Hunton & Williams LLP Advises Sales Agents in Connection with the Establishment of The Southern Company’s At-the-Market Program

Hunton & Williams LLP advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as 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 20,000,000 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 & Williams LLP team included Bud Ellis, Christina Kwon and Patrick Jamieson.