The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan — Form 5500 plan (Southern Company Services, Inc.)

Plain-English plan summary

According to public Form 5500 filings published through the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) via the EFAST2 system, The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan is a benefit plan reported by Southern Company Services, Inc. under EIN 63-0274273 and plan number 002. The latest loaded filing year is 2023. The filing reports 35,219 participants and $8,390,479,468 in end-of-year plan assets, where available in the loaded dataset.

Key reported metrics

Plan sponsor
Southern Company Services, Inc.
EIN
63-0274273
Plan number
002
Plan type
2
Location
Atlanta, GA
Latest filing year
2023
Participants
35,219
End-of-year plan assets
$8,390,479,468

Form 5500 filing history

Filings loaded for this plan
Filing yearParticipantsSchedulesFiling
202335,219H, C20240714161620NAL0001251522001

Reported financial statement (2023 · Schedule H)

Net assets

Total assets (EOY)
$8,390,479,468
Total liabilities (EOY)
$0
Net assets (EOY)
$8,390,479,468
Net assets (BOY)
$7,766,882,780

Income & contributions

Employer contributions
$129,264,474
Participant contributions
$272,770,158
Total contributions
$425,033,781
Total income / additions
$1,311,032,006

Expenses & distributions

Benefits paid
$685,950,738
Administrative expenses
$1,228,611
Total expenses
$687,435,318
Net increase / (decrease)
$623,596,688

Service provider compensation (Schedule C)

Reported service provider compensation
ProviderServiceDirect comp.Indirect comp.Year
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner And SRECORDKEEPER$1,465,148$02023
Warren Averett LLCACCOUNTANT$32,000not reported in the loaded dataset2023
Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLCCONSULTANT$30,000not reported in the loaded dataset2023

Related Form 5500 pages