AES CORP — Director's Dealing 2018

Jan 19, 2018

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AES CORP (AES)
CIK: 0000874761
Period of Report: 2018-01-17

Reporting Person: UBBEN JEFFREY W (Director, See Remarks)
Reporting Person: ValueAct Holdings, L.P. (Director, See Remarks)
Reporting Person: ValueAct Spring Master Fund, L.P. (Director, See Remarks)
Reporting Person: VA Partners I, LLC (Director, See Remarks)
Reporting Person: ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. (Director, See Remarks)
Reporting Person: ValueAct Capital Management, LLC (Director, See Remarks)
Reporting Person: ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC (Director, See Remarks)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1529500	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Units	$		Common Stock (7864)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Each reporting person listed herein disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

F2: The securities reported herein are directly beneficially owned by ValueAct Spring Master Fund, L.P. and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) VA Partners I, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Spring Master Fund, L.P., (ii) ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. as the manager of ValueAct Spring Master Fund, L.P., (iii) ValueAct Capital Management, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P., (iv) ValueAct Holdings, L.P. as the sole owner of the limited partnership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. and the membership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, LLC and as the majority owner of the membership interests of VA Partners I, LLC and (v) ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Holdings, L.P. Jeffrey W. Ubben is a member of the management board of ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC.

F3: Each stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of AES Common Stock. These units will be settled for shares of AES Common Stock after the date the reporting person terminates service on the Board in accordance with the Director's election form under The AES Corporation 2003 Long Term Compensation Plan, as amended on April 23, 2015.

F4: The ValueAct entities referred to in footnote 2 are collectively referred to herein as "ValueAct Capital." Under an agreement with ValueAct Capital, Jeffrey W. Ubben is deemed to hold the common stock for the benefit of the limited partners of ValueAct Spring Master Fund, L.P. and indirectly for (i) VA Partners I, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Spring Master Fund, L.P., (ii) ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. as the manager of ValueAct Spring Master Fund, L.P., (iii) ValueAct Capital Management, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P., (iv) ValueAct Holdings, L.P. as the sole owner of the limited partnership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. and the membership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, LLC and as the majority owner of the membership interests of VA Partners I, LLC and (v) ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Holdings, L.P.