Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
CMS Energy Corporation's ("CMS Energy") management will be meeting with
investors on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at the Barclays Capital CEO
Energy/Power Conference. A copy of the CMS Energy handout is furnished as
Exhibit 99.1 to this report. In addition, CMS Energy's executive vice president
and chief financial officer, Tom Webb, will provide a company overview
presentation, scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, September 10,
2009. A webcast of the presentation will be available on the CMS Energy website,
www.cmsenergy.com.
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 titled CMS Energy, Barclays CEO Energy/Power Conference
September 9-10, 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.