Form 8-K · Current report

AES Corporation 8-K, filed Aug 27, 2026

Filed
CIK
0000874761
Accession no.
0001140361-26-034714
AI-generated summary

Summary

AES Corporation received CFIUS approval for its previously announced merger with Horizon Parent, L.P., clearing a condition to closing. Upon closing, AES would be jointly owned by investment vehicles affiliated with Global Infrastructure Management, LLC and the EQT Infrastructure VI fund, along with other investors, subject to additional regulatory approvals and customary conditions.

Key points

  • AES Corporation received CFIUS approval on August 27, 2026, a condition to closing its previously announced merger.
  • AES entered the Agreement and Plan of Merger on March 1, 2026, with Horizon Parent, L.P. and Horizon Merger Sub, Inc.
  • Under the agreement, Merger Sub will merge into AES, with AES as the surviving corporation.
  • The merger remains subject to additional regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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Items reported

  • 8.01Other Events

From the filing

Item 8.01. Other Events. As previously announced, on March 1, 2026, The AES Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Horizon Parent, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent”), and Horizon Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger. …

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