QUANTUMONLINE.COM SECURITY DESCRIPTION: CMS Energy Corp., 5.875% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2079, issued in $25 denominations, redeemable at the issuer's option on or after 3/1/2024 at $25 per note plus accrued and unpaid interest, and maturing 3/1/2079. Interest distributions of 5.875% per annum ($1.46875 per annum or $0.3671875 per quarter) will be paid quarterly on 3/1, 6/1, 9/1 & 12/1 to holders of record on the record date that will be fifteen calendar days prior to the payment date (NOTE: the ex-dividend date is one business day prior to the record date).
The issuer may, on one or more occasions, defer the quarterly interest payments on the Notes for up to 40 consecutive quarterly periods, unless an event of default under the Notes has occurred (see prospectus for further information).
Distributions paid by these debt securities are interest and as such are NOT eligible for the preferential 15% to 20% tax rate on dividends and are also NOT eligible for the dividend received deduction for corporate holders.
The issuer may redeem the Notes at any time before 3/1/2024 if certain changes in tax laws, regulations or interpretations occur, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The issuer may also redeem the Notes at any time before 3/1/2024 if a rating agency makes certain changes in the equity credit criteria for securities such as the Notes. In this event, the redemption price will be equal to 102% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
Units are expected to trade flat, which means accrued interest will be reflected in the trading price and the purchasers will not pay and the sellers will not receive any accrued and unpaid interest.
This security was rated as Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P at the date of its IPO. The Notes are unsecured, junior subordinated obligations of the company and will rank equally with all existing and future unsecured, subordinated indebtedness of the company. See the IPO prospectus for further information on the debt securities by clicking on the ‘Link to IPO Prospectus’ provided below.
