secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
CIK:        0000004904
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004904-22-000130
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AEP CEO succession: Akins to Executive Chair; Sloat becomes CEO Jan 1, 2023
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- Nicholas K. Akins resigns as CEO effective Dec 31, 2022; becomes Executive Chair of the Board on Jan 1, 2023.
- Julia A. Sloat named CEO effective Jan 1, 2023; she was previously President and CFO since Aug 2022.
- Board increased from 12 to 13 directors; Sloat appointed to fill new directorship and Policy Committee, effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Bylaws amended to add procedural requirements for shareholders using universal proxy rule (Rule 14a-19).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000130/0000004904-22-000130-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490422000130/aep-20221206.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-22-000130

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