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)
December 10, 2013

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)

 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.02.                      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 10, 2013 American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Nicholas K. Akins, currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has been elected by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as Chairman of the Board of the Company, effective January 1, 2014. Michael G. Morris will be stepping down as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board on December 31, 2013. Mr. Morris will remain a member of the Board until the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders in April 2014.


 
 

 




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

December 11, 2013