<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-13-143955.txt : 20130405
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-143955
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14C
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130517
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130405
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130405

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONSUMERS ENERGY CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000201533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				380442310
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14C
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05611
		FILM NUMBER:		13745972

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5177881612

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLAZA
		CITY:			JACKSON
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CONSUMERS POWER CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14C </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(c) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>MAY 17, 2013 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">To the Shareholders of Consumers Energy Company: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Consumers Energy Company (&#147;Consumers&#148;) will be held on Friday, May&nbsp;17, 2013, at 9:00&nbsp;A.M., Eastern
Daylight Saving Time, at the corporate headquarters located at One Energy Plaza, Jackson, Michigan 49201. The purposes of the annual meeting are to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Elect 11 members to the Consumers&#146; Board of Directors; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (&#147;PwC&#148;) as our independent registered public accounting firm to audit Consumers&#146; consolidated financial
statements for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2013;&nbsp;and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Transact such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Consumers Annual Report to the Shareholders for the year 2012, including its consolidated financial statements, accompanies this information statement, unless you have previously requested internet
access rather than a paper copy. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors has set March&nbsp;22, 2013, as the record date for our annual meeting. Shareholders are
invited to attend our annual meeting. <B>Shareholders interested in attending the annual meeting must present proof of current stock ownership (such as a recent account statement) and government-issued photo identification prior to being admitted
into the meeting.</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. </B></FONT></P>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Consumers Energy Company </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">One Energy Plaza </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Jackson, Michigan 49201 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">April&nbsp;5, 2013 </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>INTRODUCTION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">This Information
Statement is furnished by the Board of Directors of Consumers Energy Company (&#147;Consumers&#148;) in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May&nbsp;17, 2013. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">As of March&nbsp;22, 2013, Consumers&#146; outstanding common stock ($10&nbsp;par value) and preferred stock ($100&nbsp;par value) consisted of 84,108,789&nbsp;shares of common stock held by CMS Energy
Corporation (&#147;CMS&#148;) and 441,599&nbsp;shares of preferred stock held by the public (except the directors&#146; holdings noted below). Holders of preferred and common stock are entitled to one vote for each share and shareholders have
cumulative voting rights for the election of directors. That is, holders of preferred and common shares are entitled to cast as many votes as equal the number of shares held multiplied by the number of directors to be elected (11 this year), and
they may cast all of such votes for a single nominee or distribute them among any two or more nominees as they choose. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">While all shareholders
are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting, <B>WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. </B>We have been advised that all 84,108,789 Consumers common shares held by CMS (99.5% of the Consumers shares
entitled to vote) will be voted in favor of the proposed director nominees, thus assuring their election, as well as in favor of the other proposal(s) recommended by the Consumers&#146; Board of Directors. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">To the knowledge of management, no person or entity except CMS owns beneficially more than 5% of any class of Consumers&#146; outstanding voting securities.
Messrs.&nbsp;Way and Yasinsky each owns 10&nbsp;shares of the preferred stock of Consumers. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The determination of approval of corporate action by
the shareholders is based on votes &#147;for&#148; and &#147;against.&#148; Abstentions and broker discretionary votes are not counted as &#147;for&#148; or &#147;against&#148; votes but are counted in the determination of a quorum. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE&nbsp;&#151; CMS PROXY STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Please refer to the enclosed CMS Proxy Statement dated April&nbsp;5, 2013, for information regarding the nominees for directors and the other<BR> proposal(s) being voted on by Consumers&#146; shareholders,
as well as the committees of the Board of Directors, compensation of directors and executive officers and various other 2012 information statement disclosures. This information appears beginning with the heading &#147;CORPORATE GOVERNANCE&#148; in
the CMS Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>BOARD AND COMMITTEE INFORMATION </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Consumers&#146; Board of Directors met 8 times during 2012. Our Principles state the expectation that all Consumers Board members will attend all
scheduled board and committee meetings, as well as the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. During 2012, all but one incumbent director attended 100% of the Consumers Board and assigned committee meetings while they were on the Board; one director
attended 94% of the Consumers Board and assigned committee meetings. All then-current Consumers Board members attended the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. </FONT></P>
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