X0306 4 2022-12-28 0000874761 AES CORP AES 0001348876 Gluski Andres 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD ARLINGTON VA 22203 1 1 President and CEO Common Stock 2022-12-28 4 M 0 748625 11.89 A 2034129 D Common Stock 2022-12-28 4 S 0 748625 28.43 D 1285504 D Common Stock 30429 I By 401(k) Plan Stock Option (Right to Buy) 11.89 2022-12-28 4 M 0 748625 0 D 2025-02-20 Common Stock 748625 0 D The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 7, 2022. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.17 to $28.92, inclusive. The reporting undertakes to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission Staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range. Since the last Form 4 filing on March 7, 2022, the reporting person acquired 595 additional shares of AES Common Stock pursuant to The AES Corporation Retirement Savings Plan. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated December 28, 2022. This stock option award was granted pursuant to The AES Corporation 2003 Long Term Compensation Plan and vested in three equal annual installments on February 20, 2016, February 20, 2017 and February 20, 2018. /s/ Jennifer V. Gillcrist, attorney-in-fact 2022-12-30