Form FWP - Filing under Securities Act Rules 163/433 of free writing prospectuses

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration File No. 333-263244

Supplementing the Preliminary

Prospectus Supplement

dated May 16, 2024

PRICING TERM SHEET

THE AES CORPORATION

May 16, 2024

$950,000,000 7.600% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055

 

Summary of Terms
Issuer:		The AES Corporation (the “Company”)
Issue:		7.600% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2055 (the “notes”)
Maturity:		January 15, 2055 (unless redeemed by the Company as described below under “Optional Redemption”)
Principal Amount:		$950,000,000
Price to Public:		100.000%, plus accrued interest, if any.
Interest Rate:		The notes will bear interest (i) from and including May 21, 2024 to, but excluding, January 15, 2030 (the “First Reset Date”) at the rate of 7.600% per annum (the “Initial Interest Rate”) and (ii) from and including the First Reset Date, during each Reset Period (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) plus a spread of 3.201%, to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).   For additional information and the definitions of the terms Reset Period, Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate, Reset Interest Determination Date and Reset Date, see “Description of the Notes—Interest Rate and Maturity” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Interest Payment Dates:		January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on January 15, 2025 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) (subject to the Company’s right to defer interest payments as described under “Optional Interest Deferral” below)
Reset Date:		The First Reset Date and January 15 of every fifth year after 2030
Optional Interest Deferral:		So long as no event of default (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) with respect to the notes has occurred and is continuing, the Company may, at its option, defer interest payments on the notes, from time to time, for one or more Optional Deferral Periods (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of up to 20 consecutive semi- annual Interest Payment Periods (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) 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. No interest will be due or

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		payable on the notes during any such Optional Deferral Period unless the Company elects, at its 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. The Company may elect, at its 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 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. The Company cannot begin a new Optional Deferral Period until the Company has 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 additional information and the definitions of the terms event of default, Optional Deferral Period and Interest Payment Period, see “Description of the Notes—Events of Default” and “Description of the Notes—Option to Defer Interest Payments” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Optional Redemption:		The Company may redeem some or all of the notes, at its option, in whole or in part (i) 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) 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 “Description of the Notes—Redemption— Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date.   The Company may at its 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 in the Preliminary 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 “Description of the Notes—Redemption—Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 

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		The Company may at its 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 in the Preliminary 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 “Description of the Notes—Redemption—Redemption Procedures; Cancellation of Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to, but excluding, the redemption date. For additional information and the definitions of the terms Tax Event and Rating Agency Event, see “Description of the Notes—Redemption” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Joint Book-Running Managers:		Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Mizuho Securities USA LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
Joint Bookrunners:		BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
		BofA Securities, Inc. Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. MUFG Securities Americas Inc. RBC Capital Markets, LLC Santander US Capital Markets LLC Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Co-Managers:		CIBC World Markets Corp. Natixis Securities Americas LLC Standard Chartered Bank SG Americas Securities, LLC
Trade Date:		May 16, 2024
Settlement Date (T+3):		May 21, 2024
CUSIP / ISIN:		00130H CK9 / US00130HCK95

The information in this communication supersedes the information in the preliminary prospectus supplement to the extent it is inconsistent with such information. Other information presented in the preliminary prospectus supplement is deemed to have changed to the extent affected by the changes described herein.

The issuer has filed a registration statement, including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained by calling Citigroup at 1-800-831-9146, Goldman at 1-866-471-2526, Mizuho at 1-866-271-7403, Morgan Stanley at 1-866-718-1649 or SMBC at 1-888-868-6856.

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