Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0000092122-25-000088
Chunk: 166

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 424B5
Chunk 166
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) any shares of the Company’s common stock issued, or options to purchase such shares granted (or the filing of any registration statement relating to such shares or options) in connection with any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans, employee stock purchase plans, non-employee director stock plans, dividend reinvestment plans, employee retirement plans and the Southern Investment Plan or the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock, including through the exercise of stock options, by any executive officer or director of the Company under a Rule 10b5-1 plan that was in effect prior to the date of this Prospectus Supplement; provided that if such sales by any such executive officer or director are required to be reported on Form 4 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act prior to the expiration of the 45-day period or such executive officer or director voluntarily effects any public filing or report regarding such sales prior to the expiration of the 45-day period, then such executive officer or director must disclose in such filing or report that such sale was made pursuant to an existing Rule 10b5-1 plan; (D) the entry by any executive officer or director of the Company into a new Rule 10b5-1 plan, provided that no sales or other distributions pursuant to a new Rule 10b5-1 plan may occur until the expiration of the 45-day period; (E) the sale or surrender to the Company by any of the Company’s executive officers or directors of any options or common stock underlying options or any restricted stock in order to pay the exercise price or taxes associated with the exercise of options or vesting of restricted stock; provided that if such transactions are required to be reported on Form 4 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act prior to the expiration of the 45-day period or such executive officer or director voluntarily effects any public filing or report regarding such transactions prior to the expiration of the 45-day period, then such executive officer or director must disclose in such filing or report in the footnotes thereto the nature of the transaction; (F) any issuance by the Company of common stock in connection with acquisitions that close more than 45 days after the date of this Prospectus Supplement or any acquisition in which the party or parties receiving the common stock agree to be bound by these restrictions; (G) transfers by any person, other than the Company, by bona fide gift, including to charitable organizations; provided that if such transactions are required to be reported on Form