0001209191-11-025283.txt : 20110502 0001209191-11-025283.hdr.sgml : 20110502 20110502145634 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-11-025283 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110429 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110502 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110502 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HINSON W RON CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001194895 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03526 FILM NUMBER: 11800024 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O GEORGIA POWER CO STREET 2: BIN 10120 241 RALPH MCGILL BLVD CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30308-3374 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHERN CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000092122 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 580690070 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W. CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30308 BUSINESS PHONE: 4045065000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W. CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30308 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0303 4 2011-04-29 0 0000092122 SOUTHERN CO SO 0001194895 HINSON W RON 30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD. NW ATLANTA GA 30308 0 1 0 0 Comptroller Southern Company Common Stock 2011-04-29 4 M 0 10384 29.50 A 10384 D Southern Company Common Stock 2011-04-29 4 S 0 10384 39.00 D 8258.7355 I By 401(K) Option Right to Buy 29.50 2011-04-29 4 M 0 10384 0.00 D 2005-02-13 2014-02-13 Southern Company Common Stock 10384 0 D Includes the right to have shares withheld upon exercise to satisfy tax withholding obligations. Options vest 33% per year on the anniversary of the grant date. Options were exercised and shares were sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. /s/ Patricia L. Roberts, Attorney in Fact for W. R. Hinson 2011-05-02