## SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION 

## CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 

1 Riverside Plaza Columbus, OH 43215-2373 614-716-1000 

AEP is incorporated in the State of New York. 

ANNUAL MEETING –  The 98th annual meeting of shareholders of American Electric Power Company will be held at 9:30 a.m., Central Daylight Time, Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at the Renais- sance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center, 6808 South 107th East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Admission is by ticket only. To obtain a ticket, please note the instructions in the Notice of An- nual Meeting mailed to shareholders or call the Company. If you hold your shares through a broker, please bring proof of share ownership as of the record date. 

INQUIRIES REGARDING YOUR STOCK HOLDINGS – Registered share- holders (shares owned by you, in your name) should contact the Company’s transfer agent, listed below, if you have questions about your account, address changes, stock transfer, lost certificates, direct deposits, dividend checks and other administrative matters. You should have your Social Security number or account number ready; the transfer agent will not speak to third parties about an account without the shareholder’s approval or appropriate documents. 

## TRANSFER AGENT & REGISTRAR 

EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (formerly First Chicago Trust Company of New York) P.O. Box 43069 Providence, RI 02940-3069 Telephone Response Group: 1-800-328-6955 Internet address: www.equiserve.com Hearing Impaired #: TDD: 1-800-952-9245 

BENEFICIAL HOLDERS – (Stock Held in a Bank or Brokerage Ac- count, sometimes referred to as “Street Name”) – When you purchase stock and it is held for you by your broker, it is listed with the Company in the broker’s name, and this is sometimes referred to as “street name” or a “beneficial owner.” AEP does not know the identity of individual shareholders who hold their shares in this manner; we simply know that a broker holds a certain number of shares which may be for any number of cus- tomers. If you hold your stock in street name, you receive all dividend payments, annual reports and proxy materials through your broker. Therefore, if your shares are held in this manner, questions about your account should be directed to your broker. 

INTERNET ACCESS TO YOUR ACCOUNT –  If you are a registered share- holder, you can access your account information through the Internet at www.equiserve.com. Information about obtaining a password is available toll-free at 1-877-843-9327. 

DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN – A Divi- dend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan is available to all investors. It is an economical and convenient method of purchasing shares of AEP common stock, through initial cash investments, cash dividends, and/or additional optional cash purchases. You may obtain the Plan prospectus and enrollment authorization form by contacting the transfer agent. 

STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING – The Company’s common stock is traded principally on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AEP. AEP stock has been traded on the NYSE for 56 years. 

DIVIDENDS – The Company paid $1.40 in cash dividends on com- mon stock in 2004, all of which are taxable for federal income tax purposes. 35 cents per share was paid in each quarter. AEP normally pays dividends on common stock four times a year, generally around the 15th of March, June, September and December. AEP has paid 379 consecutive quarterly dividends on common stock beginning in 1910. 

NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS – As of December 31, 2004, there were approximately 130,000 registered shareholders and approxi- mately 261,000 individual shareholders holding stock in street name through a bank or broker. There were 395,858,153 shares outstanding at December 31, 2004. 

INTERNET HOME PAGE – Information about AEP, including financial documents, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, news releases, investor presentations, shareholder information and customer service information, is available on the Company’s home page on the Internet at www.AEP.com. 

FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION – Earnings and other financial results, corporate news and company information are available from Shareholder Direct at 1-800-551-1AEP (1237) anytime day or night. Hard copies of information can be obtained via fax or mail. Requests for annual reports, 10-K’s, 10-Q’s, Proxy Statements and Summary Annual Reports should be made through Shareholder.com. This same information is also available on our website at www.AEP.com. 

FINANCIAL COMMUNITY INQUIRIES –  Institutional investors or securi- ties analysts who have questions about the Company should di- rect inquiries to Julie Sloat, 614-716-2885, jsloat@AEP.com; Bette Jo Rozsa, 614-716-2840, bjrozsa@AEP.com; or Adam Hickman, 614-716-2854, ajhickman@AEP.com. Individual shareholders should contact Kathleen Kozero, 614-716-2819, klkozero@AEP. com, or April Dawson, 614-716-2591, addawson@AEP.com. 

## INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

Deloitte & Touche LLP 155 East Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215 

## RECEIVE ANNUAL REPORTS AND PROXY MATERIALS ELECTRONICALLY – 

You can receive future annual reports, proxy statements and proxies electronically rather than by mail; if you are a registered shareholder, log on to www.econsent.com/aep. If you hold your shares in street name, contact your broker. 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – American Electric Power submitted its Annual Certification of the Chief Executive Officer to the New York Stock Exchange regarding the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards on May 25, 2004. American Electric Power filed its Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2, respectively, to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2005. 

