COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 24, 2025/ PRNewswire/– American Electric Power AEP today revealed the prices of a signed up underwritten offering of 19,607,844 shares of its typical stock at a cost to the general public of $ 102.00 per share. Topic to specific conditions, all shares are anticipated to be obtained by the forward counterparties (as specified listed below) (or their particular affiliates) from 3rd parties and offered to the underwriters and provided in connection with the forward sale contracts explained listed below. Citigroup, Barclays, BofA Securities and Wells Fargo Securities are functioning as lead book-running supervisors for this offering. Goldman Sachs & & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, MUFG and Scotiabank are likewise functioning as lead book-running supervisors and RBC Capital Markets and KeyBanc Capital Markets are functioning as co-managers for this offering.
In connection with the offering, AEP participated in forward sale contracts with each of Citibank, N.A. and Barclays Bank PLC (the “forward counterparties”) under which AEP accepted release and offer to the forward counterparties an aggregate of 19,607,844 shares of its typical stock. In addition, the underwriters of the offering have actually been given a 30-day alternative to acquire approximately an extra 2,941,176 shares of AEP’s typical stock upon the very same terms. If the underwriters exercise their alternative to acquire extra shares, AEP anticipates to participate in extra forward sale contracts with the forward counterparties with regard to the extra shares.
Settlement of the forward sale contracts is anticipated to take place on or prior to December 31, 2026 AEP might, based on specific conditions, choose money settlement or net share settlement for all or a part of its rights or commitments under the forward sale contracts.
If AEP chooses physical settlement of the forward sale contracts, it anticipates to utilize the net profits for basic business functions, which might consist of capital contributions to its energy subsidiaries, acquisitions and/or payment of financial obligation.
The offering is made under a reliable rack registration declaration submitted with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release does not make up a deal to offer or a solicitation of a deal to purchase the securities explained herein, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such a deal, solicitation or sale would be illegal previous to registration or credentials under the securities law of any such jurisdiction. The deal might be made just by ways of a prospectus and the associated prospectus supplement. Copies of these files might be gotten by getting in touch with Citigroup by calling 1-800-831-9146, or by mail at Citigroup c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Opportunity, Edgewood, New York City 11717; Barclays Capital Inc. by calling 1-888-603-5847, or by mail at Barclays c/o 1155 Long Island Opportunity, Edgewood, New York City 11717, or by e-mail at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; BofA Securities by mail at BofA Securities, NC1-022-02-25, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by e-mail at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; or Wells Fargo Securities by calling 1-800-645-375, or by mail at Wells Fargo Securities, 90 South 7 th Street, 5 th Flooring, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, or by e-mail at WFScustomerservice@wellsfargo.com.
ABOUT AEP
Our group at American Electric Power AEP is dedicated to enhancing our consumers’ lives with trusted, budget-friendly power. We are investing $ 54 billion from 2025 through 2029 to boost service for consumers and support the growing energy requirements of our neighborhoods. Our almost 16,000 workers run and keep the country’s biggest electrical transmission system with 40,000 line miles, together with more than 225,000 miles of circulation lines to provide energy to 5.6 million consumers in 11 states. AEP likewise is among the country’s biggest electrical power manufacturers with roughly 29,000 megawatts of varied creating capability. We are concentrated on security and functional quality, developing worth for our stakeholders and bringing chance to our service area through financial advancement and neighborhood engagement. Our household of business consists of AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Civil Service Business of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Business (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP likewise owns AEP Energy, which offers ingenious competitive energy services across the country. AEP is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio
This report made by American Electric Power includes positive declarations within the significance of Area 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although AEP think that its expectations are based upon sensible presumptions, any such declarations might be affected by aspects that might trigger real results and results to be materially various from those predicted. Amongst the aspects that might trigger real outcomes to vary materially from those in the positive declarations are: modifications in financial conditions, electrical market need and market patterns in AEP service areas; the financial effect of increased international trade stress consisting of the disputes in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the adoption or growth of financial sanctions or trade limitations; inflationary or deflationary rate of interest patterns; brand-new legislation embraced in the states in which we run that changes the regulative structure or that avoids the prompt healing of expenses and financial investments; volatility and disturbances in the monetary markets sped up by any cause, consisting of financial and financial policy, chaos associated to federal spending plan or financial obligation ceiling matters, especially advancements impacting the accessibility or expense of capital to fund brand-new capital jobs and re-finance existing financial obligation; the accessibility and expense of funds to fund working capital and capital requirements, especially if anticipated sources of capital such as profits from the sale of properties, subsidiaries and tax credits, and expected securitizations, do not emerge or do not emerge at the level expected, and throughout durations when the time lag in between sustaining expenses and healing is long and the expenses are product; reduced need for electrical power; climate condition, consisting of storms and dry spell conditions, and AEP’s capability to recuperate substantial storm remediation expenses; restrictions or limitations on the quantities and kinds of insurance coverage readily available to cover losses that may develop in connection with natural catastrophes or operations; the expense of fuel and its transport, the credit reliability and efficiency of fuel providers and transporters and the expense of keeping and dealing with utilized fuel, consisting of coal ash and invested nuclear fuel; the accessibility of fuel and essential generation capability and the efficiency of generation plants; AEP’s capability to recuperate fuel and other energy expenses through controlled or competitive electrical rates; the capability to shift from fossil generation and the capability to develop or obtain sustainable generation, transmission lines and centers (consisting of the capability to acquire any essential regulative approvals and licenses) when required at appropriate rates and terms, consisting of beneficial tax treatment, and to recuperate those expenses; the effect of pandemics and any involved interruption of AEP’s service operations due to influence on financial or market conditions, expenses of compliance with prospective federal government guidelines, electrical power use, supply chain problems, consumers, company, suppliers and providers; brand-new legislation, lawsuits and federal government policy, consisting of modifications to tax laws and guidelines, oversight of nuclear generation, energy product trading and brand-new or modified requirements associated with emissions of sulfur, nitrogen, mercury, carbon, soot or particle matter and other compounds that might affect the ongoing operation, expense healing, and/or success of generation plants and associated properties; the effect of federal tax legislation, consisting of prospective modifications to existing tax rewards, on outcomes of operations, monetary condition, capital or credit rankings; the dangers related to fuels utilized before, throughout and after the generation of electrical power and the by-products and wastes of such fuels, consisting of coal ash and invested nuclear fuel; timing and resolution of pending and future rate cases, settlements and other regulative choices, consisting of rate or other healing of brand-new financial investments in generation, circulation and transmission service and ecological compliance; resolution of lawsuits or regulative procedures or examinations; AEP’s capability to effectively handle and recuperate operation, upkeep and advancement task expenses; rates and need for power produced and cost wholesale; modifications in innovation, especially with regard to energy storage and brand-new, establishing, alternative or dispersed sources of generation; AEP’s capability to recuperate through rates any staying unrecovered financial investment in generation systems that might be retired before completion of their formerly predicted helpful lives; volatility and modifications in markets for coal and other energy-related products, especially modifications in the rate of gas; the effect of altering expectations and needs of consumers, regulators, financiers and stakeholders, consisting of advancement, adoption, and usage of expert system by us, our consumers and our 3rd party suppliers and concentrate on ecological, social and governance issues; modifications in energy policy and the allowance of expenses within local transmission companies, consisting of ERCOT, PJM and SPP; modifications in the credit reliability of the counterparties with legal plans, consisting of individuals in the energy trading market; actions of score firms, consisting of modifications in the rankings of financial obligation; the effect of volatility in the capital markets on the worth of the financial investments held by AEP’s pension, other postretirement advantage strategies, captive insurance coverage entity and nuclear decommissioning trust and the effect of such volatility on future financing requirements; accounting requirements regularly released by accounting standard-setting bodies; other dangers and unpredicted occasions, consisting of wars and military disputes, the results of terrorism (consisting of increased security expenses), embargoes, wildfires, cyber security dangers and other devastating occasions; and the capability to draw in and keep the requisite labor force and crucial workers.
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