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The AES Corporation Deferred Compensation Program For Directors

 Exhibit 10.3 

THE AES CORPORATION 

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR DIRECTORS 

ARTICLE I 

General Provisions 

Section 1.1. Establishment and Purpose. The AES Corporation (“Company”) maintains The AES Corporation 2003 Long
Term Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (the “2003 Plan”), and The AES Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors (the “Directors’ Plan”). Pursuant to the Directors’ Plan each member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Non-Employee Director”) was previously eligible through an election to defer receipt of any compensation (above any amount of mandatory deferred
compensation) to be earned by such Non-Employee Director and to have Stock Units (as hereinafter defined) credited to an account established for such Non-Employee Director by the Company. Effective April 22, 2010, the Company hereby establishes
The AES Corporation Deferred Compensation Program for Directors (the “Program”) in accordance with the provisions of the 2003 Plan as now or hereafter amended and the terms provided herein. The purpose of the Program is to assist the
Company in attracting, retaining and motivating highly qualified Non-Employee Directors and to promote identification of, and align Non-Employee Directors’ interests more closely with, the interests of the stockholders of the Company. This
Program shall also govern any amounts of mandatory deferral of annual compensation provided to Non-Employee directors in the form of Stock Units. 

The Program shall provided benefits on substantially the same terms and conditions as previously provided under the Directors’ Plan,
as described more fully herein, and shall be administered jointly with the Directors’ Plan as if such plans were governed and administered as one plan. The Program as set forth herein is intended to fully comply with Section 409A.

 In addition to the terms and conditions set forth herein, benefits provided under the Program are subject to, and governed
by, the terms and conditions set forth in the 2003 Plan, which terms are hereby incorporated by reference. Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the 2003 Plan. In
the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Program and the 2003 Plan or Directors’ Plan, the Committee shall have full authority and discretion to resolve such conflict and any such determination shall be final and binding on the
Non-Employee Director and all interested parties. 
 Section 1.2. Definitions. In addition to the terms previously
or hereafter defined herein, the following terms when used herein shall have the meaning set forth below: 

“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time, or any successor
statute. 
 “Committee” shall mean the committee of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Program.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board. 
 “Common
Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share. 
 “Compensation” shall
mean all remuneration to be paid to a Non-Employee Director for services to be rendered during the applicable Plan Year. The Committee may specify for any Plan Year, prior to the last date for making an Election for such Plan Year, that all or a
portion of Compensation shall be subject to mandatory deferral under the Program. 
 “Deferred Compensation”
shall mean all remuneration paid to a Non-Employee Director for service as such that is deferred hereunder. 

 “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date, the closing price for the
Common Stock as reported in the New York Stock Exchange — Composite Transactions reporting system for the date in question or, if no sales were effected on such date, on the preceding date on which sales were effected. 

“Plan Year” shall mean the approximate twelve-month period beginning on the date of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
at which directors are elected to the Board for the year period immediately following such Annual Shareholders Meeting and ending on the date immediately preceding the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company at which directors are elected
to the Board, unless otherwise determined by the Board. 
 “Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A of the
Code, the regulations and other binding guidance promulgated thereunder. 
 “Separation from Service” shall
mean the Director’s death, retirement or other termination of service with the Company and all of its controlled group members within the meaning of Section 409A. For purposes hereof, the determination of controlled group members shall be
made pursuant to the provisions of Section 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code; provided that the language “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” in each place it appears in
Section 1563(a)(1),(2) and (3) of the Code and Treas. Reg. § 1.414(c)-2. Whether the Director has a Separation from Service will be determined based on all of the facts and circumstances and in accordance with the guidance issued
under Section 409A. 
 “Stock Unit” shall mean a credit that is equivalent to one share of Common Stock.

 Section 1.3. Administration. The Program shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a majority of the members of the Committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts approved in writing by a majority of the members of
the Committee, shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. The Committee is authorized to interpret and construe the Program, to make all determinations and take all other actions necessary or advisable for the administration of the Program, and to
delegate to employees of the Company or any subsidiary the authority to perform administrative functions under the Program; provided, however, that the Committee shall have no authority to determine the persons entitled to receive Common Stock or
Stock Units under the Program nor the timing, amount or price of Common Stock or Stock Units issued under the Program. The provisions of this Program and all Elections made hereunder shall be administered, interpreted and construed in a manner
necessary in order to comply with Section 409A or an exception thereto (or disregarded to the extent such provision cannot be so administered, interpreted or construed). It is intended that distribution events authorized under this Program
qualify as a permissible distribution events for purposes of Section 409A, and this Program shall be interpreted and construed accordingly in order to comply with Section 409A. The Company reserves the right to accelerate, delay or modify
distributions to the extent permitted under Section 409A. 
 Section 1.4. Eligibility. An individual who is a
Non-Employee Director shall be eligible to participate in the Program. 
 Section 1.5. Common Stock Subject to the
Program. Common Stock to be issued under the Program shall be from shares authorized to be issued under the 2003 Plan. 

ARTICLE II 

Elections and Distributions 

Section 2.1. Elections to Defer Compensation. Any Non-Employee Director may elect to defer receipt of Compensation otherwise
payable to the Non-Employee Director for a Plan Year and to have such Deferred Compensation credited as Stock Units hereunder (“Stock Unit Election”). If a Non-Employee Director makes a Stock Unit Election or Compensation is subject to
mandatory deferral, an account established for the Non-Employee Director and maintained by the Company shall be credited with that number of Stock Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock (including fractions of a share to two decimal
places) that could have been purchased with the amount of Deferred Compensation subject to a Stock Unit Election based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the day that the Non-Employee Director is elected to
the Board for the Plan Year for which the Stock Unit Election was made by the Non-Employee Director, unless otherwise determined by the Board. 

 Section 2.2. Terms and Conditions of Elections. A Stock Unit Election (an
“Election”) shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: 
 1. An Election for a Plan Year shall be in writing and shall be
irrevocable for such applicable Plan Year; 
 2. An Election shall be effective for any Plan Year only if made on or prior to December 31st
of the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of the Plan Year to which the Election relates (or such other date as permitted by the Committee to the extent consistent with Section 409A). A Non-Employee Director who first becomes
eligible to participate in the Program may file an Election (“Initial Election”) at any time prior to the 30-day period following the date on which the Non-Employee Director initially becomes eligible to participate in the Program. Any
such Initial Election shall only apply to Compensation earned and payable for services rendered after the date on which the Election is delivered to the Company. Accordingly, if an Election is made in the first-year of eligibility but after the
beginning of the Plan Year, then, with respect to Compensation that is earned based on a specific performance period, the Initial Election shall only apply to the total amount of any such Compensation multiplied by the ratio of (i) the number
of days remaining in the Plan Year after the Election to (ii) the total number of days in the Plan Year; and 
 3. An Election shall remain
in effect for all future Plan Years unless terminated or changed pursuant to an Election made on or prior to the last date for filing an Election for the next Plan Year. 

Section 2.3. Adjustment of Stock Unit Accounts.  

a. Cash Dividends — As of the date that any cash dividend is paid to stockholders of the Company, the Non-Employee
Director’s Stock Unit account shall be credited with additional Stock Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock (including fractions of a share to two decimal places) that could have been purchased with the dividends paid on the
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Stock Units in such Non-Employee Director’s account, with the purchase price for such Stock Units based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the day
that the dividend was paid. 
 b. Stock Dividends — In the event that a dividend shall be paid upon the Common Stock
of the Company in shares of Common Stock, the number of Stock Units in each Non-Employee Director’s Stock Unit account shall be adjusted by adding thereto additional Stock Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock which would have
been distributable on the Common Stock represented by Stock Units if such shares of Common Stock had been outstanding on the date fixed for determining the stockholders entitled to receive such stock dividend. 

c. Other Adjustments — In the event that the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of the Company or of another corporation, whether through reorganization, recapitalization, stock split-up, combination of shares, merger or consolidation, then there
shall be substituted, for the shares of Common Stock represented by Stock Units, the number and kinds of shares of stock or other securities which would have been substituted if such shares of Common Stock had been outstanding on the date fixed for
determining the stockholders entitled to receive such changed or substituted stock or other securities. 
 In the event there
shall be any change, other than specified in this Section 2.3, in the number or kind of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company or of any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock shall be changed or for which it shall
have been exchanged, an adjustment in the number of Stock Units or the Common Stock represented by such Stock Units, such adjustment shall be made by the Board and shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Program and on each
outstanding Stock Unit account. In the event of any recapitalization in which shares of Common Stock are converted into, exchanged for or entitled to shares of a non-equity security of the Company, securities of another issuer or other non-stock
consideration, all stock units shall be converted to cash based on the fair market value of the Common Stock immediately prior to the first public 

 
announcement of the recapitalization, or the effective date of the recapitalization, whichever occurs earlier, and the Program shall be terminated unless otherwise determined by the Board;
provided, however, termination of the Program shall not be a distribution event under the Program unless otherwise permitted under Section 409A and other applicable law. 

Section 2.4. Distribution of Stock Units. 

Unless a Non-Employee Director has selected a different payment option as set forth below, on the first business day after the end of the
calendar quarter following the date of such Non-Employee Director’s Separation from Service (other than by reason of such Non-Employee Director’s death), the Company shall distribute such Non-Employee Director’s Stock Units in
substantially equal annual installments as follows: one-fifth (20.00%) of that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the whole number of Stock Units in such Non-Employee Director’s Stock Unit account determined as of the close of the
last trading day on the New York Stock Exchange coinciding with the date of the Non-Employee Director’s Separation from Service (the “Initial Distribution”); and on the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the Initial
Distribution, the Company shall issue to such Non-Employee Director a substantially equal number of shares of Common Stock distributed in connection with the Initial Distribution. Any fractional Stock Units remaining in such account on the forth
anniversary of the Initial Distribution shall be distributed in cash based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock as of such fourth anniversary date. 

A Non-Employee Director may elect, in his or her Initial Election, to receive the Common Stock represented by the Stock Units in such
Non-Employee Director’s Stock Unit account in a single payment upon Separation from Service or commencing on such later date as the Non-Employee Director may specify, or in annual installments (not to exceed ten) commencing on Separation from
Service . 
 A Non-Employee Director may modify any such Initial Election by a subsequent written distribution election (on a
form approved and provided by the Company); provided, however, an Initial Election can only be changed if the following requirements are satisfied: (i) the change will not take effect until twelve (12) months after the election is made;
(ii) the change must be made at least twelve (12) months prior to the previously scheduled payment date (or initial scheduled payment date in the case of installment payments); and (iii) the payment with respect to which the change is
made must be deferred for at least five (5) years from the date the payment would otherwise have been made (or initial scheduled payment date in the case of installment payments); provided, further, the Committee may, in its discretion,
authorize a Non-Employee Director to change a distribution election under any applicable transition rule authorized under Section 409A to the extent consistent therewith. 

4. For purposes of Section 409A and the Program: (i) the right to installment payments shall be treated as the right to a
single payment; and (ii) a payment shall be treated as made on the scheduled payment date if such payment is made at such date or a later date in the same calendar year or, if later, by the 15th day of the third calendar month following the
scheduled payment date. Except as specified in this Section 2.4, a Non-Employee Director shall have no right to designate the date of any payment under the Program. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Non-Employee
Director is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A (as determined in accordance with the procedures established by the Company), any payment to the Non-Employee Director due upon Separation from Service will be delayed
for a period of six months after the date of the Non-Employee Director’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the death of the Non-Employee Director). Any payment that would otherwise have been due or owing during such six-month period will
be paid on the first business day following the end of the six-month period. 
 Section 2.5. Distributions on Death.
In the event of the death of a Non-Employee Director, whether before or after Separation from Service, any Stock Units remaining in the Stock Unit account to which he or she was entitled shall be converted to Common Stock as of the last day of the
calendar quarter in which the Non-Employee Director’s death occurred. Fractional Stock Units shall be converted to cash based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock. The Company shall issue the Common Stock and distribute any applicable
cash for Fractional Stock Units on the first business day after the end of the calendar quarter following the date of the Non-Employee Director’s death in a lump sum to such person or persons or the supervisors thereof, including corporations,
unincorporated associations or trusts, as the Non-Employee Director may have designated. All such designations 

 
shall be made in writing, signed by the Non-Employee Director and delivered to the Company. A Non-Employee Director may from time to time revoke or change any such designation by written notice
to the Company. If there is no unrevoked designation on file with the Company at the time of the Non-Employee Director’s death, or if the person or persons designated therein shall have all predeceased the Non-Employee Director or otherwise
ceased to exist, such distributions shall be made to the Non-Employee Director’s estate. 
 ARTICLE III 

 Miscellaneous Provisions 

Section 3.1. Amendment and Discontinuance. The Board may alter, amend, suspend or discontinue the Program; provided that no
such action shall deprive any person without such person’s consent of any rights theretofore granted pursuant hereto Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of this Program to the contrary, that the Board may, in its sole discretion and
without the Non-Employee Director’s consent, modify or amend the terms of the Program or an Election, or take any other action it deems necessary or advisable, to cause the Program to comply with Section 409A (or an exception thereto).

 Section 3.2. Termination of the Program. This Program shall terminate and full distribution shall be made from
all participants’ Deferred Compensation accounts upon a change of control of the Company. Either of the following shall constitute a change of control: (a) the occurrence, without the prior approval of the Board, of the acquisition,
directly or indirectly, by any person of more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company; (b) the date a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors
whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board before the date of the appointment or election. As used in this sentence and the preceding sentence and to the extent not inconsistent with Section 409A,
person shall mean a natural person, an entity (together with an affiliate thereof, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) or a group, as defined in Rule 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The
Board at any time, at its discretion, may terminate this Program; provided that, termination of the Program shall not be a distribution event under the Program unless otherwise permitted under Section 409A or other applicable law. If the
Program terminates at a time when distributions are not permitted pursuant to Section 409A, distributions in respect of credits to Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Compensation accounts as of the date of termination shall be made in the
manner and at the time prescribed in Sections 2.4 and 2.5. 
 Section 3.3. Compliance with Governmental Regulations.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Program or the terms of any agreement entered into pursuant to the Program, the Company shall not be required to issue any shares hereunder prior to registration of the shares subject to the 2003 Plan under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, if such registration shall be necessary, or before compliance by the Company or any participant with any other provisions of either of those acts or of regulations or rulings of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, or before compliance with other federal and state laws and regulations and rulings thereunder, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. The Company shall use its best efforts to effect such registrations and to
comply with such laws, regulations and rulings forthwith upon advice by its counsel that any such registration or compliance is necessary. 

Section 3.4. Compliance with Section 16. With respect to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act,
transactions under this Program are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 (or its successor rule). To the extent that any provision of the Program or any action by the Board of Directors or the Committee fails to so comply,
it shall be deemed null and void to the extent permitted by law and to the extent deemed advisable by the Committee. 

Section 3.5. Non-Alienation of Benefits. No right or interest of a Non-Employee Director in a Stock Unit account under the
Program may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of except as expressly provided in the Program; and no interest or benefit of any Non-Employee Director under the Program shall be subject to the claims of
creditors of the Non-Employee Director. 
 Section 3.6. Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by applicable law
or regulation, each Non-Employee Director must arrange with the Company for the payment of any federal, state or local income or other tax applicable to the receipt of Common Stock or Stock Units under the Program before the Company shall be
required to deliver to the Non-Employee Director a certificate for Common Stock free and clear of all restrictions under the Program. 

 Section 3.7. Funding. No obligation of the Company under the Program shall be
secured by any specific assets of the Company, nor shall any assets of the Company be designated as attributable or allocated to the satisfaction of any such obligation. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the
Company under the Program, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured creditor of the Company.The AES Corporation Performance Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.4 

THE AES CORPORATION 

PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN 

(As Amended and Restated April 22, 2010)  

 

	1.	Purpose of the Plan 

The purpose of The AES Corporation Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of the Company and its
stockholders by providing incentives to key employees with significant responsibility for achieving performance goals critical to the success and growth of the Company. The Plan is designed to: (i) promote the attainment of the Company’s
significant business objectives; (ii) encourage and reward management teamwork across the entire Company; and (iii) assist in the attraction and retention of employees vital to the Company’s long-term success. The Plan has been
amended to comply with Section 409A. 
  

	2.	Definitions 

For the purpose of the Plan, the following definitions shall apply: 

(a) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

(b) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any successor law thereto. 

(c) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee as is appointed or designated by
the Board to administer the Plan, in each case which shall be comprised solely of two or more “outside directors” (as defined under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder). 

(d) “Company” means The AES Corporation and any subsidiary entity or affiliate thereof, including subsidiaries or
affiliates which become such after adoption of the Plan. 
 (e) “Forfeit,” “Forfeiture,”
“Forfeited” means the loss by a Participant of any and all rights to an award granted under the Plan, including the loss to any payment of compensation by the Company under the Plan or any award granted thereunder. 

(f) “Participant” means any person: (1) who satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Paragraph 4;
(2) to whom an award has been made by the Committee; and (3) whose award remains outstanding under the Plan. 
 (g)
“Performance Goal” means, in relation to any Performance Period, the level of performance that must be achieved with respect to a Performance Measure. 

(h) “Performance Measures” means any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually,
alternatively or in any combination, and subject to such modifications or variations as specified by the Committee, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or subsidiary entity thereof, either individually, alternatively or in
any combination, and measured over a period of time including any portion of a year, annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated
comparison group, in each case as specified by the Committee: cash flow; cash flow from operations; earnings (including, but not limited to, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization or some variation thereof); earnings per
share, diluted or basic; earnings per share from continuing operations; net asset turnover; inventory turnover; capital expenditures; debt; debt reduction; working capital; return on investment; return on sales; net or gross sales; market share;
economic value added; cost of capital; change in assets; expense reduction levels; productivity; delivery performance; safety record and/or performance; stock price; return 

 
on equity; total stockholder return; return on capital; return on assets or net assets; revenue; income or net income; operating income or net operating income; operating income adjusted for
management fees and depreciation, and amortization; operating profit or net operating profit; gross margin, operating margin or profit margin; and completion of acquisitions, business expansion, product diversification, new or expanded market
penetration and other non-financial operating and management performance objectives. 
 To the extent consistent
with Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Committee may determine at the time the performance goals are established that certain adjustments shall apply, in whole or in part, in such manner as specified by
the Committee, to exclude the effect of any of the following events that occur during a Performance Period: the impairment of tangible or intangible assets; litigation or claim judgments or settlements; changes in tax law, accounting principles or
other such laws or provisions affecting reported results; business combinations, reorganizations and/or restructuring programs, including but not limited to reductions in force and early retirement incentives; currency fluctuations; and any
extraordinary, unusual, infrequent or non-recurring items, including, but not limited to, such items separately identified in the financial statements and/or notes thereto in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 

(i) “Performance Period” means, in relation to any award, the calendar year or other period of 12 months or less for
which a Participant’s performance is being calculated, with each such period constituting a separate Performance Period. 

(j) “Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Code, the regulations and other binding guidance promulgated
thereunder. 
 (k) “Retirement” means retirement of an employee as determined and authorized by the Committee.

 (l) “Total and Permanent Disability” means: (1) if the Participant is insured under a long-term
disability insurance policy or plan which is paid for by the Company, the Participant is totally disabled under the terms of that policy or plan; or (2) if no such policy or plan exists, the Participant shall be considered to be totally
disabled as determined by the Committee. 
  

	3.	Administration of the Plan 

(a) The management of the Plan shall be vested in the Committee; provided, however, that all acts and authority of the Committee pursuant
to this Plan shall be subject to the provisions of the Committee’s Charter, as amended from time to time, and such other authority as may be delegated to the Committee by the Board. The Committee may, with respect to Participants whom the
Committee determines are not likely to be subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, delegate such of its powers and authority under the Plan to the Company’s officers as it deems necessary or appropriate. In the event of such delegation, all
references to the Committee in this Plan shall be deemed references to such officers as it relates to those aspects of the Plan that have been delegated. 

(b) Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall, among other things, have full authority and discretion to determine
eligibility for participation in the Plan, make awards under the Plan, establish the terms and conditions of such awards (including the Performance Goal(s) and Performance Measure(s) to be utilized) and determine whether the Performance Goals
applicable to any Performance Measures for any awards have been achieved. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform among all Participants, or classes or categories of Participants, and may be applied to such
Participants, or classes or categories of Participants, as the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, considers necessary, appropriate or desirable. The Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan, to adopt administrative rules,
regulations, and guidelines for the Plan, and may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency or conflict in the Plan or in any award. All determinations by the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on the
Company, the Participant and any and all interested parties. 
 (c) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee will
have the authority and discretion to determine the extent to which awards under the Plan will be structured to conform to the requirements applicable to performance-based compensation as described in Section 162(m) of the Code, and to take such
action, establish such 

 
procedures, and impose such restrictions at the time such awards are granted as the Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to conform to such requirements. Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, if an award under this Plan is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder and a provision of this Plan would prevent such
award from so qualifying, such provision shall be administered, interpreted and construed to carry out such intention (or disregarded to the extent such provision cannot be so administered, interpreted or construed). 

(d) The benefits provided under the Plan are intended to comply with Section 409A or an exception thereunder and shall be construed
accordingly. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if any benefit provided under this Plan is subject to the provisions of Section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder (and not excepted therefrom), the provisions of
the Plan shall be administered, interpreted and construed in a manner necessary to comply with Section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder (or disregarded to the extent such provision cannot be so administered, interpreted, or
construed.) 
  

	4.	Participation in the Plan 

Officers and key employees of the Company shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. No employee shall have the right to participate in
the Plan, and participation in the Plan in any one Performance Period does not entitle an individual to participate in future Performance Periods. 
  

	5.	Incentive Compensation Awards 

(a) The Committee may, in its discretion, from time to time make awards to persons eligible for participation in the Plan pursuant to
which the Participant will earn cash compensation. The amount of a Participant’s award may be based on a percentage of such Participant’s salary or such other methods as may be established by the Committee. Each award shall be communicated
to the Participant, and shall specify, among other things, the terms and conditions of the award and the Performance Goals to be achieved. The maximum amount of an award that may be earned under the Plan by any Participant for any Performance Period
shall not exceed USD $5,000,000. 
 (b) With respect to awards that are intended to be performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code, each award shall be conditioned upon the Company’s achievement of one or more Performance Goal(s) with respect to the Performance Measure(s) established by the Committee. No later than ninety (90) days
after the beginning of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee shall establish in writing the Performance Goals, Performance Measures and the method(s) for computing the amount of compensation which will be payable under the Plan to each
Participant if the Performance Goals established by the Committee are attained; provided however, that for a Performance Period of less than one year, the Committee shall take any such actions prior to the lapse of 25% of the Performance Period. In
addition to establishing minimum Performance Goals below which no compensation shall be payable pursuant to an award, the Committee, in its discretion, may create a performance schedule under which an amount less than or more than the target award
may be paid so long as the Performance Goals have been achieved. 
 (c) The Committee, in its sole discretion, may also
establish such additional restrictions or conditions that must be satisfied as a condition precedent to the payment of all or a portion of any awards. Such additional restrictions or conditions need not be performance-based and may include, among
other things, the receipt by a Participant of a specified annual performance rating, the continued employment by the Participant and/or the achievement of specified performance goals by the Company, business unit or Participant. Furthermore and
notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce the amount of any award to a Participant if it concludes that such reduction is necessary or appropriate based upon: (i) an evaluation
of such Participant’s performance; (ii) comparisons with compensation received by other similarly situated individuals working within the Company’s industry; (iii) the Company’s financial results and conditions; or
(iv) such other factors or conditions that the Committee deems relevant. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Committee shall not use its discretionary authority to increase any award that is intended to be
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. 

	6.	Payment of Individual Incentive Awards  

(a) After the end of the Performance Period, the Committee shall certify in writing the extent to which the applicable
Performance Goals and any other material terms have been achieved. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, earned Awards shall be paid in the first calendar year immediately following the end of the Performance Period and within the applicable
2 1/2 month period specified in Treas. Reg. §
1.409A-1(b)(4) (“Payment Date”). For purposes of this provision, and for so long as the Code permits, the approved minutes of the Committee meeting in which the certification is made may be treated as written certification.

 (b) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Participants who have terminated employment with the Company prior
to the actual payment date of any award for any reason other than death, Retirement or Total and Permanent Disability, shall Forfeit any and all rights to payment under any awards then outstanding under the terms of the Plan and shall not be
entitled to any cash payment for such period. If a Participant’s employment with the Company should terminate during a Performance Period by reason of death, Retirement or Total and Permanent Disability or the Committee determines that an award
is not Forfeited, the Participant’s award shall be prorated to reflect the period of service prior to his/her termination, death, Retirement or Total and Permanent Disability, and shall be paid either to the Participant or, as appropriate, the
Participant’s estate, subject to the Committee’s certification that the applicable Performance Goals and other material terms have been met. 

(c) The Committee shall determine whether, to what extent, and under what additional circumstances amounts payable with respect to an
award under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically, at the election of the Participant, or by the Committee. All deferrals under The AES Corporation Restoration Supplemental Retirement Plan shall be made in accordance with terms and
procedures of such plan. 
  

	7.	Amendment or Termination of the Plan 

While the Company intends that the Plan shall continue in force from year to year, the Company reserves the right to amend, modify or
terminate the Plan, at any time; provided, however, that no such modification, amendment or termination shall, without the consent of the Participant, materially adversely affect the rights of such Participant to any payment that has been determined
by the Committee to be due and owing to the Participant under the Plan but not yet paid. Any and all actions permitted under this Section 7 may be authorized and performed by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may at any time (without the consent of the
Participant) modify, amend or terminate any or all of the provisions of this Plan to the extent necessary to conform the provisions of the Plan with Section 409A or Section 162(m) of the Code, the regulations promulgated thereunder or an
exception thereto regardless of whether such modification, amendment, or termination of the Plan shall adversely affect the rights of a Participant under the Plan. Notwithstanding, (i) Section 409A may impose upon the Participant certain
taxes or other charges for which the Participant is and shall remain solely responsible, and nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed to obligate the Company for any such taxes or other charges, and (ii) in no event shall the Committee
or Board (or any member thereof), or the Company (or its employees, officers, directors or affiliates) have any liability to any Participant (or any other person) due to the failure of the Plan to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A or any
other applicable law. 
  

	8.	Rights Not Transferable 

A Participant’s rights under the Plan may not be assigned, pledged, or otherwise transferred except, in the event of a
Participant’s death, to the Participant’s designated beneficiary, or in the absence of such a designation, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. 

 

	9.	Funding/Payment 

The Plan is not funded and all awards payable hereunder shall be paid from the general assets of the Company. No provision contained in
this Plan and no action taken pursuant to the provisions of this Plan shall create a trust of any kind or require the Company to maintain or set aside any specific funds to pay benefits hereunder. To the extent a Participant acquires a right to
receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right shall be no 

 
greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company. If any earned Award is not paid by the Payment Date due to administrative impracticability, such earned Award will be
paid, without earnings, as soon as administratively practicable thereafter. 
  

	10.	Withholdings 

The Company shall have the right to withhold from any awards payable under the Plan or other wages payable to a Participant such amounts
sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local tax withholding obligations arising from or in connection with the Participant’s participation in the Plan and such other deductions as may be authorized by the Participant or as required by
applicable law. 
  

	11.	No Employment or Service Rights 

Nothing contained in the Plan shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continued employment with the Company (or any of
its affiliates) nor shall the Plan interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or any of its affiliates) to at any time reassign the Participant to a different job, change the compensation of the Participant or terminate the
Participant’s employment for any reason. 
  

	12.	Other Compensation Plans 

Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Corporation from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for employees of
the Corporation, including arrangements that are not intended to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  

	13.	Governing Law 

The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to its conflict of
law provisions. 
  

	14.	Effective Date 

The Plan’s material terms have been approved by the Company’s stockholders. This amendment and restatement of The AES
Corporation Performance Incentive Plan has been duly executed by the undersigned and is effective this 22 day of April 2010. 
  

			
	The AES Corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rita Trehan

		 	Rita Trehan, Vice President, Human Resources

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