The Southern Company 8K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Southern Company (SO) 8-KSubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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) May 22, 2013



Commission File Number	Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address And Telephone Number	I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
1-3526	The Southern Company (A Delaware Corporation) 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 (404) 506-5000	58-0690070

The name and address of the registrant have not changed since the last report.

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Item 5.07.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Southern Company (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 22, 2013. Stockholders voted as follows on the matters presented for a vote:


1.	The nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected based on the following votes:



Nominees	Votes For	Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Juanita Powell Baranco	503,298,273	8,427,032	3,490,564		155,293,963
Jon A. Boscia	507,309,982	4,326,030	3,579,857		155,293,963
Henry A. Clark III	506,981,485	4,616,500	3,617,884		155,293,963
Thomas A. Fanning	495,882,120	12,645,791	6,687,958		155,293,963
David J. Grain	506,240,525	5,367,700	3,607,644		155,293,963
H. William Habermeyer, Jr.	506,407,304	5,185,089	3,623,476		155,293,963
Veronica M. Hagen	506,749,699	4,960,396	3,505,774		155,293,963
Warren A. Hood, Jr.	507,431,205	4,221,743	3,562,921		155,293,963
Donald M. James	473,257,674	38,410,506	3,547,689		155,293,963
Dale E. Klein	507,165,367	4,501,147	3,549,355		155,293,963
William G. Smith, Jr.	507,025,231	4,697,783	3,492,855		155,293,963
Steven R. Specker	507,143,644	4,509,233	3,562,992		155,293,963
E. Jenner Wood III	417,929,434	93,702,103	3,584,332		155,293,963


2.	The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 was approved based upon the following votes:


3.	The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company's named executive officers' compensation was approved based upon the following votes:


4.	The proposal to ratify an amendment to the Company's By-Laws removing the mandatory retirement age provision for non-employee directors was approved based upon the following votes:


5.	The proposal to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the two-thirds supermajority vote requirements in Article Eleventh to a majority vote was not adopted by the necessary vote based upon the following votes:


6.	The proposal to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the 75% supermajority vote requirements in Article Thirteenth to a two-thirds vote was not adopted by the necessary vote based upon the following votes:

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:May 24, 2013	THE SOUTHERN COMPANY By /s/ Melissa K. Caen Melissa K. Caen Assistant Secretary

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