8-K - CMS - Equibles

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 19, 2020

Commission	Registrant; State of Incorporation;	IRS Employer
File Number	Address; and Telephone Number	Identification No.
1-9513	CMS ENERGY CORPORATION<br><br> <br>(A Michigan Corporation) One Energy Plaza Jackson, Michigan 49201 (517) 788-0550	38-2726431
1-5611	CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY<br><br> <br>(A Michigan Corporation)<br><br> One Energy Plaza<br><br> Jackson, Michigan 49201<br><br> (517) 788-0550	38-0442310

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
CMS Energy Corporation Common Stock, $0.01 par value	CMS	New York Stock Exchange
CMS Energy Corporation 5.625% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2078	CMSA	New York Stock Exchange
CMS Energy Corporation 5.875% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2078	CMSC	New York Stock Exchange
CMS Energy Corporation 5.875% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2079	CMSD	New York Stock Exchange
Consumers Energy Company Cumulative Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value:$4.50 Series	CMS-PB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company: CMS Energy Corporation ¨ Consumers Energy Company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. CMS Energy Corporation ¨ Consumers Energy Company ¨

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective on November 19, 2020, Consumers Energy Company (“Consumers”), a principal subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, and The Bank of Nova Scotia agreed to extend the termination date of the Amended and Restated $250 million secured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of November 19, 2018 between Consumers and The Bank of Nova Scotia (the “Agreement”). The Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed November 20, 2018 and is incorporated herein by reference. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, effective as of November 19, 2020, the termination date will extend for a period of one year to November 19, 2022. Obligations under the Agreement will continue to be secured by first mortgage bonds of Consumers issued pursuant to the 126th Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 23, 2015 to the Indenture dated as of September 1, 1945, between Consumers and The Bank of New York Mellon, Trustee.

The Bank of Nova Scotia has provided banking and underwriting services to Consumers in the ordinary course of business.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

	Exhibit Index
10.1		Description of the Second Extension to the Amended and Restated $250 Million Secured Revolving Credit Agreement
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Dated: November 19, 2020	By:	/s/ Rejji P. Hayes
		Rejji P. Hayes
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer
	CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
Dated: November 19, 2020	By:	/s/ Rejji P. Hayes
		Rejji P. Hayes
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 10.1

Description of the Second Extension tothe Amended and Restated $250 Million Secured Revolving Credit Agreement

November 19, 2020

Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated $250 million secured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of November 19, 2018, between Consumers Energy Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia, the parties have all agreed, effective November 19, 2020, to extend the Termination Date (as defined therein) for a period of one year to November 19, 2022.