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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): <b>February&nbsp;4, 2008</b></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE AES CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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522-1315</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On February&nbsp;4, 2008, The AES Corporation (&#147;AES&#148;
or the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into a stock purchase agreement with Kazakhmys PLC (&#147;Kazakhmys&#148;).&nbsp;
Under the agreement, AES is selling to Kazakhmys two indirect wholly-owned
subsidiaries with operations in Kazakhstan, AES Ekibastuz LLP and Maikuben West
LLP, which generated total revenues of approximately $185 million for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2007.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AES
will receive consideration of approximately $1.1 billion at closing and will
have the opportunity, over three years, to receive additional consideration of
up to $381 million under earn-out provisions, a management fee and a capital
expenditure program bonus, for a total consideration of up to $1.48 billion.
The management agreement, also entered into on February&nbsp;4, 2008, runs
through December&nbsp;2010.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company is retaining its facilities in Eastern Kazahkstan, including Sogrinsk
CHP, Ust-Kamenogorsk CHP; its facilities under concession agreements, Shulbinsk
HPP and Ust-Kamenogorsk HPP; and its trading business, Nurenergoservice L.L.P.&#160; The previously disclosed litigation asserted against
these businesses remains pending.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
sale is subject to certain regulatory and third-party approvals and to
customary purchase price adjustments.&nbsp; The transaction is expected to
close by the end of the second quarter of 2008.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Regulation FD Disclosure</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">2007 Guidance</font></i></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company has identified a non-cash impairment of AES Uruguaiana (&#147;Uruguaiana&#148;),
a 639 MW gas-fired facility in Brazil in which the Company indirectly owns a
46% interest.&#160; The Company has not completed
its calculation of the impairment, which was identified during the year-end
closing process for 2007, and relates to curtailment of natural gas supplies in
the Brazil market which is forcing Uruguaiana to purchase electricity via
bilateral agreements and on the spot market to satisfy its
commitments.&nbsp;&#160; For the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2007, Uruguaiana is expected to contribute losses to the Company&#146;s net income
from continuing operations of approximately $30 million (unaudited), excluding
the impairment, of which approximately $12 million (unaudited) is already
included in the financial statements for the nine months ended September 30,
2007.&#160; The Company&#146;s ownership adjusted
interest in the net book value of Uruguaiana as of December&nbsp;31, 2007 is approximately
$162 million (unaudited), excluding the impairment. The impairment is expected
to have a significant impact on 2007 GAAP earnings per diluted share, but no
impact on 2007 operating cash flow guidance or 2007 adjusted earnings per share
guidance.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
addition, the Company is continuing to review other matters that currently are
not expected to impact 2007 operating cash flow guidance but may impact 2007
GAAP earnings per share, including a potential impairment of prepaid carbon
emission credits (&#147;CERs&#148;) from AgCert, a United Kingdom company that produces CERs,
related to AgCert&#146;s potential inability to deliver the CERs or to repay the
sums advanced. The CERs are classified on the Company&#146;s balance sheet as
non-current assets with a net book value of $52 million (unaudited) as of
December 31, 2007. The Company is also reviewing a potential non-recurring
deferred tax charge related to a change in Mexican tax laws in the fourth
quarter of 2007 of potentially up to approximately $72 million.&#160; The impact on 2007 GAAP earnings per share of
these potential charges, if any, is not yet known.&nbsp; If the Company does
record additional charges relating to these items, only the potential non-recurring
deferred tax charges related to the change in Mexican tax laws would impact
adjusted earnings per share.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Because
the Company has not completed its year-end financial close, additional review
and analysis may cause us to identify additional factors that affect guidance
or to reevaluate currently identified factors.&nbsp; The Company intends to
announce its final 2007 results once the year-end closing process is complete.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">2008 and Long-Term Guidance</font></i></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
view of the disposition of AES Ekibastuz LLP and Maikuben West LLP, the Company
is reviewing its budget, 2008 guidance and long-term guidance.&nbsp; The
Company anticipates updating its guidance after it announces its 2007 results.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
information above is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to Item&nbsp;7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K.
Accordingly, the information in Item&nbsp;7.01 of this Current Report, will not
be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically
identified therein as being incorporated by reference.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Other
Events</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company is working to complete its financial statements for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2007.&nbsp; In connection with this process, the Company continues its efforts
to remediate the material weaknesses that were previously disclosed in the
Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K/A for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 and
subsequent interim reports. &nbsp;&nbsp;As a result of these remediation
efforts, the Company has identified certain non-cash adjustments to its prior
period financial statements.&nbsp; Because the Company has not completed these
efforts, no final conclusions can be presented regarding the materiality of any
adjustments.</font></p>

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Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Press Release, dated February&nbsp;5, 2008, of The AES Corporation</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>

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<h2 style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AES To Sell Interests In Kazakhstan Power
Plant And Coal Mine </font></b></h2>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Will
Maintain Ownership and Operation of Generation and Distribution Assets in
Eastern Kazakhstan</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Arlington, VA, February 5, 2008 &#150; The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) today
announced an agreement to sell its interests in the AES Ekibastuz power plant
and Maikuben West coal mine in Kazakhstan to Kazakhmys PLC, Kazakhstan&#146;s
largest producer of copper and one of the leading copper producers in the
world.&#160; AES will maintain its ownership
and operation of its other facilities located in Eastern Kazakhstan, which
include thermal and hydro generation capacity of approximately 2,688 MW and a
distribution business with over 400,000 customers. </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AES will receive consideration of $1.1 billion at closing and will have
the opportunity to receive, over three years, additional consideration of up to
$381 million under earn-out provisions, a management fee and a capital
expenditure program bonus, for a total consideration of up to $1.48 billion.
The management agreement duration is three years and runs through December
2010. </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;This transaction is a good example of how active portfolio management
can create opportunities to increase value for our shareholders,&#148; said Paul
Hanrahan, AES President and Chief Executive Officer.&#160; &#147;At the same time, we will maintain an
important presence in the growing Kazakhstan market.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ekibastuz, a coal-fired power plant with current available capacity of
approximately 2,250 MW, and Maikuben, a coal mine, are both located in Northern
Kazakhstan.&#160; AES acquired its initial
interests in Ekibastuz and Maikuben in 1996 and 2001, respectively.&#160; Since 1996, AES has invested over $200
million in modernization programs bringing into operation more than 2,000 MW of
generation capacity at Ekibastuz.&#160; </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The sale is subject to certain regulatory and third-party approvals and
to customary purchase price adjustments.&#160;
The transaction is expected to close in second quarter 2008.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kazakhmys has its corporate headquarters in London and operations in
Kazakhstan and Germany.&#160; </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About AES</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AES is one of the world&#146;s largest global power companies, with 2006
revenues of $11.6 billion.&nbsp; With operations in 28 countries on five
continents, AES&#146;s generation and distribution facilities have the capacity to
serve 100 million people worldwide.&nbsp; Our 13 regulated utilities amass
annual sales of over 73,000 GWh and our 121 generation facilities have the
capacity to generate approximately 43,000 megawatts.&nbsp; Our global workforce
of 30,000 people is committed to operational excellence and meeting the world&#146;s
growing power needs. To learn more about AES, please visit www.aes.com or
contact AES media relations at media@aes.com.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Safe Harbor Disclosure</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.&nbsp; Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
those related to future earnings, growth and financial and operating
performance.&nbsp; Forward-looking statements are not intended to be a
guarantee of future results, but instead constitute AES&#146;s current expectations
based on reasonable assumptions.&nbsp; Forecasted financial information is
based on certain material assumptions.&nbsp; These assumptions include, but are
not limited to, continued normal levels of operating performance and
electricity volume at our distribution companies and operational performance at
our generation businesses consistent with historical levels, as well as
achievements of planned productivity improvements and incremental growth
investments at normalized investment levels and rates of return consistent with
prior experience. </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Actual results could differ materially from those projected in our
forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors.
Important factors that could affect actual results are discussed in AES&#146;s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited
to, the risks discussed under Item 1A &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in AES&#146;s 2006 Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A.&nbsp; Readers are encouraged to read AES&#146;s filings to
learn more about the risk factors associated with AES&#146;s business.&nbsp; AES
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</font></p>

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