secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SOUTHERN CO (SO)
CIK:        0000092122
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-15T20:06:37+00:00
Accession:  0000092122-26-000040
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southern Company stockholders elect all 12 director nominees and approve charter amendments at 2026 annual meeting
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- All 12 directors elected with >96% support; advisory say-on-pay approved with 95.24% support.
- Charter amendments approved to authorize additional common stock (97.39%) and preferred stock (65.07% of outstanding).
- Officer exculpation amendment approved (60.91% of outstanding); miscellaneous charter updates approved (69.93%).
- Stockholder proposals on independent chairman, data center costs report, and climate due diligence report all defeated with <14% support.
- Auditor Deloitte ratified with 97.24% support.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212226000040/0000092122-26-000040-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212226000040/so-20260513.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-26-000040

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