AEPCO Item 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Certain Benefit Plans
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)
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May
25, 2006
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AMERICAN
ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-3525
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13-4922640
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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1
Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH
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43215
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
5.04.
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Temporary
Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plan.
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On
May
25, 2006, American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the “Registrant”) received
notice that the American Electric Power System Retirement Savings Plan, the
American Electric Power System Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan, the
American Electric Power System Incentive Compensation Deferral Plan and the
American Electric Power Company, Inc. Retainer Deferral Plan for Non-Employee
Directors (the “Plans”) will be changing record keepers (currently Fidelity
Investments) effective July 1, 2006, and a number of the Plans’ investment
options will change. The notice states that, as a result, participants
temporarily will be unable to reallocate investments in their individual
accounts, and, to the extent applicable, obtain loans from the Plans or obtain
a
distribution from the Plans. This period, during which participants will be
unable to exercise these rights otherwise available under the Plans, is called
a
“blackout period.”
The
blackout period is expected to begin on June 27, 2006 for the American Electric
Power System Retirement Savings Plan (the last day for participants to change
future investment elections and deferral elections at the current record keeper,
Fidelity) and June 30, 2006 for the other plans (the last day for participants
in each of the Plans to access their accounts through the Fidelity phone line
and to make investment exchanges, including those involving the
AEP
Stock Fund). The blackout period is expected to end and all of the Plans are
expected resume operations with JPMorgan providing administrative and
recordkeeping services on July 5, 2006.
The
Registrant received the notice required by Section 101(i)(2)(E) of the
Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, on May 25, 2006.
Inquiries
concerning
the blackout should be directed to JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services, as the
plan recordkeeper, at
1-877-AEP-401k (1-877-237-4015). Any correspondence should be sent to JPMorgan
Retirement Plan Services, P.O. Box 419784, Kansas City, MO
64179-0654.
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.
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AMERICAN
ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
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Name:
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Thomas
G. Berkemeyer
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Title:
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Assistant
Secretary
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May
31,
2006