Significant Announcements

• Announced a 25% increase in the Company's quarterly dividend to $0.05 per share beginning first quarter 2014
• Signed agreements for asset sales representing $236 million of equity proceeds to AES
• Increased the Company's cost savings target by $55 million to $200 million of sustainable annual reductions by 2015
• Reaffirmed the Company's total return target of 6%-8% through 2015
• On track to complete 2,231 MW of capacity under construction by 2016
• Completed construction of 36 MW of new wind generation capacity in the United Kingdom and 40 MW of energy storage in Ohio, bringing its total energy storage resource to more than 200 MW
• Commenced construction of $511 million of environmental upgrades of coal-fired capacity at IPL

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2013-- The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) today reported Adjusted Earnings Per Share (Adjusted EPS, a non-GAAP financial measure) of $0.39 for third quarter 2013, an increase of $0.04 from third quarter 2012. In addition, third quarter 2013 Diluted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations increased $2.29 to $0.17 from third quarter 2012, driven by lower impairment expense. Despite the challenges of dry hydrological conditions in Latin America and a weaker Brazilian Real, Adjusted EPS results for the quarter increased 11%, as a result of a lower effective tax rate, operational improvements and the impact of debt repayment and share repurchases.

"We are pleased with our results for the quarter which, despite the severe drought in much of Latin America, put us on track to meet our full year guidance," said Andrés Gluski, AES President and Chief Executive Officer. "Based on continued strong cash flow, we are raising our dividend by 25% to $0.05 per share, payable in the first quarter of 2014. We also increased our cost savings projections by $55 million by 2015. We continue to execute on our strategy of simplifying our portfolio and this quarter we signed three additional asset sales for proceeds of $236 million. We continue to look for partnership opportunities to tailor our equity exposure to larger projects, while retaining the benefits of scale, and have signed $500 million year-to-date on two development and construction projects."

"We are reaffirming our 2013 guidance on all metrics. Cash generation has been strong this year, and we expect to be at the high end of our target range for Parent Free Cash Flow," said Tom O'Flynn , AES Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "Accordingly, the Board approved an increase in our dividend, consistent with the target payout ratio we established earlier this year of 30% to 40% of sustainable Parent Free Cash Flow. We continue to create value by returning cash to shareholders and investing in attractive platform expansions."

Discussion of Operating Drivers of Adjusted Pre-Tax Contribution (Adjusted PTC, a non-GAAP financial measure) and Adjusted EPS

The Company manages its portfolio in six market-oriented Strategic Business Units (SBUs): US (United States), Andes (Chile, Colombia and Argentina), Brazil, MCAC (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean), EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and Asia. As discussed on the second quarter 2013 earnings call, the Company's Adjusted EPS and Adjusted PTC for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2013 include adjustments made to results from equity method investments, consistent with adjustments made to results from consolidated subsidiaries. The Company does not control affiliates reported under the equity method, and the Company has made these adjustments because it now has a controlled process for obtaining this detailed information from its equity method investments.

For the three months ended September 30, 2013, Adjusted EPS increased $0.04 to $0.39, as a result of a lower effective tax rate, as well as an increase in Adjusted PTC. A lower effective tax rate represented $0.03 of the increase, and an increase in Adjusted PTC had a $0.01 impact. Adjusted PTC increased modestly, driven by higher dark spreads in the United Kingdom and lower interest expense on recourse debt, mostly offset by the impact of dry hydrological conditions in Latin America. The impact of dry hydrology was approximately $0.04 for the third quarter.

Third quarter 2013 Adjusted PTC increased $7 million. Key operating drivers of Adjusted PTC included:

• US: An overall decrease of $17 million, primarily driven by customer switching at DP&L, as anticipated.
• Andes: An overall increase of $1 million. AES Argentina recorded an increase due to higher interest income, which is not expected to recur. Chivor in Colombia declined, as a result of lower water inflows, while Chile decreased due to planned maintenance and lower contract prices.
• Brazil: Overall flat for the quarter. Eletropaulo increased for the quarter due to higher volumes, lower costs and the annual tariff adjustment implemented in July 2013, while Tietê decreased, as a result of lower generation and unfavorable foreign currency movements.
• MCAC: An overall increase of $3 million, primarily driven by higher spot sales and generation in the Dominican Republic, partially offset by higher replacement energy purchased due to dry hydrology in Panama.
• EMEA: An overall increase of $15 million, primarily due to higher dark spreads at Kilroot in the United Kingdom.
• Asia: An overall decrease of $23 million, due primarily to higher contract volume at Masinloc in the Philippines, as the plant signed a 7-year contract to reduce merchant exposure, and the sale of its China generation businesses in 2012.
• Corp/Other: An improvement of $28 million, primarily due to lower interest expense on recourse debt.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Adjusted EPS increased $0.11 to $1.01. Adjusted PTC declined as described below, but Adjusted EPS increased as a result of a lower effective tax rate and a lower share count. The unfavorable impact of dry hydrological conditions in Latin America was approximately $0.12 through September 30, 2013.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Adjusted PTC decreased $56 million. Key operating drivers of Adjusted PTC included:

• US: An overall increase of $16 million, primarily due to the favorable impact of the termination of the PPA at Beaver Valley and higher earnings from wind generation facilities. This was partially offset by a decline at Hawaii, as a result of higher outages and related fixed costs, the impacts of lower capacity prices and customer switching at DP&L, and lower contributions from Southland, due to the one-time restart of operations at Huntington Beach units 3 and 4 in 2012.
• Andes: An overall increase of $6 million, driven by the contributions from Ventanas 4, which commenced operations in March 2013, higher availability in Chile, and higher interest income in Argentina. Low water inflows and higher energy purchases in Colombia and lower contract prices in Chile offset these positive trends.
• Brazil: An overall decrease of $43 million, driven by a decline at Sul, as a result of lower demand and the impact of the April 2013 tariff reset. In addition, Tietê declined due to lower generation and higher purchased energy costs, due to low water inflows. These declines were partially offset by the temporary re-start of operations and a favorable reversal of a liability at Uruguaiana after a decision by an arbitration panel and higher volumes and tariffs at Eletropaulo, as described above.
• MCAC: An overall decrease of $8 million, driven by low volumes and higher purchased energy costs in Panama, due to low water inflows, partially offset by higher spot sales in the Dominican Republic, higher volumes in Puerto Rico and a higher tariff in El Salvador.
• EMEA: An overall decrease of $52 million, due primarily to a favorable one-time arbitration settlement at Cartagena in Spain in first quarter 2012 and a decline at Ballylumford in the United Kingdom, driven by a step-down in capacity prices in accordance with the contract. These trends were partially offset by favorable dark spreads at Kilroot in the United Kingdom.
• Asia: An overall decrease of $40 million, due primarily to lower prices and higher contract volumes at Masinloc in the Philippines, as the plant signed a 7-year contract to reduce merchant exposure, and the sale of its generation businesses in China in 2012.
• Corp/Other: An improvement of $65 million as a result of lower general and administrative expenses and lower interest expense on recourse debt.

Discussion of Diluted Earnings per Share from Continuing Operations

Third quarter 2013 Diluted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations increased $2.29 to $0.17, principally due to lower goodwill impairment expense, a lower effective tax rate, lower interest expense, and foreign currency gains, partially offset by higher asset and equity method investment impairments, and lower gross margin.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Diluted Earnings per Share from Continuing Operations increased $2.09 to $0.55, principally due to lower goodwill impairment expense, a lower effective tax rate, lower foreign currency losses, lower interest expense, and higher other income due to the gain from the PPA termination at Beaver Valley, partially offset by losses on extinguishment of debt, lower gain on sale of investment, higher asset and equity investment impairments and lower gross margin.

Discussion of Cash Flow

Third quarter 2013 Proportional Free Cash Flow (a non-GAAP financial measure) was $347 million, a decrease of $154 million from third quarter 2012. This performance was driven by lower Proportional Operating Cash Flow in Brazil and EMEA, as a result of higher working capital requirements, and higher environmental capital expenditures at IPL in Indiana, as anticipated.

Third quarter 2013 Consolidated Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities decreased $160 million to $855 million, driven by lower operating cash flow in Andes and EMEA, as a result of higher working capital requirements.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Proportional Free Cash Flow was $847 million, a decrease of $102 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012, driven by lower Operating Cash Flow in Andes, due to higher working capital requirements, partially offset by higher Operating Cash Flow in the Dominican Republic, as a result of lower working capital requirements.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Consolidated Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities was $2,040 million, an decrease of $89 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2012, driven by Lower Operating Cash Flow in Andes, partially offset by higher Operating Cash Flow in the Dominican Republic, as described above.

Discussion of Other Announcements

• The Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a 25% increase in its quarterly dividend beginning first quarter 2014
  • The quarterly dividend will increase by $0.01 per share to $0.05 per share
  • The first dividend of $0.05 per share will be payable on February 18, 2014 to shareholders of record on February 3, 2014; the ex-dividend date is January 30, 2014
• The Company increased its cumulative annual cost savings target by $55 million to $200 million by 2015
  • The Company's prior target was $145 million in annual cost savings by 2014 and the Company expects to achieve $135 million in 2013 and the remainder in 2014
  • The Company announced incremental savings of $55 million expected to be achieved on a ratable basis over 2014 and 2015

• The Company announced three new asset sale transactions for approximately $236 million in equity proceeds to AES
  • In September 2013, the Company agreed to sell its SONEL power distribution business and Dibamba and Kribi generation facilities in Cameroon for $220 million in equity proceeds to AES; once the transaction is closed, the Company will exit Cameroon; the transaction is expected to close in early 2014
  • In October 2013, the Company signed an agreement to sell its 39 MW wind generation business in Gujarat India; this will allow the Company to focus its efforts on the 1,300 MW expansion of its existing OPGC coal-fired plant in the state of Odisha; the transaction is expected to close in early 2014
  • In November 2013, the Company signed an agreement to sell its wind development pipeline in Poland
  • Since September 2011, the Company has announced or closed 21 asset sales representing approximately $1.4 billion in equity proceeds to AES and plans to exit operations in 8 countries

• On schedule to complete 2,231 MW of capacity under construction expected to come on-line through 2016
  • In July 2013, the Company achieved commercial operations of two wind plants (36 MW in total) in the United Kingdom
  • In September 2013, the Company brought on-line 40 MW of energy storage resource in Ohio, bringing the Company's total energy storage resource to more than 200 MW, including 40 MW in construction in Chile
  • Commenced construction of $511 million investment program to upgrade 2,400 MW of baseload coal-fired capacity at IPL
• Year-to-date, the Company has signed approximately $500 million of partnership agreements, including an investment from Google into the Mount Signal construction project owned by Silver Ridge Power Corporation, the Company's solar joint venture with Riverstone, and a 40% equity investment by Antofagasta Minerals into the Alto Maipo hydro development project in Chile

2013 Guidance

The Company reaffirmed its full year 2013 guidance for all metrics, which is based on foreign exchange and commodity price forward curves as of October 31, 2013. The Company expects to be at the high end of its $750-$1,050 million guidance range for Proportional Free Cash Flow. In addition to reaffirming its guidance, the Company also expects to reach the high end of its $400-$500 million target range for Parent Free Cash Flow.

Update on Total Return Target

The Company also reaffirmed its total return target of 6%-8% through 2015, which includes Adjusted EPS growth of 4%-6% and dividend yield of 1%-2%. This update incorporates the benefit from increased cost savings targets through 2015, offset by the adverse impacts from slower demand growth in Brazil and foreign currency headwinds.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

See Non-GAAP Financial Measures for definitions of Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Adjusted Pre-Tax Contribution, Proportional Free Cash Flow, as well as reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measure.

In providing its full year 2013 Adjusted EPS guidance, the Company notes that there could be differences between expected reported earnings and estimated operating earnings for matters such as, but not limited to: (a) unrealized gains or losses related to derivative transactions (as of September 30, 2013, $(0.04) per share); (b) unrealized foreign currency gains or losses (as of September 30, 2013, $0.04 per share); (c) gains or losses due to dispositions and acquisitions of business interests; (as of September 30, 2013, $(0.03) per share); (d) losses due to impairments (as of September 30, 2013, $0.29 per share); and (e) costs due to the early retirement of debt (as of September 30, 2013, $0.20 per share). At this time, management is not able to estimate the aggregate impact, if any, of these items on reported earnings for the year. Accordingly, the Company is not able to provide a corresponding GAAP equivalent for its Adjusted EPS guidance.

Attachments

Consolidated Statements of Operations, Consolidated Balance Sheets, Segment Information, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Non-GAAP Financial Measures, Parent Financial Information and 2013 Financial Guidance Elements.

Conference Call Information

AES will host a conference call on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Interested parties may listen to the teleconference by dialing 1-888-455-9726 at least ten minutes before the start of the call. International callers should dial +1-517-308-9055. The participant passcode for this call is 11713. Internet access to the presentation materials will be available on the AES website at www.aes.com by selecting “Investors” and then “Quarterly Financial Results.”

A telephonic replay of the call will be available from approximately 12:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, November 7, 2013 through Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Callers in the U.S. please dial 1-866-514-3172. International callers should dial +1-203-369-2005. The system will ask for a passcode; please enter 11713. A webcast replay, as well as a replay in downloadable MP3 format, will be accessible at www.aes.com beginning shortly after the completion of the call.

About AES

The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) is a Fortune 200 global power company. We provide affordable, sustainable energy to 21 countries through our diverse portfolio of distribution businesses as well as thermal and renewable generation facilities. Our workforce of 25,000 people is committed to operational excellence and meeting the world’s changing power needs. Our 2012 revenues were $18 billion and we own and manage $42 billion in total assets. To learn more, please visit www.aes.com.

Safe Harbor Disclosure

This news release contains 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’ current expectations based on reasonable assumptions. Forecasted financial information is based on certain material assumptions. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, our accurate projections of future interest rates, commodity price and foreign currency pricing, continued normal levels of operating performance and electricity volume at our distribution companies and operational performance at our 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 our forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Important factors that could affect actual results are discussed in AES’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including, but not limited to, the risks discussed under Item 1A “Risk Factors” and Item 7: Management’s Discussion & Analysis in AES’ 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Readers are encouraged to read AES’ filings to learn more about the risk factors associated with AES’ business. AES undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Any Stockholder who desires a copy of the Company’s 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K dated on or about February 26, 2013 with the SEC may obtain a copy (excluding Exhibits) without charge by addressing a request to the Office of the Corporate Secretary, The AES Corporation, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Exhibits also may be requested, but a charge equal to the reproduction cost thereof will be made. A copy of the Form 10-K may be obtained by visiting the Company’s website at www.aes.com.

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RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION (PTC) AND ADJUSTED EPS

Adjusted pre-tax contribution (“adjusted PTC”) and Adjusted earnings per share (“adjusted EPS”) are non-GAAP supplemental measures that are used by management and external users of our consolidated financial statements such as investors, industry analysts and lenders.

We define adjusted PTC as pre-tax income from continuing operations attributable to AES excluding gains or losses of the consolidated entity due to (a) unrealized gains or losses related to derivative transactions, (b) unrealized foreign currency gains or losses, (c) gains or losses due to dispositions and acquisitions of business interests, (d) losses due to impairments, and (e) costs due to the early retirement of debt. Adjusted PTC also includes net equity in earnings of affiliates on an after-tax basis.

We define adjusted EPS as diluted earnings per share from continuing operations excluding gains or losses of the consolidated entity due to (a) unrealized gains or losses related to derivative transactions, (b) unrealized foreign currency gains or losses, (c) gains or losses due to dispositions and acquisitions of business interests, (d) losses due to impairments, and (e) costs due to the early retirement of debt.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company changed the definition of adjusted EPS and adjusted PTC to exclude the gains or losses attributable to AES common stockholders at our equity method investments for these same types of items. Previously, these amounts were not excluded from the calculation of adjusted EPS and adjusted PTC because the company did not have a controlled process for obtaining this information from our equity method investments. Accordingly, the Company has also reflected the change in the comparative three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012.

The GAAP measure most comparable to adjusted PTC is income from continuing operations attributable to AES. The GAAP measure most comparable to adjusted EPS is diluted earnings per share from continuing operations. We believe that adjusted PTC and adjusted EPS better reflect the underlying business performance of the Company and are considered in the Company’s internal evaluation of financial performance. Factors in this determination include the variability due to unrealized gains or losses related to derivative transactions, unrealized foreign currency gains or losses, losses due to impairments and strategic decisions to dispose of or acquire business interests or retire debt, which affect results in a given period or periods. In addition, for adjusted PTC, earnings before tax represents the business performance of the Company before the application of statutory income tax rates and tax adjustments, including the effects of tax planning, corresponding to the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. Adjusted PTC and adjusted EPS should not be construed as alternatives to income from continuing operations attributable to AES and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, which are determined in accordance with GAAP.

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