Redemption. (i) The 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable prior to July 1, 2009. On or after that date, subject to the notice provisions set forth in subparagraph (ii) below and subject to any further limitations which may be imposed by the Charter or by law, the corporation may redeem the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to $25 per share plus an amount equal to the amount of the accrued and unpaid dividend (whether or not declared) from the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the redemption date to but excluding the redemption date, but without accumulation of unpaid dividends on the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock for prior dividend periods. If less than all of the outstanding shares of 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the corporation will select the shares to be redeemed from the outstanding shares not previously called for redemption by lot or pro rata (as nearly as possible) or by any other method that the Board of Directors in its sole discretion deems equitable. (ii) In the event the corporation shall determine to redeem any or all of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock as aforesaid, the corporation will give notice of any such redemption to holders of record of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed by the Board of Directors for such redemption. Failure to give notice to any holder of record of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of shares of any other holder of record of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock being redeemed. (iii) Notice having been given as herein provided, from and after the redemption date, dividends on the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock called for redemption shall cease to accrue and such 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock called for redemption will no longer be deemed outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof, other than the right to receive the redemption price as herein provided, will cease. (iv) Holders of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption of any shares of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock. (v) Any shares of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock that are redeemed or retired shall thereafter have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Class A preferred stock of the corporation undesignated as to series, and may thereafter be reissued by the Board of Directors in the same manner as any other authorized and unissued shares of Class A preferred stock. (vi) If the corporation shall deposit on or prior to any date fixed for redemption of the 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock, with any bank or trust company having a capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), as a trust fund, a fund sufficient to redeem the shares called for redemption, with irrevocable instructions and authority to such bank or trust company to pay on and after the date fixed for redemption or such earlier date as the Board of Directors may determine, to the respective holders of such shares, the redemption price thereof, then from and after the date of such deposit (although prior to the date fixed for redemption) such shares so called shall be deemed to be redeemed and dividends thereon shall cease to accrue after said date fixed for redemption and such deposit shall be deemed to constitute full payment of said shares to the holders thereof and thereafter said shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and the holders thereof shall cease to be stockholders with respect to such shares, and shall have no rights with respect thereto except only the right to receive from said bank or trust company payment of the redemption price of such shares without interest. (vii) In case the holder of any such 6 1/8% Series Class A Preferred Stock shall not, within six years after said deposit, claim the amount deposited as above stated for the redemption thereof, the bank or trust company shall upon demand pay over to the corporation such amounts so deposited and the bank or trust company shall thereupon be relieved from all responsibility to the holder thereof. No interest on such deposit shall be payable to any such holder.
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Southern is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, and Mississippi Power Company, each of which is an operating public utility company, Co. provides electric service to retail customers in three Southeastern states in addition to wholesale customers in the Southeast. Co. also owns Southern Company Gas, which is an energy services holding company whose primary business is the distribution of natural gas in four states, Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, through the natural gas distribution utilities. Southern Company Gas is also involved in several other businesses that are complementary to the distribution of natural gas. Preferreds: ALP.PRN, ALP.PRO, ALP.PRP, MP.PRD, GPE.PRA, ALP.PRQ Open the SO Information Page » |
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