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: August 13, 2002
(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) 223-1000
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 13, 2002, American Electric Power Company, Inc. (the "Company")
delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") certifications of
its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by
SEC Order No. 4-460. Copies of the certification are attached as Exhibits 99(a)
and 99(b) to this report.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
99(a) Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to 1934
Securities Exchange Act Filings, filed by E. Linn Draper,
Jr. on August 13, 2002.
99(b) Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to 1934 Securities Exchange Act Filings, filed
by Susan Tomasky on August 13, 2002.
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/ Jeffrey D. Cross
Name: Jeffrey D. Cross
Title: Assistant Secretary
August 13, 2002
Exhibit 99(a)
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO
1934 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, E. Linn Draper, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of American
Electric Power Company, Inc., state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of American Electric Power Company, Inc., and, except as
corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed); and
o No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
o Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Electric Power
Company, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2001 filed with the Commission; and
o All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of American Electric Power Company, Inc.
filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and
o Any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ E. Linn Draper, Jr._______
E. Linn Draper, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 2002.
_/s/ Leslye R. Creek_____
Notary Public
My Commission expires: 3-17-04
Exhibit 99(b)
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO
1934 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Susan Tomasky, Chief Financial Officer of American
Electric Power Company, Inc., state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of American Electric Power Company, Inc., and, except as
corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
o No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed); and
o No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
o Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Electric Power
Company, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2001 filed with the Commission; and
o All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of American Electric Power Company, Inc.
filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and
o Any amendments to any of the foregoing.
_/s/ Susan Tomasky____________
Susan Tomasky
Chief Financial Officer
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August, 2002.
_/s/ Leslye R. Creek_____
Notary Public
My Commission expires: 3-17-04