NRG (NRG) Director Antonio Carrillo Receives 65-Share Award

What Happened

• Antonio Carrillo, a director of NRG Energy, received an award of 65 shares on August 3, 2026. The reported transaction is coded as an "A" (award/grant) and the acquisition price is $0.00 (no cash paid). The filing indicates these shares reflect dividend-equivalent rights tied to deferred stock units and/or restricted stock units.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-03; Filing date: 2026-08-05 (filed within the typical 2-business-day Form 4 window).
• Amount: 65 shares acquired at $0.00 (total cash value reported $0).
• Transaction code: A (award/grant).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided excerpt.
• Footnote: The award represents dividend equivalent rights accrued on the reporting person's deferred stock units and/or restricted stock units; each dividend equivalent right is economically equivalent to one share and may only be settled in NRG common stock. The filing notes inclusion of 1,627 dividend equivalent rights.

Context

• This was a compensation-related award (no cash purchase or sale). Awards and dividend-equivalent accruals are common forms of director/employee compensation and do not necessarily signal a buy/sell opinion by the insider. For retail investors, awards are informative about compensation practices but are not the same as an outright open-market purchase.