NRG ENERGY, INC. 4

NRG Energy, Inc. President & CEO Robert J. Gaudette received an automatic award of dividend equivalent rights on deferred/restricted stock units, bringing his directly held stock-equivalent position to 64,069 units.

On August 3, 2026, NRG Energy, Inc. President & CEO Robert J. Gaudette received an automatic accrual of dividend equivalent rights tied to his existing deferred stock units and/or restricted stock units, recorded as an acquisition of common stock equivalents at a reference price of approximately $53.00 per share. The Form 4 indicates that, following this non-cash award, Gaudette beneficially owns 64,069 common stock-equivalent units in direct form, which includes 398 dividend equivalent rights that will vest and settle only in NRG common stock proportionately with the underlying deferred or restricted stock units. Using the current market price of about $120.73 per share, these post-transaction holdings are valued at roughly $7.7 million, underscoring a substantial ongoing equity-based alignment with shareholders rather than an open-market trade.

Filing Facts

CIK

1013871

Ticker

NRG

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001225208-26-006978

Alert Tier

5