Financial Highlights

Year ended December 31 In millions of dollars, except per share amounts	2012	2013	2014

Revenues	$7,452	$8,106	$9,226
Operating Income*	1,038	1,010	935
Net Income	417	311	611

Per Share of Common Stock
Net Income, Basic	$0.98	$0.73	$1.42
Net Income, Diluted	0.97	0.72	1.42
Book Value – Year End	10.09	10.09	10.58
Share Value – Year End	19.25	23.18	23.43
Common Dividend Declared	0.81	0.83	0.95

Capitalization
Transition and System Restoration Bonds (includes current portion)	$3,847	$3,400	$3,046
Other Long-term Debt (includes current portion)	5,910	4,914	5,758
Common Stock Equity	4,301	4,329	4,548
Total Capitalization (includes current portion)	14,058	12,643	13,352
Total Assets	22,871	21,870	23,200
Capital Expenditures	$1,188	$1,272	$1,402

Common Stock Outstanding (in thousands)	427,600	428,798	429,796
Number of Employees (in actual numbers)	8,720	8,591	8,540

* With the formation of Enable Midstream Partners in 2013, operating income for 2014 is not comparable with prior results.

Year ended December 31 In millions of dollars, except per share amounts	2014 2014 2013 2012

Revenues	$7,452	$8,106	$9,226
Operating Income*	1,038	1,010	935
Net Income	417	311	611

Per Share of Common Stock
Net Income, Basic	$0.98	$0.73	$1.42
Net Income, Diluted	0.97	0.72	1.42
Book Value – Year End	10.09	10.09	10.58
Share Value – Year End	19.25	23.18	23.43
Common Dividend Declared	0.81	0.83	0.95

Capitalization
Transition and System Restoration Bonds (includes current portion)	$3,847	$3,400	$3,046
Other Long-term Debt (includes current portion)	5,910	4,914	5,758
Common Stock Equity	4,301	4,329	4,548
Total Capitalization (includes current portion)	14,058	12,643	13,352
Total Assets	22,871	21,870	23,200
Capital Expenditures	$1,188	$1,272	$1,402

Common Stock Outstanding (in thousands)	427,600	428,798	429,796
Number of Employees (in actual numbers)	8,720	8,591	8,540

* With the formation of Enable Midstream Partners in 2013, operating income for 2014 is not comparable with prior results.

Stock Performance

The line graph compares the cumulative total return on the common stock of CenterPoint Energy with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Utilities Index for the period commencing December 31, 2009, and ending December 31, 2014.

FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN COMPARISON FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31 (1)(2)

CenterPoint Energy
S&P 500 Index
S&P 500 Utilities Index

⁽¹⁾ Assumes that the value of the investment in the common stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 2009, and that all dividends were reinvested.
⁽²⁾ Historical stock performance is not necessarily indicative of future stock performance.

2014 was Financially Strong

Stock Performance