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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_1"></div><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Registration</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">No.333-</font></div></div><div style="border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-width:0.00pt;padding:5.00pt 5.00pt 5.00pt 5.00pt"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2024</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:19.444%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:218.75pt;padding-right:218.75pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:21.388%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.445%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.809%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.446%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:11pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:218.75pt;padding-right:218.75pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Talen Energy Corporation</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:21.388%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.445%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.809%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.446%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:11pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:218.75pt;padding-right:218.75pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:77.361%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.271%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.056%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.273%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Delaware</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">47-1197305</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(IRS Employer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2200</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Houston, TX 77019</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(888) 211-6011 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Talen Energy Corporation 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Full Title of Plan)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Mark &#8220;Mac&#8221; A. McFarland, Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Talen Energy Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2200</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Houston, TX 77019</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(888) 211-6011</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:21.388%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.445%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.809%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.446%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:11pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:218.75pt;padding-right:218.75pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:76.944%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.538%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.522%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.540%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Copies to&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Matthew R. Pacey, P.C. <br>Michael W. Rigdon, P.C. <br>Kirkland &#38; Ellis LLP <br>609 Main Street, Suite 4700 <br>Houston, Texas 77002 <br>(713) 836-3600 <br></font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">John C. Wander <br>Rebekah D. Reneau <br>Talen Energy Corporation<br>2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2200<br>Houston, TX 77019<br>(888) 211-6011<br></font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:21.388%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.445%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.809%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.446%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:11pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:218.75pt;padding-right:218.75pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:73.333%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.640%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.180%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.640%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:27.498%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.640%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:27.502%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large accelerated filer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accelerated filer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging growth company</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated filer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Smaller reporting company</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  &#9744; </font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:9pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_132"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART I </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Talen Energy Corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) will provide all participants in the Talen Energy Corporation 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) with document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). In accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, the Registrant has not filed such document(s) either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) under the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file. </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_145"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART II </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_156"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) and will be deemed to be a part hereof&#58; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.02pt">The Registrant&#8217;s prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on July 9, 2024, relating to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-1 Registration Statement (File No. 333-280341), originally filed with the Commission on June 20, 2024 (as amended, including all exhibits)&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.02pt">All other reports, if any, filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form S-1 Registration Statement referred to in (a) above&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.52pt">The Description of the Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered included in the Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-A (File No. 001-37388), filed with the Commission on July 9, 2024, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating, changing or otherwise modifying such description.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_167"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 4.  Description of Securities.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable. </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_179"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable. </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_189"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#8220;DGCL&#8221;) authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&#8217;s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act. Our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (&#8220;Charter&#8221;) permits indemnification of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL, and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (&#8220;Bylaws&#8221;) provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers and permit us to indemnify our employees and other agents, in each case to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL.</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers, whereby we have agreed to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including indemnification against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings to which the director or officer was, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that such director or officer is or was a director or officer of ours, provided that such director or officer acted in good faith, in a manner that the director or officer reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interest, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The indemnification provisions in our Charter, Bylaws and the indemnification agreements that we have entered into, or will enter into, with our directors and executive officers may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors and executive officers for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and executive officers, even though an action, if successful, might benefit us and other stockholders. Further, a stockholder&#8217;s investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and executive officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or officer of ours regarding which indemnification is sought, nor is the Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We maintain insurance policies that indemnify our directors and officers against various liabilities arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act that might be incurred by any director or officer in his or her capacity as such.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Certain of our non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers, be insured and&#47;or indemnified against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as members of our board of directors.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan also provides that the committee administering the Plan (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;) is entitled to rely upon any opinion and&#47;or computation furnished to them by the Registrant&#8217;s legal counsel, consultants or agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. The Committee, its members, and any person designated or granted authority pursuant to the Plan shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no officer or employee of the Registrant or the Registrant&#8217;s affiliates or member or former member of the Committee or of the board of directors of the Registrant shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any award granted under it.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The above discussion of the DGCL, the Registrant&#8217;s Charter, Bylaws, indemnification agreements, the Plan, and the Registrant&#8217;s maintenance of directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such statute or applicable document. </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_199"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable. </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_209"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8.  Exhibits.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement, which immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_220"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.  Undertakings.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.02pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.02pt">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:108pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(i)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.03pt">to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:108pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ii)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.04pt">to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in this effective Registration Statement&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:108pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(iii)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.05pt">to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement&#59; </font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.02pt">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.02pt">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.02pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:7.52pt">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_10"></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit Index</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><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:15.422%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:82.378%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Exhibit No.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1622536/000162828024029107/exhibit31-sx1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Talen Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 20, 2024).</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1622536/000162828024029107/exhibit32-sx1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Talen Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 20, 2024).</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">5.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="opinionofkirklandellisllpe.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Kirkland &#38; Ellis LLP.</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">10.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="a2025employeestockpurchase.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Talen Energy Corporation.</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="consentofpricewaterhouseco.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. </a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.2*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Consent of Kirkland &#38; Ellis LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1). </font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">107*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="filingfeetableespp.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Filing Fee Table. </a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Filed herewith.</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_13"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 Houston, State of Texas, on November&#160;14, 2024. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.655%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.150%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:46.496%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.791%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.163%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">TALEN ENERGY CORPORATION</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Mark A. McFarland</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Name&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mark A. McFarland</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Title&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Chief Executive Officer</font></td></tr></table></div><div id="if959639ebfc04842be359a732843cc37_232"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">POWER OF ATTORNEY </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Each person whose signature appears below appoints Mark A. McFarland and Terry L. Nutt, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts and all capacities to sign any and all amendments. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:88.505%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.880%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.449%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.640%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.449%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.882%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Signature</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Date</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Mark A. McFarland</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">November 14, 2024</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mark A. 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Document
Registration
No.333-
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2024
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
Talen Energy Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
47-1197305
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77019
(888) 211-6011
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Talen Energy Corporation 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
Mark "Mac" A. McFarland, Chief Executive Officer
Talen Energy Corporation
2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77019
(888) 211-6011
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Matthew R. Pacey, P.C.
Michael W. Rigdon, P.C.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street, Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 836-3600
John C. Wander
Rebekah D. Reneau
Talen Energy Corporation
2929 Allen Pkwy, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77019
(888) 211-6011
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Emerging growth company
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting 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.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Talen Energy Corporation (the "Registrant") will provide all participants in the Talen Energy Corporation 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") with document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, the Registrant has not filed such document(s) either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) under the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") and will be deemed to be a part hereof:
(a)
The Registrant's prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on July 9, 2024, relating to the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement (File No. 333-280341), originally filed with the Commission on June 20, 2024 (as amended, including all exhibits);
(b)
All other reports, if any, filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form S-1 Registration Statement referred to in (a) above; and
(c)
The Description of the Registrant's Securities to be Registered included in the Registrant's Form 8-A (File No. 001-37388), filed with the Commission on July 9, 2024, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating, changing or otherwise modifying such description.
Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.  Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act. Our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ("Charter") permits indemnification of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL, and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws ("Bylaws") provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers and permit us to indemnify our employees and other agents, in each case to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers, whereby we have agreed to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including indemnification against expenses and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings to which the director or officer was, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that such director or officer is or was a director or officer of ours, provided that such director or officer acted in good faith, in a manner that the director or officer reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interest, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
The indemnification provisions in our Charter, Bylaws and the indemnification agreements that we have entered into, or will enter into, with our directors and executive officers may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors and executive officers for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and executive officers, even though an action, if successful, might benefit us and other stockholders. Further, a stockholder's investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and executive officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or officer of ours regarding which indemnification is sought, nor is the Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.
We maintain insurance policies that indemnify our directors and officers against various liabilities arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act that might be incurred by any director or officer in his or her capacity as such.
Certain of our non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers, be insured and/or indemnified against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as members of our board of directors.
The Plan also provides that the committee administering the Plan (the "Committee") is entitled to rely upon any opinion and/or computation furnished to them by the Registrant's legal counsel, consultants or agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. The Committee, its members, and any person designated or granted authority pursuant to the Plan shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no officer or employee of the Registrant or the Registrant's affiliates or member or former member of the Committee or of the board of directors of the Registrant shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any award granted under it.
The above discussion of the DGCL, the Registrant's Charter, Bylaws, indemnification agreements, the Plan, and the Registrant's maintenance of directors' and officers' liability insurance is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such statute or applicable document.
Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement, which immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in this effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Talen Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 20, 2024).
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Talen Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 20, 2024).
5.1*
Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
10.1*
2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Talen Energy Corporation.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
107*
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 Houston, State of Texas, on November 14, 2024.
TALEN ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Mark A. McFarland
Name:
Mark A. McFarland
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Mark A. McFarland and Terry L. Nutt, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts and all capacities to sign any and all amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Mark A. McFarland
Chief Executive Officer and Director
November 14, 2024
Mark A. McFarland
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Terry L. Nutt
Chief Financial Officer
November 14, 2024
Terry L. Nutt
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Tony Plagens
Chief Accounting Officer
November 14, 2024
Tony Plagens
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Stephen Schaefer
Chairman of the Board of Directors
November 14, 2024
Stephen Schaefer
and Director
/s/ Gizman Abbas
Director
November 14, 2024
Gizman Abbas
/s/ Anthony Horton
Director
November 14, 2024
Anthony Horton
/s/ Karen Hyde
Director
November 14, 2024
Karen Hyde
/s/ Joseph Nigro
Director
November 14, 2024
Joseph Nigro
/s/ Christine Benson Schwartzstein
Director
November 14, 2024
Christine Benson Schwartzstein