---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-25-000198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:39:46.893266+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP grants CEO Fehrman $15M special equity award (performance shares + RSUs) vesting 2030

## Summary
- $10M in performance shares vest Dec 31, 2030, based on 5-year relative TSR vs peers.
- $5M in restricted stock units vest Dec 31, 2030, subject to continuous employment.
- Award designed as retention strategy and to align CEO compensation with performance.
- Performance payout ranges 0%-200% based on rTSR from 20th to 80th percentile.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-25-000198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490425000198/0000004904-25-000198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490425000198/aep-20251218.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-25-000198
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-25-000198.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-25-000198.txt

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