---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000092122-26-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SO"
cik: "0000092122"
company_name: "SOUTHERN CO"
filed_at: "2026-06-08T12:44:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T12:50:43.967637+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southern Company enters agreement to sell up to 50M common shares via forward transactions

## Summary
- Entered a Distribution Agreement with 16 sales agents and forward purchasers to sell up to 50M shares of common stock.
- May use forward sale agreements: company initially receives no proceeds, but expects cash upon physical settlement.
- Commissions payable to sales agents and forward sellers capped at 1.00% of the sales price per share.
- Shares are registered under existing shelf registration (No. 333-296531); sales may be suspended at any time.
- Collared forward transactions include floor and cap prices; dynamic hedging by forward purchasers may affect stock price.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000092122-26-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SO
- cik: 0000092122
- company_name: SOUTHERN CO
- filed_at: 2026-06-08T12:44:45+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212226000046/0000092122-26-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212226000046/so-20260608.htm

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