AES Seeks Lifting of Injunction Suspending Venezuelan Offer.

Business Editors/Banking & Environmental Writers

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000

The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced today that on June 5, a Venezuelan commercial court had issued a preliminary injunction suspending the Venezuelan tender offer for all outstanding shares of C.A. La Electricidad de Caracas (BVC: EDC) at US$0.57 per share, based on a claim of insufficient information relating to the transaction.

AES believes the commercial court lacks jurisdiction and is seeking the immediate lifting of the injunction.

AES is offering to purchase 100% of the outstanding shares of Grupo EDC at US$0.57 per share and 100% of the outstanding ADSs at US$28.50 per ADS.

The U.S. Offer is scheduled to expire on Tuesday, June 6, 2000 at 12:00 midnight, New York City time.

Subject to the conditions of the Venezuelan Offer, AES will purchase all of the shares validly tendered and not withdrawn by 12:00 midnight on Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at US$0.57 per share, and will thereafter purchase all of the shares validly tendered and transferred to the name of Citibank, as trustee, of the Venezuelan Offer, on the shareholder registry of Grupo EDC on or before 12:00 midnight, June 9, 2000, so long as the letter of transmittal for such shares tendered is presented to Citibank prior to 12:00 midnight, June 6, 2000.

AES is a leading global power company comprised of competitive generation and retail supply businesses in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Georgia, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The company's generating assets include interests in one hundred and twenty-five facilities totaling over 44 gigawatts of capacity. AES' electricity distribution network has over 954,000 km of conductor and associated rights of way and sells over 114,000 gigawatt hours per year to over 15 million end-use customers.

In addition, through its various retail electricity supply businesses, the company sells electricity to over 154,000 end-use customers.

AES is dedicated to providing electricity worldwide in a socially responsible way.

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