---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-026562"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AES"
cik: "0000874761"
company_name: "AES CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-26T20:12:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T20:14:16.699475+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AES stockholders approve $15.00/share acquisition by GIP/EQT consortium; ~97.9% vote in favor

## Summary
- Stockholders voted ~97.92% in favor, representing ~67.17% of outstanding shares.
- Total equity value ~$10.7B, enterprise value ~$33.4B including assumed debt.
- Transaction expected to close late 2026 or early 2027; HSR waiting period expired June 22.
- Remains subject to federal, state, and foreign regulatory approvals and other conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-026562
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AES
- cik: 0000874761
- company_name: AES CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-26T20:12:47+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000114036126026562/0001140361-26-026562-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874761/000114036126026562/ef20076870_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-026562
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-026562.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-026562.txt

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