---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-23-000134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T00:33:11.647320+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP establishes $1.7B at-the-market stock offering program with forward sale component

## Summary
- Up to $1.7B of common stock may be sold through multiple sales agents via ATM offerings.
- Company may enter forward agreements; forward purchasers borrow and sell shares to hedge.
- Actual sales depend on market conditions, trading price, and capital needs; potential dilution.
- Distribution Agreement dated Nov 16, 2023; registration statement on Form S-3 filed Nov 6, 2023.
- Forward agreements include price adjustments based on floating interest rate and expected dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-23-000134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490423000134/0000004904-23-000134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490423000134/aep-20231116.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-23-000134.txt

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