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 23, 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) |
(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 23, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved three proposals and disapproved one proposal. The proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.
Proposal 1
The Company’s shareholders elected fourteen individuals to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) as set forth below:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| Nicholas K. Akins | 307,495,609 | 1,712,105 | 1,666,306 | 91,542,654 |
| David J. Anderson | 307,435,866 | 1,692,470 | 1,745,757 | 91,542,654 |
| Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. | 307,069,668 | 2,002,813 | 1,801,612 | 91,542,654 |
| Linda A. Goodspeed | 307,112,953 | 2,055,117 | 1,705,699 | 91,542,654 |
| Thomas E. Hoaglin | 307,129,310 | 1,960,222 | 1,784,561 | 91,542,654 |
| Sandra Beach Lin | 307,263,936 | 1,898,207 | 1,710,285 | 91,542,654 |
| Michael G. Morris | 304,264,483 | 4,828,122 | 1,779,121 | 91,542,654 |
| Richard C. Notebaert | 306,760,388 | 2,317,765 | 1,795,940 | 91,542,654 |
| Lionel L. Nowell III | 306,853,780 | 2,245,149 | 1,774,510 | 91,542,654 |
| Stephen Rasmussen | 307,305,954 | 1,786,287 | 1,781,779 | 91,542,654 |
| Oliver G. Richard, III | 306,285,087 | 2,856,357 | 1,731,260 | 91,542,654 |
| Richard L. Sandor | 306,589,544 | 2,368,592 | 1,915,957 | 91,542,654 |
| Sara Martinez Tucker | 307,111,418 | 1,988,535 | 1,774,140 | 91,542,654 |
| John F. Turner | 303,130,596 | 5,895,714 | 1,847,783 | 91,542,654 |
Proposal 2
The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions |
| 396,298,098 | 4,289,129 | 1,826,012 |
Proposal 3
The Company’s shareholders approved the advisory vote on executive compensation as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| 292,163,059 | 13,706,676 | 4,999,728 | 91,543,429 |
Proposal 4
The Company’s shareholders did not approve the lobbying expenditures disclosure report as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| 31,886,826 | 256,343,163 | 22,640,329 | 91,543,429 |
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. |
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| | By: | /s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer |
| | Name: | Thomas G. Berkemeyer |
| | Title: | Assistant Secretary |
April 24, 2013
