secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
CIK:        0000004904
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004904-22-000081
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AEP eliminates COO role, appoints Simmons, Beam, Hall to expanded EVP positions
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- Lisa Barton to depart as EVP/COO; position eliminated effective Nov 1, 2022; transitional role until then.
- Peggy Simmons named EVP - Utilities; Chris Beam named EVP - Energy Services; Greg Hall named EVP and Chief Commercial Officer.
- Leigh Anne Strahler succeeds Simmons as PSO president/COO; Aaron Walker succeeds Beam at Appalachian Power.
- Julie Sloat (president/CFO) will oversee Simmons and Beam; Hall reports to CEO Akins until Sloat becomes CEO Jan 1, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000081/0000004904-22-000081-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000081/aep-20220920.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-22-000081

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