The Southern Company amended and restated its bylaws on October 20, 2026, effective immediately. Stockholders seeking a special meeting must own the defined Requisite Percentage on a net long basis and have held those shares for at least one year before delivering the request. Requests are invalid during the period from 90 calendar days before through 90 calendar days after the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting. The revisions also update nomination and proposal procedures, require additional disclosures about securities plans and agreements, and reserve the white proxy card for the Board.
Annual-meeting notices for director nominations or other business must be submitted 90 to 120 days before the preceding year's meeting anniversary; the 2027 notice window is January 13 through February 12, 2027. Unless the Company consents in writing to an alternative forum, the bylaws designate the Delaware Court of Chancery for certain intracorporate matters and federal district courts for Securities Act complaints.
Southern Company (SO) director Janaki Akella acquired 539.1159 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, representing her quarterly director equity retainer under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Each unit represents the right to receive one common share. Her reported direct deferred stock unit holdings after the transaction were 21,898.9707, including units acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Southern Company director Shantella E. Cooper acquired 539 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, as quarterly director equity retainer paid under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Each unit represents the right to receive one common share. Her reported position after the transaction was 33,424 deferred stock units, including additional units acquired through dividend reinvestment; the reported per-share price was $83.4700.
Southern Company director James O. Etheredge acquired 539.1159 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, as a quarterly director equity retainer under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Each unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock. His reported post-transaction balance was 3,446.5131 deferred stock units, including additional units acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Southern Company director John D. Johns acquired 539.1159 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, as a quarterly director equity retainer under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors of The Southern Company. The reported price was $83.4700 per unit. Each unit represents the right to receive one common share. His reported direct position after the transaction was 89,846.2272 units, including additional units acquired through dividend reinvestment. The units are settled in shares following the end of Board service, on dates Johns specifies under the plan.
Southern Company (SO) director David J. Grain acquired 973.4036 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026. The units represent a quarterly director cash and equity retainer paid under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and deferred pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors of The Southern Company. They include additional units acquired through that plan’s dividend reinvestment feature. Grain’s resulting holdings were 88,596.7903 deferred stock units.
Southern Company director William G. Smith Jr. acquired 988.3791 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, as part of the quarterly director cash and equity retainer deferred under the outside-director Deferred Compensation Plan. The transaction lists a price of $83.4700 per share. His reported balance afterward was 165,393.0850 deferred stock units, including additional units acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Southern Company director Kristine L. Svinicki acquired 539.1159 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, as a quarterly director equity retainer under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Each unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock. Her reported resulting position was 12,235.2278 deferred stock units, including additional units acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Southern Company director David E. Meador acquired 913.5019 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, as a quarterly director cash and equity retainer under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Each unit represents the right to receive one common share; settlement occurs in shares after Board service ends on dates selected by the reporting person. Meador's reported post-transaction balance was 11,158.8237 deferred stock units, including additional units from dividend reinvestment.
Southern Company director John M. Turner Jr. acquired 913.5019 deferred stock units on October 1, 2026, representing a quarterly director cash and equity retainer deferred under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Each unit represents the right to receive one share of common stock. His resulting reported holding was 4,359.3386 deferred stock units, including additional units from dividend reinvestment. Settlement is in shares on dates following termination of Board service, as specified by the director.