---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-053557"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWEN"
cik: "0001567683"
company_name: "Clearway Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:18:28.896672+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearway Energy eliminates Class A stock; converts all shares to reduced-vote Class C

## Summary
- Class A common stock converted to Class C effective May 1; CWEN.A trading suspended and ticker eliminated.
- Each former Class A share now carries 1/100th vote vs 1 vote previously; CEG's relative voting preserved via trust.
- Stockholders approved charter amendment at April 29 annual meeting; all director nominees elected.
- Total authorized shares reduced from 3.01B to 2.51B; no change to total outstanding shares.
- Voting Trust holds 41.7M Class B shares to maintain CEG's voting power at ~39.5%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-053557
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWEN
- cik: 0001567683
- company_name: Clearway Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926053557/0001104659-26-053557-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926053557/tm2613249d1_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c683fcc02c3daa6ccb45b665ff531261952e3047
  claim: Clearway Energy, Inc.: Certificate of Retirement amends the charter to retire all Class A common stock, reduce authorized Class A shares to zero, reduce total authorized capital stock to 2,510,000,000, and eliminate references to Class A common stock (effective 2026-05-01).
  evidence_excerpt: Following the Class A Conversion, on May 1, 2026, the Company filed with the Delaware Secretary of State a certificate of retirement pursuant to Section 243 of the DGCL (the “Certificate of Retirement”) to retire all shares of Class A common stock converted in the Class A Conversion, which also had the effect of amending the Amended Charter to (i) reduce the total number of authorized shares of Class A common stock from 34,613,853 to zero, (ii) reduce the total number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company from 2,544,613,853 to 2,510,000,000 and (iii) eliminate from the Amended Charter all references to the Class A common stock (collectively, the “Class A Retirement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926053557/0001104659-26-053557-index.htm
- claim_id: 652dec2844fb84e19737ccb16c16afd475f50638
  claim: Clearway Energy, Inc. entered into Voting Trust Agreement with Clearway Energy Group LLC (effective 2026-04-29).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 29, 2026, Clearway Energy Group LLC ("CEG"), the owner of all of the Company’s outstanding shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class B common stock"), and Class D common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class D common stock"), entered into a Voting Trust Agreement (the "Voting Trust Agreement") with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the voting trustee thereunder (the "Voting Trustee"),
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465926053557/0001104659-26-053557-index.htm

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