Board of Directors
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David M. Ratcliffe
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive OfficerSouthern Company
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Born 1948
Elected 2003
Atlanta, Georgia
Other corporate directorships: CSX Corporation -
Juanita Powell Baranco
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerBaranco Automotive Group (automobile sales)
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Born 1949
Elected 2006
Morrow, Georgia
Other corporate directorships: Cox Radio, Inc.
Chairman of the Governance Committee
Member of the Nuclear/Operations Committee
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Jon A. Boscia
PresidentSun Life Financial Inc. (financial services)
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Born 1952
Elected 2007
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Other corporate directorships: Armstrong World Industries
Member of the Audit Committee
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Thomas F. Chapman
Presiding Director
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerEquifax Inc. (information services and transaction processing) -
Born 1943
Elected 1999
Atlanta, Georgia
Other corporate directorships: None
Member of the Governance Committee
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Henry A. Clark III
Senior AdvisorLexicon Partners, LLC (financial services)
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Born 1949
Elected 2009
New York City, New York
Member of the Compensation and Management Succession Committee
Member of the Finance Committee
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H. William Habermeyer, Jr.
Retired President and Chief Executive OfficerProgress Energy Florida, Inc. (energy)
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Born 1942
Elected 2007
St. Petersburg, Florida
Other corporate directorships: Raymond James Financial Inc., USEC Inc.
Member of the Compensation and Management Succession Committee
Chairman of the Nuclear/Operations Committee
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Veronica M. Hagen
Chief Executive OfficerPolymer Group, Inc. (engineered materials)
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Born 1946
Elected 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina
Other corporate directorships: Polymer Group, Inc., Newmont Mining Corporation
Member of the Governance Committee
Member of the Nuclear/Operations Committee
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Warren A. Hood, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerHood Companies Incorporated (packaging and construction products)
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Born 1952
Elected 2007
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Other corporate directorships: Hood Companies Incorporated, BancorpSouth Bank
Member of the Audit Committee
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Donald M. James
Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerVulcan Materials Company (construction materials)
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Born 1949
Elected 1999
Birmingham, Alabama
Other corporate directorships: Vulcan Materials Company, Wells Fargo & Company
Member of the Compensation and Management Succession Committee
Chairman of the Finance Committee
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J. Neal Purcell
Retired Vice Chairman-Audit OperationsKPMG (audit and accounting)
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Born 1941
Elected 2003
Duluth, Georgia
Other corporate directorships: Synovus Financial Corp., Kaiser Permanente Health Care and Hospitals
Chairman of the Compensation and Management Succession Committee
Member of the Finance Committee
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William G. Smith, Jr.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive OfficerCapital City Bank Group Inc. (banking)
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Born 1953
Elected 2006
Tallahassee, Florida
Other corporate directorships: Capital City Bank Group Inc., Capital City Bank
Chairman of the Audit Committee
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Gerald J. St. Pé
Former PresidentIngalls Shipbuilding
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Born 1939
Elected 1995
Retired Executive Vice President
Litton Industries (shipbuilding), Pascagoula, Mississippi
Other corporate directorships: Signal International, Merchants and Marine Bank
Member of the Governance Committee
Member of the Nuclear/Operations Committee
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Sustainable Performance
Our business model and goal of providing regular, predictable, and sustainable long-term performance have served Southern Company well. We continue to focus on our objective of providing shareholders with superior risk-adjusted returns over the long term, which includes a stable dividend and industry leading financial integrity.
Excerpt - 08 Annual Report Letter to Stockholders David Ratcliffe, CEO

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