Michael Taft Murphy - Apr 15, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Clearway Energy, Inc. (CWEN)

Signature
/s/ Kevin P. Malcarney, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
CWEN
Transactions as of
Apr 15, 2024
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
4/17/2024, 04:24 PM
Previous filing
Mar 5, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CWEN Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share Tax liability -1.24K -4.01% 29.8K Apr 15, 2024 Direct F1, F2
transaction CWEN Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share Tax liability -629 -2.11% 29.2K Apr 15, 2024 Direct F3, F4
transaction CWEN Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share Tax liability -805 -2.76% 28.4K Apr 15, 2024 Direct F5, F6
transaction CWEN Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share Award +7.63K +26.89% 36K Apr 15, 2024 Direct F7, F8, F9

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction CWEN Relative Performance Stock Units Award $0 +14.9K $0.00 14.9K Apr 15, 2024 Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 22.3K Direct F10, F11
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On April 15, 2021, Mr. Murphy was issued 7,397 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") by Clearway Energy, Inc. (f/k/a NRG Yield, Inc.) under Clearway Energy Inc.'s Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"). These RSUs vest ratably over a three-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. Each RSU is equivalent in value to one share of Class C Common Stock of Clearway Energy Inc., par value $.01 per share. On April 15, 2024, 2,863 shares vested. Mr. Murphy elected to satisfy his tax obligation upon the exchange of common stock for RSUs having a value on the date of the exchange equal to the withholding obligation. This form reflects the surrender of 1,244 shares of Class C Common Stock to satisfy the grantee's tax withholding obligation.
F2 In connection with the vesting of the RSUs described above, 392 DERs converted to Class C Common Stock, resulting in the reporting person holding 2,162 dividend equivalent rights that may only be settled in Class C Common Stock. Dividend equivalent rights accrue on the reporting person's restricted stock, which become exercisable proportionately with the restricted stock units to which they relate and may only be settled in Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C Common Stock. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C Common Stock.
F3 On April 15, 2022, Mr. Murphy was issued 3,916 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") by Clearway Energy, Inc. (f/k/a NRG Yield, Inc.) under Clearway Energy Inc.'s Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"). These RSUs vest ratably over a three-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. Each RSU is equivalent in value to one share of Class C Common Stock of Clearway Energy Inc., par value $.01 per share. On April 15, 2024 1,448 shares vested. Mr. Murphy elected to satisfy his tax obligation upon the exchange of common stock for RSUs having a value on the date of the exchange equal to the withholding obligation. This form reflects the surrender of 629 shares of Class C Common Stock to satisfy the grantee's tax withholding obligation.
F4 In connection with the vesting of the RSUs described above, 144 DERs converted to Class C Common Stock, resulting in the reporting person holding 2,018 dividend equivalent rights that may only be settled in Class C Common Stock. Dividend equivalent rights accrue on the reporting person's restricted stock, which become exercisable proportionately with the restricted stock units to which they relate and may only be settled in Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C Common Stock. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C Common Stock.
F5 On April 15, 2023, Mr. Murphy was issued 5,234 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") by Clearway Energy, Inc. (f/k/a NRG Yield, Inc.) under Clearway Energy Inc.'s Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"). These RSUs vest ratably over a three-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant. Each RSU is equivalent in value to one share of Class C Common Stock of Clearway Energy Inc., par value $.01 per share. On April 15, 2024, 1,854 shares vested. Mr. Murphy elected to satisfy his tax obligation upon the exchange of common stock for RSUs having a value on the date of the exchange equal to the withholding obligation. This form reflects the surrender of 805 shares of Class C Common Stock to satisfy the grantee's tax withholding obligation.
F6 In connection with the vesting of the RSUs described above, 112 DERs converted to Class C Common Stock, resulting in the reporting person holding 1,906 dividend equivalent rights that may only be settled in Class C Common Stock. Dividend equivalent rights accrue on the reporting person's restricted stock, which become exercisable proportionately with the restricted stock units to which they relate and may only be settled in Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C Common Stock. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C Common Stock.
F7 Represents RSUs issued to Mr. Murphy under the LTIP.
F8 Each RSU is equivalent in value to one share of Clearway Energy, Inc.'s Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.
F9 The Reporting Person will receive from Clearway Energy, Inc. one such share of Class C Common Stock for each RSU that will vest ratably over a three-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of the grant.
F10 The Reporting Person was issued 14,870 Relative Performance Stock Units ("RPSUs") by Clearway Energy, Inc. under the LTIP on April 15, 2024. The RPSUs will convert to shares of Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C Common Stock on April 15, 2027 only in the event the Company has achieved a certain level of total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to the Peer Group (defined below) over a three-year performance period. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Reporting Person may receive is interpolated for TSR falling between Threshold, Target, and Maximum levels as described below.
F11 Reporting Person will receive (i) a maximum of 22,305 shares of Class C Common Stock if Company's TSR is ranked at or above the 75th percentile relative to a peer group of companies approved by the Company's Compensation Committee (the "Peer Group") for the performance period ("Maximum"); (ii) 14,870 shares of Class C Common Stock if Company's TSR is ranked at the 50th percentile relative to the Peer Group for the performance period (the "Target"); provided, however, if TSR is less than negative twenty percent (-20%), the Company's TSR must be ranked at the 60th percentile relative to the Peer Group for the performance period to receive the Target award; or (iii) 3,710 shares of Common Stock if Company's TSR is ranked at the 25th percentile relative to the Peer Group for the performance period (the "Threshold"). The Reporting Person will not receive any shares of Common Stock if Company's TSR is below the 25th percentile.