Pourbaix Alexander J 4

What Happened

• Alexander J. Pourbaix, a director of NRG Energy, received an award of 32 shares (transaction code A) on February 2, 2026. The Form 4 lists no per-share price or aggregate dollar value for this award.
• The filing includes a footnote that 252 dividend equivalent rights (DERs) are associated with the reporting person’s deferred and/or restricted stock units; those DERs are the economic equivalent of shares and may only be settled in NRG common stock.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-02; Form 4 filed: 2026-02-04.
• Transaction type: Award/Grant (code A). Price: N/A; aggregate value not disclosed.
• Shares acquired: 32 shares reported as awarded.
• Footnote: 252 dividend equivalent rights accrued on deferred/restricted stock units; each DER equals one share and may be settled in common stock.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not provided in the supplied data.
• Filing timeliness: No late-filing indicator shown in the provided information.

Context

• This was an award (compensation-related grant) rather than an open-market purchase or sale. Awards and dividend-equivalent rights are common forms of director compensation and do not by themselves indicate a buy or sell signal.
• For retail investors, such grants are routine compensation disclosures; the footnote clarifies potential future stock settlement related to dividend equivalents.