American Electric Power Company Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$AEP
Electric Utilities: Central
Utilities
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
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of American Electric Power Company Inc. (“AEP” or “Company”) elected Peggy I. Simmons to serve as AEP’s Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Chief Administrative Officer effective as of September 1, 2024. In connection with her election, Ms. Simmons resigned as AEP’s Executive Vice President – Utilities effective as of August 31, 2024.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 28, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Peggy I. Simmons to serve as AEP’s Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Chief Administrative Officer effective as of September 1, 2024. In connection with her election, Ms. Simmons resigned as AEP’s Executive Vice President – Utilities effective as of August 31, 2024. A copy of the Company’s related press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished herewith pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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| By: | /s/ David C. House | |||||||
| Name: | David C. House | |||||||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||||||
August 28, 2024