David E. Meador - 01 Apr 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for SOUTHERN CO (SO)

Reporting relationship: Director
Issuer ticker: SO
Reported as of: 01 Apr 2026
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 02 Apr 2026, 15:41:12 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 06 Jan 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ Brittney Anderson, Attorney-in-Fact for David E. Meador

Key filing fact

David E. Meador filed Form 4 for SOUTHERN CO (SO) on 02 Apr 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes David E. Meador's Form 4 filing for SOUTHERN CO (SO).
1 reported transaction and 1 derivative row are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 02 Apr 2026, 15:41.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 06 Jan 2026.
Current net transaction value: $0.

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001167313 Primary reporting owner

MEADOR DAVID E

Relationship: Director
Address: 30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., NW, ATLANTA
Signature: /s/ Brittney Anderson, Attorney-in-Fact for David E. Meador
Signature date: 02 Apr 2026

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

SO transaction Derivative

Deferred Stock Units Holding

Award

Transaction value
Shares: +787
Change %: +9.3%
Price: $96.94^*
Shares after: 9,280
Date: 01 Apr 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Southern Company Common Stock
Underlying amount: 787
Exercise price: $0.000000
Footnotes: F1, F2, F3

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 3 footnotes

Footnote F1

Represents quarterly director cash and equity retainers paid under the Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan and deferred pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors of The Southern Company (Deferred Compensation Plan). Each deferred stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock. (Deferred Compensation Plan). Each deferred stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Southern Company common stock.

Footnote F2

Deferred stock units are settled in shares of Southern Company common stock on the date(s) following the termination of the reporting person's service on the Board as specified by the reporting person pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan. There is no exercise or expiration date.

Footnote F3

Includes additional deferred stock units acquired through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Compensation Plan.