Hunton Andrews Kurth Advises Sales Agents in Connection with the Establishment of The Southern Company’s At-the-Market Program

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the sales agents in connection with the establishment of The Southern Company’s At-the-Market program, pursuant to which The Southern Company may sell up to 50,000,000 shares of its common stock from time to time.

The Southern Company is incorporated under the laws of Delaware and is registered and qualified to do business under the laws of Georgia and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation under the laws of Alabama. The Company owns all the outstanding common stock of Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company and Mississippi Power Company, each of which is an operating public utility company supplying electric service in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi, respectively. The Company owns all of the common stock of Southern Power Company, which is also an operating public utility company, which constructs, acquires, owns and manages generation assets, including renewable energy projects, and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. In addition, the Company owns all of the common stock of Southern Company Gas, an energy services holding company.

The Hunton team included Bud Ellis and Patrick Jamieson.