-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QFZ1C+Vkj8OpbvQwuZUtFI7XjV8h3Zhpp1QbAo9CI8bFywCSwaDs/18IOig9I0vQ JeR5hkDHjkhDgzMTFu/HMg== 0000004904-09-000023.txt : 20090127 0000004904-09-000023.hdr.sgml : 20090127 20090127163550 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000004904-09-000023 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090127 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20090127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090127 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000004904 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 134922640 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03525 FILM NUMBER: 09548523 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 BUSINESS PHONE: 614-716-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KINGSPORT UTILITIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660906 8-K 1 aep8k012709.htm AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER, INC. FORM 8-K aep8k012709.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
January 27, 2009

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

1-3525
New York
13-4922640
(Commission File Number)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH
43215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

614-716-1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

None
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Items to be Included in this Report

Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On January 27, 2009, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Sara Martinez Tucker to serve as a director of the Company.  Ms. Tucker’s initial term as a director will continue until the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders.  The Board appointed Ms. Tucker to the Policy Committee.

Ms. Tucker was formerly undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education and the past president and chief executive officer of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

The Board has determined that Ms. Tucker is an “independent” director under the Company’s Corporate Governance guidelines and the independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the applicable rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

As a non-employee director, Ms. Tucker will receive the same compensation paid to other non-employee directors of the Company in accordance with the policies and procedures previously approved by the Board for non-employee directors.

There are no arrangements between Ms. Tucker and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Tucker was elected to serve as a director, nor are there any transactions to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party and in which Ms. Tucker has a material interest.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


 
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
 
By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
 
Name:
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
 
Title
Assistant Secretary

January 27, 2009
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