Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 3, 2022, The Southern Company (the "Company") entered into Underwriting Agreements covering the issue and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2022A 5.15% Senior Notes due October 6, 2025 (the "Series 2022A Senior Notes") and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2022B 5.70% Senior Notes due October 15, 2032 (the "Series 2022B Senior Notes"). Both the Series 2022A Senior Notes and the Series 2022B 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.
1.3(a)        Underwriting Agreement relating to the Series 202    2    A Senior
            Notes, dated     October     3    , 202    2    , among the Company and
                Barclays Capital Inc.    ,     Citigroup Global Markets Inc.    ,
                Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.    ,     Truist Securities, Inc.     and
              Wells Fargo Securities, LLC    , as representatives of the several
            Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.

1.3(b)        Underwriting Agreement relating to the Series 202    2    B     Senior
            Notes, dated     October 3    , 2022, among the Company and     Barclays
            Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.,
            Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC    , as
            representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I
            thereto.

4.4(a)        Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture dated as
            of October 6, 2022, providing for the issuance of the Series 2022A
            Senior Notes.

4.4(b)        Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture dated as
            of October 6, 2022, providing for the issuance of the Series 2022B
            Senior Notes.

4.9(a)      Form of the Series 2022A Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.4(a) above).

4.9(b)      Form of the Series 2022B Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.4(b) above).

5.1(a)        Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the Series
            2022A Senior Notes.

5.1(b)        Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the Series
            2022B Senior Notes.

8.1(a)        Tax Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the
            Series 2022A Senior Notes.

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8.1(b)     Tax Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the Series
         2022B Senior Notes.

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

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

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

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

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