Southern : Amended Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF

SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or

Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Wilson Anthony L	SOUTHERN CO [ SO ]
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)
__ X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Pres & CEO, Mississippi Power
	2/12/2018
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
2/14/2018	_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
	___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., NW

(Street)

ATLANTA, GA 30308

(City) (State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(1)

2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed

4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned or Disposed of (D)

Southern Company Common Stock

2/12/2018

A

M

1677

$0.00

(2)

13013

D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

3A. Deemed 4. Trans. Code 5. Number of

6. Date Exercisable and 7. Title and Amount of Expiration Date

8. Price of 9. Number of Derivative

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Shares acquired upon vesting of first 1/3 of performance restricted stock units granted on February 13, 2017. The Compensation and Management Succession Committee certified performance on February 12, 2018. Includes 73 accrued dividend equivalent units.

(2)

Amendment filed to correct the shares of common stock beneficially owned on February 12, 2018. The 1,677 shares of common stock acquired were inadvertently deducted from rather than added to the total number beneficially owned.

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Wilson Anthony L 30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., NW ATLANTA, GA 30308	Pres & CEO, Mississippi Power

Signatures /s/ Marcia R. DeMar, Attorney-in-Fact for Anthony L. Wilson

2/6/2019

** Signature of Reporting Person

Date

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