Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

At the CMS Energy 2022 annual meeting of shareholders held on May 6, 2022, the shareholders of CMS Energy voted upon the proposals as described in its proxy statement dated March 24, 2022. The results of the shareholder votes are as follows.

1. Proposal to elect members to the CMS Energy board of directors. All of the


    nominees were elected with the votes for individual nominees as follows:




Number of Votes:



                                                                        BROKER
                         FOR            AGAINST         ABSTAIN        NON-VOTE
Jon E. Barfield       232,845,988       14,431,294       222,356       11,483,690
Deborah H. Butler     246,799,204        495,999         204,435       11,483,690
Kurt L. Darrow        244,179,905       3,087,880        231,853       11,483,690
William D. Harvey     246,745,436        531,498         222,704       11,483,690
Garrick J. Rochow     246,764,211        515,734         219,693       11,483,690
John G. Russell       245,286,184       2,000,017        213,437       11,483,690
Suzanne F. Shank      246,765,748        527,353         206,537       11,483,690
Myrna M. Soto         243,297,625       3,989,424        212,589       11,483,690
John G. Sznewajs      246,737,619        531,068         230,951       11,483,690
Ronald J. Tanski      246,703,497        569,494         226,647       11,483,690
Laura H. Wright       241,368,274       5,929,146        202,218       11,483,690

2. Non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to CMS Energy's


    named executive officers, as disclosed in its proxy statement pursuant to the
    compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
    including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables
    and the related narrative disclosure, was approved, with a vote as follows:




Number of Votes:



                                                        BROKER
         FOR            AGAINST         ABSTAIN        NON-VOTE
      236,758,008       10,388,649       352,981       11,483,690
          96%               4%

3. Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the


    independent registered public accounting firm to audit CMS Energy's financial
    statements for the year ending December 31, 2022 was approved, with a vote as
    follows:




Number of Votes:



                                                     BROKER
         FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN      NON-VOTE
      257,194,643       1,642,963       145,722           0



CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY

At the concurrent Consumers Energy 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders of Consumers Energy voted upon the proposals as described in its proxy statement dated March 24, 2022. The results of the shareholder votes are as follows.

1. Proposal to elect members to the Consumers Energy board of directors. All of


    the nominees were elected with the votes for individual nominees as follows:




Number of Votes:



                                                                BROKER
                        FOR          AGAINST      ABSTAIN      NON-VOTE
Jon E. Barfield       84,196,925        3,861        4,472       118,516
Deborah H. Butler     84,196,444        5,338        3,476       118,516
Kurt L. Darrow        84,196,905        3,882        4,471       118,516
William D. Harvey     84,197,255        3,632        4,371       118,516
Garrick J. Rochow     84,197,320        3,666        4,272       118,516
John G. Russell       84,198,312        3,216        3,730       118,516
Suzanne F. Shank      84,196,544        5,023        3,691       118,516
Myrna M. Soto         84,195,865        5,717        3,676       118,516
John G. Sznewajs      84,196,971        3,566        4,721       118,516
Ronald J. Tanski      84,198,106        2,781        4,371       118,516
Laura H. Wright       84,196,509        5,773        2,976       118,516

2. Non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to Consumers


    Energy's named executive officers, as disclosed in its proxy statement
    pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange
    Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the
    compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure, was approved, with a
    vote as follows:




Number of Votes:



                                                BROKER
        FOR          AGAINST      ABSTAIN      NON-VOTE
      84,181,128       15,952        8,178       118,516

3. Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the


    independent registered public accounting firm to audit Consumers Energy's
    financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2022 was approved, with
    a vote as follows:




Number of Votes:



                                                BROKER
        FOR          AGAINST      ABSTAIN      NON-VOTE
      84,313,753        1,201        8,820           0

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