NRG Energy Announces Proposed Offering of $2.0B Senior Notes, to Buy Back Up to $2.4B Sr Notes (NRG)

NRG Energy, Inc. NRG intends to commence an offering of $2.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019 and 2021. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of NRG and will be guaranteed by certain of its domestic subsidiaries. NRG expects to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to repurchase up to $2.4 billion of its 7.375% senior notes due 2016, to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the repurchase of such notes and for general corporate purposes. The notes and related guarantees are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or, outside the United States, to persons other than “U.S. persons” in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes and related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sol in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This notice is issued pursuant to Rule 135c of the Securities Act, and does not constitute an offer to sell the notes, nor a solicitation for an offer to purchase the notes.