UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
June 21, 2024
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
NRG ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 001-15891 (Commission File Number) | 41-1724239 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 910 Louisiana Street Houston Texas | 77002 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(713) 537-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 | NRG | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 21, 2024, NRG Receivables LLC (“NRG Receivables”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), amended its accounts receivable securitized borrowing facility (the “Receivables Facility”) to, among other things, (i) extend the scheduled termination date by one year, (ii) increase the aggregate commitments from $1.4 billion to $2.3 billion and (iii) add a new originator. The Receivables Facility includes a receivables loan and servicing agreement and a receivables sale agreement, and these amendments were effected pursuant to those agreements, as described below.
On June 21, 2024, NRG Receivables, as borrower, NRG Retail, LLC (“NRG Retail”), as servicer, the Company, as performance guarantor, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, and the conduit lenders, committed lenders, LC Issuers and facility agents described therein entered into Amendment No. 4 (the “Receivables Loan Agreement Amendment”) to the Receivables Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2020, as previously amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Receivables Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021, Amendment No. 2 to the Receivables Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2022 and Amendment No. 3 to the Receivables Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2023 (as so amended, the “Receivables Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the Receivables Loan Agreement Amendment, NRG Receivables may borrow up to $2.3 billion outstanding (adjusted seasonally), of which up to $2.3 billion (adjusted seasonally) may be in the form of letters of credit issued by the LC Issuers for the benefit of certain subsidiaries of the Company party to the Receivables Sale Agreement (defined below) (such subsidiaries, the “Originators”) or their affiliates, based on the availability of eligible receivables and other customary factors. The Receivables Loan Agreement Amendment also extended the scheduled termination date of the Receivables Facility by one year to June 20, 2025.
Also on June 21, 2024, Direct Energy Services, LLC (in its capacity as additional originator, the “Additional Originator”) entered into a Joinder Agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) to join as Additional Originator to the Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2020, among Direct Energy, LP, Direct Energy Business, LLC, Green Mountain Energy Company, NRG Business Marketing, LLC, Reliant Energy Northeast LLC, Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC, Stream SPE, Ltd., US Retailers LLC and XOOM Energy Texas, LLC, as Originators, NRG Retail, as the servicer, and NRG Receivables (the “Receivables Sale Agreement”). Pursuant to the Joinder Agreement, the Additional Originator agrees to be bound by the terms of the Receivables Sale Agreement, will sell to NRG Receivables substantially all of its receivables for the sale of electricity, natural gas and/or related services and certain related rights (collectively, the “Receivables”) and in connection therewith have transferred to NRG Receivables the deposit accounts into which the proceeds of such Receivables are paid.
Concurrently with the amendments to the Receivables Facility, NRG Retail and the Originators terminated the existing repurchase facility (the “Repurchase Facility”) that provided short-term financing secured by a subordinated note issued by NRG Receivables.
The foregoing description of the Receivables Loan Agreement Amendment, the Joinder Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The disclosures under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are also responsive to Item 2.03 of this report and are incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: June 21, 2024 | NRG Energy, Inc. | |
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Christine A. Zoino | |
| Christine A. Zoino | ||
| Corporate Secretary | ||