Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-07-23
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000092122-25-000072
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-07-23
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02.      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.  

On July 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of The Southern Company (the “ Company”) elected a new director, Mr. John M. Turner, Jr., effective as of September 1, 2025. Mr. Turner has served as President of Regions Financial Corporation (“ Regions”) since December 2017 and Chief Executive Officer since July 2018. Mr. Turner joined Regions’ Board of Directors in July 2018 and was named Chairman in April 2024.

Committee assignments for Mr. Turner have not yet been determined. When available, such committee assignments will be reported by an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

No arrangement or understanding exists between Mr. Turner and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Mr. Turner 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 11, 2025.

In addition, on July 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Matthew M. Kim as Comptroller of the Company, effective July 31, 2025.

Mr. Kim, 49, has served as Treasurer of the Company since March 2025 and as Senior Vice President of Finance for Southern Company Services, Inc. since November 2022. Previously, Mr. Kim served as Vice President and Controller of Southern Company Gas from 2015 to November 2022. In his new role, Mr. Kim’s base salary will be $425,000 per year, his annual incentive compensation target will be 50% of base salary and his annual long-term equity incentive compensation target will be 70% of base salary.

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: July 23, 2025      THE SOUTHERN COMPANY                           
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                           By                        /s/Melissa K. Caen   
                                                     Melissa K. Caen