Filed under Rule 433
File No. 333-216355
 
Final Term Sheet
 
March 5, 2018

Issuer:	 	CMS Energy Corporation	
Security:	 	5.625% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2078 (the “Notes”)	
Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:	 	$200,000,000	
Over-Allotment Option:	 	None	
Maturity Date:	 	March 15, 2078	
Coupon:	 	5.625%	
Interest Payment Dates:	 	March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, subject to deferral	
First Interest Payment Date:	 	June 15, 2018	
Public Offering Price:	 	$25.00 per Note	
Par Call:	 	At any time, in whole or in part, on or after March 15, 2023, at 100% plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date	
Tax Event Call:	 	At any time prior to March 15, 2023, in whole but not in part, at 100% plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date	
Rating Agency Call:	 	At any time prior to March 15, 2023, in whole but not in part, at 102% plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date	
Trade Date:	 	March 5, 2018	
Settlement Date:	 	March 8, 2018 (T+3)	
Expected Listing:	 	NYSE	
Expected Ratings:	 	Baa2 / BBB- / BB+ (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch)	
 	 	Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time	
Joint Book-Running Lead Managers:	 	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith	
 	 	Incorporated	
 	 	RBC Capital Markets, LLC	
 	 	Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	
Co-Managers:	 	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	
 	 	Comerica Securities, Inc.	
 	 	Fifth Third Securities, Inc.	
 	 	U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.	
CUSIP / ISIN:	 	125896 860 / US1258968601	
 
CMS Energy Corporation has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus, as supplemented) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus (as supplemented) in that registration statement and other documents CMS Energy Corporation has filed with the SEC for more complete information about CMS Energy

 
Corporation and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, CMS Energy Corporation, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at (800) 294-1322, RBC Capital Markets, LLC toll-free at (866) 375-6829 and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free at (800) 645-3751.
 
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