---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004904-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEP"
cik: "0000004904"
company_name: "AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:31:34.124549+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEP shareholders approve increase in authorized common shares to 900M

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment to increase authorized common shares from 600M to 900M.
- All 10 director nominees elected; Sara Martinez Tucker received 338.9M for, 65.7M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2026 passed with 464.8M votes for.
- AEP Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved (402.4M for, 1.8M against).
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved (332.6M for, 70.8M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004904-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEP
- cik: 0000004904
- company_name: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000026/0000004904-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000026/aep-20260428.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000026
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC: Amendment to By-Laws to change the effective date of the Committee Name Amendment from July 1, 2026 to May 1, 2026 (effective 2026-04-28).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-04-28
  source text: On April 28, 2026, the Board adopted an amendment to the By-Laws to change the effective date of the Committee Name Amendment to May 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000026/0000004904-26-000026-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to increase authorized shares of common stock from 600,000,000 to 900,000,000 (effective 2026-04-29).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2026-04-29
  source text: American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 28, 2026, at which the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock, par value of $6.50 per share , from 600,000,000 shares to 900,000,000 shares. The amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation will become effective upon the filing of a Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000026/0000004904-26-000026-index.htm

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