Liyanearachchi Dak 4

What Happened

• Dak Liyanearachchi, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of NRG Energy (NRG), received an award/acquisition of 22 shares on 2026-02-02 (transaction code A). No per-share price or total dollar value is reported on the Form 4.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-02; Form 4 filed 2026-02-04.
• Transaction type: Award / other acquisition (code A).
• Shares transacted: 22 shares acquired; price listed as N/A (no cash amount disclosed).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the filing.
• Footnote (F1): The filing states these represent dividend equivalent rights accrued on the reporting person's deferred stock units and/or restricted stock units, which become exercisable proportionately with the underlying units and may only be settled in NRG common stock. Each dividend equivalent right equals one share. The filing also notes "Includes 129 dividend equivalent rights."
• Filing timeliness: No late filing indication in this report.

Context

• This was an award/accrual of dividend-equivalent rights (not an open-market purchase or sale). Dividend-equivalent rights are bookkeeping credits that track the economic value of dividends on deferred equity and are typically settled in company stock when the underlying awards vest or are paid. Such awards are routine compensation or deferred-pay mechanics and do not by themselves indicate a buy/sell sentiment.