Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

Pursuant to the terms of that certain Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated as of July 24, 2020, by and among NRG Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), Centrica plc ("Parent"), Centrica Beta Holdings Limited, Centrica Gamma Holdings Limited, Centrica US Holdings Inc., (the "Transferred US Entity"), and Direct Energy Marketing Limited (the "Transferred Canadian Entity"), on January 5, 2021 the Company completed the acquisition of Parent's North American energy supply, services and trading business, Direct Energy (the "Business"), through the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Transferred US Entity and all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Transferred Canadian Entity for an aggregate consideration of $3.625 billion in cash, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

This description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Purchase Agreement, which was attached as

Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2020, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 5, 2021, the Company issued a Press Release announcing, among other things, completion of the acquisition of the Business, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference. The information furnished in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired and (b) Pro Forma Financial Information

The financial information required by Item 9.01(a) and (b) of Current Report on Form 8-K was attached as Exhibits 99.1 , 99.2 and 99.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2020, which is incorporated herein by reference.





(d) Exhibits:



Exhibit
No.                                      Description
  99.1*       Press Release, dated January 5, 2021 issued by NRG Energy, Inc.
104         Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
            embedded within the IXBRL document.

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