Bryan D. Anderson - 10 May 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for SOUTHERN CO (SO)

Role
EVP & Pres. External Affairs
Signature
/s/ Marcia R. DeMar, Attorney-in-Fact for Bryan D. Anderson
Issuer symbol
SO
Transactions as of
10 May 2023
Net transactions value
-$2,059,967
Form type
4
Filing time
11 May 2023, 16:54:13 UTC
Previous filing
09 May 2023
Next filing
06 Feb 2024
SEC
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Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction SO Southern Company Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +27,426 +76% $0.000000 63,545 10 May 2023 Direct F1
transaction SO Southern Company Common Stock Sale $2,059,967 -27,426 -43% $75.11 36,119 10 May 2023 Direct F1, F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction SO Option Right to Buy Options Exercise $0 -27,426 -100% $0.000000* 0 10 May 2023 Southern Company Common Stock 27,426 $41.28 Direct F1
* 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).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Options were exercised and shares were sold.
F2 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $75.00 to $75.31, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Southern Company, any security holder of Southern Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (2) to this Form 4.