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

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 30, 2009

 

THE AES CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

(703) 522-1315

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 7.01         Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The AES Corporation (the “Company”) intends to include certain information on its website today which has not previously been disclosed.

 

The information on the Company’s website shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act’) or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 8.01          Other Events.

 

On March 30, 2009, the Company issued a press release pursuant to Rule 135c of the Securities Act, announcing its intention to offer in a private placement $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2016.   The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

The statements set forth above in this report contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those related to future earnings, growth and financial and operating performance.  Forward-looking statements are not intended to be a guarantee of future results, but instead constitute AES’s current expectations based on reasonable assumptions.  Forecasted financial information is based on certain material assumptions.  These assumptions include, but are not limited to, AES’s accurate projections of future interest rates, commodity price and foreign currency pricing, continued normal levels of operating performance and electricity volume at AES’s distribution companies and operational performance at AES’s generation businesses consistent with historical levels, as well as achievements of planned productivity improvements and incremental growth investments at normalized investment levels and rates of return consistent with prior experience.

 

Actual results could differ materially from those projected in AES’s forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Important factors that could affect actual results are discussed in AES’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the risks discussed under Item 1A “Risk Factors” in AES’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Readers are encouraged to read AES’s filings to learn more about the risk factors associated with AES’s business.  AES undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Item 9.01            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated March 30, 2009

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:  March 30, 2009

 

 

		THE AES CORPORATION
		By:	/s/ WILLARD C. HOAGLAND, III
			Name:Willard C. Hoagland, III
			Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

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