---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-22-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:20:37.182711+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP elects Fowke and Von Thaer as directors; director Rasmussen resigns

## Summary
- Benjamin Fowke (former Xcel CEO) and Lewis Von Thaer (Battelle CEO) elected to AEP board effective Feb 22, 2022.
- Fowke assigned to Governance, Finance, and HR committees; Von Thaer to Audit, Nuclear Oversight, and Tech committees.
- Stephen Rasmussen resigned from board effective Feb 21, 2022, citing personal reasons, no disagreement.
- Both new directors deemed independent under NASDAQ rules; will receive standard non-employee director compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-22-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000013/0000004904-22-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000013/aep-20220216.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-22-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-22-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-22-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen S. Rasmussen resigned as Director at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 16, 2022, Stephen S. Rasmussen notified the Board that he would resign from the Board effective as of February 21, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000013/0000004904-22-000013-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benjamin G. S. Fowke III was elected as Director at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 22, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Benjamin G. S. Fowke III and Lewis Von Thaer to serve as directors of the Company effective February 22, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000013/0000004904-22-000013-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lewis Von Thaer was elected as Director at AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 22, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Benjamin G. S. Fowke III and Lewis Von Thaer to serve as directors of the Company effective February 22, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000013/0000004904-22-000013-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.