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, 2005

 

THE AES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 522-1315

 

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.):

 

o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
		Principal Officers.

 

On March 30, 2005, the Company announced that Joseph C. Brandt, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Integrated Utilities, is leaving the Company.

 

John Ruggirello, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Generation, will serve as acting COO for AES’s Integrated Utilities Business until a permanent replacement is named.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

		THE AES CORPORATION
		(Registrant)
		By:	/s/ Vincent W. Mathis
			Name:	Vincent W. Mathis
			Title:	Assistant General Counsel
Date:	March 30, 2005

 

 

 

 

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