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  <title>cik0000728391-20240206</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="cik0000728391-20240206.xsd"/></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>2024-02-06</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2024-02-06</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="i1b176e88fd7b4e3bba50dd1d20098f97_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">February 6, 2024</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><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%">On February 6, 2024, Indianapolis Power &amp; Light Company, doing business as AES Indiana (&#8220;AES Indiana&#8221;), a subsidiary of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. (&#8220;IPALCO&#8221;) and The AES Corporation (&#8220;AES&#8221;), announced that Gustavo Garavaglia will be returning to AES in April 2024 and will serve as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the AES US Utilities companies, including IPALCO and AES Indiana. Sherry Kohan will continue to serve as Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the AES US Utilities companies until that time, while also continuing to serve in her primary role as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of AES.</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%">Mr. Garavaglia</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;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%"> 37, has served as Chief Financial Officer of Vale Base Metals since April 2022.</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%">Prior to joining Vale, Mr. Garavaglia spent twelve years at AES, serving as Chief Financial Officer of IPALCO and AES Indiana from November 2018 to March 2022. Mr. Garavaglia also served as a director of AES Indiana from March 2019 to April 2022, and as a director or officer of other AES affiliates, including as Chief Financial Officer of DPL Inc. and The Dayton Power and Light Company, doing business as AES Ohio, from November 2018 to March 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Garavaglia held several other positions while at AES, including as the Director of Financial Planning &amp; Analysis and Development &amp; Transactions for AES Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (&#8220;AES MCAC&#8221;), Senior Manager of Development &amp; Transactions for AES MCAC, Investment Analysis and Risk Manager for AES Brazil, M&amp;A Associate for AES, and Strategic Planning Specialist for AES Brazil. Mr. Garavaglia received a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a Master&#8217;s degree in Business from FGV Brazil, and is a CFA Charterholder. </span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><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. Mr. Garavaglia will participate 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, Mr. Garavaglia 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><span><br/></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 style="width:14.142%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:83.658%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></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="i1b176e88fd7b4e3bba50dd1d20098f97_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; 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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):
  February 6, 2024
  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 February 6, 2024, Indianapolis Power & Light Company, doing business as AES Indiana ("AES Indiana"), a subsidiary of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. ("IPALCO") and The AES Corporation ("AES"), announced that Gustavo Garavaglia will be returning to AES in April 2024 and will serve as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the AES US Utilities companies, including IPALCO and AES Indiana. Sherry Kohan will continue to serve as Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the AES US Utilities companies until that time, while also continuing to serve in her primary role as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of AES.
  Mr. Garavaglia
  ,
  37, has served as Chief Financial Officer of Vale Base Metals since April 2022.
  Prior to joining Vale, Mr. Garavaglia spent twelve years at AES, serving as Chief Financial Officer of IPALCO and AES Indiana from November 2018 to March 2022. Mr. Garavaglia also served as a director of AES Indiana from March 2019 to April 2022, and as a director or officer of other AES affiliates, including as Chief Financial Officer of DPL Inc. and The Dayton Power and Light Company, doing business as AES Ohio, from November 2018 to March 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Garavaglia held several other positions while at AES, including as the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and Development & Transactions for AES Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean ("AES MCAC"), Senior Manager of Development & Transactions for AES MCAC, Investment Analysis and Risk Manager for AES Brazil, M&A Associate for AES, and Strategic Planning Specialist for AES Brazil. Mr. Garavaglia received a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a Master's degree in Business from FGV Brazil, and is a CFA Charterholder.
  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. Mr. Garavaglia will participate 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, Mr. Garavaglia 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:  February 6, 2024
  By:
  /s/ Brian Hylander
  Name:
  Brian Hylander
  Title:
  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary