8-K 1 form8-k.txt FORM 8-K 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) December 8, 2003 ------------------------------- Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S. Employer File Number Address and Telephone Number Identification No. ----------- ----------------------------------- ------------------ 1-3526 The Southern Company 58-0690070 (A Delaware Corporation) 270 Peachtree Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 506-5000 1-3164 Alabama Power Company 63-0004250 (An Alabama Corporation) 600 North 18th Street Birmingham, Alabama 35291 (205) 257-1000 1-6468 Georgia Power Company 58-0257110 (A Georgia Corporation) 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 (404) 506-6526 0-2429 Gulf Power Company 59-0276810 (A Maine Corporation) One Energy Place Pensacola, Florida 32520 (850) 444-6111 001-11229 Mississippi Power Company 64-0205820 (A Mississippi Corporation) 2992 West Beach Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 (228) 864-1211 1-5072 Savannah Electric and Power Company 58-0418070 (A Georgia Corporation) 600 East Bay Street Savannah, Georgia 31401 (912) 644-7171 333-98553 Southern Power Company 58-2598670 (A Delaware Corporation) 270 Peachtree Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 506-5000 The address of the registrants has not changed since the last report. This combined Form 8-K is filed separately by seven registrants: The Southern Company, Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Savannah Electric and Power Company and Southern Power Company. Information contained herein relating to any individual registrant is filed by such registrant solely on its own behalf. Each registrant makes no representation as to information relating to the other registrants. Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure. The Southern Company ("Southern") today announced Southern's succession and management transition plan. As part of that plan, (1) Allen Franklin, Southern's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will retire in July 2004; (2) David M. Ratcliffe, currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power Company ("Georgia Power"), (A) has been elected to Southern's Board of Directors effective December 8, 2003, (B) will continue to serve as Georgia Power's Chief Executive Officer until April 2004, when he will become President of Southern and (C) will become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Southern in July 2004; (3) Michael D. Garrett, currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi Power Company ("Mississippi Power"), (A) has been elected as President of Georgia Power and a member of the Board of Directors of Georgia Power effective January 1, 2004 and (B) will become Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power in April 2004; and (4) Anthony J. Topazi, currently Senior Vice President of Southern Power Company and Executive Vice President of Southern's Generation and Energy Marketing Group, has been elected to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi Power effective January 1, 2004. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Date: December 8, 2003 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY By /s/W. Dean Hudson W. Dean Hudson Comptroller ALABAMA POWER COMPANY GEORGIA POWER COMPANY GULF POWER COMPANY MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY By /s/Wayne Boston Wayne Boston Assistant Secretary