The Southern Company's SEC filings document the parent company's registered securities and the disclosure record for major utility subsidiaries, including Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Southern Power Company and Southern Company Gas. Combined Form 8-K reports cover material events for one or more registrants, while current reports identify common stock, junior subordinated notes, senior notes and corporate units listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The filing record includes underwriting agreements and capital-markets transactions, amendments to current reports, proxy materials, board and committee matters, executive compensation disclosures and shareholder voting information. These filings also frame governance, capital structure and operating disclosures for an energy company with regulated electric utilities, natural gas distribution businesses, competitive generation, distributed energy solutions, fiber optics and telecommunications services.
Southern Company director John D. Johns received a quarterly equity retainer in deferred stock units rather than cash. On this Form 4, he was granted 464.2047 deferred stock units, each tied to one share of Southern Company common stock, at a reference value of $96.94 per unit.
These units are issued under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and are deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. They will be settled in shares of common stock after Johns leaves the Board, with no exercise or expiration date. Following this grant and related dividend reinvestments, his deferred stock unit balance is 87,350.4924 units.
GRAIN DAVID J reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Southern Company director David J. Grain received a grant of 838.1473 deferred stock units tied to Southern Company common stock as director compensation. The units, valued at $96.94 per unit for reporting purposes, were credited under the company’s 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and deferred into the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors.
Following this grant and related dividend reinvestment credits, Grain holds a total of 85,316.8599 deferred stock units. Each unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock, to be settled in shares after his Board service ends. The award is a non‑cash, routine compensation grant rather than an open‑market stock purchase or sale.
Southern Company director John M. Turner Jr. reported receiving a grant of deferred stock units as part of his quarterly director cash and equity retainers under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.
The award covers 786.569 deferred stock units, each tied to one share of Southern Company common stock at a reference price of $96.94. After this grant, Turner holds a total of 2,593.4454 deferred stock units.
The units are credited under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors and are settled in shares of common stock after Turner’s board service ends, with no exercise or expiration date. The reported total also includes additional units acquired through the plan’s dividend reinvestment feature.
Southern Company director William G. Smith Jr. received a grant of 851.0419 deferred stock units as part of his quarterly cash and equity retainers under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. Each deferred stock unit represents one share of Southern Company common stock and is deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors.
The deferred stock units, including amounts acquired through the plan’s dividend reinvestment feature, will be settled in shares of common stock after his service on the Board ends, on dates he previously specified. Following this award, his directly held deferred stock unit balance is 160,806.3288 units.
MEADOR DAVID E reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Southern Company director David E. Meador received a grant of 786.569 deferred stock units as quarterly board compensation. These units were awarded under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and deferred into the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors.
Each deferred stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock, with settlement in shares after Meador’s board service ends, as specified in the deferral election. The grant increased his deferred stock unit holdings to 9,279.6828 units, including amounts accumulated through a dividend reinvestment feature.
Svinicki Kristine L reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Southern Company director Kristine L. Svinicki received a grant of 464.2047 deferred stock units as part of her quarterly director equity retainer under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. Each deferred stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock.
The deferred stock units are paid into the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors and are settled in shares of common stock after she leaves the Board, according to her deferral elections. Following this award and related dividend reinvestments, she holds a total of 11,032.1291 deferred stock units.
Southern Company director Lizanne Thomas acquired additional deferred stock units as part of her board compensation. On the reported date, she received 464.2047 deferred stock units at a reference value of $96.94 per unit under the 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. Following this grant and related dividend reinvestment, her total deferred stock unit holdings are 7,224.4488 units. These deferred stock units will be settled in shares of Southern Company common stock after her service on the Board ends, according to her elections under the Deferred Compensation Plan.
Southern Co director Dale E. Klein received a compensation grant of deferred stock units. On the reported date, he acquired 464.2047 deferred stock units at a reference value of $96.94 per unit under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.
The units are credited as a quarterly director equity retainer and are deferred pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Each deferred stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock, to be settled in shares after his service on the Board ends.
JAMES DONALD M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Southern Company director James Donald received a grant of 464.2047 deferred stock units tied to Southern Company common stock as part of his quarterly director equity retainer. These units were awarded at a reference value of $96.94 per underlying share under the company’s 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.
The deferred stock units will be settled in shares of common stock after his service on the Board ends, according to his elections under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. After this award and dividend reinvestment, his deferred stock unit balance stands at 203,293.2031 units.
Southern Company director James O. Etheredge received a grant of deferred stock units as part of his quarterly board compensation. On the reported date, he acquired 464.2047 deferred stock units tied to Southern Company common stock under the 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.
Each deferred stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock, to be settled after his service on the Board ends as specified under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. Following this award and dividend reinvestments, Etheredge holds a total of 2,389.7934 deferred stock units.