Southern Co 8-K/A, filed Jul 18, 2023
Southern Co (SO)
8-K/A
2023-07-18
For: 2023-02-13
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About this 8-K/A
Southern Co filed this 8-K/A on July 18, 2023, reporting on events of February 13, 2023.
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/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) | ||||||||
| 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:
| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) | |||||
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Registrant | Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | |||||||||||
| The Southern Company | |||||||||||
| The Southern Company | |||||||||||
| The Southern Company | |||||||||||
| The Southern Company | |||||||||||
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).
Emerging growth company ☐
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 February 14, 2023, The Southern Company (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) reporting the election of Mr. David E. Meador and Ms. Lizanne Thomas to its Board of Directors (the “Board”). At the time of filing the Original 8-K, Board committee assignments for Mr. Meador and Ms. Thomas had not been determined.
The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Original 8-K to report that, on July 17, 2023, the Board appointed Mr. Meador to the Audit Committee and the Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee and appointed Ms. Thomas to the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee, effective immediately. In addition, the Company anticipates that Ms. Thomas will be appointed to the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee.
SIGNATURES
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: July 18, 2023 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | |||||||
| By | /s/Melissa K. Caen | |||||||
| Melissa K. Caen Assistant Secretary | ||||||||
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