secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SOUTHERN CO (SO)
CIK:        0000092122
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000092122-25-000072
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southern Company elects John M. Turner as director, appoints Matthew M. Kim as Comptroller
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- John M. Turner, Jr. elected to board effective Sept 1, 2025; he is CEO of Regions Financial since 2018.
- Matthew M. Kim appointed Comptroller effective July 31, 2025; previously Treasurer since March 2025.
- Kim's base salary $425K, annual incentive target 50% of base, long-term equity target 70% of base.
- Committee assignments for Turner not yet determined; will be reported by amendment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212225000072/0000092122-25-000072-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212225000072/so-20250721.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-25-000072

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