Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 5, 2021, The Southern Company (the "Company") entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2021C Floating Rate Senior Notes due May 10, 2023 (the "Series 2021C Senior Notes"). The Series 2021C Senior Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the shelf registration statement (Registration No. 333-253286) of the Company. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits.
1.2           Underwriting Agreement relating to the Series 2021    C     Senior
            Notes, dated     November 5    , 2021, among the Company and     BofA
            Securities, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments,
            Inc    .    , as representatives of the several Underwriters named in
            Schedule I thereto.

4.4           Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture dated as
            of November 10, 2021, providing for the issuance of the Series 2021C
            Senior Notes.

4.9         Form of the Series 2021C Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.4 above).

5.1           Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the Series
            2021C Senior Notes.

8.1           Tax Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the
            Series 2021C Senior Notes.

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

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

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