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Issuer:     SOUTHERN CO (SO)
CIK:        0000092122
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000092122-23-000002
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southern Co. CEO Thomas Fanning to retire; Christopher Womack to succeed as CEO after 2023 annual meeting
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- Thomas Fanning will retire as President effective March 31, 2023, and as CEO after the 2023 annual meeting.
- Christopher Womack elected President (eff. March 31, 2023) and CEO (eff. after annual meeting); will join Board.
- Stephen Kuczynski resigns as President of Southern Nuclear, effective March 31, but remains Chairman and CEO of that unit.
- Fanning will serve as Executive Chairman following the annual meeting.
- Compensation for new roles not yet determined; will be disclosed via amendment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212223000002/0000092122-23-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212223000002/so-20230104.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-23-000002

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