Southern Co 8-K, filed Oct 19, 2021
Southern Co (SO)
8-K
2021-10-19
For: 2021-10-17
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About this 8-K
Southern Co filed this 8-K on October 19, 2021, reporting on events of October 17, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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| Commission File Number | Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address and Telephone Number | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | ||||||||||||||||||
(A Delaware Corporation)
(404 ) 506-5000
The name and address of the registrant have not changed since the last report.
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
On October 17, 2021, the Board of Directors of The Southern Company (the “Company”) elected a new director, Kristine L. Svinicki, effective October 17, 2021. Ms. Svinicki was named a member of the Business Security and Resiliency Committee and the Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee, effective October 17, 2021.
Ms. Svinicki served as a Commissioner with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2008 through January 2021, also serving as the Chairman from January 2017 until January 2021. Prior to her tenure on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Ms. Svinicki served as a nuclear engineer for the U.S. Department of Energy and then as a professional staff member for the U.S. Senate. Ms. Svinicki currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, a position she has held since March 2021.
No arrangement or understanding exists between Ms. Svinicki and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director. Ms. Svinicki will participate in the Company’s standard non-employee director cash and equity compensation program as more fully described in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2021.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 19, 2021 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | |||||||
| By | /s/Melissa K. Caen | |||||||
| Melissa K. Caen Assistant Secretary | ||||||||
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