================================================================================ FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) APRIL 12, 2004 COMMISSION REGISTRANT; STATE OF INCORPORATION; IRS EMPLOYER FILE NUMBER ADDRESS; AND TELEPHONE NUMBER IDENTIFICATION NO. ----------- ----------------------------------- ------------------ 1-9513 CMS ENERGY CORPORATION 38-2726431 (A MICHIGAN CORPORATION) ONE ENERGY PLAZA JACKSON, MICHIGAN 49201 (517) 788-0550 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS SALE OF LOY YANG On April 12, 2004, CMS Energy Corporation (CMS Energy) issued a news release announcing that it and its partners closed on the sale of the 2,000-megawatt Loy Yang power plant and adjacent coal mine. The news release is attached as an exhibit hereto. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (c) EXHIBITS 99. CMS Energy's News Release dated April 12, 2004 This Form 8-K and the News Release contain "forward-looking statements" as defined in Rule 3b-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Rule 175 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and relevant legal decisions. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. They should be read in conjunction with "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS" found in the MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS section of CMS Energy's Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference), that discusses important factors that could cause CMS Energy's results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION Dated: April 14, 2004 By: /s/ S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. ----------------------------- S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Vice Chairman of the Board and General Counsel EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION ----------- ----------- 99 CMS Energy's News Release dated April 12, 2004