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| Supplemental Information | FORM 990 PART VI SECTION A LINES 1A AND 1B & PART VII THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON SERVES AS THE SOLE DIRECTED TRUSTEE OF THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM RETIREE LIFE INSURANCE TRUST. THE PLAN SPONSOR IS AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION. THE TRUST IS ADMINISTERED BY THE PLAN SPONSOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT. AS SUCH, THE VEBA DOES NOT HAVE A GOVERNING BODY THAT EXERCISES DISCRETION. PART 990 PART VI LINE 11B THE TRUSTEE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE DRAFT FORM 990 TO AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION, WHICH HAD CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WHOSE JOB DUTIES RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST REVIEW THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING. FROM 990 PART VI SECTION A & B LINES 8, 12-15 THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THE TRUST. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRUST DOES NOT HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES, THEREFORE, NO PROCESSES RELATED TO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ARE IN PLACE. FORM 990 PART VI SECTION C LINE 19 AS A 501 (C)(9) ORGANIZATION THE TRUST IS NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE THE DOCUMENTS REFERENCED IN QUESTION 19 AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. FORM 990 PART VII SECTION A LINE 1A COLUMN (B) AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK DEVOTED TO POSITIONS : AS TRUSTEE, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SUCH AS ACTING AS INVESTMENT MANAGER FOR THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM RETIREE LIFE INSURANCE TRUST. THESE SERVICES REQUIRE NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL BANK EMPLOYEES' INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THUS CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED ON AN HOURLY BASIS. THEREFORE THE TRUSTEE'S FEES ARE NOT BASED UPON HOURLY BASIS BUT ARE CALCULATED BASED UPON FACTORS SUCH AS THE MARKET VALUE OF THE ACCOUNT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON'S AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION. FORM 990 PART XI LINE 5 UNREALIZED LOSSES $(3,433,591) PART XII, LINE 1 AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM RETIREE LIFE INSURANCE TRUST HAS NOTED THAT ITS BOOKS AND RECORDS ARE REPORTED ON THE "MODIFIED CASH" BASIS WHICH IS A MORE ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOUNTING METHOD USED BY THE TRUST AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH REG. 1.446-1(C)(IV). THOUGH THIS DESCRIPTION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE ACCOUNTING METHOD AND IT IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE METHOD USED FOR ITS BOOKS. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWERSYSTEM RETIREE LIFE INSURANCE TRUST BELIEVES THAT THE METHOD CLEARLY REFLECTS INCOME AND IS CONSISTENTLY USED. |
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