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  <title>cik0000728391-20231205</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-17">0000728391</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" id="f-18">false</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="cik0000728391-20231205.xsd"></link:schemaRef></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0000728391</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2023-12-05</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2023-12-05</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="i46a0eedaa6a74809bb3b9e57f24d2063_1"></div><div style="min-height:49.5pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentType" id="f-1">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" format="ixt:date-monthname-day-year-en" id="f-2">December 5, 2023</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityRegistrantName" id="f-3">IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC.</ix:nonNumeric></span><span 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style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">On December 5, 2023, the Boards of Directors of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. (&#8220;IPALCO&#8221;), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (&#8220;AES&#8221;), and IPALCO&#8217;s principal subsidiary, Indianapolis Power &amp; Light Company, doing business as AES Indiana (&#8220;AES Indiana&#8221;), acting through unanimous written consents, appointed Sherry Kohan as Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IPALCO and AES Indiana, effective January 1, 2024.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Ms. Kohan, 54, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of AES since November 2022 and will continue in that role. Ms. Kohan also serves as a director or officer of other AES affiliates, including as Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and as a Director of IPALCO&#8217;s sister company, DPL Inc., and DPL Inc.&#8217;s primary operating subsidiary, AES Ohio. Ms. Kohan previously served as Vice President and Controller of AES from February 2020 to November 2022 and Vice President, Global Finance Operations at AES from December 2016 to February 2020. From 2010 to 2016, Ms. Kohan served in various roles in AES&#8217; Financial Planning and Analysis group, starting with responsibilities for Financial Planning and Analysis with respect to AES&#8217; generation businesses in Latin America and expanding to also include utility businesses and businesses in other regions. Ms. Kohan began her career at AES in 2000 overseeing AES&#8217; Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Corporate Accounting matters and providing oversight of the local controllership teams for each of AES&#8217; businesses. Prior to joining AES, Ms. Kohan worked for Arthur Andersen in the Audit Assurance Practice. Ms. Kohan is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BS degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">IPALCO and AES Indiana do not separately compensate individuals for their service as officers or members of the Board of Directors of IPALCO or AES Indiana.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Ms. Kohan participates in compensation plans and programs generally available to management of AES and its subsidiaries for services performed for all AES affiliates (including IPALCO and AES Indiana), including those described in IPALCO&#8217;s 2022 Form 10-K/A. Other than such compensation, which generally is in excess of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars annually, Ms. Kohan has not entered into or proposed to enter into any transactions reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(d) Exhibits</span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.142%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:83.658%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Exhibit 104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%">The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:49.5pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="i46a0eedaa6a74809bb3b9e57f24d2063_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:49.5pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:36pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-72pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:45pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.&#160;</span></div><div style="text-indent:45pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="text-indent:45pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;       </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.</span></div><div style="text-indent:45pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:45pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:86.752%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:45.698%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.274%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.728%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date:  December 7, 2023</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Brian Hylander</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Brian Hylander</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-indent:45pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:45pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:49.5pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  FORM
  8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  December 5, 2023
  IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Indiana
  35-1575582
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S Employer Identification No.)
  One Monument Circle
  Indianapolis
  ,
  Indiana
  46204
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
  (
  317
  )-
  261-8261
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
  Title of Each Class
  Trading Symbol(s)
  Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
  N/A
  N/A
  N/A
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
  Emerging growth company
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  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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  Item 5.02
  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  On December 5, 2023, the Boards of Directors of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. ("IPALCO"), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation ("AES"), and IPALCO's principal subsidiary, Indianapolis Power & Light Company, doing business as AES Indiana ("AES Indiana"), acting through unanimous written consents, appointed Sherry Kohan as Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IPALCO and AES Indiana, effective January 1, 2024.
  Ms. Kohan, 54, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of AES since November 2022 and will continue in that role. Ms. Kohan also serves as a director or officer of other AES affiliates, including as Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and as a Director of IPALCO's sister company, DPL Inc., and DPL Inc.'s primary operating subsidiary, AES Ohio. Ms. Kohan previously served as Vice President and Controller of AES from February 2020 to November 2022 and Vice President, Global Finance Operations at AES from December 2016 to February 2020. From 2010 to 2016, Ms. Kohan served in various roles in AES' Financial Planning and Analysis group, starting with responsibilities for Financial Planning and Analysis with respect to AES' generation businesses in Latin America and expanding to also include utility businesses and businesses in other regions. Ms. Kohan began her career at AES in 2000 overseeing AES' Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Corporate Accounting matters and providing oversight of the local controllership teams for each of AES' businesses. Prior to joining AES, Ms. Kohan worked for Arthur Andersen in the Audit Assurance Practice. Ms. Kohan is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BS degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland.
  IPALCO and AES Indiana do not separately compensate individuals for their service as officers or members of the Board of Directors of IPALCO or AES Indiana.
  Ms. Kohan participates in compensation plans and programs generally available to management of AES and its subsidiaries for services performed for all AES affiliates (including IPALCO and AES Indiana), including those described in IPALCO's 2022 Form 10-K/A. Other than such compensation, which generally is in excess of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars annually, Ms. Kohan has not entered into or proposed to enter into any transactions reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
  Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits
  (d) Exhibits
  Exhibit 104
  The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
  Date:  December 7, 2023
  By:
  /s/ Brian Hylander
  Name:
  Brian Hylander
  Title:
  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary