---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000092122-24-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SO"
cik: "0000092122"
company_name: "SOUTHERN CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:07:11.922051+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southern Nuclear CEO Stephen Kuczynski to retire effective June 28, 2024

## Summary
- Stephen E. Kuczynski, Chairman & CEO of Southern Nuclear, notified retirement effective June 28, 2024.
- Kuczynski is a named executive officer of The Southern Company.
- No successor has been announced in this filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000092122-24-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SO
- cik: 0000092122
- company_name: SOUTHERN CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212224000062/0000092122-24-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212224000062/so-20240507.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-24-000062
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-24-000062.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-24-000062.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen E. Kuczynski retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at SOUTHERN CO.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 7, 2024, Stephen E. Kuczynski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (“Southern Nuclear”) and a named executive officer of The Southern Company, notified Southern Nuclear of his retirement, effective June 28, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212224000062/0000092122-24-000062-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.