UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 26, 2016

NRG YIELD, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

211 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(609) 524-4500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 21, 2015, the Delaware Chancery Court issued an opinion in In re VAALCO Energy, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, Consol. C.A. No. 11775-VCL, invalidating as a matter of law provisions of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of VAALCO Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, that permitted the removal of VAALCO’s directors by its stockholders only for cause. The Chancery Court held that, in the absence of a classified board or cumulative voting, VAALCO’s “only for-cause” director removal provisions conflict with Section 141(k) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and are therefore invalid.

Article 10, Section 1 of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) of NRG Yield, Inc. (the “Company”) contains a similar “only for-cause” director removal provision, and the Company does not have a classified board of directors or cumulative voting. In light of the recent VAALCO decision, on January 26, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company proposed, declared advisable and approved, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders, an amendment to the Charter in order to provide that, consistent with Section 141(k) of the DGCL, any of the Company’s directors may be removed with or without cause.  The Board directed that such amendment be proposed at the Company’s 2016 annual meeting of stockholders.

Consistent with the Board’s action, and in light of the recent VAALCO decision, the Company will not enforce the “only for-cause” director removal provision.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 26, 2016

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