Garrick J. Rochow - Mar 18, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for CMS ENERGY CORP (CMS)

Role: President and CEO, Director
Signature: Rhonda M. Morris, Attny-in-Fact
Stock symbol: CMS
Transactions as of: Mar 18, 2022
Transactions value $: -$294,789
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/22/2022, 03:44 PM
Previous filing: Jan 31, 2022
Next filing: Jan 18, 2023

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CMS	Common Stock	Award	$0	+3.2K	+1.2%	$0.00	271K	Mar 18, 2022	Direct	F1, F2
transaction	CMS	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$295K	-4.45K	-1.64%	$66.20	266K	Mar 18, 2022	Direct

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares of Common Stock of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") were acquired as a result of CMS exceeding certain performance criteria established under the 2019 Restricted Stock Award granted to the reporting person in accordance with the provisions of the CMS Performance Incentive Stock Plan.
F2	The total holdings reflect an adjustment of 58 additional shares of Common Stock of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") acquired as a result of dividend reinvestment pursuant to the reporting person's participation in the CMS Stock Purchase Plan, and an adjustment of 1023 additional shares of Restricted Stock purchased on behalf of the reporting person as a result of automatic acquisition of Restricted Stock in lieu of cash dividends pursuant to the terms of the award granted to the reporting person in accordance with the provisions of the CMS Performance Incentive Stock Plan.

Content

Shares of Common Stock of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") were acquired as a result of CMS exceeding certain performance criteria established under the 2019 Restricted Stock Award granted to the reporting person in accordance with the provisions of the CMS Performance Incentive Stock Plan.

The total holdings reflect an adjustment of 58 additional shares of Common Stock of CMS Energy Corporation ("CMS") acquired as a result of dividend reinvestment pursuant to the reporting person's participation in the CMS Stock Purchase Plan, and an adjustment of 1023 additional shares of Restricted Stock purchased on behalf of the reporting person as a result of automatic acquisition of Restricted Stock in lieu of cash dividends pursuant to the terms of the award granted to the reporting person in accordance with the provisions of the CMS Performance Incentive Stock Plan.