Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 1, 2020, The Southern Company (the "Company") entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2020A 3.70% Senior Notes due April 30, 2030 (the "Senior Notes"). The Senior 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.

1.2               Underwriting Agreement relating to the Senior Notes, dated
                April 1, 2020, among the Company and BNP Paribas Securities
                Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC,
                MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey,
                Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters named in
                Schedule I thereto.

4.2               Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Note
                Indenture dated as of April 3, 2020, providing for the issuance
                of the Senior Notes.

4.8             Form of the Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.2 above).

5.1               Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP relating to the Senior
                Notes.

8.1               Tax Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP relating to the Senior
                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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