Exhibit 99.02
SOUTHERN COMPANY
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(In Millions of Dollars Except Earnings Per Share)
3 Months Ended December 12 Months Ended December
----------------------- ------------------------
2003 2002 2003 2002
---- ---- ---- ----
(Notes) (Notes) (Notes) (Notes)
Consolidated Earnings-(See Notes)
Retail Business $ 117 $ 101 $ 1,153 $ 1,129
Competitive Generation 30 34 224 168
----- ----- ------- -------
Total 147 135 1,377 1,297
Synthetic Fuels 13 11 55 38
Leasing Business 8 8 29 24
Parent Company and Other (6) 13 (33) (41)
----- ----- ------- -------
Net Income - Excluding One-Time Items (See Notes) $ 162 $ 167 $ 1,428 $ 1,318
===== ===== ======= =======
- As Reported $ 125 $ 167 $ 1,474 $ 1,318
===== ===== ======= =======
Basic Earnings Per Share-(Notes)
- - Excluding One-Time Items (See Notes) $ 0.22 $ 0.23 $ 1.97 $ 1.86
- - As Reported $ 0.17 $ 0.23 $ 2.03 $ 1.86
Operating Revenues $ 2,564 $ 2,457 $ 11,276 $ 10,549
Average Shares Outstanding (in millions) 733 715 727 708
End of Period Shares Outstanding (in millions) 735 716
Notes
- - Excludes a one-time after tax gain of $88 million in May 2003 from the
previously announced termination of all long-term wholesale power
contracts between Southern Company and Dynegy, Inc. After adjusting for
revenues that otherwise would have been recognized for the remainder of
the year, the adjusted gain for 2003 is $83 million.
- - Excludes a regulatory expense of $37 million, after taxes, for
Mississippi Power recorded in December, 2003.
- - Quarterly Earnings Per Share (EPS) is computed by using the current
year-to-date EPS less the previous period year-to-date EPS. As a result
of using rounded numbers, the EPS for significant factors may not
directly correspond to the variance in millions of dollars shown above.
- - Diluted earnings per share are not more than 1 cent for any period
reported above and are not material.
- - Certain prior year data has been reclassified to conform with current
year presentation.
- - Information contained in this report is subject to review and
adjustments and certain classifications may be different from final
results published in the Form 10-K.