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: July 30, 2004
(Date of earliest event reported)
Commission Registrant; State of Incorporation; I.R.S. Employer
File Number Address; and Telephone Number Identification No.
1-3525 AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. 13-4922640
(A New York Corporation)
1 Riverside Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone (614) 716-1000
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index on page 3 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
The information, including the exhibit attached hereto, in this Current
Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Current
Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or
other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as otherwise
stated in such filing.
Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99 is a copy of
the press release of American Electric Power Company, Inc. naming a new member
of its board of directors.
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
July 30, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
99 Press Release issued by American Electric Power Company, Inc.,
dated July 30, 2004.
AEP names Lionel L. Nowell III to board of directors
Friday, July 30, 2004
AEP News Release
Lionel L. Nowell III, senior vice president and treasurer of PepsiCo Inc., has
been eleted to AEP's board of directors, according to Michael G. Morris, AEP's
chairman, president and chief executive officer.
With the election of Nowell, AEP's board consists of 12 members, 11 of whom are
outside directors. Morris is the only inside director.
"Lionel Nowell has an extensive financial background with experience in
corporate strategy and business development, credentials that are valuable to a
corporate board," Morris said. "We're very pleased that he has agreed to join
our board of directors."
Nowell became senior vice president and treasurer of PepsiCo in August 2001 and
is responsible for the PepsiCo's worldwide corporate treasury function,
including worldwide financial activities, capital markets strategies, foreign
exchange, cash forecasting and planning. Previously, he was chief financial
officer of the Pepsi Bottling Group and, prior to that, he was PepsiCo's
controller.
Nowell joined PepsiCo from RJR Nabisco, Inc., where he was senior vice
president, Strategy and Business Development. Prior to that, Nowell was with
Diageo PLC, where he became chief financial officer of Diageo's Pillsbury North
America, Pillsbury Foodservice and Haagen Dazs units.
Nowell holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from The Ohio
State University and is a certified public accountant.
Nowell is on the board of directors for PepsiAmericas and Church & Dwight Co.,
Inc. He is a member of the Dean's Advisory Board at The Ohio State University
Fisher College of Business. He is also an active member of the Executive
Leadership Council, Financial Executive Institute, American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of CPAs.