aep8k04252012.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)
April 24, 2012

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 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 24, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved four proposals.  The proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.
 
Proposal 1
 
The Company’s shareholders elected twelve individuals to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) as set forth below:

Name                          
      Votes For
        Votes Against
                  Abstentions
                 Broker Non-Votes
Nicholas K. Akins
315,542,239
1,829,051
1,292,056
90,651,225
David J. Anderson
315,619,664
1,899,433
1,144,269
90,651,225
James F. Cordes
310,829,351
6,665,278
1,167,434
90,651,225
Ralph D. Crosby, Jr.
310,872,217
6,619,955
1,170,563
90,651,225
Linda A. Goodspeed
315,124,880
2,335,999
1,202,487
90,651,225
Thomas E. Hoaglin
310,704,918
6,776,758
1,181,390
90,651,225
Michael G. Morris
311,758,243
        5,443,386
1,461,084
90,651,225
Richard C. Notebaert
310,748,515
6,736,435
1,178,301
90,651,225
Lionel L. Nowell III
314,993,797
2,503,863
1,165,706
90,651,225
Richard L. Sandor
314,237,643
3,228,316
1,197,407
90,651,225
Sara Martinez Tucker
315,078,090
2,309,162
1,276,114
90,651,225
John F. Turner
312,060,015
5,424,654
1,178,697
90,651,225

Proposal 2

The Company’s shareholders approved the American Electric Power System Senior Officer Incentive Plan as set forth below:

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
      300,065,599
       15,476,881
       3,120,668
      90,651,225

Proposal 3

The Company’s shareholders approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year as set forth below:

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
      402,607,370
        5,464,740
       1,240,706
   —

Proposal 4

The Company’s shareholders approved the advisory vote on executive compensation as set forth below:

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
       300,584,234
       14,235,017
       3,844,315
       90,651,225


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company 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

April 25, 2012