Transaction Positions AES to Accelerate Growth as a Leading Clean Energy Platform Across the Americas AES stockholders to receive $15.00 per share in cash Transaction represents a 40.3% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average share price prior to July 8, 2025, the last full day of trading prior to the first media report of a potential acquisition AES to have increased financial flexibility as a private company to advance its strategy and meet the needs of its customers and communities with reliable, affordable and sustainable energy solutions Acquisition to address AES' significant need for capital to support its growth beyond 2027; absent this transaction, funding for future growth investments would likely require a reduction or elimination of the dividend and/or significant new equity issuances AES Indiana and AES Ohio will continue as locally operated and managed regulated utilities Transaction is expected to close in late 2026 or early 2027 NEW YORK, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) ("AES" or "the Company"), Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), a part of BlackRock, and the EQT Infrastructure VI fund ("EQT"), along with co-underwriters California Public Employees' Retirement System ("CalPERS") and Qatar Investment Authority ("QIA") (collectively "the Consortium"), today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the Consortium will acquire AES for $15.00 per share in cash, representing a total equity value of $10.7 billion and an enterprise value of approximately $33.4 billion, including the assumption of existing debt. The transaction represents a 40.3% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average share price prior to July 8, 2025, the last full day of trading prior to the first media report of a potential acquisition.
