File No. 70-5943
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 30
to
FORM U-1
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DECLARATION
under
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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(Name of company or companies filing this statement
and address of principal executive offices)
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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
(Name of top registered holding company
parent of each applicant or declarant)
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A. A. Pena, Senior Vice President and Treasurer
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Susan Tomasky, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215
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(Names and addresses of agents for service)
American Electric Power Company, Inc. ("AEP") hereby amends its
Declaration on Form U-1, in File No. 70-5943, as heretofore amended, to file the
following exhibit:
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following exhibit is being filed with this Post-Effective Amendment:
Exhibit F-8 Opinion of Counsel
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.
30 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
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Thomas G. Berkemeyer,
Assistant Secretary
Dated: November 8, 2000
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November 7, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
Dear Sirs:
This opinion is being rendered in connection with Post-Effective Amendment No.
29 to the Declaration on Form U-1 (File No. 70-5943) of American Electric Power
Company, Inc. (the "Company"), relating to a proposal that the Company be
authorized to continue the operation of its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), as described in such Declaration, as amended,
through September 30, 2006, and in connection therewith to issue and sell during
such period shares of its Common Stock, par value $6.50 per share, previously
authorized by the Commission for issuance and sale pursuant to the Plan, and
also to cause First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as agent (the "Agent"),
to acquire the Company's Common Stock on the open market for the accounts of
participants in the Plan.
I wish to advise you that it is my opinion that the Company is a corporation
validly organized and duly existing under the laws of the State of New York.
I also wish to advise you that, in the event that the proposed transactions are
consummated in accordance with the above Declaration, as amended, it is my
opinion that:
(a) all State laws applicable to the proposed transactions will have been com-
plied with;
(b) the Common Stock offered and sold pursuant to the Plan will be validly
issued, full paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof will be
entitled to the rights and privileges appertaining thereto set forth in the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and by-laws of the
Company;
(c) the Agent will legally acquire on behalf of the participants in the Plan
any shares of Common Stock purchased by it in open market transactions; and
(d) the consummation of the proposed transactions will not violate the legal
rights of the holders of any securities issued by the Company or any
associate company thereof.
I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the above-mentioned
Declaration.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Ann B. Graf
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Ann B. Graf
