{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000004904-26-000063","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AEP","cik":"0000004904","company_name":"AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC","filed_at":"2026-09-30T11:01:28+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-30T11:05:00.466745+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:56:41.708080+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.45,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.45,"confidence":"high","headline":"AEP nuclear development president Alicia Knapp exits in involuntary separation","bullets":["Alicia Knapp, President Nuclear Development at American Electric Power, left the company on September 29, 2026; the filing calls the separation involuntary.","Severance under AEP's Executive Severance Plan: one times current salary plus target annual incentive compensation, conditioned on her signing a severance, release and noncompetition agreement.","Package also includes prorated vesting of performance shares and restricted stock units under AEP's long-term incentive plan.","Agreement terms would bar Knapp from competing with AEP for one year and re-affirm non-solicitation, confidentiality, non-disparagement and cooperation covenants; no successor named.","8-K signed September 30, 2026 by Assistant Secretary David C. House; no reason for the departure or replacement plan disclosed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000063","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000063.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000063.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000063.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000063/0000004904-26-000063-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000063/aep-20260929.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:56:41.708080+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}