Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
CMS Energy Corporation's ("CMS Energy") management will be meeting with
investors on Monday and Tuesday, August 17-18, 2009. A copy of the CMS Energy
handout is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this
Current Report on Form 8-K, Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor
shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth in such a
filing.
Item 9.01
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 CMS Energy handout dated August 17-18, 2009
This Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in Rule 3b-6 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Rule 175 of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and relevant legal decisions. The forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.
They should be read in conjunction with "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND
INFORMATION" and "RISK FACTORS" each found in the MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS sections of CMS Energy Corporation's ("CMS Energy") Form 10-K and
Consumers Energy Company's ("Consumers") Form 10-K each for the Year Ended
December 31, 2008 and as updated in CMS Energy's Forms 10-Q and Consumers' Forms
10-Q each for the Quarters Ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009. CMS Energy's
and Consumers' "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION" and "RISK FACTORS"
sections are incorporated herein by reference and discuss important factors that
could cause CMS Energy's and Consumers' results to differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements.