Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Feb 16, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Feb 18, 2026
CEOGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001193125-26-054369
Filed / recorded
Feb 18, 2026, 1:19 AM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
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form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
SOUTHERN CO
Issuer CIK
92122
Ticker
SO
Reporting person
Christopher C Womack
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
Chairman, President & CEO
Security
Southern Company Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Feb 16, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
117,327
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
261,456.8806
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Shares acquired upon vesting of performance share units under Company's Performance Share Program for the 2023-2025 award granted on May 24, 2023. The Compensation and Talent Development Committee certified performance on February 11, 2026 and the Board of Directors ratified such certification on February 16, 2026. Includes accrued dividend equivalent units.