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SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS
Communicating with Directors
CMS Energy and Consumers Energy shareholders, employees or third parties can communicate with the Boards of Directors, Committees of the Boards, or an individual director, including our Chairman of the Boards, or our Presiding Director at executive sessions of the Boards, by sending a written communication to:
Corporate Secretary
CMS Energy Corporation
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, MI 49201-2276
The Corporate Secretary will review and forward such communications to the Boards or the appropriate Committees or Director.
Submitting Compliance Concerns
Any shareholder, employee or third party who wishes to submit a compliance concern to the Boards or applicable Committee, including complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters to the Audit Committees, may do so by the following means:
Mail:
c/o the Chief Compliance Officer
CMS Energy Corporation
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, MI 49201-2276
E-mail:
CMS Compliance Hotline:
(800) CMS-5212 (internally monitored)
(800) ETHICSP (externally monitored)
All such communications initially will be reviewed by the Chief Compliance Officer (who reports directly to the Audit Committees of the Boards) prior to being forwarded to the Boards or the appropriate Committees or Directors.
Submitting Nominees for Directors
Shareholders can submit recommendations of nominees for election to the Boards of Directors. Shareholders' recommendations will be provided to the Governance and Public Responsibility Committees for consideration.
The information that must be included and the procedures that must be followed by a shareholder wishing to recommend a director candidate for the Boards' consideration are the same as the information that would be required to be included and the procedure that would be required to be followed under our CMS Energy Bylaws if the shareholder wished to nominate that candidate directly. Accordingly, any recommendation submitted by a shareholder regarding a director candidate must be submitted within the time frame provided in the Bylaws for director nominations and must include (a) a statement from the proposed nominee that he or she has consented to the submission of the recommendation and (b) such other information about the proposed nominee that would be required by our Bylaws to be included in a notice to CMS were the shareholder intending to nominate such proposed nominee directly.
Shareholders should send their written recommendations of nominees to:
Corporate Secretary
CMS Energy Corporation
One Energy Plaza
Jackson, MI 49201-2276