[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 1051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-311]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 35-25969]

 

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 
(``Act'')

December 30, 1993.
    Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been 
made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules 
promulgated thereunder. All interested persons are referred to the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the 
proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or 
declaration(s) and any amendments thereto is/are available for public 
inspection through the Commission's Office of Public Reference.
    Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in 
writing by January 24, 1994 to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Washington, DC 20549, and serve a copy on the relevant 
applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) specified below. 
Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by 
certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing 
shall identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are 
disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if 
ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the 
matter. After said date, the application(s) and/or declaration(s), as 
filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become 
effective.

The Southern Company (70-8181)

    The Southern Company (``Southern''), 64 Perimeter Center East, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30346, a registered holding company, has filed a post-
effective amendment under sections 6(a) and 7 under the Act to their 
declaration under sections 6(a), 7 and 12(e) of the Act and Rule 62 
thereunder.
    By order dated November 2, 1993 (HCAR No. 25917), Southern was 
authorized to amend (``Amendment'') the fourth Article of its 
Certificate of Incorporation in order to increase, from 500 million to 
1 billion, the total number of shares of common stock, par value $5.00 
per share, that Southern shall have authority to issue. By notice dated 
April 9, 1993 (HCAR No. 25788), Southern was granted the authority to 
solicit proxies from its shareholders in order to seek shareholder 
approval of the Amendment at the annual meeting of shareholders.
    Southern now proposes to effect a stock split in the form of a 
stock distribution at any time on or prior to December 31, 1995. 
Southern proposes to issue and distribute to the holders of record of 
the then outstanding shares of common stock up to one additional share 
of such stock for each share held at such time. The proposed stock 
split would be effected pursuant to authorization by the Board of 
Directors of Southern at such time as the Board considers the same to 
be desirable and in the best interests of Southern and its 
stockholders. The par value of the shares of common stock, $5.00 per 
share, will not be affected by the proposed stock split.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-311 Filed 1-6-94; 8:45 am]
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