NRG ENERGY, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 5, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NRG ENERGY, INC. (NRG)
CIK: 0001013871
Period of Report: 2012-11-01

Reporting Person: COSGROVE HOWARD E (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-11-01	Dividend Equivalent Rights	$	A	47	Acquired		Common Stock (47)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The dividend equivalent rights accrued on the reporting person's deferred stock units and become exercisable proportionately with the deferred stock units to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of NRG common stock.