Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. At the annual meeting of the shareholders of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. ("CenterPoint Energy") held on April 23, 2021, the matters voted upon and the number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to such matters, were as stated below. The proposals related to each matter are described in detail in CenterPoint Energy's definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2021.



Election of Directors (Item 1)
The following nominees for director were elected to serve one-year terms
expiring at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, with the vote totals as set
forth in the table below:
        Nominee                 For            Against        Abstentions        Broker Non-Votes
Leslie D. Biddle            416,146,355       4,372,709        17,577,596           37,318,461
Milton Carroll              370,801,313       49,430,019       17,865,328           37,318,461
Wendy Montoya Cloonan       415,579,472       5,042,682        17,474,506           37,318,461
Earl M. Cummings            415,793,358       4,855,721        17,447,581           37,318,461
David J. Lesar              416,261,462       4,406,926        17,428,272           37,318,461
Martin H. Nesbitt           376,016,410       44,434,946       17,645,304           37,318,461
Theodore F. Pound           393,354,533       27,249,008       17,493,119           37,318,461
Phillip R. Smith            415,596,611       4,827,011        17,673,038           37,318,461
Barry T. Smitherman         416,043,973       4,668,198        17,384,489           37,318,461

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Item 2) The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for CenterPoint Energy for 2021 was ratified, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:


     For            Against        Abstentions        Broker Non-Votes
 432,892,337       22,205,321       20,317,463               -

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (Item 3) The advisory resolution on executive compensation was approved, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:


     For            Against        Abstentions        Broker Non-Votes
 334,925,103       84,285,468       18,886,089           37,318,461

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