Item 8.01. Other Events. On January 6, 2020, The Southern Company (the "Company") entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issuance and sale of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2020A 4.95% Junior Subordinated Notes due January 30, 2080 (the "Series 2020A Junior Subordinated Notes"). The Series 2020A Junior Subordinated Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the shelf registration statement (Registration No. 333-223128) of the Company.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



1.3           Underwriting Agreement relating to the Series 2020A Junior
            Subordinated Notes, dated January 6, 2020, among the Company and BofA
            Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities,
            LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as
            representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I
            thereto.

4.4           Eighth Supplemental Indenture to the Subordinated Note Indenture
            dated as of January 9, 2020, providing for the issuance of the Series
            2020A Junior Subordinated Notes.

4.9         Form of the Series 2020A Junior Subordinated Note (included in
            Exhibit 4.4 above).

5.1           Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP relating to the Series 2020A Junior
            Subordinated Notes.

8.1           Tax Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP relating to the Series 2020A
            Junior Subordinated Notes.

23.1        Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).

23.2        Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1 above).

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