8-K

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):
December 12, 2002

THE AES CORPORATION
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State of Incorporation) 333-15487
(Commission File No.) 54-1163725
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1001 North 19th Street, Suite 2000
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

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

NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

Item 5. Other Events

          On December 12, 2002, The AES Corporation (the “registrant”) issued the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES
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
Date: December 12, 2002	By:	/s/ William R. Luraschi
		Name:  William R. Luraschi
		Title:   Senior Vice President             and General Counsel

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

THE AES CORPORATION EXTENDS EXPIRATION DATE OF EXCHANGE OFFER

ARLINGTON, VA, December 12, 2002 – The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced today that it had extended the expiration date of the exchange offer relating to its outstanding $300,000,000 8.75% Senior Notes due 2002 (“2002 Notes”) and $200,000,000 7.375% Remarketable or Redeemable Securities due 2013, which are puttable in 2003 (“ROARs”), from 5:00p.m., New York City time, on December 11, 2002 to 12:00p.m., New York City time, on December 12, 2002.

The AES Corporation has been informed by the exchange agent that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 11, 2002, approximately $240,013,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2002 Notes and $173,889,000 in aggregate principal amount of its ROARs had been tendered in the exchange offer. These amounts represent in excess of 80% and approximately 87% of the outstanding 2002 Notes and ROARs, respectively. Although the minimum condition has been satisfied, consummation of the exchange offer remains subject to a number of significant conditions, which have not yet been satisfied, including AES’ concurrent entry into new senior secured credit facilities to refinance its existing credit facilities.

The offering of the new senior secured notes in the exchange offer is being made only to “qualified institutional buyers” and “persons other than a U.S. person” located outside the United States, as such terms are defined in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and two individuals affiliated with AES who are accredited investors.

The new senior secured notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, or any state securities laws. Therefore, the new senior secured notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable state securities laws. This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the new notes.

CONTACT: Kenneth R. Woodcock, 703-522-1315