secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)
CIK:        0000004904
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-30T11:01:28+00:00
Accession:  0000004904-26-000063
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

AEP nuclear development president Alicia Knapp exits in involuntary separation
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000063/0000004904-26-000063-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4904/000000490426000063/aep-20260929.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004904-26-000063

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