SO: Other company developments

Item 8.01. Other Events . On June 8, 2026, The Southern Company (the “Company”) entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., BTIG, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Santander US Capital Markets LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sales agents (each, a “Sales Agent” and, collectively, the “Sales Agents”), and Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of Montreal, Bank of America, N.A., Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Markets Americas LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Royal Bank of Canada, Banco Santander, S.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia, Truist Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or one or more of their respective affiliates, as forward purchasers (each, a “Forward Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Forward Purchasers”). Under the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), through the Sales Agents. The Sales Agents may act as agent on the Company’s behalf or purchase shares of the Common Stock from the Company as principal for their own accounts. The Equity Distribution Agreement provides that, in addition to the issuance and sale of shares of Common Stock through the Sales Agents acting as Sales Agents or directly to the Sales Agents acting as principals, the Company also may enter into forward sa