secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
CIK:        0000004904
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-21T12:28:34+00:00
Accession:  0000004904-26-000048
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AEP elects David S. Marriott and Charles J. Meyers to board of directors
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- David S. Marriott (Marriott International Chairman) and Charles J. Meyers (Equinix Executive Chairman) elected effective July 20, 2026.
- Marriott appointed to Audit and Technology Committees; Meyers to Nominating, Governance & Compensation and Nuclear Oversight Committees.
- Both directors are independent under NASDAQ and SEC rules; terms run until 2027 annual meeting.
- As non-employee directors, they will receive standard compensation per board-approved policies.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000048/0000004904-26-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000048/aep-20260720.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000048

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