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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-142158
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B2
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20240520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240520

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874761
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COGENERATION SERVICES & SMALL POWER PRODUCERS [4991]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				541163725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B2
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-263244
		FILM NUMBER:		24962263

	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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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) <BR>File No. 333-263244 </B></P>
<p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(To Prospectus Dated March&nbsp;2, 2022) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT COLOR="#026937"><B>$950,000,000&nbsp;7.600% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are offering
$950,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.600% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055 (the &#147;notes&#148;). The notes will bear interest
(i)&nbsp;from and including the original issue date (as defined herein) to, but excluding, January&nbsp;15, 2030 at the rate of 7.600% per annum and (ii)&nbsp;from and including January 15, 2030, during each Reset Period (as defined herein) at a
rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined herein) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined herein) plus a spread of 3.201%, to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined herein). The notes will
mature on January 15, 2055. Interest on the notes will accrue from and including May 21, 2024 and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2025. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long as no Event of Default (as defined herein) with respect to the notes has occurred and is continuing, we may, at our option, defer
interest payments on notes, from time to time, for one or more deferral periods of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods (as defined herein). During any deferral period, interest on the notes will continue to accrue at the
then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such deferral period in accordance with the terms of the notes) and, in addition interest on deferred interest will accrue at the
then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such deferral period in accordance with the terms of the notes), compounded semi-annually, to the extent permitted by applicable law. See
&#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At our option, we may redeem notes at the times and at the
applicable redemption prices described in this prospectus supplement. The notes will be our unsecured obligations and will rank junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of our existing and future Senior Indebtedness
(as defined herein). The notes will rank equally in right of payment with any future unsecured indebtedness that we may incur from time to time if the terms of such indebtedness provide that it ranks equally with the notes in right of payment. None
of our subsidiaries will guarantee the notes. The notes will be issued only in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to allocate an amount equal to the net proceedings from this offering to one or more Eligible Green Projects (as defined herein).
Pending such allocation, we intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. See &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to apply for the listing or trading of the notes
on any securities exchange of trading facility or for inclusion of the notes in any automated quotation system. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Investing in
the notes involves risks that are described in the &#147;<A HREF="#suptx828932_8">Risk Factors</A>&#148; section beginning on page <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-13</FONT> of this prospectus supplement. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Price to<BR>Public(1)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Underwriting<BR>Discount</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Proceeds,<BR>Before<BR>Expenses, to<BR>Us</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Per Note</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100.000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">99.000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">950,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,500,000</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">940,500,000</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Plus accrued interest, if any, from May 21, 2024, if settlement occurs after that date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
underwriters expect to deliver the notes to purchasers in book-entry form on or about May 21, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Joint
Book-Running Managers </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><B>Goldman&nbsp;Sachs&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Co.&nbsp;LLC</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><B>Mizuho</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Joint Bookrunners </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><B>BofA Securities</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><B>Credit Agricole CIB</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Natixis</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chartere</B><B>d </B><B>Bank</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GENERALE</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The date of this prospectus supplement is May 16, 2024. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Prospectus Supplement</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#suptx828932_1">About this Prospectus Supplement</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#suptx828932_2">Incorporation by Reference</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#suptx828932_3">Where You Can Find More Information</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#suptx828932_4">Summary</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-5</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#suptx828932_6">Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Information</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-6</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We and the underwriters have not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained in or incorporated by reference into
this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or any relevant free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We and the underwriters take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to
the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer or sale of notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information
contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is accurate only as of the date appearing on the front cover of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus, as applicable, or
the date of the applicable incorporated document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus supplement is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;)
utilizing a &#147;shelf&#148; registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we are offering to sell the notes using this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This prospectus supplement describes the specific terms of
this offering. The accompanying prospectus gives more general information, some of which may not apply to this offering. You should read this prospectus supplement together with the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference
into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus before making a decision to invest in the notes. If the information in this prospectus supplement or the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement is
inconsistent with the accompanying prospectus, the information in this prospectus supplement or the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement will apply and will supersede that information in the accompanying prospectus.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="suptx828932_2"></A>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have &#147;incorporated by reference&#148; into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus certain documents that we file
with the SEC. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. This information incorporated by reference is a part of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, unless we provide you with different information in this prospectus supplement or the information is modified or superseded by a subsequently filed document. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus from the date we file that document. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus incorporate the documents listed below that we have previously filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the SEC&#146;s rules and regulations),
which contain important information about us, our business, our financial condition and various important risks you should consider before investing in the notes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000874761/000087476124000011/aes-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 (the &#147;Annual Report&#148;), filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;26, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476124000038/aes-20240331.htm">
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2024 (the &#147;Quarterly Report&#148;), filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;2, 2024 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000874761/000087476124000023/aes-20240314.htm">Definitive
 Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</A>, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;14, 2024; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000874761/000087476124000004/aes-20240118.htm">January&nbsp;19,
 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000874761/000087476124000030/aes-20240425.htm">April&nbsp;26, 2024</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any reports filed by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) on or after the date of this prospectus supplement and before the completion of this offering of the notes will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and
will automatically update, where applicable, and supersede any information contained in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Unless
specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information that we disclose under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that we have furnished or may from time to time furnish with the SEC is
or will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC also maintains an internet site at
http://www.sec.gov, from which you can access our filings with the SEC. We maintain an internet site located at http://www.aes.com, which contains information pertaining to us. The website (including the information contained in the website or
connected to the website) is not and shall not be deemed incorporated into or a part of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have filed a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> with the SEC with respect to the notes offered
hereby. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus do not contain all of the information included in the registration statement, and you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits for that information. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference herein
concerning, describing or summarizing the provisions of any document filed with the SEC is not necessarily complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the document filed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may obtain, at no cost, copies of each of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying
prospectus (other than an exhibit to a filing unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference in that filing) by writing or telephoning the office of General Counsel, The AES Corporation, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia
22203, telephone number (703) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">682-1159.</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The following summary contains certain information about us and the offering of the notes. It does not contain all of the information that
may be important to you in making a decision to invest in the notes. We urge you to carefully read the entire prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including our financial statements
and related notes. You should also read the sections entitled &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and &#147;Forward-Looking Statements&#148; in this prospectus supplement, our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 (the &#147;Annual Report&#148;) and our Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2024 (the &#147;Quarterly Report&#148;), and any subsequently filed
Exchange Act reports for a discussion of important risks that you should consider before investing in the notes. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Unless otherwise
indicated or the context otherwise requires, the terms &#147;AES,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;our,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;the Company&#148; refer to The AES Corporation, including all of its subsidiaries and affiliates, collectively. The
term &#147;The AES Corporation&#148; or &#147;Parent Company&#148; refers only to the parent, a publicly held holding company, The AES Corporation, excluding its subsidiaries and affiliates. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are a diversified power generation and utility company organized into the following four Strategic Business Units (&#147;SBUs&#148;),
mainly organized by technology: Renewables (solar, wind, energy storage, hydro, biomass, and landfill gas), Utilities (Indianapolis Power&nbsp;&amp; Light Company (&#147;AES Indiana&#148;), The Dayton Power&nbsp;&amp; Light Company (&#147;AES
Ohio&#148;) and AES El Salvador), Energy Infrastructure (natural gas, liquefied natural gas, coal, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pet-coke,</FONT> diesel, and oil), and New Energy Technologies (green hydrogen, Fluence, Uplight and 5B). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Strategic Highlights </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In 2023 and 2024
(through March&nbsp;31, 2024), we achieved significant milestones on our strategic objectives, including: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We signed 6.8 GW of renewables and energy storage under long-term Power Purchase Agreements (&#147;PPAs&#148;).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We completed the construction of 4.1 GW of renewables and energy storage. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">5,848 MW under construction; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">6,802 MW with signed PPAs, but that are not yet under construction. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">AES Indiana reached a unanimous settlement agreement for its first rate case since 2018, and received approval
from the IURC in April 2024 to revise customer rates and charges, which is expected to become effective in May 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">AES Ohio received approval from the PUCO for its Electric Security Plan (ESP4), providing the regulatory
foundation necessary to enable future investments. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We exited or announced the sale or closure of 2.1 GW of coal generation in Vietnam, the U.S., and Chile.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We signed agreements for three-year extensions of 1.4 GW of gas generation at the Southland legacy units in
Southern California. These extensions will help meet the State of California&#146;s grid reliability needs while supporting its decarbonation goals. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Awarded up to $2.4&nbsp;billion of grant funding by the U.S. Department of Energy for two green hydrogen hubs
with AES Participation. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We secured $1.1&nbsp;billion in asset sale proceeds, to accelerate our portfolio transformation, outpacing our
target of $400 to $600&nbsp;million. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Business Lines and Strategic Business Units </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Within our four SBUs, we have two primary lines of business: generation and utilities. The generation line of business uses a wide range of
fuels and technologies to generate electricity such as coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass. Our utilities business comprises businesses that transmit, distribute, and in certain circumstances, generate power. In addition, we have operations
in the renewables area. These efforts include projects primarily in wind, solar, and energy storage. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Generation </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of March&nbsp;31, 2024, we owned and/or operated a generation portfolio of 34,920 MW, including generation from our integrated utility, AES
Indiana. Our generation fleet is diversified by fuel type. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Performance drivers of our generation businesses include types of electricity
sales agreements, plant reliability and flexibility, availability of generation capacity to meet contracted sales, fuel costs, seasonality, weather variations, economic activity, fixed-cost management, and competition. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Utilities </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our
utility businesses consist of AES Indiana and AES Ohio in the U.S. and four utilities in El Salvador. AES&#146; six utility businesses distribute power to 2.6&nbsp;million people and AES&#146; two utilities in the U.S. also include generation
capacity totaling 3,500 MW. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AES Indiana, our fully integrated utility, and AES Ohio, our transmission and distribution regulated utility,
each operate as the sole distributors of electricity within their respective jurisdictions. AES Indiana owns and operates all of the facilities necessary to generate, transmit and distribute electricity. AES Ohio owns and operates all of the
facilities necessary to transmit and distribute electricity. At our distribution business in El Salvador, we face limited competition due to significant barriers to enter the market. According to El Salvador&#146;s regulation, large regulated
customers have the option of becoming unregulated users and requesting service directly from generation or commercialization agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
general, our utilities sell electricity directly to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">end-users,</FONT> such as homes and businesses, and bill customers directly. Key performance drivers for utilities include the regulated rate of return and tariff,
seasonality, weather variations, economic activity and reliability of service. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Recent Developments </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;15, 2024, AES announced a definitive agreement to sell its 47.3% stake in AES Brasil Energia S.A. (&#147;AES Brasil&#148;) to Auren
Energia (&#147;Buyer&#148;) for BRL 11.55 per share, before purchase price adjustments. The sale will be effectuated through a merger of AES Brasil with the Buyer. AES anticipates estimated gross cash proceeds of approximately $640&nbsp;million from
the sale. The transaction is expected to close in four to six months and is subject to customary closing approvals, and a condition precedent related to completion of a late stage construction project. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We were incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1981. Our principal executive office is located at 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia
22203, and our telephone number is (703) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">522-1315.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The name &#147;AES&#148; and our logo are <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">AES-owned</FONT> trademarks, service marks or trade names. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks appearing in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying base prospectus
are owned by their respective holders. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The table below presents our summary historical consolidated financial information for the periods presented, which should be read in
conjunction with &#147;Item 7. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148; and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes in our Annual Report and &#147;Item 2.
Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148; and our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes in our Quarterly Report, which are incorporated by reference herein. The
summary consolidated balance sheet data as of March&nbsp;31, 2024 have been derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement. The summary consolidated statement of
operations data for each of the years in the three-year period ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement. The summary consolidated
statement of operations data for each of the three-month periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2024 and 2023 have been derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our historical results for any prior period are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any future period. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total revenue</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,085</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,239</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12,668</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12,617</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,141</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cost of Sales:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Regulated</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(733</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(848</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2,991</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(3,162</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2,448</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Regulated</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1,733</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1,797</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(7,173</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(6,907</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(5,982</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total cost of sales</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2,466</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2,645</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(10,164</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(10,069</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(8,430</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Operating margin</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">619</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">594</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,504</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,548</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,711</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">General and administrative expenses</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(75</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(55</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(255</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(207</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(166</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest expense</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(357</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(330</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1,319</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1,117</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(911</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">105</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">123</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">551</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">389</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">298</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Loss on extinguishment of debt</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(63</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(15</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(78</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other expense</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(14</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(99</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(68</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(60</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">35</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">89</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">410</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gain (loss) on disposal and sale of businesses interests</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">134</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1,683</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(46</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1,067</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(42</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(359</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(77</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(10</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&#8194;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes and equity in earnings of
affiliates</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">277</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">265</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">104</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(169</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1,064</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(72</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(261</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(265</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">133</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(15</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(4</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(32</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(71</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(24</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Income (loss) from continuing operations</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">278</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">189</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(189</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(505</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(955</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gain from disposal of discontinued businesses, net of income tax expense of $7, $0, and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$-1,</FONT> respectively</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Net income (loss)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">278</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">189</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(182</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(505</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(951</TD>
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subsidiaries</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">154</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(38</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">431</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(41</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">542</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Net income (loss) attributable to The AES Corporation</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">432</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">151</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">249</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(546</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(409</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>As&nbsp;of<BR>March&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2024</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Balance Sheet Data:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total Assets</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">47,045</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Debt:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Recourse</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,295</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-recourse</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24,308</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total Debt</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">29,603</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="suptx828932_7"></A>THE OFFERING </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The following is a summary of some of the terms of the notes offered hereby. For a more complete description of the terms of the notes, see
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<TD>The AES Corporation. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>$950,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.600% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maturity </P></TD>
<TD>The notes will mature on January 15, 2055. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Rate </P></TD>
<TD>The notes will bear interest (i)&nbsp;from and including May 21, 2024 to, but excluding, January 15, 2030 (the &#147;First Reset Date&#148;) at the rate of 7.600% per annum and (ii)&nbsp;from and including the First Reset Date, during each Reset
Period at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date plus a spread of 3.201%, to be reset on each Reset Date. For the definitions of the terms &#147;Reset Period,&#148;
&#147;Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate,&#148; &#147;Reset Interest Determination Date&#148; and &#147;Reset Date&#148; and for other important information concerning the calculation of interest on the notes, see &#147;Description of the
Notes&#151;Interest Rate and Maturity&#148; in this prospectus supplement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Payment Dates </P></TD>
<TD>Subject to our right to defer interest payments as described under &#147;Optional Interest Deferral&#148; below, interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2025
(each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Optional Interest Deferral </P></TD>
<TD> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">So long as no Event of Default with respect to the notes has occurred and is continuing, we may, at our option, defer interest payments on the notes,
from time to time, for one or more deferral periods of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods each (each such deferral period, commencing on the Interest Payment Date on which the first such deferred interest payment otherwise
would have been made, an &#147;Optional Deferral Period&#148;), except that no such Optional Deferral Period may extend beyond the final maturity date of the notes or end on a day other than the day immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date. In
other words, we may declare at our discretion up to a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ten-year</FONT> interest payment moratorium on the notes and may choose to do that on one or more occasions. No interest will be due or payable on the notes
during any such Optional Deferral Period unless we elect, at our option, to redeem notes during such Optional Deferral Period, in which case accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date will be due and payable on such
redemption date only on the notes being redeemed, or unless the principal of and interest on the notes shall have been declared due and payable as the result of an Event of Default with respect to the notes, in which case all accrued and unpaid
interest on the notes shall become due and payable. We may elect, at our option, to extend the length of any Optional Deferral Period that is shorter than 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods (so long as the
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entire Optional Deferral Period does not exceed 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods or extend beyond the final maturity date of the notes) and to shorten the length of any
Optional Deferral Period. We cannot begin a new Optional Deferral Period until we have paid all accrued and unpaid interest on the notes from any previous Optional Deferral Period. During any Optional Deferral Period, interest on the notes will
continue to accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such Optional Deferral Period in accordance with the terms of the notes). In addition, during any Optional Deferral
Period, interest on the deferred interest will accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such Optional Deferral Period in accordance with the terms of the notes),
compounded semi-annually, to the extent permitted by applicable law. For the definition of the term &#147;Event of Default,&#148; see &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Events of Default&#148; in this prospectus supplement, and for the definition
of the term &#147;Interest Payment Period&#148; and other important information concerning our right to defer interest payments on the notes, see &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148; in this prospectus
supplement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For information concerning U.S. federal income tax consequences to certain holders if payments of interest are deferred, see &#147;Risk Factors&#151;Holders subject to U.S. federal income taxation may have to pay taxes
on interest on the notes before they receive payments from us&#148; and &#147;U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences&#151;Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders&#151;Exercise of Deferral Option&#148; in this prospectus supplement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain Restrictions During an Optional Deferral Period </P></TD>
<TD>During an Optional Deferral Period, we may not do any of the following (subject to certain exceptions): </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">declare or pay any dividends or distributions on any Capital Stock (as defined in &#147;Description of the
Notes&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148;) of The AES Corporation; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to any Capital Stock of The AES Corporation;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">pay any principal, interest or premium on, or repay, repurchase or redeem, any indebtedness of The AES
Corporation that ranks equally with or junior to the notes in right of payment; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">make any payments with respect to any guarantees by The AES Corporation of any indebtedness if such guarantees
rank equally with or junior to the notes in right of payment. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For further important information, including information concerning the exceptions referred to above, see &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148; in this prospectus supplement.&#8195;
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<TD>The notes will be our unsecured obligations and will rank junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of our existing and future Senior Indebtedness, to the extent and in the manner set forth under the caption
&#147;Description of the Notes&#151; Subordination&#148; in this prospectus supplement. For the definition of the term &#147;Senior Indebtedness,&#148; see &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Subordination&#148; in this prospectus supplement. The
notes will rank equally in right of payment with any future unsecured indebtedness that we may incur from time to time if the terms of such indebtedness provide that it ranks equally with the notes in right of payment. The notes will be effectively
subordinated in right of payment to any secured indebtedness we have incurred or may incur (to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such secured indebtedness) and will also be effectively subordinated to all existing and future
indebtedness and other liabilities and any preferred equity of our subsidiaries. For additional information, see &#147;Risk Factors&#151;The notes are subordinated or effectively subordinated to all other indebtedness of The AES Corporation and its
subsidiaries (other than any unsecured indebtedness The AES Corporation has incurred or may in the future incur that ranks junior to or <I>pari passu</I> with the notes) and the indenture does not limit the aggregate amount of indebtedness that The
AES Corporation or its subsidiaries may incur&#148; and &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Ranking&#148; in this prospectus supplement and &#147;Risk Factors&#151;Risks Related to the Notes&#151; The AES Corporation is a holding company and its
ability to make payments on its outstanding indebtedness, is dependent upon the receipt of funds from our subsidiaries,&#148; &#147;Risk Factors&#151;Risks Related to the Notes&#151;The notes are subordinated or effectively subordinated to all of
our indebtedness (other than any unsecured indebtedness that we may in the future incur that ranks junior to or <I>pari passu</I> with the notes) and the indenture does not limit the aggregate amount of indebtedness that we or our subsidiaries may
incur&#148; and &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Ranking&#148; in this prospectus supplement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we had approximately $5.3&nbsp;billion of senior unsecured debt, no secured debt and no subordinated debt
outstanding; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our subsidiaries, excluding entities held for sale, had approximately $23.9&nbsp;billion of debt outstanding, all
of which was <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-recourse</FONT> debt; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we had approximately $875 million outstanding under supplier financing arrangements; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we had approximately $642&nbsp;million of undrawn borrowing capacity under the revolving facility of our senior
credit facility. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">all of which ranks senior in right of payment to the notes. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The notes will not be guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>We will not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments on the notes or to repurchase the notes at the option of the holders. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>At our option, we may redeem some or all of the notes, as applicable, before their maturity as follows: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in whole or in part (i)&nbsp;on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First
Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (ii)&nbsp;after the First Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date, at a redemption price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed, plus, subject to the
terms described in the first paragraph under &#147;Description of the Notes&#151; Redemption&#151;Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption&#148; in this prospectus supplement, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to be redeemed to, but
excluding, the redemption date; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in whole but not in part, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Tax Event (as
defined in &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Following a Tax Event&#148; in this prospectus supplement) at a redemption price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus, subject to the terms
described in the first paragraph under &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption&#148; in this prospectus supplement, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to, but excluding, the
redemption date; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in whole but not in part, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating Agency
Event (as defined in &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Following a Rating Agency Event&#148; in this prospectus supplement) at a redemption price in cash equal to 102% of the principal amount of the notes, plus, subject
to the terms described in the first paragraph under &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption&#148; in this prospectus supplement, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to, but
excluding, the redemption date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The notes and related indenture will not limit the amount of Senior Indebtedness that The AES Corporation may incur or the amount of other indebtedness or liabilities that The AES Corporation or any of its subsidiaries may incur, and do not
contain any financial or other similar restrictive covenants. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The notes will be issued in registered book-entry form represented by one or more global notes to be deposited with or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or its nominee. The notes will initially be issued in minimum denominations
of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Transfers of the notes will be effected only through the facilities of DTC. Beneficial interests in the global notes may not be exchanged for certificated notes except in limited circumstances.
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<TD> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The notes will be new securities for which there is currently no market. Although the underwriters have informed us that they intend to make a market in
the notes, they are not obligated to do so, and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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they may discontinue market-making activities at any time without notice. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that a liquid market for the notes will develop or be maintained. The notes will not be
listed on any securities exchange or automated quotation system. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The expected net proceeds from this offering are estimated to be approximately $937.5 million, after deducting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds
from this offering to one or more Eligible Green Projects, which may include the development or redevelopment of such Projects. Pending such allocation, we intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. See
&#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The State of New York. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>Before investing in the notes, you should carefully consider the information discussed under the section entitled &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in this prospectus supplement and in our Annual Report. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Investing in the notes involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks discussed below, together with the financial
and other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, before deciding whether to invest in the notes. In addition to the risk factors discussed below, please read the
sections entitled &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and &#147;Forward-Looking Information and Risk Factor Summary&#148; in our Annual Report, which is incorporated herein by reference, and the section entitled &#147;Forward-Looking Statements&#148; in this
prospectus supplement, for more information about important risks that you should consider before investing in the notes. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Risks Related to the
Notes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The AES Corporation is a holding company and its ability to make payments on its outstanding indebtedness, is dependent
upon the receipt of funds from our subsidiaries. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AES Corporation is a holding company with no material assets other than the
stock of its subsidiaries. Almost all of The AES Corporation&#146;s cash flow is generated by the operating activities of its subsidiaries. Therefore, The AES Corporation&#146;s ability to make payments on its indebtedness and to fund its other
obligations is dependent not only on the ability of its subsidiaries to generate cash, but also on the ability of the subsidiaries to distribute cash to it in the form of dividends, fees, interest, tax sharing payments, loans or otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our subsidiaries face various restrictions in their ability to distribute cash. Most of the subsidiaries are obligated, pursuant to loan
agreements, indentures or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-recourse</FONT> financing arrangements, to satisfy certain restricted payment covenants or other conditions before they may make distributions to The AES Corporation. Business
performance and local accounting and tax rules may also limit dividend distributions. Subsidiaries in foreign countries may also be prevented from distributing funds to The AES Corporation as a result of foreign governments restricting the
repatriation of funds or the conversion of currencies. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The AES Corporation&#146;s subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal
entities and, unless they have expressly guaranteed any of The AES Corporation&#146;s indebtedness, have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due pursuant to such debt or to make any funds available whether by dividends, fees,
loans or other payments. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries are
separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due on the notes offered hereby or to make any funds available therefor, whether by dividends, fees, loans or other payments. Any right we have
to receive any assets of any of our subsidiaries upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshaling of assets and liabilities or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
proceedings (and the consequent right of the holders of our debt to participate in the distribution of, or to realize proceeds from, those assets) will be structurally subordinated to the claims of any such subsidiary&#146;s creditors (including
trade creditors and holders of debt issued by such subsidiary). Accordingly, the notes will be structurally subordinated to all liabilities of our subsidiaries. At March&nbsp;31, 2024, our subsidiaries, excluding entities held for sale, had
approximately $23.9&nbsp;billion of debt outstanding. The indenture governing the notes will not limit the ability of our subsidiaries to incur additional debt, including guaranteeing other debt of The AES Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The notes are subordinated or effectively subordinated to all of our indebtedness (other than any unsecured indebtedness that we may in
the future incur that ranks junior to or pari passu with the notes) and the indenture does not limit the aggregate amount of indebtedness that we or our subsidiaries may incur. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the terms of the indenture, the notes will be subordinated in right of payment to all of our existing and future Senior
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that, in the event of (a)&nbsp;our dissolution, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">winding-up,</FONT> liquidation or reorganization, (b)&nbsp;our failure to pay any interest, principal or other
monetary amounts due on any of its Senior Indebtedness when due (and continuance of that default beyond any applicable grace period) or (c)&nbsp;acceleration of the maturity of any of our Senior Indebtedness as a result of a default, we will not be
permitted to make any payments on the notes until, in the case of clause (a), all amounts due or to become due on all of its Senior Indebtedness have been paid in full, or, in the case of clauses (b)&nbsp;and (c), all amounts due on its Senior
Indebtedness have been paid in full. For additional information about the subordination of the notes to our Senior Indebtedness, see &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Subordination&#148; in this prospectus supplement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At March&nbsp;31, 2024, we had approximately $29.2&nbsp;billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Indebtedness outstanding, excluding debt
at entities held for sale. In addition, the notes will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to any secured indebtedness we may incur in the future (to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such secured indebtedness). As of
March&nbsp;31, 2023, the AES Corporation had no secured debt outstanding as a result of its receipt of an investment grade rating by Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s in November 2020. However, prior to November 2020, all outstanding obligations under
our senior credit facility and our senior secured first lien notes due 2025 (the &#147;2025 Notes&#148;) and our senior secured first lien notes due 2030 (the &#147;2030 Notes&#148;) were secured by certain of our assets, including the pledge of
capital stock of many of The AES Corporation&#146;s directly held subsidiaries. If at least two of Moody&#146;s, Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s or Fitch cease to provide an investment grade rating to our long-term debt securities, and we were
unable to obtain an investment grade rating by another ratings agency, the collateral reversion provisions in our senior credit facility and the indenture governing the 2025 Notes and the 2030 Notes would require us to secure the indebtedness
outstanding under such instruments with substantially the same collateral. Most of the debt of The AES Corporation&#146;s subsidiaries is secured by substantially all of the assets of those subsidiaries. Due to the subordination of the notes to our
Senior Indebtedness and the effective subordination of the notes to any of our secured indebtedness, if our assets are distributed upon dissolution, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">winding-up,</FONT> liquidation or reorganization, holders of our
Senior Indebtedness and any secured indebtedness would likely recover more, ratably, than the holders of the notes, and it is possible that no payments would be made to the holders of the notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture governing the notes will not limit the amount of Senior Indebtedness or secured indebtedness that may be incurred by The AES
Corporation or the amount of other indebtedness or liabilities that may be incurred by The AES Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. The incurrence by The AES Corporation or its subsidiaries of additional indebtedness, including the incurrence of
additional Senior Indebtedness or secured indebtedness by The AES Corporation, may have adverse consequences for the holders of the notes, including making it more difficult for The AES Corporation to satisfy its obligations with respect to the
notes, a loss of all or part of the trading value of the notes and a risk that one or more of the credit ratings of the notes could be lowered or withdrawn. Both The AES Corporation and its subsidiaries expect to incur substantial amounts of
additional indebtedness, including Senior Indebtedness, in the future. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The interest rate on the notes will reset on the First Reset
Date and each subsequent Reset Date. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The interest rate on the notes from their original issue date to the First Reset Date will be
7.600% per annum. Beginning on the First Reset Date, the interest rate on the notes for each Reset Period will equal the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date plus a spread of 3.201%, to be reset on
each Reset Date. We have no control over the factors that may affect U.S. Treasury rates, including geopolitical, economic, financial, political, regulatory, judicial or other conditions or events. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The historical Five-year U.S. Treasury Rates are not an indication of future Five-year U.S. Treasury Rates. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As noted above, the annual interest rate on the notes for each Reset Period will be set by reference to the Five year U.S. Treasury Rate as of
the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date. In the past, U.S. Treasury rates have experienced significant fluctuations. You should note that historical levels, fluctuations and trends of U.S. Treasury rates are not necessarily indicative of
future levels. Any historical upward or downward trend in </P>
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U.S. Treasury rates is not an indication that U.S. Treasury rates are more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time in the future and you should not take historical U.S. Treasury rates
as an indication of future U.S. Treasury Rates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>We can defer interest payments on the notes for one or more Optional Deferral
Periods of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods each. This may affect the market price of the notes. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long
as no Event of Default (as defined in &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Events of Default&#148;) with respect to the notes has occurred and is continuing, we may, at our option, defer interest payments on the notes, from time to time, for one or
more Optional Deferral Periods of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods each, except that no such Optional Deferral Period may extend beyond the final maturity date of the notes or end on a day other than the day immediately
preceding an Interest Payment Date. In other words, we may declare at our discretion up to a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ten-year</FONT> interest payment moratorium on the notes and may choose to do that on one or more occasions. Moreover,
following the end of any Optional Deferral Period, if all amounts then due on the notes are paid, we could immediately start a new Optional Deferral Period of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual Interest Payment Periods. No interest will be paid or
payable on the notes during any Optional Deferral Period unless we elect, at our option, to redeem notes during such Optional Deferral Period, in which case accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date will be due and payable
on such redemption date only on the notes being redeemed, or unless the principal of and interest on the notes shall have been declared due and payable as a result of an Event of Default with respect to the notes, in which case all accrued and
unpaid interest on the notes shall become due and payable. Instead, interest on the notes would be deferred but would continue to accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during
such Optional Deferral Period in accordance with the terms of the notes). In addition, during any Optional Deferral Period interest on the deferred interest would accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time
on any Reset Date occurring during such Optional Deferral Period in accordance with the terms of the notes), compounded semi-annually, to the extent permitted by applicable law. If we exercise this interest deferral right, the notes may trade at a
price that does not reflect the value of accrued and unpaid interest on the notes or that is otherwise substantially less than the price at which the notes would have traded if we had not exercised such deferral right. If we exercise this interest
deferral right and you sell your notes during an Optional Deferral Period, you may not receive the same return on your investment as a holder that continues to hold its notes until we pay the deferred interest following the end of such Optional
Deferral Period. In addition, as a result of our right to defer interest payments, the market price of the notes may be more volatile than other securities that do not have these rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Holders subject to U.S. federal income taxation may have to pay taxes on interest on the notes before they receive payments from us.
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we defer interest payments on the notes, a holder that is subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis will be
required to accrue interest income for U.S. federal income tax purposes in respect of such holder&#146;s proportionate share of the accrued but unpaid interest on the notes, even if such holder normally reports income when received. As a result,
such a holder will be required to include the accrued interest in its gross income for United States federal income tax purposes even though the holder will not have received any cash. A holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in a note generally will be
increased by such amounts that it was required to include in gross income. Unpaid interest accrued on the notes during an Optional Deferral Period will be payable on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the last day of such Optional
Deferral Period. If a holder sells its notes on or before the record date for such Interest Payment Date, then all of the interest accrued on such notes during the Optional Deferral Period will be paid to the person who is the registered owner of
those notes at the close of business on such record date, and the holder that sold those notes will not receive from us any of the interest that accrued on those notes during the Optional Deferral Period and that such holder reported as income for
tax purposes. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of an investment in the notes. For more information regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of the notes, see &#147;U.S.
Federal Income Tax Consequences.&#148; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Holders of the notes will have limited rights of acceleration. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of the notes and the trustee under the indenture may accelerate payment of the principal and interest on the notes only upon the
occurrence and continuation of certain events of default. Payment of principal and interest on the notes may be accelerated upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the indenture related to failure to pay interest within 30 days after it is
due, failure to pay principal or premium, if any, on the notes when due, and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization relating to The AES Corporation (but not its subsidiaries). Holders of the notes and the trustee
will not have the right to accelerate payment of the principal or interest on the notes upon the breach of any other covenant in the indenture. See &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148; and &#147;Description of
the Notes&#151;Events of Default.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>You cannot be sure that an active trading market will develop for these notes, which may
hinder your ability to liquidate your investment. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We
have been informed by the underwriters that they intend to make a market for the notes after the offering is completed. However, the underwriters may cease their market-making activities at any time. In addition, the liquidity of the trading market
in the notes, and the market prices quoted for the notes, may be adversely affected by changes in the overall market for fixed income securities and by changes in our financial performance or prospects or in the prospects for companies in our
industry generally. In addition, such market-making activity will be subject to limits imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the Exchange Act. The market price of the notes may also be impacted by
any failure by us to meet or continue to meet the investment requirements of certain environmentally focused investors with respect to the notes or with respect to our Eligible Green Projects. As a result, we cannot assure that an active trading
market will develop for the notes. If no active trading market develops, you may not be able to resell your notes at their fair market value or at all. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Credit rating downgrades could adversely affect the trading price of the notes. In addition, we may redeem the notes if a rating agency
makes certain changes in the equity credit methodology for securities such as the notes. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The trading price for the notes may be
affected by our credit rating. Credit ratings are continually revised. Any downgrade in our credit ratings could increase our borrowing costs and adversely affect the trading prices of the notes or the trading markets for the notes to the extent
trading markets for the notes develop. Credit ratings are not recommendations to purchase, hold or sell the notes. Further, the credit ratings agencies may, from time to time in the future, change the way they analyze securities with features
similar to the notes. This may include, for example, changes to the relationship between ratings assigned to an issuer&#146;s senior securities and ratings assigned to subordinated securities with features similar to the notes. If any rating
agencies change their practices for rating these types of securities in the future, and the ratings of the notes are subsequently lowered, the trading price of the notes could be negatively affected. In addition, we may redeem the notes, at our
option, in whole but not in part, if a rating agency makes certain changes in the equity credit methodology for securities such as the notes. See &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Following a Rating Agency Event.&#148;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The notes are subject to early redemption. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As described under &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption,&#148; we may at our option redeem the notes in whole or in part at the times
and the applicable redemption price described thereunder. Consequently, we may choose to redeem your notes at a time when prevailing interest rates are lower than the effective interest rate paid on your notes and at times when the trading price of
your notes is above the redemption price. You may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in an investment with a return that is as high as the return you would have earned on the notes if they had not been redeemed and with a similar level
of investment risk. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Investors should not expect us to redeem the notes on the first or any other date on
which they are redeemable. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may redeem some or all of the notes, at our option, in whole or in part, (i)&nbsp;on any day in the
period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (ii)&nbsp;after the First Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date, at a redemption price in cash equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the notes being redeemed, plus, subject to the terms described in the first paragraph under &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption&#148; in this prospectus
supplement, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, the notes may be redeemed by us at our option, in whole but not in part, following the occurrence and during the continuance of
either a Tax Event or a Rating Agency Event (as those terms are defined under &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#148; in this prospectus supplement). Any decision we may make at any time to redeem the notes before their final maturity
date will depend upon, among other things, the strength of our balance sheet, our results of operations, our access to the capital markets, interest rates, our growth strategy, and general market conditions at such time. Accordingly, while we may
decide to do so, investors should not expect us to redeem the notes on the first or any other date on which they are redeemable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>We
have a significant amount of debt, which could adversely affect our business and our ability to fulfill our obligations. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of
March&nbsp;31, 2024, we had approximately $29.2&nbsp;billion of outstanding debt on a consolidated basis, of which approximately $4.2&nbsp;billion is classified as current maturity. Since we have such a high level of debt, a substantial portion of
cash flow from operations must be used to make payments on this debt. This high level of debt and related security could have other important consequences to us and our investors, including: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">making it more difficult to satisfy debt service and other obligations at The AES Corporation or individual
subsidiaries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">increasing the likelihood of a downgrade of our debt, which could cause future debt costs and/or payments to
increase under our debt and related hedging instruments and consume an even greater portion of cash flow; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">increasing our vulnerability to general adverse industry and economic conditions, including but not limited to
adverse changes in foreign exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reducing available cash flow to fund other corporate purposes and grow our business; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">placing us at a competitive disadvantage to our competitors that are not as highly leveraged; and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">limiting, along with the financial and other restrictive covenants relating to such indebtedness, among other
things, our ability to borrow additional funds as needed or take advantage of business opportunities as they arise, pay cash dividends or repurchase common stock. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The agreements governing our debt, including the debt of our subsidiaries, limit, but do not prohibit the incurrence of additional debt. We
will not be restricted under the terms of the indenture governing the notes from incurring additional debt, securing existing or future debt, recapitalizing our debt or taking a number of other actions that are not limited by the terms of the
indenture governing the notes that could have the effect of diminishing our ability to make payments on our debt, including the notes, when due. If we were to become more leveraged, the risks described above would increase. Further, our actual cash
requirements in the future may be greater than expected. Accordingly, our cash flows may not be sufficient to repay at maturity all of the outstanding debt, including the notes, as it becomes due and, in that event, we may not be able to borrow
money, sell assets, raise equity or otherwise raise funds on acceptable terms or at all to refinance our debt as it becomes due. In addition, our ability to refinance existing or future indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and
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our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could come at higher interest rates or may require us to comply with onerous covenants, which could restrict our business
operations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The indenture will not require that we allocate amounts relating to this offering to expenditures meeting the
Eligibility Criteria or take the other actions as described under &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While it is our intention to
allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds of this offering to refinance or finance, in whole or in part, new or ongoing renewable projects that meet the Eligibility Criteria (&#147;Eligible Green Projects&#148;) in, or substantially in, the
manner described under &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; and to take the other actions as described under &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; any failure to do so will not constitute an event of default under the indenture nor require us to purchase or redeem
any of the notes or make any additional payments to holders or take or refrain from taking any particular action as a result thereof. There can be no assurance that the relevant projects or uses that are the subject of, or related to, any Eligible
Green Projects will be capable of being implemented in or substantially in such manner or in accordance with any timing schedule and that accordingly an amount equal to such proceeds will be totally or partially allocated to such Eligible Green
Projects. There can also be no assurance that such Eligible Green Projects will lead to the results or outcomes (whether or not related to environmental or broader sustainability issues) originally anticipated by us. Any failure to allocate amounts
relating to this offering to Eligible Green Projects, meet or continue to meet the investment requirements or aspirations of certain sustainability focused investors, or take the other actions as described under &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; may
negatively affect the market price of the notes to the extent investors are required or choose to sell their holdings as a result of such failure. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>We may allocate or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-allocate</FONT> amounts relating to this offering in ways that you do not
consider to meet the criteria for an Eligible Green Project. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have significant flexibility in allocating amounts relating to
this offering as described under &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; including <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-allocating</FONT> in the event we no longer own or operate assets to which we originally allocated such amounts in respect of Eligible Green
Projects or if the assets to which we originally allocated such amounts no longer meet the criteria for an Eligible Green Project. The ultimate allocation of amounts relating to this offering may therefore not meet some or all of your expectations
at the time of this offering or as they may evolve during the life of this offering, even if we believe the expenditures to which we allocated such amounts were in respect of Eligible Green Projects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We cannot assure you that we will be able to identify sufficient business activities qualifying as Eligible Green Projects to which we could <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-allocate</FONT> amounts relating to this offering if we no longer own or operate a previously-allocated Eligible Green Project or if a previously-allocated Eligible Green Project no longer meets the applicable criteria.
Any failure to do so will not constitute an event of default under the indenture nor require us to purchase or redeem any of the notes or make any additional payments to holders or to take or refrain from taking any particular action as a result
thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We cannot provide assurance that disbursements or allocations for Eligible Green Projects will be made or the amounts of such
disbursements or allocations or, if such disbursements or allocations are made, on the timing of such disbursements or allocation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
value of the notes may be negatively affected to the extent investors are required or choose to sell their holdings due to the ultimate allocation of amounts relating to this offering not meeting their expectations or requirements. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The Eligible Green Projects receiving allocations may not meet internationally
recognized sustainability standards or your particular investment criteria, which may cause the market value of the notes to deteriorate. We cannot assure you that our reporting described under &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; will meet your needs or
expectations. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we have used the term &#147;Eligible Green Projects&#148; or otherwise referred to &#147;green&#148;
aspects of this financing in this prospectus supplement, there is no universally agreed definition (legal, regulatory or otherwise) nor market consensus as to what constitutes a &#147;green&#148; or &#147;sustainable&#148; or an
equivalently-labelled expenditure or as to what precise attributes are required for a particular expenditure to be defined as &#147;green&#148; or &#147;sustainable&#148; or given such an equivalent label nor can any assurance be given that such a
definition or consensus will develop over time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, no assurance is or can be given to investors that the Eligible Green
Projects will meet any or all investor expectations or requirements regarding such &#147;green,&#148; &#147;sustainable&#148; or other equivalently-labelled performance objectives or that this offering will constitute a suitable investment for all
investors seeking exposure to green assets or providing funds which can be considered to constitute sustainable financing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prospective
investors in this offering must determine for themselves the relevance of the description of the use of proceeds of this offering for the purposes of any investment by them together with any other investigation that they deem necessary. We can give
no assurance that the Eligible Green Projects to which the amounts relating to this offering are allocated will satisfy, or continue to satisfy, investor criteria or expectations, taxonomies or standards regarding environmental impact and
sustainability performance, nor can we give any assurance that the Eligible Green Projects criteria and other aspects of the framework described under &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; will satisfy, or continue to satisfy present or future investor
criteria or expectations, taxonomies, standards, laws, regulations or industry guidelines. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we give no assurance that any
information that we or any other person may provide in connection with this offering now or in the future will be sufficient to enable any potential investor to satisfy any disclosure or reporting requirements imposed on it from time to time either
as a result of their own objectives or those of their clients as set out in their bylaws or other governing rules and/or investment portfolio mandates. In addition, such requirements may have been conditioned by the application of laws and
regulations relating to the types of, and criteria relating to, investments that such funds can make in order to qualify or be eligible as a particular type of &#147;green&#148; or other sustainable finance related investment. The rules applicable
to such investors and funds, whether internal or resulting from any such investment portfolio mandates and/or applicable laws and regulations, may require them to make periodic disclosure of their investments, including any investment in this
offering. Such requirements may evolve over time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The value of the notes may be negatively affected to the extent investors are required
or choose to sell their holdings due to our definition of Eligible Green Projects or reporting relating to this offering not meeting their expectations or requirements. There will be no external review or second party opinion in connection with the
offering of the notes. Therefore, our use of the proceeds from the offering sale of the notes may not comply with all or part of the framework described under the &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; or any relevant legislation or standards. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The market value of the notes may be negatively affected to the extent that perception by investors of the suitability of the notes as
green bonds deteriorates or demand for sustainability-themed investment products diminishes. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Perception by investors of the
suitability of the notes as green bonds could be negatively affected by dissatisfaction with our compliance with the framework described under &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; controversies involving the environmental or sustainability impact of our
business or industry, evolving standards or market consensus as to what constitutes a green bond or the desirability of investing in green bonds or any opinion or certification as to the suitability of the notes as green bonds no longer being in
effect. Additionally, the Eligible </P>
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Green Projects to which we intend to allocate amounts relating to this offering have complex direct or indirect environmental or sustainability impacts, and such Eligible Green Projects may
become controversial or criticized by activist groups or other stakeholders. None of the initial purchaser, trustee or any stock exchange, securities market segment or regulatory body makes any representation as to the suitability of the notes to
meet or fulfill environmental and/or sustainability criteria, expectations, impact or performance required by prospective investors, any third-party reviewer or opinion provider, any stock exchange or securities market. The value of the notes may be
negatively affected to the extent investors are required or choose to sell their holdings due to deterioration in the perception by the investor or the market in general as to the suitability of this offering as green bonds. The value of the notes
may be also negatively affected to the extent demand for sustainability-themed investment products diminishes due to evolving investor preferences, increased regulatory or market scrutiny on funds and strategies dedicated to sustainability or
environmental, social or governance themed investing or for other reasons. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus supplement includes or incorporates by reference statements concerning our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals,
strategies, and future events or performance. Such statements are &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements and the
underlying assumptions are reasonable, we cannot assure you that they will prove to be correct. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Forward-looking statements involve a
number of risks and uncertainties, and there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Some of those factors (in addition to the factors described under
&#147;Risk Factors&#148; above or the risk factors incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement) include: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the economic climate, particularly the state of the economy in the areas in which we operate, which impacts
demand for electricity in many of our key markets, including the fact that the global economy faces considerable uncertainty for the foreseeable future, which further increases many of the risks discussed herein and in our Annual Report;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in the price of electricity at which our generation businesses sell into the wholesale market and our
utility businesses purchase to distribute to their customers, and the success of our risk management practices, such as our ability to hedge our exposure to such market price risk; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in the prices and availability of coal, gas and other fuels (including our ability to have fuel
transported to our facilities) and the success of our risk management practices, such as our ability to hedge our exposure to such market price risk, and our ability to meet credit support requirements for fuel and power supply contracts;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in and access to the financial markets, particularly changes affecting the availability and cost of
capital in order to refinance existing debt and finance capital expenditures, acquisitions, investments and other corporate purposes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in inflation, demand for power, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, including our ability
to hedge our interest rate and foreign currency risk; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to fulfill our obligations, manage liquidity and comply with covenants under our recourse and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-recourse</FONT> debt, including our ability to manage our significant liquidity needs and to comply with covenants under our revolving credit facility and other existing financing obligations; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to receive funds from our subsidiaries by way of dividends, fees, interest, loans or otherwise;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in our or any of our subsidiaries&#146; corporate credit ratings or the ratings of our or any of our
subsidiaries&#146; debt securities or preferred stock, and changes in the rating agencies&#146; ratings criteria; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices and on other attractive terms;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to compete in markets where we do business; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to operate power generation, distribution and transmission facilities, including managing
availability, outages and equipment failures; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to manage our operational and maintenance costs and the performance and reliability of our generating
plants, including our ability to reduce unscheduled down times; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to enter into long-term contracts, which limit volatility in our results of operations and cash flow,
such as PPAs, fuel supply, and other agreements and to manage counterparty credit risks in these agreements; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">variations in weather, especially mild winters and cooler summers in the areas in which we operate, the
occurrence of difficult hydrological conditions for our hydropower plants, as well as hurricanes and other storms and disasters, wildfires and low levels of wind or sunlight for our wind and solar facilities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">pandemics, or the future outbreak of any other highly infectious or contagious disease; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the performance of our contracts by our contract counterparties, including suppliers or customers;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to raise sufficient capital to fund development projects or to successfully execute our development
projects; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the success of our initiatives in renewable energy projects and energy storage projects; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the availability of government incentives or policies that support the development of renewable energy generation
projects; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to execute on our strategies or achieve expectations related to environmental, social, and governance
matters; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to keep up with advances in technology; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in number of customers or in customer usage; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the operations of our joint ventures and equity method investments that we do not control; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to achieve reasonable rate treatment in our utility businesses; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in laws, rules and regulations affecting our international businesses, particularly in developing
countries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in laws, rules and regulations affecting our utilities businesses, including, but not limited to,
regulations which may affect competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded costs by our utilities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in law resulting from new local, state, federal or international energy legislation and changes in
political or regulatory oversight or incentives affecting our wind business and solar projects, our other renewables projects and our initiatives in greenhouse gas reductions and energy storage, including government policies or tax incentives;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in environmental laws, including requirements for reduced emissions, greenhouse gas legislation,
regulation, and/or treaties and coal combustion residuals regulation and remediation; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in tax laws, including U.S. tax reform, and challenges to our tax positions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the effects of litigation and government and regulatory investigations; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the performance of our acquisitions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to maintain adequate insurance; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">decreases in the value of pension plan assets, increases in pension plan expenses, and our ability to fund
defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans at our subsidiaries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">losses on the sale or write-down of assets due to impairment events or changes in management intent with regard
to either holding or selling certain assets; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">changes in accounting standards, corporate governance and securities law requirements; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our ability to attract and retain talented directors, management and other personnel; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">cyber-attacks and information security breaches; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">data privacy; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the ultimate allocation of amounts relating to this offering to Eligible Green Projects. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These factors, in addition to others described herein under &#147;Risk Factors,&#148; in our Annual Report, Quarterly Report and in subsequent
securities filings, should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of factors that could cause results to vary from our forward-looking information. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise. If one or more forward-looking statements are updated, no inference should be drawn that additional updates will be made with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="suptx828932_10"></A>USE OF PROCEEDS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The net proceeds from this offering are estimated to be approximately $937.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions
and estimated offering expenses payable by us. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from this offering to one or
more Eligible Green Projects, which may include the development or redevelopment of such projects. Pending such allocation, we intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Eligible Green Projects&#148; means projects that meet the Eligibility Criteria (as defined below), including those for which AES made
disbursements within the three years prior to this offering and will include disbursements through the maturity date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Eligibility
Criteria&#148; means any of the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Renewable Energy: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Investments in the construction and development of wind and solar renewable energy production, energy storage,
and associated transmission and distribution projects located in the United States; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Energy Efficiency: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Investing in advanced metering infrastructure including smart electric meters and related communication networks;
and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Investments in digital technologies designed to promote changes in customer behavior leading to improved energy
efficiency, including investments in Uplight and predecessor entities. Note that no more than 10% of an amount equal to the net proceeds will be allocated to this category. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Exclusions </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Net
Proceeds will not be allocated to the following investments: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Investments which received an allocation of net proceeds under any other green financing by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Fossil fuel generation and fossil fuel energy efficiency investments; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Gas transmission and distribution infrastructure. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Process for Project Evaluation and Selection </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Projects selected for allocation of net proceeds from a green financing will be assessed and evaluated by participants from various functional
areas including AES&#146; Treasury and Sustainability Teams. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Management of Proceeds </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company expects to allocate the majority of an amount equal to the net proceeds from this offering within three years of the date of such
financing. Pending such allocation, we intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to refinance existing indebtedness, fund investments in our Renewables SBU, fund investments in our U.S. utilities businesses and/or for general corporate
purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long as the notes remain outstanding, our internal records will show, quarterly, the amount of the net proceeds from the
notes allocated to Eligible Green Projects, as well as the amount of net proceeds pending allocation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AES will use reasonable efforts to
substitute any material Eligible Green Projects that are no longer eligible as soon as practicable upon identifying an appropriate substitute Eligible Green Project. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of principal of and interest on the notes will be made from AES&#146; general funds
and will not be directly linked to the performance of any Eligible Green Projects. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Reporting </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will provide, and keep readily available, on a designated website, information on the allocation of net proceeds of the notes, to be updated
at least annually until full allocation and as necessary thereafter in the event of material developments. This information will include, subject to any confidentiality considerations, (i)&nbsp;amounts allocated to eligible Green Projects, by
category, (ii)&nbsp;the amount pending allocation, (iii)&nbsp;case studies with additional information on highlighted projects, and (iv)&nbsp;an assertion by AES management regarding the proportion of the net proceeds invested in qualifying Eligible
Green Projects. In the first report published after net proceeds are fully allocated, the allocations and assertions will be accompanied by a report from an independent accountant in respect of the independent accountant&#146;s examination of
management&#146;s assertion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Where feasible, AES will report estimated environmental impacts (on an
annual basis where relevant) of projects to which a portion of the net proceeds of a green financing under this framework are allocated. Potential KPIs include, but are not limited to, the following: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Potential KPIs</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top">Renewable Energy</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;Expected annual greenhouse gas emissions avoided in metric tons of CO2</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;Expected annual electricity
output in MWh</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;Energy
storage capacity added (MW and MWh)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;Number of smart meters installed</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;Number of utilities using
digital technologies, and the number of customers receiving reports based on associated data</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;Most recent annual customer energy usage savings from customers using digital technologies, and
estimated greenhouse gas emissions avoided (metric tons of CO2) as a result</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Definition and calculation of KPIs will be at the sole discretion of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Green Bond Principles </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is our intention that this offering is in alignment with the Green Bond Principles 2018, which are a set of voluntary guidelines for the
issuance of green bonds developed by a committee made up of issuers, investors and intermediaries in the green bond market and are intended to promote integrity in the green bond market through guidelines that recommend transparency, disclosure and
reporting. The Green Bond Principles have four components: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">use of proceeds; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">process for project evaluation and selection; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">management of proceeds; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reporting. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information and materials found on our website, including, without limitation, any Green Financing Report and the framework, are not part
of or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus or any other report or filing filed with the SEC. Neither the notes nor the indenture governing the notes requires us to use the net proceeds from the
sale of the notes as described above, and any </P>
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failure of the Company to comply with the foregoing will not constitute a breach of or an event of default under the notes or the indenture governing the notes. The above description of the use
of proceeds from the sale of the notes is not intended to modify or add any covenant or contractual obligation undertaken by us under the notes or the indenture governing the notes. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="suptx828932_11"></A>DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The 7.600% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Fixed</FONT></FONT> Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes
due 2055 (the &#147;notes&#148;) will be a series of our junior subordinated debt securities issued under an indenture between The AES Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), to be dated as of the
Original Issue Date (as defined below) (the &#147;Indenture&#148;). The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indenture do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the
provisions of the Indenture, including the definition in the Indenture of certain terms. Wherever particular sections or defined terms of the Indenture are referred to, such sections or defined terms are incorporated into this prospectus supplement
by reference. Forms of the notes and the Indenture will be filed with the SEC and you may obtain copies as described under &#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; in the accompanying prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in this &#147;Description of the Notes&#148;, the terms &#147;AES&#148;, &#147;we&#148;, &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; mean The
AES Corporation, and do not include any of its subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture will not limit the aggregate principal amount of junior
subordinated debt that may be issued thereunder and will provide that junior subordinated debt securities may be issued thereunder from time to time in one or more series. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will constitute a
separate series of our subordinated debt securities under the Indenture and will be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $950,000,000. We may, from time to time, without notice to or consent of the holders of the notes, issue additional notes
and any such additional notes shall form a single series under the Indenture with the notes offered by this prospectus supplement; <I>provided</I> that if any such additional notes are not fungible with the notes for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, such additional notes will be issued under a separate CUSIP number. Any such additional notes shall have the same form and terms as the notes offered by this prospectus supplement (other than the offering price, the date of issuance and,
under certain circumstances, the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and the first Interest Payment Date, and except that the provisions of the notes specifying the rate of interest thereon to but excluding the First Reset Date
(as defined below) shall not be applicable to any such additional notes whose date of original issuance is on or after the First Reset Date). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Interest
Rate and Maturity </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will mature on January 15, 2055 (the &#147;Final Maturity Date&#148;). The notes will be subject to
redemption at our option as described below under &#147;&#151;Redemption&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will bear interest (i)&nbsp;from and including
May 21, 2024 (the &#147;Original Issue Date&#148;) to, but excluding, January 15, 2030 (the &#147;First Reset Date&#148;) at the rate of 7.600% per annum (the &#147;Initial Interest Rate&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;from and including the First Reset Date,
during each Reset Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined below) plus a spread of 3.201%, to be reset on each
Reset Date (as defined below). Interest on the notes will accrue from the Original Issue Date and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;) of each year, beginning on January 15,
2025, to the holders of record at the close of business on the immediately preceding January 1 and July 1, respectively (each, a &#147;Record Date&#148;), subject to our right to defer interest payments as described below under &#147;&#151;Option to
Defer Interest Payments.&#148; Interest on the notes will be computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The applicable interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by the calculation
agent (as defined below), as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date, in accordance with the following provisions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate&#148; means, as of any Reset Interest Determination Date, (i)&nbsp;an interest rate (expressed as a
decimal) determined to be the per annum rate equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public
securities markets, for the five consecutive business days (as defined below) immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published in the most recent H.15, or (ii)&nbsp;if there is no such published U.S. Treasury
security with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, then the rate will be determined by interpolation between the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for each of the two series of U.S.
Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity trading in the public securities markets, (A)&nbsp;one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, and
(B)&nbsp;the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, in each case for the five consecutive business days immediately prior to the respective Reset
Interest Determination Date as published in the most recent H.15. If the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the methods described in clause (i)&nbsp;or (ii) above, then the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be the same
interest rate determined for the prior Reset Interest Determination Date or, if the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be so determined as of the Reset Interest Determination Date preceding the First Reset Date, then the interest rate applicable
for the Reset Period beginning on and including the First Reset Date will be deemed to be the Initial Interest Rate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;H.15&#148;
means the statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (or any successor thereto). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The &#147;most recent H.15&#148; means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to the close of business on the second business day prior
to the applicable Reset Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reset Date&#148; means the First Reset Date and January 15 of every fifth year after 2030. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reset Interest Determination Date&#148; means, in respect of any Reset Period, the day falling two business days prior to the first day
of such Reset Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reset Period&#148; means the period from and including the First Reset Date to, but excluding, the next
following Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including a Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used
under this caption &#147;Description of the Notes,&#148; the term &#147;business day&#148; means, unless otherwise expressly stated, any day other than (i)&nbsp;a Saturday or Sunday or (ii)&nbsp;a day on which banking institutions in The City of New
York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The term &#147;calculation agent&#148; means, at any time,
the entity appointed by us and serving as such agent with respect to the notes at such time. Unless we have validly called all of the outstanding notes for redemption on a redemption date occurring prior to the First Reset Date, we will appoint a
calculation agent for the notes prior to the Reset Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the First Reset Date; <I>provided</I> that, if we have called all of the outstanding notes for redemption on a redemption date occurring prior to
the First Reset Date but we do not redeem all of the outstanding notes on such redemption date, we will appoint a calculation agent for the notes as promptly as practicable after such proposed redemption date. We may terminate any such appointment
and may appoint a successor calculation agent at any time and from time to time (so long as there shall always be a calculation agent in respect of the notes when so required). We may appoint AES or an affiliate of AES as calculation agent. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided above, the applicable interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by
the calculation agent as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. Promptly upon such determination, the calculation agent will notify us of the interest rate for the Reset Period and we will promptly notify, or cause the calculation
agent to promptly notify, the Trustee and each paying agent of such interest rate. The calculation agent&#146;s determination of any interest rate, and its calculation of the amount of interest for any Interest Payment Period (as defined below under
&#147;&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148;) beginning on or after the First Reset Date, will be on file at our principal offices, will be made available to any holder or beneficial owner of the notes upon request and will be final and
binding in the absence of manifest error. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or the maturity date of the notes is not a
business day (as defined in the Indenture) at any place of payment, then payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next business day (as defined in the Indenture) at that place of payment. In that case, no interest
will accrue on the amount payable for the period from and after the applicable Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>No Listing </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are a new issue of
securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to apply for the listing or trading of the notes on any securities exchange or trading facility or for inclusion of the notes in any automated quotation system. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Ranking </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will be our unsecured
obligations and will rank junior and subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of our existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined below under &#147;&#151;Subordination&#148;), to the extent and in the manner set forth
under the caption &#147;&#151;Subordination&#148; below. The notes will rank equally in right of payment with any future unsecured indebtedness that we may incur from time to time if the terms of such indebtedness provide that it ranks equally with
the notes in right of payment. At March&nbsp;31, 2024, AES had approximately $5.3&nbsp;billion of senior unsecured and recourse debt outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the notes will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to any secured indebtedness we may incur (to the extent of the
value of the collateral securing such secured indebtedness). As of March&nbsp;31, 2024, AES had no secured debt outstanding as a result of its receipt of an investment grade rating by Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s in November 2020. As a result,
the collateral under the indenture governing our senior secured notes (such indenture, the &#147;Secured Indenture&#148;) and our senior credit facility were released from the liens securing our obligations thereunder. However, if at least two of
Moody&#146;s, Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s and Fitch cease to provide an investment grade rating to our long-term debt securities, and we were unable to obtain an investment grade rating by another ratings agency, the collateral reversion
provisions in the Secured Indenture and our senior credit facility would require us to secure the indebtedness outstanding under these instruments with substantially the same collateral. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are our obligations exclusively and are not the obligations of any of our subsidiaries or any entities we account for as equity
method investments. Because we conduct our operations primarily through, and substantially all our consolidated assets are held by, our subsidiaries and entities we do not control, which include equity method investments, the notes will be
effectively subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities and any preferred equity of our subsidiaries. At March&nbsp;31, 2024, our subsidiaries, excluding entities held for sale, had <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-recourse</FONT> debt of approximately $23.9&nbsp;billion outstanding, to which the notes would be effectively subordinated in right of payment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture will not limit the amount of Senior Indebtedness that may be incurred by AES or the amount of other indebtedness or liabilities
that may be incurred by AES or any of its subsidiaries. For additional information, see &#147;Risk Factors&#151; Risks Related to the Notes&#151;The notes are subordinated or effectively </P>
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subordinated to all other indebtedness of AES and its subsidiaries (other than any unsecured indebtedness AES may incur in the future that ranks junior to, or <I>pari passu</I> with, the notes),
and the Indenture will not limit the aggregate amount of indebtedness that AES or its subsidiaries may incur&#148; in this prospectus supplement and &#147;Risk Factors&#151;Risks Related to our Indebtedness and Financial Condition&#151;The AES
Corporation&#146;s ability to make payments on its outstanding indebtedness is dependent upon the receipt of funds from our subsidiaries.&#148; in our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2023 incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Agreement by Holders to Tax Treatment
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each holder (and beneficial owner) of the notes will, by accepting any notes (or a beneficial interest therein), be deemed to have
agreed that such holder (or beneficial owner) intends that the notes constitute indebtedness of AES, and will treat the notes as indebtedness of AES, for United States federal, state and local tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Subordination </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will be
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all our Senior Indebtedness. This means that upon: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">any payment by, or distribution of the assets of, AES upon its dissolution,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">winding-up,</FONT> liquidation or reorganization, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a failure to pay any interest, principal or other monetary amounts due on any of AES&#146;s Senior Indebtedness
when due and continuance of that default beyond any applicable grace period; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">acceleration of the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of AES as a result of a default; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the holders of all of AES&#146;s Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in the case of clause (a)&nbsp;above, payment of all amounts due or to become due on all Senior Indebtedness; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in the case of clauses (b)&nbsp;and (c) above, payment of all amounts due on all Senior Indebtedness,
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">before the holders of the notes are entitled to receive any payment. So long as any of the events in clauses (a), (b), or
(c)&nbsp;above has occurred and is continuing, any amounts payable or assets distributable on the notes will instead be paid or distributed, as the case may be, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent necessary to pay, in the
case of clause (a)&nbsp;above, all amounts due or to become due upon all such Senior Indebtedness, or, in the case of clauses (b)&nbsp;and (c) above, all amounts due on all such Senior Indebtedness, and, if any such payment or distribution is
received by the Trustee under the Indenture or the holders of any of the notes before all Senior Indebtedness due and to become due or due, as applicable, is paid, such payment or distribution must be paid over to the holders of the unpaid Senior
Indebtedness. Subject to paying the Senior Indebtedness due and to become due in the case of clause (a)&nbsp;or the Senior Indebtedness due in the case of clauses (b)&nbsp;and (c), the holders of the notes will be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness to receive payments applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the notes are paid in full. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Senior Indebtedness&#148; means, with respect to the notes, (i)&nbsp;indebtedness of AES, whether outstanding at the date of the
Indenture or incurred, created or assumed after such date, (a)&nbsp;in respect of money borrowed by AES (including any financial derivative, hedging or futures contract or similar instrument, to the extent any such item is primarily a financing
transaction) and (b)&nbsp;evidenced by debentures, bonds, notes, credit or loan agreements or other similar instruments or agreements issued or entered into by AES; (ii)&nbsp;all finance lease obligations of AES; (iii)&nbsp;all obligations of AES
issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale </P>
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obligations of AES and all obligations of AES under any title retention agreement (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and
long-term purchase obligations); (iv) all obligations of AES for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, banker&#146;s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction; and (v)&nbsp;all obligations of the type referred to in
clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv) above of other persons for the payment of which AES is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, except for any obligations, instruments or agreements of the type referred to in any of clauses
(i)&nbsp;through (v) above that, by the terms of the instruments or agreements creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, are subordinated or equal in right of payment to the notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Due to the subordination of the notes, if assets of AES are distributed upon its dissolution,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">winding-up,</FONT> liquidation or reorganization, holders of its Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness and obligations that are not equal or junior to the notes in right of payment will likely recover more,
ratably, than holders of the notes, and it is possible that no payments will be made to the holders of the notes. The subordination provisions described above will cease to apply in the event of defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the notes
as described under &#147;&#151;Defeasance and Discharge&#148; and &#147;&#151;Satisfaction and Discharge,&#148; respectively. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes
and the Indenture do not limit our ability to incur Senior Indebtedness or our or any of our subsidiaries&#146; ability to incur other secured and unsecured indebtedness or liabilities or to issue preferred equity. We expect that we and our
subsidiaries will incur substantial additional amounts of indebtedness, including Senior Indebtedness, in the future. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Redemption </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Optional Redemption </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may redeem some or
all of the notes, at our option, in whole or in part (i)&nbsp;on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (ii)&nbsp;after the First Reset Date, on
any Interest Payment Date, at a redemption price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed, plus, subject to the terms described in the first paragraph under &#147;&#151;Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of
Redemption&#148; below, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Redemption Following a Tax
Event </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may at our option redeem the notes, in whole but not in part, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance
of a Tax Event (as defined below) at a redemption price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus, subject to the terms described in the first paragraph under &#147;&#151;Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption&#148;
below, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to, but excluding, the redemption date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A &#147;Tax Event&#148; means that we have
received an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any amendment to, clarification of, or change, including any announced prospective change, in the laws or
treaties of the United States or any of its political subdivisions or taxing authorities, or any regulations under those laws or treaties; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an administrative action, which means any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling,
regulatory procedure, notice or announcement, including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any
administrative action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the previously generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental
authority or regulatory body, regardless of the time or manner in which that amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with a tax audit of us or any of our subsidiaries, or a
publicly-known threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the notes, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">which amendment, clarification or change is effective or the administrative action is taken or judicial decision, interpretation or pronouncement is issued or
threatened challenge is asserted or becomes publicly-known after the date of this prospectus supplement, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by us on the notes is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible,
in whole or in part, by us for United States federal income tax purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Redemption Following a Rating Agency Event </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may at our option redeem the notes, in whole but not in part, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating
Agency Event (as defined below) at a redemption price in cash equal to 102% of the principal amount of the notes, plus, subject to the terms described in the first paragraph under &#147;&#151;Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption&#148;
below, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to, but excluding, the redemption date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Rating Agency Event&#148; means, as of any
date, a change, clarification or amendment in the methodology published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor
provision thereto), that then publishes a rating for AES (together with any successor thereto, a &#147;rating agency&#148;) in assigning equity credit to securities such as the notes, (a)&nbsp;as such methodology was in effect on the date of this
prospectus supplement, in the case of any rating agency that published a rating for AES as of the date of this prospectus supplement, or (b)&nbsp;as such methodology was in effect on the date such rating agency first published a rating for AES, in
the case of any rating agency that first publishes a rating for AES after the date of this prospectus supplement (in the case of either clause (a)&nbsp;or (b), the &#147;current methodology&#148;), that results in (i)&nbsp;any shortening of the
length of time for which a particular level of equity credit pertaining to the notes by such rating agency would have been in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (ii)&nbsp;a lower equity credit (including up to a lesser amount)
being assigned by such rating agency to the notes as of the date of such change, clarification or amendment than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the notes by such rating agency had the current methodology not been changed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any statement under this caption &#147;&#151;Redemption&#148; to the contrary, installments of interest on the notes that are
due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a redemption date for the notes will be payable on that Interest Payment Date to the registered holders thereof as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to
the terms of the notes and the Indenture, except that, if the redemption date for any notes falls on any day during an Optional Deferral Period (as defined below under &#147;&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148;), accrued and unpaid interest
(including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest (as defined below under &#147;&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148;)) on such notes will be paid on such redemption date to the persons entitled to receive the
redemption price of such notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the Interest Payment Date falling immediately after the last day of an Optional Deferral Period shall not be deemed to fall on a day during such Optional Deferral Period. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to each registered holder of the notes to be redeemed. Once notice of redemption is mailed, the notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date at the applicable redemption price, plus, subject to the
terms described in the immediately preceding paragraph, accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, and will be paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, unless (a)&nbsp;the notice of redemption provides that such
redemption shall be subject to the condition described in the next succeeding paragraph and (b)&nbsp;such redemption shall have been canceled in accordance with the provisions of the next succeeding paragraph because such condition shall not have
been satisfied. If only part of a note is redeemed, the Trustee will issue in the name of the registered holder of the note and deliver to such holder a new note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the principal of the note
surrendered for redemption. If we elect to redeem all or a portion of the notes, then, unless otherwise provided in such notice of redemption as described in the next succeeding paragraph, the redemption will not be conditional upon receipt by the
paying agent or the Trustee of monies sufficient to pay the redemption price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If, at the time a notice of redemption is given,
(i)&nbsp;we have not effected satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of the notes as described under &#147;&#151;Satisfaction and Discharge&#148; or &#147;&#151;Defeasance and Discharge&#148; and (ii)&nbsp;such notice of redemption is not being
given in connection with or in order to effect satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of the notes, then, if the notice of redemption so provides and at our option, the redemption may be subject to the condition that the Trustee shall have
received, on or before the applicable redemption date, monies in an amount sufficient to pay the redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest on the notes called for redemption to, but excluding, the redemption date. If monies in such amount are
not received by the Trustee on or before such redemption date, such notice of redemption shall be automatically canceled and of no force or effect, such proposed redemption shall be automatically canceled and we shall not be required to redeem the
notes called for redemption on such redemption date. In the event that a redemption is canceled, we will, not later than the business day immediately following the proposed redemption date, deliver, or cause to be delivered, notice of such
cancellation to the registered holders of the notes called for redemption (which notice will also indicate that any notes or portions thereof surrendered for redemption shall be returned to the applicable holders), and we will direct the Trustee to,
and the Trustee will, promptly return any notes or portions thereof that have been surrendered for redemption to the applicable holders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the
Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair. No notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the note will state the
portion of the principal amount of the note to be redeemed. A new note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the note will be issued in the name of the holder of the note upon surrender for cancellation of the original note. For
so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another depositary), the redemption of the notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the depositary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless we default in payment of the redemption price or the proposed redemption is canceled in accordance with the provisions set forth in the
immediately preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the notes or portions thereof called for redemption. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Option to Defer Interest Payments </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So
long as no Event of Default (as defined below under &#147;&#151;Events of Default&#148;) with respect to the notes has occurred and is continuing, we may, at our option, defer interest payments on the notes, from time to time, for one or more
deferral periods of up to 20 consecutive Interest Payment Periods (as defined below) each (each such deferral period, commencing on the Interest Payment Date on which the first such deferred interest payment otherwise would have been made, an
&#147;Optional Deferral Period&#148;), except that no such Optional Deferral Period may extend beyond the Final Maturity Date of the notes or end on a day other than the day immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date. During any Optional
Deferral Period, interest on the notes will continue to </P>
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accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such Optional Deferral Period in accordance with the terms of the notes).
In addition, during any Optional Deferral Period interest on the deferred interest (&#147;compound interest&#148;) will accrue at the then-applicable interest rate on the notes (as reset from time to time on any Reset Date occurring during such
Optional Deferral Period in accordance with the terms of the notes), compounded semi-annually, to the extent permitted by applicable law. No interest will be due or payable on the notes during an Optional Deferral Period, except upon a redemption of
any notes on any redemption date during such Optional Deferral Period (in which case all accrued and unpaid interest (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest) on the notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such
redemption date will be due and payable on such redemption date), or unless the principal of and interest on the notes shall have been declared due and payable as the result of an Event of Default with respect to the notes (in which case all accrued
and unpaid interest, including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest, on the notes shall become due and payable). All references in the notes and, insofar as relates to the notes, the Indenture, to &#147;interest&#148; on
the notes shall be deemed to include any such deferred interest and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Before the end of any Optional Deferral Period that is shorter than 20 consecutive Interest Payment Periods, we may elect, at our option, to
extend such Optional Deferral Period, so long as the entire Optional Deferral Period does not exceed 20 consecutive Interest Payment Periods or extend beyond the Final Maturity Date of the notes. We may also elect, at our option, to shorten the
length of any Optional Deferral Period. No Optional Deferral Period (including as extended or shortened) may end on a day other than the day immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date. At the end of any Optional Deferral Period, if all amounts
then due on the notes, including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, without limitation and to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest), are paid, we may elect to begin a new Optional Deferral Period;
<I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that, without limitation of the foregoing, we may not begin a new Optional Deferral Period unless we have paid all accrued and unpaid interest on the notes (including, without limitation and to the extent permitted
by applicable law, any compound interest) from any previous Optional Deferral Periods. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">During any Optional Deferral Period, we will not
do any of the following (subject to the exceptions set forth in the next succeeding paragraph): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">declare or pay any dividends or distributions on any Capital Stock (as defined below) of AES;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to any Capital Stock of AES;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">pay any principal, interest or premium on, or repay, repurchase or redeem, any indebtedness of AES that ranks
equally with or junior to the notes in right of payment; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">make any payments with respect to any guarantees by AES of any indebtedness if such guarantees rank equally with
or junior to the notes in right of payment. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, during an Optional Deferral Period, we may (a)&nbsp;declare and
pay dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of our common stock (together, for the avoidance of doubt, with cash in lieu of any fractional share) or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of our common stock,
(b)&nbsp;declare and pay any dividend in connection with the implementation of a plan (a &#147;Rights Plan&#148;) providing for the issuance by us to all holders of our common stock of rights entitling them to subscribe for or purchase common stock
or any class or series of our preferred stock, which rights (1)&nbsp;are deemed to be transferred with such common stock, (2)&nbsp;are not exercisable until the occurrence of a specified event or events and (3)&nbsp;are also issued in respect of
future issuances of our common stock, (c)&nbsp;issue any of shares of our Capital Stock under any Rights Plan or redeem or repurchase any rights distributed pursuant to a Rights Plan, (d)&nbsp;reclassify our Capital Stock or exchange or convert one
class or series of our Capital Stock for another class or series of our Capital Stock, (e)&nbsp;purchase fractional interests in shares of our Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Capital Stock or the security
being converted or exchanged, (f)&nbsp;purchase, acquire or withhold shares of our common stock related to the issuance of our common stock or rights under any dividend reinvestment plan or </P>
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related to any of our benefit plans for our directors, officers, employees, consultants or advisors, including any employment contract, and (g)&nbsp;for the avoidance of doubt, convert
convertible Capital Stock of AES into other Capital Stock of AES in accordance with the terms of such convertible Capital Stock (together, for the avoidance of doubt, with cash in lieu of any fractional share). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will give the holders of the notes and the Trustee notice of our election of, or any shortening or extension of, an Optional Deferral
Period at least 10 business days prior to the earlier of (1)&nbsp;the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (2)&nbsp;the date upon which we are required to give notice to any applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the notes of
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or the Record Date therefor. The Record Date for the payment of deferred interest and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest payable on the Interest Payment Date immediately
following the last day of an Optional Deferral Period will be the regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Capital Stock&#148; means (i)&nbsp;in the case of a corporation or a company, corporate stock or shares; (ii)&nbsp;in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (iii)&nbsp;in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership
interests (whether general or limited); and (iv)&nbsp;any other interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing person. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Interest Payment Period&#148; means the semi-annual period from and including an Interest Payment Date to but excluding the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, except for the first Interest Payment Period which shall be the period from and including the Original Issue Date to but excluding January 15, 2030. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Events of Default </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An &#147;Event of
Default&#148; occurs with respect to the notes if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">we default in paying principal or premium, if any, on the notes when due, upon acceleration, redemption or
otherwise (whether or not such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions applicable to the notes); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">we default in paying interest on the notes when it becomes due (whether or not such payment is prohibited by
the subordination provisions applicable to the notes), except as the result of a deferral of interest payments in accordance with the provisions discussed above under &#147;&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148;, and the default continues for
a period of 30 days; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">we default in performing or breach any other covenant or agreement in the Indenture with respect to the notes
and the default or breach continues for a period of 60 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or by the holders of 33% or more in aggregate principal amount of the notes issued under the Indenture affected thereby; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AES files for bankruptcy or other specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization
occur with respect to AES. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default with respect to the notes specified in clause (a)&nbsp;or (b) above
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the notes may, by written notice to us, and the Trustee at the request of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of notes will, declare the
principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the notes (including, without limitation, any deferred interest and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any compound interest) to be immediately due and payable (notwithstanding any
deferral of interest payments in accordance with the provisions discussed above under &#147;&#151;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148;). Upon declaration of acceleration, the principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the notes shall be
immediately due and payable. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default described in clause (c)&nbsp;above occurs and is continuing, neither
the Trustee nor the holders of the notes will be entitled to declare the principal, premium, if any, or accrued interest on the notes, to be immediately due and payable. See &#147;Risk Factors&#151;Holders of the notes will have limited rights of
acceleration.&#148; However, they may exercise the other rights and remedies available under the Indenture upon the occurrence of such an Event of Default. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default specified in clause (d)&nbsp;above occurs, the principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the notes shall be
immediately due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If, at any time after the
principal of the notes shall have become due and payable and before any judgment for payment shall have been obtained or entered, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the notes issued under the Indenture that have been
accelerated (voting as a single class), by written notice to us and to the Trustee, may waive all past defaults with respect to the notes and rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration with respect to the notes if: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on
the notes that have become due solely by that declaration of acceleration, have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AES will have deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay all matured amounts of interest, principal
and premium, if any, which have become due other than by acceleration and all amounts owed to the Trustee. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For
information as to the waiver of defaults, see &#147;&#151;Modification and Waiver.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to certain conditions, the holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of debt securities of each series issued under the Indenture that are affected (voting as a single class) may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the notes. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or
that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of debt securities of such series who did not join in giving that direction, and the Trustee may take any other action it deems proper that is not
inconsistent with the direction received from holders of outstanding debt securities of such series. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A holder of the notes of a series
may not pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the holders of at least 33% in principal amount of outstanding notes of such series makes a written request to
the Trustee to pursue the remedy; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the holder or holders offer and, if requested, provide the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any costs, liability or expense; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of
indemnity; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">within that <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">60-day</FONT> period, the holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the notes of such series do not give the Trustee a written direction that is inconsistent with the request. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, these limitations do not apply to the right of any holder of the notes to receive payment of the principal, premium, if any, or
interest on, the notes or to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment, on or after the due date expressed in the notes, which right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the holder. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture requires that certain of our officers certify, on or before a date not more
than four months after the end of each fiscal year, that to the best of those officers&#146; knowledge, we have fulfilled all our obligations under the Indenture. We are also obligated to notify the Trustee of any default or defaults in the
performance of any covenants or agreements under the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Modification and Waiver </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture may be amended or supplemented without the consent of any holder of the notes of a series to: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">cure ambiguities, defects, or inconsistencies; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">comply with the terms in &#147;&#151;Restriction on Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets&#148; and
&#147;&#151;Reports&#148; described below; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment with respect to the notes by a successor trustee;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">establish the form of notes of a series; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">provide for uncertificated notes and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series affected by the amendment (all such series voting as a separate class). However, no modification or amendment may, without the consent of each holder affected: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or any installment of interest on,
the notes of such series; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the principal amount, premium, if any, or interest on the notes of such series; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the above-stated percentage of outstanding notes, the consent of whose holders is necessary to modify or
amend the Indenture with respect to the notes of such series; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the percentage or principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series, the consent of whose
holders is necessary for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or for waiver of certain defaults. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture which has expressly been included solely
for the benefit of one or more particular series of the debt securities issued under the Indenture, or which modifies the rights of holders of the debt securities of that series with respect to that covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to
affect the rights under the Indenture of the holders of the debt securities of any other series issued under the Indenture or of the coupons appertaining to those debt securities. It is not necessary for the consent of the holders under this section
of the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement, or waiver, but it is sufficient if the consent approves the substance thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After an amendment, supplement, or waiver under this section of the Indenture becomes effective, we will give to the holders affected thereby
a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement, or waiver. We will mail supplemental indentures to holders upon request. Any failure of us to mail a notice, or any defect therein, will not affect the validity of any supplemental indenture or
waiver. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restriction on Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Indenture, we may not consolidate with, merge with or into, or transfer all or substantially all of our assets to any Person
unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">AES shall be the continuing Person, or, if AES is not the continuing Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which we merged or to which properties and assets of ours are transferred is a solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly
assumes in writing, by supplemental indenture, all our obligations under the notes; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">AES delivers to the Trustee (i)&nbsp;an opinion of counsel to the effect that such transaction and such
supplemental indenture comply with the Indenture, that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture have been complied with and that such supplemental indenture is a legal, valid and binding obligation of AES or the continuing Person, and
(ii)&nbsp;an officers&#146; certificate to the effect that immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Reports </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will covenant to deliver to
the Trustee, within 15 days after we are required to file the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports which we may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Satisfaction and Discharge </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture will at our request be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except for, among other matters, certain obligations to
register the transfer or exchange of notes, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated notes, to maintain paying agencies and to hold monies for payment in trust) as to all the notes of any series outstanding, when: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">either: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have paid or caused to be paid the principal, premium, if any, and interest on all the notes of any series
outstanding when due; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all notes of any series theretofore authenticated; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">(i) all the notes of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and
payable, or will by their terms become due and payable within one year, or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii)&nbsp;we have irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, in trust, funds (whether in cash or United States government obligations) in an amount sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all notes of such series not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, including principal, premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on or prior to such date of maturity, as the case may be; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under the Indenture by us with respect to notes of such
series; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">upon our request for written acknowledgment of satisfaction and discharge, we have delivered to the Trustee an
officers&#146; certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions precedent under the Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture have been complied with. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Defeasance and Discharge </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture provides that we are deemed to have paid and will be discharged from all obligations in respect of the notes of any series on the
123rd day after the deposit referred to below has been made, and that the provisions of the Indenture will no longer be in effect with respect to the notes of such series (except for, among other matters, certain obligations to register the transfer
or exchange of notes, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated notes, to maintain paying agencies and to hold monies for payment in trust) if, among other things: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have deposited with the Trustee, in trust, money and/or United States government obligations that, through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the notes of such series, on the date due thereof or earlier redemption (irrevocably
provided for under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee), as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the notes of such series; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have delivered to the Trustee: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">either: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an opinion of counsel to the effect that beneficial owners of such series of notes will not recognize income,
gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the exercise of our option under this &#147;Defeasance and Discharge&#148; provision and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance, and discharge had not occurred, which opinion of counsel must be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) to the same effect unless there has been a
change in applicable federal income tax law or related treasury regulations after the date of the Indenture such that a ruling is no longer required; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the IRS to the same effect as the aforementioned opinion of
counsel; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an opinion of counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and, after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section&nbsp;547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section&nbsp;15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">immediately after giving effect to that deposit on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on the date of the deposit or during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of the deposit, and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which
we are a party or by which we are bound, and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if at that time the notes of such series are listed on a national securities exchange, we have delivered to the
Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that such notes will not be delisted as a result of a deposit, defeasance and discharge. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Defeasance of Certain Obligations </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
indenture provides that we may make the same type of deposit referred to above under &#147;&#151;Defeasance and Discharge&#148; and be released from certain restrictive covenants in the notes of any series, including the covenants described above
under &#147;&#151;Restriction on Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets&#148; and &#147;&#151;Reports&#148;, and clause (3)&nbsp;described above under &#147;&#151;Events of Default&#148; shall no longer be deemed Events of Default, if: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have deposited with the Trustee, in trust, money and/or United States government obligations that, through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the notes of such series, on the date due thereof or earlier redemption (irrevocably
provided for under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee), as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the notes of such series; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have delivered to the Trustee: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an opinion of counsel to the effect that beneficial owners of such series of notes will not recognize income,
gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the exercise of our option under this &#147;Defeasance of Certain Obligations&#148; provision and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an opinion of counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and, after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section&nbsp;547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section&nbsp;15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">immediately after giving effect to that deposit on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on the date of the deposit or during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of the deposit, and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which
we are a party or by which we are bound, and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if at that time the notes of such series are listed on a national securities exchange, we have delivered to the
Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that such notes will not be delisted as a result of a deposit, defeasance and discharge. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Book-Entry, Delivery and Form </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as
set forth below, each series of notes will be issued in registered, global form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each series of notes initially will be represented by one or more notes in registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the
&#147;Global Notes&#148;). The Global Notes will be deposited upon issuance with the Trustee as custodian for DTC, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as
described below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC
or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may not be exchanged for notes in certificated form (&#147;Certificated Notes&#148;) except in the limited circumstances described below. See &#147;&#151;Depositary
Procedures-Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes&#148; below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, transfers of beneficial interests in the Global
Notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants (including, if applicable, those of Euroclear and Clearstream), which may change from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Depositary Procedures </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
description of the operations of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. We
and the Trustee take no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urge you to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has advised us that it is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively,
the &#147;Participants&#148;) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants include securities brokers
and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC&#146;s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that maintain a custodial relationship
with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the &#147;Indirect Participants&#148;). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Persons who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC
only through Participants or the Indirect Participants. The ownership of interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and the Indirect Participants.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has also advised us that, pursuant to procedures established by it, ownership of interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and
the transfer of ownership of these interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interest in the
Global Notes). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investors in the Global Notes who are Participants in DTC&#146;s system may hold their interests therein directly through
DTC. Investors in the Global Notes that are not Participants may hold their interests indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear and Clearstream) which are Participants in such system. Euroclear and Clearstream will hold interests in the
Global Notes on behalf of their participants through customers&#146; securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositaries. All interests in a Global Note, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream,
may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. Those interests held through Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and requirements of such systems. The laws of some states require that certain persons take
physical delivery in definitive form of securities they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of Participants, which in
turn act on behalf of Indirect Participants, the ability of a person having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests,
may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as described below, owners of interests in the
Global Notes will not have notes registered in their name, will not receive physical delivery of notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or &#147;holders&#148; thereof under the Indenture for any purpose. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest (including additional interest) and premium, if any, on a Global Note registered in the
name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to DTC in its capacity as the registered holder under the Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, we and the Trustee will treat the persons in whose names the Notes, including the Global Notes, are
registered as the owners of the notes for the purpose of receiving payments and all other purposes. Consequently, neither we, the Trustee nor any agent of us or the Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">any aspect of DTC&#146;s records or any Participant&#146;s or Indirect Participant&#146;s records relating to
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC&#146;s records or any Participant&#146;s or Indirect Participant&#146;s records relating to the beneficial
ownership interests in the Global Notes; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">any other matter relating to the actions or practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect
Participants. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has advised us that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such
as the notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant
is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners
of notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee or us. Neither we nor the Trustee will
be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the notes, and we and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.
</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Transfers between Participants in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTC&#146;s
procedures, and will be settled in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">same-day</FONT> funds, and transfers between Participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cross-market transfers between the Participants in DTC, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be
effected through DTC in accordance with DTC&#146;s rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its respective depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counter-party in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the
transaction meets the settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant Global Note in DTC, and making or receiving
payment in accordance with normal procedures for same day fund settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the depositaries for Euroclear or Clearstream. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of notes only at the direction of one or more Participants
to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have given such direction. However, if there
is an Event of Default under the notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for legended notes in certificated form, and to distribute such notes to its Participants. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among
participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such procedures at any time. Neither we nor the Trustee nor any of our respective agents will have
any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Global Note is exchangeable for Certificated Notes if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">DTC (a)&nbsp;notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes, and we
fail to appoint a successor depositary, or (b)&nbsp;has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">at our option, we notify the Trustee in writing that we elect to cause the issuance of the Certificated Notes;
or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes and DTC requests
such exchange. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be exchanged for Certificated Notes upon prior
written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the Indenture. In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global Notes will be registered in the names, and
issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Same Day Settlement
and Payment </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will make payments in respect of the notes represented by the Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and
interest) through the paying agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the </P>
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accounts specified by the Global Note holder. We will make all payments of principal, interest and premium, if any, with respect to Certificated Notes through the paying agent by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the holders thereof or, if no account is specified, by mailing a check to that holder&#146;s registered address. The notes represented by the Global Notes are expected to trade in DTC&#146;s
Same Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in the notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available funds. We expect that secondary trading in any Certificated Notes will also
be settled in immediately available funds. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream
participant purchasing an interest in a Global Note from a Participant in DTC will be credited, and any crediting of this type will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement processing day
(which must be a business day for Euroclear and Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. DTC has advised us that cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note by or through a
Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a Participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or
Clearstream following DTC&#146;s settlement date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Governing Law </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture and notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Information Concerning the Trustee </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AES
and its subsidiaries may maintain deposit accounts and conduct other banking transactions with the Trustee in the ordinary course of business. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the notes. This discussion applies only to
notes that meet both of the following conditions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">they are purchased by those initial holders who purchase notes at the &#147;issue price,&#148; which will equal
the first price to the public (not including bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers) at which a substantial amount of the notes is sold for money; and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">they are held as capital assets within the meaning of Section&nbsp;1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the &#147;Code&#148;). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This discussion does not describe all aspects of U.S. federal income taxes and does not
deal with all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules such as: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">financial institutions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">insurance companies; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">dealers or traders using a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">mark-to-market</FONT></FONT> method of tax accounting for the notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">persons holding notes as part of a hedge, &#147;straddle&#148; or integrated transaction; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">regulated investment companies or real estate investment trusts; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">partnerships or other entities classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">persons subject to any special tax accounting rules under Section&nbsp;451 of the Code; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tax-exempt</FONT> organizations; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">persons subject to the alternative minimum tax. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds notes, the U.S. federal income tax treatment
of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partners of partnerships holding notes should consult their tax advisors as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences to them of
holding and disposing of the notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This summary is based on the Code, administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and final,
temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury Regulations in effect as of the date hereof, changes to any of which subsequent to the date of this prospectus supplement may affect the tax consequences described herein, possibly with retroactive effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This summary addresses only U.S. federal income tax consequences. Persons considering the purchase of notes should consult their tax advisors
with regard to the application of the U.S. federal income or other federal tax laws (including estate and gift tax laws and the Medicare tax on investment income) to their particular situations as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws
of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Classification of the Notes </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The determination of whether a security should be classified as indebtedness or equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes requires a judgment
based on all relevant facts and circumstances. There is no statutory, judicial or administrative authority that directly addresses the U.S. federal income tax treatment of securities similar to the notes. In the opinion of Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp;
Wardwell LLP, under current law and based on the facts contained in this prospectus supplement, the terms of the indenture and the notes, and such assumptions and representations of the Company and its officers and other representatives as are
customary for transactions similar in nature to those described in this prospectus supplement and which were relied upon in rendering this opinion, the notes should be classified for U.S. </P>
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federal income tax purposes as indebtedness (although there is no controlling authority directly on point). The opinion of Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp; Wardwell LLP is not binding on the Internal
Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) or the courts. Moreover, no rulings have been or will be sought from the IRS with respect to the transactions described in this prospectus supplement. Accordingly, we cannot assure holders that the IRS will not
challenge the opinion described herein or that a court would not sustain such a challenge. If the IRS were to successfully challenge the classification of the notes as indebtedness, interest payments on the notes would be treated for U.S. federal
income tax purposes as dividends to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. In the case of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holders (as defined below), interest payments treated as dividends would be subject to
withholding of United States income tax, except to the extent provided by an applicable income tax treaty. In addition, such a determination would constitute a Tax Event that would entitle us to redeem the notes as described under &#147;Description
of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Following a Tax Event.&#148; We agree, and by acquiring an interest in a note, each holder of a note will agree, to treat the notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the remainder
of this discussion assumes such treatment. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences that would apply if the notes are not treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used
herein, the term &#147;U.S. Holder&#148; means a beneficial owner of a note that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a citizen or individual resident of the United States; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an estate or trust the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Payments of Interest </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes should be treated as &#147;variable rate debt instruments&#148; for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If the notes were not treated
as variable rate debt instruments, then the notes would be treated as &#147;contingent payment debt instruments,&#148; in which case U.S. Holders could be required to accrue interest income on the notes in excess of stated interest and would be
required to treat as ordinary income rather than as capital gain any income realized on a taxable disposition of the notes. Applicable Treasury Regulations set forth rules to determine whether a variable rate debt instrument is treated as issued
with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes (&#147;OID&#148;). Based on the application of these Treasury Regulations and the expected pricing terms of the notes, we do not expect the pricing of the notes to result in the notes
as being treated as issued with OID. We have the option under certain circumstances to defer payments of stated interest on the notes. Under the Treasury Regulations relating to OID, a debt instrument is deemed to be issued with OID if there is more
than a &#147;remote&#148; contingency that periodic stated interest payments due on the instrument will not be timely paid. We believe the likelihood of our exercising the option to defer payment of stated interest on the notes is remote within the
meaning of the Treasury Regulations in part because our exercise of the option to defer payments of stated interest on the notes would generally prevent us from: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">declaring or paying any dividend or distribution on any Capital Stock of The AES Corporation;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">redeeming, purchasing, acquiring or making a liquidation payment with respect to any Capital Stock of The AES
Corporation; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">paying any principal, interest or premium on, or repaying, repurchasing or redeeming, any indebtedness of The AES
Corporation that ranks equally with or junior to the notes in right of payment; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">making any payments with respect to any guarantees by The AES Corporation of any indebtedness if such guarantees
rank equally with or junior to the notes in right of payment. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Similarly, if certain circumstances occur (see
&#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Redemption&#151;Redemption Following a Rating Agency Event&#148;), we will be obligated to pay amounts in excess of stated principal on the notes. If there is only a remote likelihood that such payments will be
made, such excess payments will not affect the amount of interest income that a U.S. Holder recognizes. We believe the likelihood that we will make any such payments is remote within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on these positions, a U.S. Holder should generally be required to recognize any stated interest as ordinary income at the time it is
received or accrued on the notes in accordance with such holder&#146;s regular method of accounting for United States federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our determination that the contingencies described above are remote is binding on a U.S. Holder unless such holder discloses its contrary
position in the manner required by applicable Treasury Regulations. Our determination is not, however, binding on the IRS. There can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will agree with these positions. The meaning of the term &#147;remote&#148;
in the Treasury Regulations has not yet been addressed in any rulings or other guidance by the IRS or any court. If the possibility of interest deferral were determined not to be remote, the notes would be treated as issued with OID and all stated
interest would be treated as OID as long as the notes are outstanding. In that case, U.S. Holders would be required to accrue interest income on the notes using a constant yield method whether or not they receive any cash payment attributable to
that interest, regardless of their regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, if the possibility of
excess payments following a Rating Agency Event were determined not to be remote, the notes could be treated as &#147;contingent payment debt instruments,&#148; in which case U.S. Holders could be required to accrue interest income on the notes in
excess of stated interest and would be required to treat as ordinary income rather than as capital gain any income realized on a taxable disposition of the notes, as described above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The remainder of this discussion assumes the notes will not be treated as issued with OID or as contingent payment debt instruments. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Exercise of Deferral Option </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Treasury Regulations, if we exercise our option to defer the payment of interest on the notes, the notes will be treated as if they
had been redeemed and reissued solely for OID purposes. In that event, all remaining interest payments on the notes (including interest on deferred interest) would be treated as OID, which U.S. Holders would be required to accrue and include in
taxable income, without regard to such U.S. Holders&#146; regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of OID income includible in such U.S. Holders&#146; taxable income would be determined on the basis of a constant
yield method over the remaining term of the notes, and the actual receipt of future payments of stated interest on the notes would no longer be separately reported as taxable income. The total amount of OID that would accrue during the deferral
period would be approximately equal to the amount of the cash payment due immediately following the end of that period. A U.S. Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in its notes would be increased by any OID included in the U.S. Holder&#146;s income and
decreased by the actual receipt of cash interest payments on the notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Sale, Exchange or Retirement of the Notes </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a note that is a taxable disposition, a U.S. Holder will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the
difference between the amount realized on such sale, exchange or retirement and the U.S. Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the note, which will generally equal the cost of the note. For these purposes, the amount realized does not include any
amount attributable to accrued interest. Amounts attributable </P>
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to accrued interest are treated as interest as described under &#147;Payments of Interest&#148; above. If the notes are treated as having been issued or reissued with OID, such adjusted tax basis
will also be increased by the amount of any OID previously included in a U.S. Holder&#146;s gross income with respect to the notes and decreased by any payments received on the notes since and including the date that the notes were deemed to be
issued with OID. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gain or loss realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a note will generally be capital gain or loss and will be
long-term capital gain or loss if at the time of sale, exchange or retirement the note has been held for more than one year. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Backup Withholding and Information Reporting </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information returns generally will be filed with the IRS in connection with payments on the notes (including OID) and the proceeds from a sale
or other disposition of the notes. A U.S. Holder will be subject to backup withholding on these payments if the U.S. Holder fails to provide its correct taxpayer identification number to the applicable withholding agent and comply with certain
certification procedures or otherwise establish an exemption from backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against the U.S.
Holder&#146;s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle the U.S. Holder to a refund, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Tax Consequences to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used herein, the term <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder&#148; means a beneficial owner of a note that is, for
U.S. federal income tax purposes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a nonresident alien individual; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a foreign corporation; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a foreign estate or trust. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The term <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder&#148; does not include a beneficial owner who is an individual present
in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition or who is (or may become while holding notes) a former citizen or resident of the United States. Such a beneficial owner should consult his or her own tax advisor regarding
the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the sale, exchange or other disposition of a note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Payments on the Notes </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the discussions below concerning backup withholding and FATCA (as defined below), payments of principal, interest (including any
OID) and premium on the notes to a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax, <I>provided</I> that, in the case of interest: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder does not own, actually or constructively, 10% or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote and is not a controlled foreign corporation related, directly or indirectly, to us through stock ownership; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder certifies on a properly executed IRS Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8</FONT> appropriate to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder&#146;s circumstances, under penalties of perjury, that it is not a United States person. Special certification rules apply to notes that
are held through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> intermediaries. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the discussion below
concerning income of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder that is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States, if a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder cannot satisfy
the requirements described above, payments of interest on the notes to such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder will generally be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a rate of 30%, unless the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder provides the applicable withholding agent </P>
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with a properly executed IRS Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8</FONT> appropriate to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder&#146;s circumstances claiming an exemption
from or reduced rate of withholding under an applicable income tax treaty and complies with any other applicable procedures. See the discussion below under &#147;FATCA&#148; regarding withholding on interest under the FATCA rules. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Sale, Exchange or Retirement of the Notes </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder of a note will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain realized on the
sale, exchange or retirement of such note, unless the gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder of a trade or business in the United States, subject to an applicable income tax
treaty providing otherwise, although any amounts attributable to accrued interest will generally be treated as described above under &#147;Payments on the Notes.&#148; See the discussion below under &#147;FATCA&#148; regarding withholding under the
FATCA rules on gross proceeds of the sale, exchange or retirement of the notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT>
Holder Engaged in a U.S. Trade or Business </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder of a note is engaged in a
trade or business in the United States, and if income or gain on the note is effectively connected with the conduct of this trade or business (and if required by an applicable income tax treaty, the income or gain is attributable to a permanent
establishment or fixed base maintained by the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder in the United States), the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder, although exempt from the withholding tax on interest discussed
above, will generally be taxed in the same manner as a U.S. Holder (see &#147;Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders&#148; above), except that the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder will be required to provide to the applicable
withholding agent a properly executed IRS Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8ECI</FONT> in order to claim an exemption from withholding tax on interest. These <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holders should consult their tax
advisors with respect to other U.S. tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of notes, including, in the case of a corporation, the possible imposition of a branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate under an applicable income tax
treaty). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Backup Withholding and Information Reporting </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information returns generally will be filed with the IRS in connection with interest payments on the notes. Copies of the information returns
reporting such interest payments and any withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder resides under the provisions of an applicable income tax
treaty. Unless the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder complies with certification procedures to establish that it is not a United States person, information returns may be filed with the IRS in connection with the proceeds from
a sale or other disposition of the notes, and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder may be subject to backup withholding on payments on the notes or on the proceeds from a sale or other disposition of the notes. Compliance with
the certification procedures required to claim the exemption from withholding tax on interest described above will satisfy the certification requirements necessary to avoid backup withholding as well. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The
amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder will be allowed as a credit against the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder&#146;s U.S. federal income tax liability and
may entitle the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holder to a refund<I>, </I>provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FATCA </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provisions in the Code and the
U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, commonly referred to as &#147;FATCA,&#148; generally impose a withholding tax of 30% on payments to certain <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> entities (including financial
intermediaries) with respect to certain financial instruments, unless various U.S. information reporting and due diligence requirements have been satisfied. An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> entity&#146;s jurisdiction may modify these requirements. Withholding under these rules (if applicable) applies to payments of interest on the notes (including any OID) and to payments of gross proceeds of
the sale, exchange or retirement of the notes. However, under proposed U.S. Treasury Regulations (the preamble to which specifies that taxpayers are permitted to rely on them pending finalization), no withholding will apply on payments of gross
proceeds. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holders, and U.S. Holders holding notes through a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> intermediary, should consult their tax advisors regarding the potential application of
FATCA to the notes. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the terms and conditions stated in the underwriting agreement between us and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman
Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named below, each of the underwriters has severally agreed to purchase, and we
have agreed to sell to each underwriter, the aggregate principal amount of notes set forth opposite such underwriter&#146;s name below. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Underwriters</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Principal</B><br><B>Amount of<BR>Notes</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">190,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman Sachs &amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116,375,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116,375,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116,375,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116,375,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BNP Paribas Securities Corp.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BofA Securities, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MUFG Securities Americas Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RBC Capital Markets, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Santander US Capital Markets LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CIBC World Markets Corp.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Natixis Securities Americas LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Standard Chartered Bank</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SG Americas Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Total</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>950,000,000</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the notes included in
this offering are subject to approval of legal matters by counsel and to other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to purchase all notes if they purchase any notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The underwriters propose to offer some of the notes of each series directly to the public at the applicable public offering price set forth on
the cover page of this prospectus supplement and some of the notes of each series to dealers at the applicable public offering price. After the initial offering of the notes of the applicable series to the public, the underwriters may change the
related public offering prices and concessions. The offering of the notes by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance of the notes and subject to the underwriters&#146; right to reject any order in whole or in part. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Discounts and Commissions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes sold
by the underwriters to the public will initially be offered at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus supplement. Any notes sold by the underwriters to securities dealers may be sold at a price that represents a
concession not in excess of 0.600% of the principal amount of the notes. Any such securities dealers may resell notes to certain other dealers at a price that represents a concession of not more than 0.400% of the principal amount of the notes. If
all the notes are not sold at the initial public offering price, the representatives may change the offering price and the other selling terms. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table shows the underwriting discounts to be received by the underwriters in connection with this offering: </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are new issues of securities with no established trading markets. We have been
advised by the underwriters that the underwriters intend to make a market of the notes but they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making with respect to the notes at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the
liquidity of any public trading markets for the notes or the development or continuation of such trading markets. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with this
offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell notes in the open market. These transactions may include over-allotment, syndicate covering transactions and stabilizing transactions. Over-allotment involves syndicate sales of notes of a series in
excess of the aggregate principal amount of notes of such series to be purchased by the underwriters in this offering, which creates a syndicate short position. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the notes in the open market after
the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases of notes made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market prices of the notes while
this offering is in progress. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any of these activities may have the effect of preventing or retarding a decline in the market prices of
the notes. They may also cause the prices of the notes to be higher than the prices that otherwise would exist in the open market in the absence of these transactions. The underwriters may conduct these transactions in the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT></FONT> market or otherwise. If the underwriters commence any of these transactions, they may discontinue them at any time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the
underwriting discount received by it because the representatives have repurchased notes sold by or for the account of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We estimate that our total expenses for this offering, excluding underwriting discounts, will be approximately&nbsp;$3.0 million. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to
contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The underwriters and their
respective affiliates are full-service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include sales and trading, commercial and investment banking, advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging,
market making, brokerage and other financial and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-financial</FONT> activities and services. Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future
perform, various financial advisory, cash management, investment banking, commercial banking and general financing services for us and our affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they have received, or may receive, customary fees and
expenses. Affiliates of certain of the underwriters are agents and/or lenders under our revolving credit facility. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the ordinary course
of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates, officers, directors and employees may purchase, sell or hold a broad array of investments including serving as counterparties to certain derivative and hedging
arrangements and actively trade securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and trading activities
may involve or relate to our assets, securities and/or instruments (directly, as collateral securing other obligations or otherwise) and/or persons and entities with relationships with us. Certain of the underwriters or their affiliates have a
lending relationship with us. Certain of those underwriters or their affiliates routinely hedge, certain other underwriters or their affiliates have hedged and are likely to hedge and certain other underwriters or their affiliates may hedge, their
credit exposure to us consistent with their customary risk management policies. Typically, such underwriters and their affiliates would hedge such exposure by entering into transactions which consist of either the purchase of credit
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default swaps or the creation of short positions in our securities, including potentially the notes offered hereby. Any such credit default swaps or short positions could adversely affect future
trading prices of the notes offered hereby. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect
of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and/or short positions in such assets, securities and instruments. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Selling Restrictions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Canada
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principals that are accredited investors, as
defined in National <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Instrument&nbsp;45-106</FONT> <I>Prospectus Exemptions</I> or subsection&nbsp;73.3(1) of the <I>Securities Act</I> (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Instrument&nbsp;31-103</FONT> <I>Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations</I>. Any resale of the notes must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may
provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contain a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are
exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser&#146;s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser&#146;s
province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to section&nbsp;3A.3 of National <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Instrument&nbsp;33-105</FONT> <I>Underwriting Conflicts</I> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(NI&nbsp;33-105),</FONT> the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">NI&nbsp;33-105</FONT> regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>European Economic Area </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to
any retail investor in the European Economic Area (&#147;EEA&#148;). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i)&nbsp;a retail client as defined in point (11)&nbsp;of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as
amended, &#147;MiFID II&#148;); or (ii)&nbsp;a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the &#147;Insurance Distribution Directive&#148;), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point
(10)&nbsp;of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii)&nbsp;not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the &#147;Prospectus Regulation&#148;). Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as
amended, the &#147;PRIIPs Regulation&#148;) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to any
retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>United Kingdom </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to
any retail investor in the United Kingdom (&#147;U.K.&#148;). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i)&nbsp;a retail client, as defined in point (8)&nbsp;of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it
forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (&#147;EUWA&#148;); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (&#147;FSMA&#148;) and any rules or regulations
made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8)&nbsp;of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the
EUWA; or (iii)&nbsp;not a qualified </P>
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investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No
1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the &#147;U.K. PRIIPs Regulation&#148;) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the U.K. has been prepared and therefore offering
or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the U.K. may be unlawful under the U.K. PRIIPs Regulation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Hong Kong </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
notes have not been and will not be offered or sold in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People&#146;s Republic of China (&#147;Hong Kong&#148;) by means of any document other than (i)&nbsp;in circumstances which do not constitute an
offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong) (the &#147;CO&#148;), or (ii)&nbsp;to &#147;professional investors&#148; within the meaning of the Securities and
Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) (the &#147;SFO&#148;) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii)&nbsp;in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a &#147;prospectus&#148; within the meaning of the CO, and no
advertisement, invitation or document relating to the notes has been or will be issued or in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are
likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to
&#147;professional investors&#148; within the meaning of the SFO and any rules made thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The contents of this document have not
been reviewed by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong. You are advised to exercise caution in relation to the offering. If you are in any doubt about any of the contents of this document, you should obtain independent professional advice. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Japan </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes
have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No.&nbsp;25 of 1948, as amended (the &#147;FIEA&#148;)). The notes may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the
benefit of, any resident of Japan (including any person resident in Japan or any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-offering</FONT> or resale, directly or indirectly,
in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the FIEA and otherwise in compliance with any relevant laws and regulations of Japan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Singapore </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus have not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any other document or material in
connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether
directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i)&nbsp;to an institutional investor (as defined in Section&nbsp;4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the &#147;SFA&#148;)), (ii) to a relevant person (as defined
in Section&nbsp;275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section&nbsp;275(1) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section&nbsp;275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section&nbsp;275 of the SFA or (iii)&nbsp;otherwise pursuant
to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to the conditions set forth in the SFA. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Where the notes are subscribed or purchased under Section&nbsp;275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (a)&nbsp;a corporation (which is
not an accredited investor as defined in Section&nbsp;4A of the SFA) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of
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whom is an accredited investor; or (b)&nbsp;a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor,
shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries&#146; rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the notes under
Section&nbsp;275 of the SFA except: (1)&nbsp;to an institutional investor under Section&nbsp;274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section&nbsp;275(2) of the SFA), or any person pursuant to Section&nbsp;275(1A), and in accordance
with the conditions, specified in Section&nbsp;275 of the SFA; (2)&nbsp;where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; or (3)&nbsp;by operation of law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Singapore Securities and Futures Act Product Classification&#151;Solely for the purposes of our obligations pursuant to Sections 309B(1)(a)
and 309B(1)(c) of the SFA, we have determined, and hereby notify all relevant persons (as defined in Section&nbsp;309A of the SFA) that the notes are a &#147;prescribed capital markets product&#148; (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital
Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and an Excluded Investment Product (as defined in MAS Notice SFA <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">04-N12:</FONT> Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FAA-N16:</FONT> Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Extended Settlement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect that delivery of the notes will be made to investors on May&nbsp;21, 2024, which will be the third business day following the trade
date (such settlement being referred to as &#147;T+3&#148;). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise.
Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade their notes more than two business days prior to May&nbsp;21, 2024, will be required, by virtue of the fact that the senior notes initially settle in T+3, to specify alternative settlement arrangements to
prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the notes who wish to trade the notes during such period should consult their advisors. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain legal matters in connection with the offering of the notes will be passed upon for us by Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp; Wardwell LLP, New York,
New York. Certain legal matters in connection with the offering of the notes will be passed upon for the underwriters by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP, New York, New York. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="suptx828932_15"></A>INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The consolidated financial statements of The AES Corporation appearing in The AES Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;26, 2024, for the three years in the period ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 and the effectiveness of The AES Corporation&#146;s internal control over financial reporting as of
December&nbsp;31, 2023, have been audited by Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The AES Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may offer from time to time common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares representing preferred stock, debt securities, warrants,
purchase contracts or units. In addition, certain selling securityholders to be identified in a prospectus supplement may offer and sell these securities from time to time, in amounts, at prices and on terms that will be determined at the time the
securities are offered. Specific terms of these securities will be provided in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any supplement carefully before you invest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our common stock and corporate units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#147;AES&#148; and &#147;AESC&#148;,
respectively. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Investing in these securities involves certain risks. See &#147;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476122000022/aes-20211231.htm">Risk
 Factors</A>&#148; beginning on page 56 of our annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, which is incorporated by reference herein. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities, or
determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>This prospectus
may not be used to sell securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement</B>. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The date of
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other
information that others may give you. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement or in any such free writing prospectus is accurate as of any date other than their respective dates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms
&#147;AES&#148;, &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; and &#147;our&#148; refer to The AES Corporation and its subsidiaries. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Incorporated in 1981, AES is a global energy company accelerating the future of energy. Together with our many stakeholders, we are improving
lives by delivering the greener, smarter energy solutions the world needs. Our diverse workforce is committed to continuous innovation and operational excellence, while partnering with our customers on their strategic energy transitions and
continuing to meet their energy needs today. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are organized into four market-oriented SBUs: US and Utilities (United States, Puerto
Rico and El Salvador); South America (Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil); MCAC (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean); and Eurasia (Europe and Asia). We have two lines of business: generation and utilities. Each of our SBUs participates in
our first business line, generation, in which we own and/or operate power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. Our US and Utilities SBU participates in our second business
line, utilities, in which we own and/or operate utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit and sell electricity to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">end-user</FONT> customers in the residential, commercial, industrial and governmental
sectors within a defined service area. In certain circumstances, our utilities also generate and sell electricity on the wholesale market. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our principal offices are located at 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Our telephone number is (703) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">522-1315.</FONT> Our website address is <I>http://www.aes.com</I>. We are not incorporating the contents of the website into this prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The name &#147;AES&#148; and our logo are AES owned trademarks, service marks or trade names. All other trademarks, trade names or service
marks appearing or incorporated by reference in this prospectus are owned by their respective holders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>About this Prospectus </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, utilizing a
&#147;shelf&#148; registration process. Under this shelf process, we and/or the selling securityholders may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general
description of the securities we and/or the selling securityholders may offer. Each time we and/or the selling securityholders sell securities pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will provide a prospectus
supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement
together with additional information described under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have filed or
incorporated by reference exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. You should read the exhibits carefully for provisions that may be important to you. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet website at
http://www.sec.gov, from which interested persons can electronically access our reports, proxy and information statements and other information that we file electronically with the SEC, including the registration statement and the exhibits and
schedules thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SEC allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; the information we file with them, which means that we can
disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede
this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and all documents we file pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on or after the date of this prospectus and
prior to the termination of the offering under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000874761/000087476122000022/aes-20211231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;
31, 2021; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000087476121000027/a2021definitiveproxystatem.htm">Definitive
 Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</A> filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;3, 2021; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of our common stock
contained on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000091205700023954/0000912057-00-023954.txt">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A/A</FONT></A> filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;12, 2000, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating that description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may request a copy of these filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning the office of
the General Counsel, The AES Corporation, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203, telephone number (703) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">522-1315.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx828932_3"></A>SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, contains &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements and the underlying assumptions are reasonable, we cannot assure you that they will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements
involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Some of those factors (in addition to others described
elsewhere in this prospectus and in subsequent securities filings) include those factors discussed under the captions entitled &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations&#148; in our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of
activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. If one or more forward-looking statements are updated, no inference should be drawn that additional updates will be made with respect to those or other
forward-looking statements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx828932_4"></A>USE OF PROCEEDS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the securities will be used for general corporate
purposes, including working capital, acquisitions, retirement of debt and other business opportunities. In the case of a sale by a selling securityholder, we will not receive any of the proceeds from such sale. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We and/or the selling securityholders may sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, the following securities: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">purchase contracts; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering material a description of the common stock, preferred stock,
depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units, which may be offered under this prospectus. Any common stock or preferred stock that we offer may include rights to acquire our common stock or preferred stock under any
shareholder rights plan then in effect, if applicable under the terms of any such plan. The terms of the offering of securities, including the initial offering price and the net proceeds to us, will be contained in the prospectus supplement or other
offering material relating to such offer. The prospectus supplement or any other offering material may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or other
offering material before you invest in any of our securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx828932_6"></A>VALIDITY OF SECURITIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The validity of the securities in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered will be passed on for us by Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp;
Wardwell LLP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx828932_7"></A>EXPERTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The consolidated financial statements of The AES Corporation appearing in The AES Corporation&#146;s Annual Report (Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K)</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, and the effectiveness of The AES Corporation&#146;s internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2021, have been audited by Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are, and audited financial statements to be included in subsequently
filed documents will be, incorporated herein in reliance upon the reports of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP pertaining to such financial statements and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the respective dates (to the
extent covered by consents filed with the SEC) given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:25pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT COLOR="#026937"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$950,000,000&nbsp;7.600%&nbsp;Fixed-to-Fixed&nbsp;
Reset&nbsp;Rate&nbsp;Junior&nbsp;Subordinated&nbsp;Notes&nbsp;due&nbsp;2055</FONT></FONT> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Joint Book-Running Managers </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Citigroup </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Goldman
Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mizuho </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Morgan Stanley </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SMBC
Nikko </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Joint Bookrunners </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BNP PARIBAS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BofA
Securities </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Credit Agricole CIB </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HSBC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MUFG </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RBC Capital Markets </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Santander </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Scotiabank
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wells Fargo Securities </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Co-Managers </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CIBC Capital Markets </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Natixis </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Standard
Chartered Bank </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SOCIETE GENERALE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Paid</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;">&#151;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;">&#151;</TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="8" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">$140,220</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="8" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&#151;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="8" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">This registration fee table shall be deemed to update the &#147;Registration fee&#148; in Item 14. Other
Expenses of Issuance and Distribution in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-263244)</FONT> in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r)
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