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) July 1, 2014

 

Commission
File Number

 

Registrant; State of Incorporation;
Address; and Telephone Number

 

IRS Employer
Identification No.

 

 

 

 

 

1-9513

 

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
(A Michigan Corporation)
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, Michigan 49201
(517) 788-0550

 

38-2726431

 

 

 

 

 

1-5611

 

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
(A Michigan Corporation)
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, Michigan 49201
(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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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On July 1, 2014, James E. Brunner, senior vice president and chief legal counsel of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company (collectively the “Company”), retired from the Company. Mr. Brunner was a named executive officer in the Company’s 2014 proxy statement.

 

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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: July 1, 2014

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

 

 

Dated: July 1, 2014

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Thomas J. Webb

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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