American Electric Power Shareholders Approve All Proposals, Re-Elect Directors at Annual Meeting

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Sara Martinez Tucker, AEP’s pb director, told shareholders the company’s intent remains delivering “reliable, affordable power” crossed its 11-state regulated footprint, portion the broader manufacture experiences “unprecedented growth.” She said the institution is prioritizing “structure, strategy, and culture” and credited Fehrman’s enactment with organizing the institution “around the customer,” strengthening execution, fiscal show and regulatory relationships.

Tucker said the committee supports “disciplined investment” successful AEP’s halfway businesses—generation, transmission and distribution—under a $72 cardinal superior plan. She besides said the institution remains connected a maturation trajectory and “aim[s] to bounds residential complaint increases to 3.5% annually.” Tucker added that AEP has aligned astir a shared civilization described as: “Be an owner, beryllium customer-focused, beryllium a squad player, and get worldly done.”

Items enactment to a ballot

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Rob Berntsen, enforcement vice president, wide counsel and firm secretary, outlined 5 proposals submitted for shareholder consideration. He said the committee recommended votes successful favour of each item. The matters included:

• Election of 10 directors to service until the 2027 yearly meeting

• Ratification of the assignment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP arsenic autarkic registered nationalist accounting steadfast for 2026

• Approval of an amendment to summation authorized communal shares from 600 cardinal to 900 million

• Approval of the AEP Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Advisory support of named enforcement serviceman compensation