Da Santos Bernerd Form 4 AES / Santos Bernerd Da ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Da Santos Bernerd

(Last) (First) (Middle)

4300 WILSON BOULEVARD

(Street)

ARLINGTON VA 22203

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AES CORP [ AES ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP and COO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/19/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/19/2021		A		9,060(1)	A	(1)	192,866	D
Common Stock	02/19/2021		A		33,014(2)	A	(2)	225,880	D
Common Stock	02/19/2021		F		14,888(3)	D	$28.31	210,992	D
Common Stock	02/19/2021		F		1,836(4)	D	$28.31	209,156	D
Common Stock								27,678(5)	I	by 401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") award was granted pursuant to The AES Corporation 2003 Long Term Compensation Plan and will generally vest in three annual installments, subject to the terms and conditions of the award. One-third of the RSUs will vest based on the reporting person's continued employment with AES or a subsidiary on each of February 19, 2022 and February 19, 2023. The final third of the RSUs will vest on February 19, 2024 subject to the reporting person's continued employment with AES or a subsidiary on such date and based, in part, on AES' achievement of certain environmental and social goals. Each RSU entitles the holder to one share of AES Common Stock.

2. This Performance Stock Unit ("PSU") award was granted on February 23, 2018 pursuant to The AES Corporation 2003 Long Term Compensation Plan. After the prescribed three year vesting period, the AES Board of Directors approved the performance value for the grant on February 19, 2021. Each earned PSU entitles the holder to one share of AES Common Stock.

3. Reflects tax withholding in connection with the settlement of PSUs granted in February 2018.

4. Reflects tax withholding in connection with the vesting and settlement of one-third of the RSUs granted February 21, 2020.

5. Since the last Form 4 filing in which such shares were reported on March 20, 2020, the reporting person acquired 879 additional shares of AES Common Stock pursuant to The AES Corporation Retirement Savings Plan. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated February 22, 2022.

	/s/ Bernerd R. DaSantos	02/23/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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