan is amended after approval by the shareholders of this Article IX to
authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporation Act of the
State of Michigan, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article IX by the shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or
modification.
Sections 561 through 571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act provide CMS Energy with the power to indemnify directors,
officers, employees and agents against certain expenses and payments, and to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of directors, officers, employees and agents.
Officers and directors are covered within specified monetary limits by insurance against certain losses arising from claims made by reason of
their being directors or officers of CMS Energy or of CMS Energy's subsidiaries, and CMS Energy's officers and directors are indemnified against such losses by reason of their being or having been directors or officers of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at CMS Energy's request. In addition, CMS Energy has indemnified each of its present directors by contracts that contain affirmative provisions essentially similar to those in
Sections 561 through 571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act cited above.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibits
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company effective June 1, 2004, as amended May 22, 2009 (included as Exhibit (3)(a) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of January 24, 2013 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 29, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.3
CMS Energy's Performance Incentive Stock Plan
5.1
Opinion of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company
23.1
Consent of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Jackson, State of Michigan, on November 22, 2013.
CMS Energy Corporation
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Webb
Name:
Thomas J. Webb
Title:
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 22
nd
day of November, 2013.
(i)
Principal executive officer:
/s/ John Russell
John G. Russell
President and Chief Executive Officer
(ii)
Principal financial officer:
/s/ Thomas J. Webb
Thomas J. Webb
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(iii)
Controller or principal accounting officer:
/s/ Glenn P. Barba
Glenn P. Barba
Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
(iv)
The Directors:
Jon E. Barfield*
Kurt L. Darrow*
Stephen E. Ewing*
Richard M. Gabrys*
William D. Harvey*
David W. Joos*
Philip R. Lochner, Jr.*
Michael T. Monahan*
John G. Russell*
Kenneth L. Way*
Laura H. Wright*
John B. Yasinsky*
*By:
/s/ Thomas J. Webb
Thomas J. Webb, Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits listed below that have been previously filed with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference with the same effect as if filed with
this Registration Statement.
Exhibits
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company effective June 1, 2004, as amended May 22, 2009 (included as Exhibit (3)(a) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of January 24, 2013 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 29, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.3
CMS Energy's Performance Incentive Stock Plan
5.1
Opinion of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company
23.1
Consent of Melissa M. Gleespen, Vice President and Corporate Secretary for the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney