Governance Southern Company

SO

US8425871071

Electric Utilities

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Nov. 24	Southern Co Gas - On Nov 19, Illinois Commerce Commission approved $168 million annual base rate increase effective Dec 2, 2025 - SEC filing	RE
Nov. 20	Morgan Stanley Adjusts Southern Price Target to $97 From $99, Maintains Equal Weight Rating	MT

Executive Committee: Southern Company

Manager

Positions heldSince

Christopher Womack

67 year

Chief Executive Officer	2023-05-23
President	2023-03-30

Dekia Scott

Chief Investment Officer

2024-09-08

Aaron Abramovitz

Treasurer

2025-07-30

Tonya Bryant

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

1998-12-31

Sterling Spainhour

56 year

General Counsel

2023-03-31

Sloane Drake

Human Resources Officer

David Poroch

56 year

Director of Finance/CFO

2025-07-30

Matthew Kim

49 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2025-07-30

Laura O. Hewett

Corporate Secretary

2024-09-30

Stan Connally

55 year

Chief Operating Officer

2018-05-31

Composition of the Board of Directors: Southern Company

Director

CommitteesSince

Christopher Womack

67 year

Audit Committee	2021-10-12
Compensation Committee	2021-10-12
Governance Committee	2021-10-12
Nominating Committee	2021-10-12

David Grain

62 year

Compensation Committee	2021-04-30
Governance Committee Chair
Nominating Committee Chair
Audit Committee
Nominating Committee	2021-04-30

Lizanne Thomas

67 year

Audit Committee Chair	2012-07-16
Finance Committee	2023-06-30
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee Chair

Shantella Cooper

57 year

Compensation Committee	2020-12-03
Governance Committee	2023-10-15
Nominating Committee	2024-02-04
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee Chair

Janaki Akella

65 year

Audit Committee	2024-07-31
Finance Committee	2025-07-06
Compensation Committee	2024-07-31
Nominating Committee	2024-07-31

Donald James

76 year

Audit Committee
Finance Committee	2010-04-19
Compensation Committee	1998-12-31
Executive Committee

John Johns

73 year

Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Finance Committee Chair

James Etheredge

61 year

Audit Committee
Finance Committee	2025-05-20
Compensation Committee	2025-05-20

Kristine Svinicki

58 year

Audit Committee	2023-02-21
Finance Committee	2023-02-21

John Turner

63 year

Executive Committee

2018-06-30

Dale Klein

77 year

Compensation Committee

2010-07-18

Bill Smith

71 year

Audit Committee Chair

2005-12-31

David Meador

68 year

Audit Committee

2023-06-30

Anthony Earley

75 year

Director/Board Member	2019-01-01
Independent Dir/Board Member	2019-01-01

Latest Appointments: Southern Company

Sep. 29	Flowers Foods, Inc. Elects Sterling A. Spainhour to Board of Directors, Effective October 1, 2025	CI
Jul. 22	Southern Company's Georgia Power Appoints Tyler Cook as CFO	MT
Jul. 22	Southern Company Announces Executive Appointments, Effective July 31	CI
Jul. 21	Southern Company Names Chief Information Technology Officer	MT
Jul. 21	Southern Company Names Hans Brown as Executive Vice President & Chief Information Technology Officer, Effective July 31, 2025	CI
Jul. 21	Southern Company Announces the Election of John M. Turner, Jr. as an Independent Director, Effective September 1, 2025	CI
Jul. 11	Utility Southern Co CFO Daniel Tucker to retire	RE

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Former Officers and Directors: Southern Company

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Henry Clark

Director/Board Member	2009-10-18	2025-05-20
Independent Dir/Board Member	2009-10-18	2025-05-20

Thomas Fanning

Chief Executive Officer	2010-11-30	2023-05-23
Chairman	2010-11-30	2023-12-30
Chief Operating Officer	2010-10-13	2010-11-30
President	2010-08-03	2023-03-30

Juanita Powell Baranco

Director/Board Member	2005-12-31	2022-05-24
Independent Dir/Board Member	2005-12-31	2022-05-24

Steven R. Specker

Director/Board Member	2010-10-17	2021-05-25
Independent Dir/Board Member	2010-10-17	2021-05-25

Jon Boscia

Director/Board Member	2007-12-06	2021-05-25
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-12-06	2021-05-25

Veronica M. Hagen

Director/Board Member	2008-12-07	2019-05-21
Independent Dir/Board Member	2008-12-07	2019-05-21

Art Beattie

Director of Finance/CFO

2009-12-31

2018-05-31

Warren Hood

Director/Board Member	2007-12-06	2018-05-22
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-12-06	2018-05-22

H. William Habermeyer

Director/Board Member	2006-12-31	2014-05-26
Independent Dir/Board Member	2011-07-07	2014-05-26

W. Hinson

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2006-03-10

2013-03-30

Anthony J. Topazi

Chief Operating Officer	2010-08-12	2012-05-23
Sales & Marketing	2003-11-30	2003-11-30

J. Neal Purcell

Director/Board Member	2002-12-31	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2011-07-10	-

Michael D. Garrett

Corporate Officer/Principal

2003-12-31

2010-12-30

David Ratcliffe

Chief Executive Officer	2003-12-31	2010-11-30
Chairman	2003-12-31	2010-11-30
President	2003-12-31	2010-11-30

Jerry L. Stewart

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-08-03

2010-09-30

John Pemberton

General Counsel

2010-08-16

2010-09-14

Thomas F. Chapman

Director/Board Member

1999-12-31

2010-05-25

Gerald J. St. Pé

Director/Board Member

1994-12-31

2010-05-25

William Bowers

Director of Finance/CFO	2007-12-31	2009-12-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	2001-04-30	2007-12-31

Francis Blake

Director/Board Member

2003-12-31

2009-10-06

Carrie Kurlander

Public Communications Contact

2009-08-29

Dorrit J. Bern

Director/Board Member

1998-12-31

2008-07-20

Jackie Collins

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2008-05-29

Zack T. Pate

Director/Board Member

1997-12-31

2007-05-22

Dan Amos

Director/Board Member

2006-01-01

Bruce Scott Gordon

Director/Board Member

2005-12-31

H. Allen Franklin

Chairman	2001-03-31	2003-12-31
President	2001-03-31	2003-12-31

Oderval Esteves Duarte Filho

Corporate Officer/Principal

2003-12-31

Leonard J. Haynes

Sales & Marketing

2001-04-30

A. William Dahlberg

Chief Executive Officer	1994-12-31	2001-03-31
Chairman	1994-12-31	2001-03-31

W. Larry Westbrook

Director of Finance/CFO

1985-12-31

2001-02-28

Warren Y. Jobe

Corporate Officer/Principal

1997-12-31

2000-12-31

Andrew J. Dearman

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-12-31

G. Edison Holland

General Counsel	2000-12-31	-
Corporate Secretary	2000-12-31	-

Dwight H. Evans

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-12-31

William R. Hardcastle

Corporate Officer/Principal

1993-12-31

1999-12-30

Glen A. Kundert

Director/Board Member	2011-05-29	2011-05-29
Investor Relations Contact	1975-12-31	2011-08-09
Public Communications Contact	2010-07-26	-

William James Rushton

Director/Board Member

David Gallaspy

Corporate Officer/Principal

E. John Neumann

General Counsel

Bob Turner

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bette Trevillion

Human Resources Officer	2009-08-09	2009-08-09
Public Communications Contact	2009-08-09	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	2009-08-09

Trey Duskin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jason T. Cuevas

Public Communications Contact

2009-06-08

Bill Bland

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ken DeCarlo

Corporate Officer/Principal

Marc L. Ulrich

Corporate Officer/Principal

R. Bryan Seal

Corporate Officer/Principal

Frederick D. Kuester

Public Communications Contact

Charles Eldred

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kirk Finchem

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-01-18

Richard A. Knowles

Corporate Officer/Principal

Chuck Jordan

Corporate Officer/Principal

Charles Plunkett

Corporate Officer/Principal

W. Dean Hudson

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

L. G. Hardman

Director/Board Member

William George Hairston

President

Cibuzar Alan Martin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Steven R. Spencer

Corporate Officer/Principal

William C. Archer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mickey A. Brown

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mike Herrald

Corporate Officer/Principal

C. B. Harreld

Corporate Secretary

Cliff S. Thrasher

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard L. Holmes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Donald G. Gibson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Wayne A. Ellis

Corporate Officer/Principal

James Bailey

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mark Wimberly

Corporate Officer/Principal

Fernando de Agüero

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ronald T. Mitchell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Chin-Yee Lin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Valerie Holpp

Public Communications Contact

Jimmy Burton

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robert G. Dawson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Karen Dowdle

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jim Clayton

Corporate Officer/Principal

John Campbell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Carl Miserendino

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	18
Female	8

Of which Executive Committee

Male	6
Female	4

Of which Directors

Male	11
Female	3

Revisions

Révisions CA 1 an

Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

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Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

Southern Company specializes in the electricity production and distribution. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - electricity distribution (66.5%): 144,500 GWh sold in 2024 intended mainly for commercial customers (50,200 GWh), residential customers (49,300 GWh) and industrial customers (48,900 GWh); - distribution and marketing of natural gas (16.6%); - wholesale electricity sales (9.1%): 50,100 GWh sold; - other (7.8%): primarily telecommunication services.

Employees

28,457

Sector

Electric Utilities

Calendar

Feb. 11 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release (Projected)

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