Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits
attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, such information, including the
exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
On July 29, 2021, The Southern Company ("Southern Company") issued a press
release regarding its earnings for the three-month and six-month periods ended
June 30, 2021. A copy of this release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.01 to
this Current Report on Form 8-K. In addition, certain additional information
regarding the financial results for the three-month and six-month periods ended
June 30, 2021 is being furnished as Exhibits 99.02 through 99.07 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Exhibits 99.01, 99.02, 99.03 and 99.04 to this Current Report on Form 8-K
include earnings and earnings per share in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles ("GAAP") for the three-month and six-month periods ended
June 30, 2021 and 2020. These exhibits also include earnings and earnings per
share (1) for the three-month and six- month periods ended June 30, 2021 and
2020, excluding (a) charges (net of salvage proceeds), associated legal expenses
(net of insurance recoveries), and tax impacts related to plants under
construction, (b) acquisition and disposition impacts, (c) earnings from the
Wholesale Gas Services business, and (d) impairment charges associated with
leveraged lease investments and (2) for the three-month and six-month periods
ended June 30, 2021 excluding an impairment charge associated with an investment
in a gas pipeline project. The attached exhibits include additional information
regarding these excluded items, as well as reconciliations of each non-GAAP
financial measure to the most comparable financial measure under GAAP. Southern
Company believes the presentation of earnings and earnings per share, excluding
these items, is useful to investors because
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it provides investors with additional information to evaluate the performance of
Southern Company's ongoing business activities. Southern Company management
also uses earnings and earnings per share, excluding the effect of these items,
to evaluate the performance of Southern Company's ongoing business activities.
The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered a
substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Exhibits
The exhibits hereto contain business segment information for Alabama Power
Company, Georgia Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Southern Power
Company and Southern Company Gas. Accordingly, this report is also being
furnished on behalf of each such registrant.
The following exhibits relate to the three-month and six-month periods ended
June 30, 2021:
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