UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
:
In the Matter of :
:
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. : CERTIFICATE
Columbus, Ohio 43215 : OF
: NOTIFICATION
(70-5943) :
:
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935 :
:
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of and for the purposes represented by the
declaration, as amended, of American Electric Power Company, Inc.
(the "Company") in the above-captioned file and the orders of the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect thereto (HCAR No.
19879, dated February 8, 1977; HCAR No. 19992, dated April 19,
1977; HCAR No. 20111, dated July 14, 1977; HCAR No. 20506, dated
April 19, 1978; HCAR No. 20979, dated March 29, 1979; HCAR No.
21180, dated August 8, 1979; HCAR No. 21544, dated May 1, 1980;
HCAR No. 22113, dated June 30, 1981; HCAR No. 22539, dated June
15, 1982; HCAR No. 22989, dated June 29, 1983; HCAR No. 23353,
dated June 29, 1984; HCAR No. 23538, dated December 19, 1984;
HCAR No. 23754, dated July 1, 1985; HCAR No. 23980, dated January
3, 1986; HCAR No. 24534, dated December 18, 1987, HCAR No. 25233,
dated December 27, 1990, HCAR No. 25936, dated December 1, 1993,
HCAR No. 26516 dated May 10, 1996 and HCAR No. 26553, dated
August 13, 1996) during the period from July 1, 1996, through
September 30, 1996, the Company issued a total of 258,438 shares
of its Common Stock, $6.50 par value ("Common Stock"), to Stanley
& Co. [a nominee of First Chicago Trust Company of New York
("First Chicago")], at a total purchase price of $10,473,199.95,
for the accounts of participants in the Company's Dividend
Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). During such
period, First Chicago, as Agent under the Plan, also purchased on
the open market for the accounts of participants a total of
131,131 shares of the Company's Common Stock, at a total purchase
price of $5,378,236.36. These transactions are set forth in more
detail in the attached Schedule I, incorporated herein by
reference.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ A. A. Pena
A. A. Pena, Treasurer
Dated: October 10, 1996
SCHEDULE I
to
CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION (#70-5943)
of
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
For the Period July 1 - September 30, 1996
TRANSACTIONS THIS PERIOD:
- Original Issue Shares -
Shares Price Total
Period Issued Per Share Purchase Price
07/01/96
to 09/30/96 258,438 $40.525 $10,473,199.95
- Open Market Purchases -
Shares Average Price Total
Date Purchased Per Share Purchase Price
07/01/96 3,531 $42.500 $ 150,067.50
07/01/96 360 42.750 15,390.00
07/02/96 5,479 42.750 234,227.25
07/15/96 8,076 42.625 344,239.50
07/16/96 342 42.375 14,492.25
07/17/96 1,862 42.000 78,204.00
08/01/96 3,637 41.625 151,390.13
08/02/96 4,603 43.000 197,929.00
08/15/96 4,189 42.250 176,985.25
08/16/96 857 42.250 36,208.25
09/03/96 3,536 41.000 144,976.00
09/04/96 384 40.875 15,696.00
09/04/96 716 40.750 29,177.00
09/11/96 87,499 40.404 3,535,309.60
09/16/96 4,825 42.000 202,650.00
09/17/96 898 41.500 37,267.00
09/17/96 337 41.625 14,027.63
Total O/M Purch. 131,131 $ 5,378,236.36
- Total Activity This Period -
Shares Total
Purchased Purchase Price
O/I Shares 258,438 $10,473,199.95
O/M Purchases 131,131 5,378,236.36
Total Activity 389,569 $15,851,436.31
SCHEDULE I to CERTIFICATE OF PAGE 2
NOTIFICATION (#70-5943) of
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
For the Period July 1 - September 30, 1996
CUMULATIVE SUMMARY OF TRANSACTIONS:
- Original Issue Shares -
Shares Total
Issued Purchase Price
Totals from last report 43,697,067 $832,580,611.58
Transactions this period 258,438 10,473,199.95
Total Original Issue Shares 43,955,505 $843,053,811.53
- Open Market Purchases -
Shares Total
Purchased Purchase Price
Totals from last report 19,493,044 $586,209,789.68
Transactions this period 131,131 5,378,236.36
Total Open Market Purchases 19,624,175 $591,588,026.04
