so-20260803
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) | August 3, 2026 | |||||||
| Commission File Number | Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address and Telephone Number | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1-3526 | The Southern Company | 58-0690070 | ||||||||||||||||||
(A Delaware Corporation)
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(404) 506-5000
The name and address of the registrant have not changed since the last report.
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Registrant | Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | SO | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | Series 2017B 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2077 | SOJC | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | Series 2020A 4.95% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2080 | SOJD | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | Series 2020C 4.20% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2060 | SOJE | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | Series 2021B 1.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2081 | SO 81 | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | Series 2025A 6.50% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2085 | SOJF | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||
| The Southern Company | 2025 Series A Corporate Units | SOMN | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. | ||||
On August 3, 2026, The Southern Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the upsize and pricing of offerings of $725 million aggregate principal amount of its Series 2026A 2.125% Convertible Senior Notes due December 15, 2027 (the “Series 2026A Convertible Notes”) and $1.65 billion aggregate principal amount of its Series 2026B 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due September 15, 2029 (the “Series 2026B Convertible Notes” and, together with the Series 2026A Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes”) in private offerings to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, reflecting an upsize of $75 million over the previously announced offering size of the Series 2026A Convertible Notes and $150 million over the previously announced offering size of the Series 2026B Convertible Notes. In addition, the Company granted the initial purchasers options to purchase, for settlement within a period of 13 days from, and including, the date the Convertible Notes are first issued, up to an additional $108.75 million aggregate principal amount of the Series 2026A Convertible Notes and up to an additional $247.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Series 2026B Convertible Notes.
Contemporaneously with the pricing of the Convertible Notes, the Company entered into separate and privately negotiated transactions with a limited number of holders of its Series 2024A 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due June 15, 2027 (the “Series 2024A Convertible Notes”) to repurchase approximately $369 million aggregate principal amount of the Series 2024A Convertible Notes.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
| (d) Exhibits. | |||||
| 99.1 | |||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File – The cover page iXBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document. | ||||
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: August 3, 2026 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | |||||||
| By | /s/Melissa K. Caen | |||||||
| Melissa K. Caen Assistant Secretary | ||||||||
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