Sterling A. Spainhour - Aug 5, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for SOUTHERN CO (SO)

Role: EVP, Chief Legal Officer & CCO
Signature: /s/ Myra C. Bierria, Attorney-in-Fact for Sterling A. Spainhour
Stock symbol: SO
Transactions as of: Aug 5, 2024
Transactions value $: -$211,796
Form type: 4
Date filed: 8/6/2024, 04:00 PM
Previous filing: May 10, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SO	Southern Company Common Stock	Sale	-$212K	-2.38K	-15.99%	$88.99	12.5K	Aug 5, 2024	Direct
holding	SO	Southern Company Common Stock						6.04K	Aug 5, 2024	401(k)

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).