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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;6, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CMS Energy Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Michigan</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>38-2726431</B><BR>
(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Energy Plaza <BR>
Jackson, Michigan</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM"><B>49201</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CMS Energy Corporation Performance Incentive Stock Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Thomas J. Webb<BR>
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
CMS Energy Corporation<BR>
One Energy Plaza<BR>
Jackson, Michigan 49201<BR>
(517)&nbsp;788-0351</B><BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>It is respectfully requested that the Commission send copies of all notices, orders and communications to:</I><BR>
<B>James E. Brunner, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
CMS Energy Corporation<BR>
One Energy Plaza<BR>
Jackson, Michigan 49201<BR>
(517)&nbsp;788-1257</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. (Check one):</DIV>
<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,000,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>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 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&#146;s
outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>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 July&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
for the purpose of registering 6,000,000 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Company&#146;s previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-58686) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
on April&nbsp;11, 2001 relating to the Plan, is hereby incorporated by reference herein to the extent
not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 and
June&nbsp;30, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;11,
January&nbsp;30, March&nbsp;14, March&nbsp;21, and June&nbsp;11, 2008 and Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
with the Commission on June&nbsp;12, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-B dated May&nbsp;6, 1987, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto filed
November&nbsp;22, 1996.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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;).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (included as Exhibit (99)(a) to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;3, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of August&nbsp;10, 2007 (included as
Exhibit (3)(b) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Company</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">CMS Energy&#146;s Performance Incentive Stock Plan (included as Exhibit (10)(h) to the
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the
Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 August&nbsp;6, 2008.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CMS Energy Corporation</B> <BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Thomas J. Webb
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Thomas J. Webb&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Executive Vice President and<br> Chief
Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of CMS Energy Corporation, hereby severally
constitute and appoint James E. Brunner, Catherine M. Reynolds and Thomas J. Webb, our true and
lawful attorneys, with full power to each of them, to sign for us in our names in the capacities
indicated below all post-effective amendments to this registration statement, as amended, and
generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable CMS Energy
Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 6th day of August, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;<B>Principal executive officer:</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David W. Joos
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(David W. Joos)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;<B>Principal financial officer:</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. Webb
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Thomas J. Webb)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;<B>Controller or principal accounting officer:</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Glenn P. Barba
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Glenn P. Barba)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>(iv)</B>&nbsp;<B>Directors:</B></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Merribel S. Ayres
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Merribel S. Ayres)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jon E. Barfield
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Jon E. Barfield)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard M. Gabrys
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Richard M. Gabrys)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David W. Joos
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(David W. Joos)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Philip R. Lochner, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Philip R. Lochner, Jr.)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael T. Monahan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Michael T. Monahan)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Percy A. Pierre
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Percy A. Pierre)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kenneth L. Way
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Kenneth L. Way)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kenneth Whipple
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Kenneth Whipple)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John B. Yasinsky
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(John B. Yasinsky)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibits</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (included as Exhibit (99)(a) to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;3, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of August&nbsp;10, 2007 (included as
Exhibit (3)(b) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Company</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CMS Energy&#146;s Performance Incentive Stock Plan (included as Exhibit (10)(h) to the
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the
Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page hereto)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2008
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
38-2726431
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, Michigan
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
49201
(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
(517) 788-0351
(Name, address, and 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:
James E. Brunner, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
CMS Energy Corporation
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, Michigan 49201
(517) 788-1257
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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered
per share
offering price
fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
6,000,000
(1)
$
13.56
(2)
$
81,360,000
(2)
$
3,197.45
(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 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 July 31, 2008.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of James E. Brunner
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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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 6,000,000 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. 333-58686) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
on April 11, 2001 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, 2007;
•
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and
June 30, 2008;
•
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 11,
January 30, March 14, March 21, and June 11, 2008 and Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed
with the Commission on June 12, 2008; and
•
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-B dated May 6, 1987, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed
November 22, 1996.
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.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibits
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (included as Exhibit (99)(a) to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 3, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference)
4.2
Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of August 10, 2007 (included as
Exhibit (3)(b) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1
Opinion of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Company
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Exhibits
Description
10.1
CMS Energy's Performance Incentive Stock Plan (included as Exhibit (10)(h) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference)
23.1
Consent of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the
Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young
LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page hereto)
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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 August 6, 2008.
CMS Energy Corporation
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Webb
Name:
Thomas J. Webb
Title:
Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
We, the undersigned officers and directors of CMS Energy Corporation, hereby severally
constitute and appoint James E. Brunner, Catherine M. Reynolds and Thomas J. Webb, our true and
lawful attorneys, with full power to each of them, to sign for us in our names in the capacities
indicated below all post-effective amendments to this registration statement, as amended, and
generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable CMS Energy
Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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 6th day of August, 2008.
Name
Title
(i)
Principal executive officer:
/s/ David W. Joos
(David W. Joos)
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)
Directors:
/s/ Merribel S. Ayres
(Merribel S. Ayres)
Director
/s/ Jon E. Barfield
(Jon E. Barfield)
Director
/s/ Richard M. Gabrys
(Richard M. Gabrys)
Director
/s/ David W. Joos
(David W. Joos)
Director
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Name
Title
/s/ Philip R. Lochner, Jr.
(Philip R. Lochner, Jr.)
Director
/s/ Michael T. Monahan
(Michael T. Monahan)
Director
/s/ Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.
(Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.)
Director
/s/ Percy A. Pierre
(Percy A. Pierre)
Director
/s/ Kenneth L. Way
(Kenneth L. Way)
Director
/s/ Kenneth Whipple
(Kenneth Whipple)
Director
/s/ John B. Yasinsky
(John B. Yasinsky)
Director
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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 (included as Exhibit (99)(a) to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 3, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference)
4.2
Bylaws of the Company, amended and restated as of August 10, 2007 (included as
Exhibit (3)(b) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1
Opinion of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Company
10.1
CMS Energy's Performance Incentive Stock Plan (included as Exhibit (10)(h) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference)
23.1
Consent of James E. Brunner, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the
Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page hereto)