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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No. 333-&#8195;&#8195; </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>VISTRA CORP. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">36-4833255</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Primary Standard Industrial</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Classification Code Number)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6555 Sierra Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Irving, Texas 75039 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(214) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">812-4600</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vistra Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stephanie
Zapata Moore </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vistra Corp. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President and General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6555 Sierra Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Irving, Texas 75039 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(214) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">812-4600</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent of Service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>William D. Howell </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sidley Austin LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2021
McKinney Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Dallas, Texas 75201 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(214) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">981-3418</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148;
&#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vistra Corp., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), is filing this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT>
(the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register an additional 5,500,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable to eligible individuals under the
Registrant&#146;s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Registration Statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August&nbsp;4, 2017 (No.
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-219687)</FONT> and June&nbsp;7, 2019 (No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-232025)</FONT> (together, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;) relating to the Plan, including periodic reports that the
Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statements to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement to the extent not replaced hereby. The Prior Registration Statements are
currently effective. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000169281924000012/vistra-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38086),</FONT> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;29, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000169281924000033/vistra-20240331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38086),</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the
Commission on<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524002418/d694804d8k.htm"> January&nbsp;
4, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524039220/d727568d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
20, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524062246/d763091d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
7, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524083639/d820354d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
1, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524090258/d816579d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
9, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524100770/d796257d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
18, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524131947/d829145d8k.htm">May&nbsp;
6, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524178569/d861698d8k.htm">July&nbsp;
12, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524189392/d828589d8k.htm">July&nbsp;31, 2024</A> (other than with respect to Items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01); </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;
31, 2023 from the <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312524086032/d543575ddef14a.htm">Definitive Proxy&#8201;Statement</A> on Schedule 14A of the Registrant filed with the Commission on
April&nbsp;3, 2024; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000169281924000012/vistra-20231231xex4104.htm">Exhibit
 4.104</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (not including any information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> which information is not incorporated by
reference herein), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">de-registers</FONT> all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any such statement modified or superseded will not
be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&#151;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="d879252dex232.htm">Consent of UHY LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.3*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="d879252dex51.htm">Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="#sig">Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page to this Registration Statement). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312519119639/d648708ddef14a.htm#toc648708_32">Vistra Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (filed as Appendix A to Registrant&#146;s Schedule 14A Definitive Proxy
 Statement filed April 3, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="d879252dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table </A></TD></TR>
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herewith. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Irving, State of Texas on
August&nbsp;5, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">Vistra Corp. (Registrant)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kristopher E. Moldovan</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Kristopher E. Moldovan</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below authorizes James A. Burke, Kristopher E. Moldovan and Stephanie Zapata Moore, or any of them, as his
or her attorney in fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, in any and all capacities, this registration statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (and any additional registration statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933 (and all further amendments including post-effective amendments thereto)), and to file the same, with all the exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the
securities which are the subject of such registration statement, as the case may be, which amendments may make such changes in such registration statement, as the case may be, as such attorney may deem appropriate, and with full power and authority
to perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever, which any such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the undersigned
could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of any such attorney or substitute. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on August&nbsp;5, 2024: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ James A. Burke</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">James A. Burke</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Kristopher E. Moldovan</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Kristopher E. Moldovan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Margaret Montemayor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Margaret Montemayor</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President, Chief Accountant and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Scott B. Helm</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Scott B. Helm</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman and Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Hilary E. Ackermann</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Hilary E. Ackermann</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Arcilia Acosta</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Arcilia Acosta</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Gavin Baiera</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Gavin Baiera</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Paul M. Barbas</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Paul M. Barbas</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Lisa Crutchfield</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Lisa Crutchfield</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Julie A. Lagacy</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Julie A. Lagacy</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ John W. (Bill) Pitesa</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">John W. (Bill) Pitesa</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2024.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VISTRA CORP.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
4911
36-4833255
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6555 Sierra Drive
Irving, Texas 75039
(214)
812-4600
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Vistra Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stephanie
Zapata Moore
Vistra Corp.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
6555 Sierra Drive
Irving, Texas 75039
(214)
812-4600
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent of Service)
With a copy to:
William D. Howell
Sidley Austin LLP
2021
McKinney Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214)
981-3418
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Vistra Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), is filing this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register an additional 5,500,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable to eligible individuals under the
Registrant's 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
the contents of the Registration Statements on Form
S-8
filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August 4, 2017 (No.
333-219687)
and June 7, 2019 (No.
333-232025)
(together, the "Prior Registration Statements") relating to the Plan, including periodic reports that the
Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statements to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement to the extent not replaced hereby. The Prior Registration Statements are
currently effective.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (File
No. 001-38086),
filed with the Commission on February 29, 2024;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (File
No. 001-38086),
filed with the Commission on May 10, 2024;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the
Commission on
January 
4, 2024
,
February 
20, 2024
,
March 
7, 2024
,
April 
1, 2024
,
April 
9, 2024
,
April 
18, 2024
,
May 
6, 2024
,
July 
12, 2024
and
July 31, 2024
(other than with respect to Items 2.02, 7.01 and 9.01);
(d)
the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 
31, 2023 from the
Definitive Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A of the Registrant filed with the Commission on
April 3, 2024; and
(e)
the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in
Exhibit
 4.104
of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (not including any information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form
8-K,
which information is not incorporated by
reference herein), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
de-registers
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any such statement modified or superseded will not
be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1*
—
Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP
23.1*
—
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2*
—
Consent of UHY LLP
23.3*
—
Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
—
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
—
Vistra Corp. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (filed as Appendix A to Registrant's Schedule 14A Definitive Proxy
 Statement filed April 3, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference).
107.1*
Filing Fee Table
* Filed
herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Irving, State of Texas on
August 5, 2024.
Vistra Corp. (Registrant)
By:
/s/ Kristopher E. Moldovan
Name:
Kristopher E. Moldovan
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below authorizes James A. Burke, Kristopher E. Moldovan and Stephanie Zapata Moore, or any of them, as his
or her attorney in fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, in any and all capacities, this registration statement on Form
S-8,
and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (and any additional registration statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933 (and all further amendments including post-effective amendments thereto)), and to file the same, with all the exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the
securities which are the subject of such registration statement, as the case may be, which amendments may make such changes in such registration statement, as the case may be, as such attorney may deem appropriate, and with full power and authority
to perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever, which any such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the undersigned
could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of any such attorney or substitute.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on August 5, 2024:
Signatures
Title
/s/ James A. Burke
James A. Burke
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Kristopher E. Moldovan
Kristopher E. Moldovan
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Margaret Montemayor
Margaret Montemayor
Senior Vice President, Chief Accountant and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Scott B. Helm
Scott B. Helm
Chairman and Director
/s/ Hilary E. Ackermann
Hilary E. Ackermann
Director
/s/ Arcilia Acosta
Arcilia Acosta
Director
/s/ Gavin Baiera
Gavin Baiera
Director
/s/ Paul M. Barbas
Paul M. Barbas
Director
/s/ Lisa Crutchfield
Lisa Crutchfield
Director
/s/ Julie A. Lagacy
Julie A. Lagacy
Director
/s/ John W. (Bill) Pitesa
John W. (Bill) Pitesa
Director
/s/ John R. Sult
Director
John R. Sult