Benjamin G. S. Fowke III - 31 Dec 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC (AEP)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ David C. House, Attorney-in-Fact for Benjamin G.S. Fowke III
Issuer symbol: AEP
Transactions as of: 31 Dec 2025
Net transactions value: +$42,434
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 Jan 2026, 13:38:59 UTC
Previous filing: 15 Dec 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III	Director	1 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, COLUMBUS	/s/ David C. House, Attorney-in-Fact for Benjamin G.S. Fowke III	05 Jan 2026	0001206908

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	AEP	Common Stock						25,898	31 Dec 2025	Direct
holding	AEP	Common Stock						2,338	31 Dec 2025	Direct	F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	AEP	Phantom Stock Units	Award	$42,434	+368	+6.2%	$115.31	6,340	31 Dec 2025	Common Stock	368	$0.000000	Direct	F2, F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The reporting director previously deferred the receipt of his quarterly cash retainer into the AEP Stock Fund under the AEP Stock Unit Accumulation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. The reporting director may transfer amounts in the AEP Stock Fund into an alternative investment at any time.
F2	Stock Units are paid to the director in cash or shares upon termination of service unless the director has elected to defer payment for a period that results in payment commencing not later than five years thereafter.
F3	Was AEP Stock Price at the time of the transaction.