<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-23-007322.txt : 20230227
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-23-007322
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230224
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230227

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Freedman Paul L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001732841

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12291
		FILM NUMBER:		23675416

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 WILSON BLVD
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22203

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874761
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COGENERATION SERVICES & SMALL POWER PRODUCERS [4991]
		IRS NUMBER:				541163725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 WILSON BOULEVARD
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7035221315

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4300 WILSON BOULEVARD
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AES CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Performance Stock Unit (&quot;PSU&quot;) award was granted on February 21, 2020 pursuant to The AES Corporation 2003 Long Term Compensation Plan. After the prescribed three year vesting period, the AES Board of Directors approved the performance value for the grant on February 24, 2023.  Each earned PSU entitles the holder to one share of AES Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reflects tax withholding in connection with the vesting and settlement of PSUs granted on February 21, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Reflects tax withholding in connection with the vesting and settlement of one-third of the Restricted Stock Units granted February 24, 2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This Restricted Stock Unit (&quot;RSU&quot;) award was granted pursuant to The AES Corporation 2003 Long Term Compensation Plan and will generally vest in three annual installments, subject to the terms and conditions of the award. One-third of the RSUs will vest based on the reporting person's continued employment with AES or a subsidiary on each of February 24, 2024 and February 24, 2025. The final third of the RSUs will vest on February 24, 2026 subject to the reporting person's continued employment with AES or a subsidiary on such date and based, in part, on AES' achievement of certain environmental and social goals. Each RSU entitles the holder to one share of AES Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Since the last Form 4 filing on February 22, 2023, the reporting person acquired no additional shares of AES Common Stock pursuant to The AES Corporation Retirement Savings Plan. This information is based on a plan statement dated February 27, 2023.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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