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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-22-000043
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		15
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220815
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220817
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220817

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000092122
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				580690070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03526
		FILM NUMBER:		221174153

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30308
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4045065000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30308
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style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">In connection with a periodic review of its compensation plans and programs, on August 15, 2022, The Southern Company (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) amended and restated the Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan (the &#8220;BPP&#8221; and, as amended and restated, the &#8220;Amended BPP&#8221;) and amended and restated the Southern Company Senior Executive Change in Control Severance Plan (the &#8220;Severance Plan&#8221; and, as amended and restated, the &#8220;Amended Severance Plan&#8221;).  </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">Summaries of the BPP and the Severance Plan are included under the caption &#8220;Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control&#8221; on pages 90 to 95 of the Company&#8217;s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2022 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) and are incorporated by reference herein.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Proxy Statement. The following description of the changes to the BPP and the Severance Plan is a summary only and is qualified by reference to the Amended BPP and the Amended Severance Plan, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto, respectively.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">Changes to the BPP</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">The Amended BPP updates the definitions for change-in-control events and the treatment of equity compensation awards under certain change-in-control events, as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">The Amended BPP eliminates the &#8220;Company Does Not Survive Merger&#8221; category of change-in-control events and modifies the &#8220;Company Change in Control I&#8221; category of change-in-control events to add the following additional triggering events: approval by the Company&#8217;s stockholders of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company and a sale or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the Company. Events that previously would have been included in the &#8220;Company Does Not Survive Merger&#8221; category will now be included in the &#8220;Company Change in Control I&#8221; category.  </span></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:60.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">The Amended BPP provides that for grants of equity compensation awards on or after August 15, 2022:</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">In the event of a Company Change in Control I, if a replacement award is provided to continue, replace or assume the award, the award will continue in effect in accordance with its terms;</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">In the event of a Company Change in Control I, if a replacement award is not provided to continue, replace or assume the award, the award will fully vest and become exercisable, with performance-based awards vesting at the greater of (1) the target level and (2) the projected actual level of performance for the full performance period as of the date of the Company Change in Control I, as reasonably determined by the Compensation and Talent Development Committee of the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (the &#8220;Compensation Committee&#8221;); and</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">In the event of a Subsidiary Change in Control, unless the employment of a participant employed by the subsidiary undergoing the Subsidiary Change in Control is transferred to the Company or a remaining subsidiary of the Company, the participant&#8217;s outstanding awards will fully vest and become exercisable, with performance-based awards vesting at the target level.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">Changes to the Severance Plan</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">The Amended Severance Plan updates the (1) benefits payable to participants upon a qualifying termination of employment within two years after a change in control and (2) definitions for change-in-control events, as follows: The Severance Plan provides that the benefits payable to participants upon a qualifying termination of employment within two years after a change in control include a cash severance benefit equal to two times (or three times for the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) the sum of the participant&#8217;s annual base salary plus the participant&#8217;s target short-term cash incentive award (&#8220;Annual Incentive Award&#8221;), and a pro-rated payout of the participant&#8217;s target Annual Incentive Award for the year of </span></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:60.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:49.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">termination.  The Amended Severance Plan provides that the Annual Incentive Award amount used in both the cash severance calculation and the pro-rated Annual Incentive Award calculation will be the greater of the participant&#8217;s target Annual Incentive Award and the average of the participant&#8217;s actual Annual Incentive Award payouts for the three fiscal years preceding the year of the qualifying termination.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">The Amended Severance Plan updates the definition of change in control to be consistent with the definitions of &#8220;Company Change in Control I&#8221; and &#8220;Subsidiary Change in Control&#8221; under the Amended BPP.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">&#8226;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%;padding-left:13.8pt">The Amended Severance Plan provides that, upon a qualifying termination of employment within two years after a change in control, Performance Share Units will vest at the greater of (1) the target level and (2) the projected actual level of performance for the full performance period as of the date of the change of control, as reasonably determined by the Compensation Committee.</span></div><div style="margin-top:8pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.198%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:86.602%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 9.01.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:468.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:52.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:412.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:29pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.1</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-1soarcicbenproplan.htm">A</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-1soarcicbenproplan.htm">mended and Restated So</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-1soarcicbenproplan.htm">uthern Company Change In Control Benefits Protection Plan</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-1soarcicbenproplan.htm">,</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-1soarcicbenproplan.htm"> effective August 15, 2022.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:29pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.2</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">S</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">outhern Company Senior Executive C</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">hange in</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm"> Control </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">Severance</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm"> Plan</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">, </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">A</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">mended and Restated,</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm"> effective August 15, 2022</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex10-2amrestatedsrexeccics.htm">.</a></span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:60.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:15pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:232%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:513.00pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:285.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:22.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:199.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:33pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date:&#160;&#160;&#160;August 17, 2022</span></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">THE SOUTHERN COMPANY<br/></span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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Caen</span></td></tr><tr style="height:27pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Melissa K. Caen<br/>Assistant Secretary</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:29.25pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4</span></div></div></div></body></html>
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i417994f1ebbc454c8fc4953e4cac292e_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:24pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Exhibit 10.1</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">AMENDED AND RESTATED<br>SOUTHERN COMPANY<br>CHANGE IN CONTROL<br>BENEFITS PROTECTION PLAN</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i417994f1ebbc454c8fc4953e4cac292e_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">AMENDED AND RESTATED<br>SOUTHERN COMPANY<br>CHANGE IN CONTROL<br>BENEFITS PROTECTION PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">AMENDED AND RESTATED </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE I - PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF PLAN</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Adoption of Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Southern Company Services, Inc. hereby amends and restates the Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan effective this 15th day of August, 2022 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Effective Date</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;).  The Plan was originally effective July 10, 2000 as the Southern Company Change in Control Benefit Plan Determination Policy.  The Plan was amended and restated effective May 9, 2002.  The Plan was again amended and restated and renamed to be the Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan effective February 28, 2007, and further amended and restated effective December 31, 2008 in order to reflect certain changes made necessary by the enactment of Section 409A of the Code.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Purpose</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The Plan defines the events that constitute a Funding Change in Control, a Southern Change in Control, a Preliminary Change in Control and a Subsidiary Change in Control, as the case may be, and sets forth certain benefits that are to be provided to participating employees upon or in connection with such events.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;II&#160;- DEFINITIONS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Actuary</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a nationally recognized accounting firm selected in good faith by the Administrator from time to time.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Administrator</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Committee or any other committee consisting of members of the Southern Board and&#47;or officers of Southern Company as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Average Actual Payout Percentage</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the average of the PPP payout percentages, as determined by the Committee (but excluding any individual performance adjustments), for the applicable Participating Subsidiary or business unit of the Participating Subsidiary, as applicable under the PPP, in the three fiscal years ending immediately prior to the fiscal year in which occurs the Southern Change in Control, Plan Termination or Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that in the event the applicable Participating Subsidiary was not a participant in the PPP for any one or more of such three fiscal years involved in such calculation of Average Actual Payout Percentage, such fiscal year or years, as applicable, will not be included in such Average Actual Payout Percentage calculation&#59; and </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">further</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that in the event the applicable Employee or Subsidiary Employee transferred employment among Participating Subsidiaries during such three fiscal years involved in such calculation of the Average Actual Payout Percentage, the calculation for such Employee or Subsidiary Employee shall be based on the three-year performance of the company that is his Participating Subsidiary immediately prior to the Southern Change in Control, Plan Termination or Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Beneficial Ownership</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Board of Directors</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the board of directors of the Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.6&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Business Combination</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a reorganization, merger or consolidation of Southern Company with another corporation or an entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.7&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a Southern Change in Control or a Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.8&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Code</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.9&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Committee</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Compensation and Talent Development Committee of the Southern Board, or any successor thereto.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.10&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean Southern Company Services, Inc., its successors and assigns.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.11&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consummation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the completion of the final act necessary to complete a transaction as a matter of law, including, but not limited to, any required approvals by the corporation&#8217;s shareholders and board of directors, the transfer of legal and beneficial title to securities or assets and the final approval of the transaction by any applicable domestic or foreign governments or agencies.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.12&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean, in the case of a corporation, directly or indirectly, Beneficial Ownership of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the corporation&#8217;s Voting Securities, or in the case of any other entity, directly or indirectly, Beneficial Ownership of more than 50% of such entity&#8217;s voting equity interests.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.13&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">DCP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.14&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Employee</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean an employee of Southern Company or a Subsidiary of Southern Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.15&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exchange Act</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.16&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Funding Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean any of the following&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Consummation of an acquisition by any Person of Beneficial Ownership (during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person) of 35% or more of Southern Company&#8217;s Voting Securities&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that for purposes of this Section 2.16(a), the following acquisitions of Southern Company&#8217;s Voting Securities shall not constitute a Funding Change in Control&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition directly from Southern Company&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by Southern Company&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by Southern Company or any corporation controlled by Southern Company&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(iv)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by a qualified pension plan or publicly held mutual fund&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(v)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by an employee of Southern Company or its subsidiary or affiliate, or Group composed exclusively of such employees&#59; 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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.18&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Incumbent Board</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean those individuals who constitute the Southern Board as of the Effective Date, plus any individual who shall become a director subsequent to such date </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">whose election or nomination for election by Southern Company&#8217;s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least 75% of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no individual who shall become a director of the Southern Board subsequent to the Effective Date, whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of the regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Southern Board shall be a member of the Incumbent Board.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.19&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Omnibus Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Southern Company Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and The Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, in each case as amended from time to time, and any successor plan(s).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.20&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Participant</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean (a) in the case of a Funding Change in Control involving Southern Company under Section 2.16&#160;(a), (b) or (c) hereof or a Southern Change in Control, as applicable, an Employee who, as of the date of the Funding Change in Control or Southern Change in Control, as applicable has a non-forfeitable right to benefits under Article IV hereof, or (b) in the case of a Funding Change in Control involving a Participating Subsidiary under Section 2.16&#160;(d), (e) or (f) hereof or a Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable, a relevant Subsidiary Employee who, on the date of such Funding Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable, has a non-forfeitable right to benefits under Article IV hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.21&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Participating Subsidiary</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (a) the Company, (b) each other wholly-owned direct Subsidiary of Southern Company from time to time, (c) any other corporation or other entity Controlled by Southern Company which the Committee has authorized to participate in the Plan and which has thereafter adopted the Plan, and (d) any successor of any entity described in Section 2.21 (a), (b) or (c) that is Controlled by Southern Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.22&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Participating Subsidiary Business Combination</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(e) hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.23&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Performance Unit</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the Omnibus Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.24&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Person</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; 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shall mean the termination of the PPP with respect to the applicable Employee by Southern Company or a Participating Subsidiary following a Southern Change in Control unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or replacement plan, award or program) has been made with respect to the PPP in connection with the Southern Change in Control.  For purposes of this Plan, an ongoing substitute or alternative plan, award or program shall be considered an &#8220;equitable arrangement&#8221; if a nationally recognized compensation consulting firm chosen by the Administrator opines in writing that the post-Southern Change in Control plan, award or program is an equitable substitute or replacement of the PPP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.27&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">PPP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.28&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Preliminary Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the occurrence of any of the following as administratively determined by the Administrator&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Southern Company or a Participating Subsidiary has entered into a written agreement, such as, but not limited to, a letter of intent, which, if Consummated, would result in a Change in Control&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Southern Company or a Participating Subsidiary publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which, if Consummated, would result in a Change in Control under circumstances where the Consummation of the announced action or intended action is legally and financially feasible (as reasonably determined by the Committee)&#59; or</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A Person other than Southern Company or a Participating Subsidiary publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which, if Consummated, would result in a Change in Control under circumstances where the Consummation of the announced action or intended action is legally and financially feasible (as reasonably determined by the Committee)&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that if a Change in Control occurs without the prior occurrence of a Preliminary Change in Control, the date of such Change in Control shall be deemed to be the date of a Preliminary Change in Control for purposes of this Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.29&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Qualifying Termination</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a termination of an Employee&#8217;s employment with Southern Company and its Subsidiaries (or their successors) as a result of (a) a termination by Southern Company and its Subsidiaries (or their successors) without Cause (as defined in the Southern Company Executive Change in Control Severance Plan from time to time) or (b) a termination by the Employee for Good Reason (as defined in the Southern Company Executive Change in Control Severance Plan from time to time).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.30&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Replaced Award</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; 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A Replacement Award may be granted only to the extent it does not result in the Replaced Award or Replacement Award failing to comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Replacement Award may </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">take the form of a continuation of the Replaced Award if the requirements of the two preceding sentences are satisfied.  The determination of whether the conditions of this Section 2.31 are satisfied will be made by the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Southern Change in Control, in its sole discretion.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.32&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SBP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.33&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Separation From Service</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a Participant&#8217;s separation from service within the two-year period following a Funding Change in Control.  For purposes of this Plan, as determined under Section 409A Code, a Participant will be treated as having separated from service if he dies or the Participant and the Participant&#8217;s employer reasonably anticipate that no further services will be performed by the Participant after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services performed by the Participant after such date would permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed by the Participant during the preceding 36 months, or, if fewer, during the term of the Participant&#8217;s employment.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.34&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SERP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.35&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Severance Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean either of the Southern Company Senior Executive Change in Control Severance Plan or the Southern Company Executive Change in Control Severance Plan, in each case as amended or amended and restated from time to time.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.36&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Southern Board</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; 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</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that for purposes of this Section 2.37(a), the following acquisitions of Southern Company&#8217;s Voting Securities shall not constitute a Southern Change in Control&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition directly from Southern Company&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by Southern Company&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by Southern Company or any corporation Controlled by Southern Company&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(iv)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by a qualified pension plan or publicly held mutual fund&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(v)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;any acquisition by an employee of Southern Company or its subsidiary or affiliate, or Group composed exclusively of such employees&#59; 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and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of Surviving Company were members of the Incumbent Board at the earlier of the date of execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Southern Board, providing for such transaction&#59; or</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;approval by the stockholders of Southern Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of Southern Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.38&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Southern Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; 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shall mean, with respect to any entity, a corporation, company or other entity that is Controlled by such entity.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.41&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Subsidiary Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean any of the following, to the extent that such event does not occur (x) as part of a transaction or series of transactions that constitute a Southern Change in Control, or (y) solely as a result of a capital transaction affecting Southern Company&#8217;s Voting Securities&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Consummation of an acquisition by any Person of Beneficial Ownership of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of a Participating Subsidiary&#59; 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The Administrator may in its sole discretion deem one or more employees of any corporation or entity Controlled by Southern Company to be employed by a Participating Subsidiary or a Subsidiary thereof for purposes of being covered as a Subsidiary Employee under this Plan if such employee renders substantial services to such Participating Subsidiary or Subsidiary thereof on a contract or other reimbursement basis with his actual employer.  Such action shall be in writing prior to the Subsidiary Change in Control impacting such Subsidiary Employee, shall identify the nature and extent of the services rendered for such Participating Subsidiary or Subsidiary thereof and shall cause such an employee to be a Subsidiary Employee entitled to benefits under this Plan only in the event of a Subsidiary Change in Control of his deemed Participating Subsidiary (or the Participating Subsidiary that is the parent of his deemed Subsidiary), not his actual employer (which may or may not be a Participating Subsidiary).  In the event that any employee deemed to be employed by another Participating Subsidiary or Subsidiary thereof ceases to provide substantial services to such deemed Participating Subsidiary or Subsidiary thereof, the Administrator shall revoke the action taken pursuant to this Section 2.42 and the employee shall be considered an employee of his actual employer for purposes of this Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.43&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Surviving Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(c)(i) hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.44&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Trust</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the trust or trusts established from time to time to hold assets of the Participating Subsidiaries under certain circumstances as a reserve for the discharge of the Participating Subsidiaries&#8217; obligations under the SBP, the SERP, and the DCP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.45&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Trustee</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.46&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Voting Securities</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the outstanding voting securities of a corporation entitling the holder thereof to vote generally in the election of such corporation&#8217;s directors.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;III&#160;- OMNIBUS PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Application</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The provisions of this Article III apply to benefits payable under the Omnibus Plan notwithstanding any provision in the Omnibus Plan or any applicable award agreement or other award documentation to the contrary&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that to the extent any provision in the Omnibus Plan, any applicable award agreement or other award documentation, or any other individual agreement with an Employee provides for treatment that is more favorable to an Employee, then such provisions shall control with respect to such Employee.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Certain Omnibus Plan Awards</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The provisions of this Section 3.2 apply to Stock-Based Awards and Performance Unit awards granted under the Omnibus Plan on or after August 15, 2022.  Stock-Based Awards and Performance Unit awards granted under the Omnibus Plan prior to August 15, 2022 will be subject to the terms of the Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan as in effect immediately prior to August 15, 2022.  Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.2 or in the corresponding provisions of the Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan as in effect immediately prior to August 15, 2022, as applicable, Stock-Based Awards and Performance Unit awards shall continue to be governed in accordance with their terms, including under the Omnibus Plan and the applicable award agreements or other award documentation.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Southern Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">In the event of a Southern Change in Control, each Stock-Based Award and Performance Unit award (as applicable) held by an Employee that is outstanding and unvested as of the date of such Southern Change in Control will be subject to the following provisions of this Section 3.2(a)&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To the extent that a Replacement Award is provided to the Employee to continue, replace or assume such outstanding and unvested Stock-Based Award or Performance Unit award, (A) such Replacement Award shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms and (B) if (x) an Employee holding a Replacement Award experiences a Qualifying Termination within two years after the Southern Change in Control and (y) such Employee is not eligible for benefits under a Severance Plan as of the date of such Qualifying Termination, then any Replacement Awards held by the Employee and outstanding as of the date of the Qualifying Termination shall fully vest and (to the extent applicable) become exercisable upon such Qualifying Termination&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that any such Replacement Award described in this clause (B) that is subject to the achievement of performance goals shall vest at the greater of (I) the &#8220;target&#8221; level and (II)&#160;the projected actual level of performance for the full performance period as of the time of the Qualifying Termination (as reasonably determined by the Committee)&#59; and </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">further</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that any award of stock options or stock appreciation rights described in this clause (B) held by such Employee that is outstanding and vested as of the date of the Qualifying Termination shall remain exercisable until the </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">earlier of (x) the date that is 90 days after the date of the Qualifying Termination and (y) the date on which such award would have expired had the Employee remained continuously employed with Southern Company or a Subsidiary of Southern Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To the extent that a Replacement Award is not provided to the Employee to continue, replace or assume such outstanding and unvested Stock-Based Award or Performance Unit award, such award shall fully vest and (to the extent applicable) become exercisable immediately prior to (and contingent upon) the Southern Change in Control&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that any such award that is subject to the achievement of performance goals shall vest at the greater of (A)&#160;the &#8220;target&#8221; level and (B)&#160;the projected actual level of performance for the full performance period as of the time of the Southern Change in Control (as reasonably determined by the Committee, as constituted immediately prior to the Southern Change in Control, in its sole discretion).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Subsidiary Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  In the event of a Subsidiary Change in Control, each Stock-Based Award and Performance Unit award (as applicable) held by a Subsidiary Employee that is outstanding and unvested as of the date of such Subsidiary Change in Control shall fully vest and (to the extent applicable) become exercisable immediately prior to (and contingent upon) the Subsidiary Change in Control&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that any such award that is subject to the achievement of performance goals shall vest at the &#8220;target&#8221; level&#59; and </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">further</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that any award of stock options or stock appreciation rights held by such Subsidiary Employee that is outstanding and vested as of the date of the Subsidiary Change in Control shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (x) the date that is 90 days after the date of the Subsidiary Change in Control and (y) the date on which such award would have expired had the Subsidiary Employee remained continuously employed with Southern Company or a Subsidiary of Southern Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">PPP Awards</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The provisions of this Section 3.3 apply to benefits payable under the Performance Pay Program under the Omnibus Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">PPP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Southern Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In the event of a Southern Change in Control, if there is no Plan Termination, payout of cash-based awards under the PPP to Employees for the performance period in which the Southern Change in Control shall have occurred shall be the greater of actual or target performance under the PPP.  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In the event of a Plan Termination within two (2) years following a Southern Change in Control, each Employee who is an Employee on the date of such Plan Termination shall be entitled to receive within thirty (30) days of the Plan Termination, cash in an amount equal to a pro-rated payout of his cash-based award under the PPP for the performance period in which the Plan Termination shall have occurred, based on the greater of (i) the payout based on target performance under the PPP, or (ii) the payout based on target performance under the PPP, multiplied by the Average Actual Payout Percentage, and in either case pro-rated by the </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">number of months which have passed since the beginning of the performance period until the date of the Plan Termination.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Subsidiary Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  In the event of a Subsidiary Change in Control, each Subsidiary Employee on the date of such Subsidiary Change in Control shall be entitled to receive, within thirty (30) days of the Subsidiary Change in Control, cash in an amount equal to a pro-rated payout of his cash-based award under the PPP for the performance period in which the Subsidiary Change in Control shall have occurred, based on the greater of (i) the payout based on target performance under the PPP or (ii) the payout based on target performance under the PPP multiplied by the Average Actual Payout Percentage, and in either case pro-rated by the number of months which have passed since the beginning of the performance period until the date of the Subsidiary Change in Control.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Pro-rata Calculation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  For purposes of calculating any pro-rated cash-based awards under this Section 3.3, a month shall not be considered if the determining event occurs on or before the 14th day of the month, and a month shall be considered if the determining event occurs on or after the 15th day of the month.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Other Incentives</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The provisions of this Section 3.4 shall apply to any Employee or Subsidiary Employee who, as of the date of the respective Change in Control, holds any cash-based award under any plan or program sponsored by the Participating Subsidiary (other than a Performance Unit award or an award under the PPP). If and to the extent an Employee or Subsidiary Employee is entitled to a cash-based award under the Omnibus Plan (other than a PPP or Performance Unit award) or any other plan or program sponsored by his Participating Subsidiary, in the event of a Southern Change in Control and&#47;or a Subsidiary Change in Control, such award shall be subject to the provisions of this Plan, and, provided such Employee or Subsidiary Employee is not otherwise entitled to a payout under any change in control provision of such plan or program, such award shall be payable in a similar manner as set forth in Section 3.3 hereof with respect to the PPP (e.g., if pro-rated as in Section 3.3 (a)(ii) or (b), the award is paid based on the greater of (i) the payout based on target performance or (ii) the payout based on target performance multiplied by the Average Actual Payout Percentage (with the definition of such term deemed modified as appropriate to apply to such other cash-based award), and if the award is for a full performance period as in Section 3.3(a)(i), the award is paid at the greater of actual or target if administratively practicable, and if not, at target) as determined by the Committee on a good faith basis.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;IV&#160;- SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLAN CHANGE IN CONTROL AND OTHER SPECIAL PROVISIONS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Application</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Upon a Change in Control or a Funding Change in Control, as applicable, the provisions of this Article IV shall apply to the funding, calculation and payment of accrued benefits under The Southern Company Supplemental Benefit Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SBP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) notwithstanding any provision in the SBP to the contrary&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that to the extent any provisions in the SBP or any individual agreement with an Employee provide for treatment that is more favorable to an Employee, then such provisions shall control with respect to such Employee.  The meaning of any capitalized terms used in this Article IV but not defined herein shall be as defined under the SBP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Funding of the Trust</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  No later than 30 days prior to the anticipated date of the Consummation of any Funding Change in Control described in Section 2.16 (a), (b) or (c) hereof or any Southern Change in Control, all Participating Subsidiaries shall contribute such amounts to the Trust as may be necessary to fully fund (as reasonably determined by the Committee) each Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations to pay the aggregate Pension Benefits and Non-Pension Benefits to be accrued under the SBP as of the date of the Funding Change in Control or Southern Change in Control, as applicable, with the aggregate accrued Pension Benefit to be determined under Section 4.4 hereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.3 hereof&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that the anticipated date of the Consummation of such a Funding Change in Control or Southern Change in Control shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  No later than the date of the Consummation of any Funding Change in Control involving a Participating Subsidiary as described in Section 2.16 (d), (e) or (f) hereof or any Subsidiary Change in Control, the Participating Subsidiary experiencing such Funding Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control shall contribute such amounts to the Trust as may be necessary to fully fund (as reasonably determined by the Committee) such Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations to pay the aggregate Pension Benefits and Non-Pension Benefits to be accrued under the SBP as of the date of the Funding Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable, with the aggregate accrued Pension Benefit to be determined under Section 4.4 hereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.3 hereof.  All assets held in the Trust shall be subject to the terms of the Trust agreement.  Except as otherwise provided in the Trust agreement, no Participant has any preferred claim on, or beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust before the assets are paid to the Participant and all rights created under the Trust, as under the SBP, are unsecured contractual claims of the Participant against his Participating Subsidiary.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Calculation of Trust Contribution</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The contributions made pursuant to Section 4.2 shall be based upon the funding strategy adopted by the Administrator with the assistance of the Actuary in such amounts as shall be necessary to fulfill the Participating Subsidiaries&#8217; obligations pursuant to this Article IV and the terms of the Trust agreement.  In providing any advice or making any determinations pursuant to this Section 4.3, the Actuary shall employ reasonable actuarial assumptions.  The dollar amount necessary to satisfy each Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations under this Article IV shall be estimated and paid to the Trust at the applicable time set forth in Section 4.2 and shall be recalculated and trued up as determined by the Committee.  In the event of a dispute between a Participant and a Participating Subsidiary over the Actuary&#8217;s determination of the dollar amount necessary to appropriately fund the Trust under the terms of this Article IV, the respective Participating Subsidiary(ies) and any complaining Participant(s) shall refer such dispute to the Actuary.  Any such referral shall only occur once in total and the resolution of such dispute by the Actuary shall be final and binding upon both parties.  The Participating Subsidiaries shall be responsible for all of the fees and expenses of the Actuary.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Pension Benefit Upon a Change in Control or Funding Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  As of the date of a Funding Change in Control, Southern Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control, the accrued Pension Benefit of each Participant shall be calculated based on such Participant&#8217;s Earnings and Accredited Service on such date, regardless of whether such Participant is vested or retirement eligible on such date, and such accrued Pension Benefit shall become nonforfeitable.  Any Participants&#8217; Pension Benefits accrued under the SBP subsequent to the date of such Funding Change in Control, Southern Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control shall be calculated pursuant to the terms of the SBP, without regard to this Section 4.4.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Pension Benefit Distribution Following a Funding Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Each Participant who has a Separation From Service within the two-year period following a Funding Change in Control shall be entitled to receive the amount of his accrued and nonforfeitable Pension Benefit based on such Participant&#8217;s Earnings and Accredited Service as of the date of such Separation From Service (subject to Section 4.4 hereof), adjusted to take into account appropriate early reduction factors, if any, based on the Participant&#8217;s commencement of benefits.  Subject to the provisions of Article VIII hereof, such accrued and nonforfeitable Pension Benefit shall be paid as a &#8220;Single-Sum Amount&#8221; as such term is defined in the SBP as soon as practicable following such Participant&#8217;s Separation From Service.  In the event such payment is not made because the Participant does not experience a Separation From Service within the two-year period following the date of the Funding Change in Control, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.5 shall not apply and the Participant&#8217;s Pension Benefits shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the SBP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.6&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Non-Pension Benefit Distribution upon a Funding Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;With respect to compensation deferred after January 1, 2005 as Non-Pension Benefits, in the event of a Funding Change in Control, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the SBP, the Non-Pension Benefit of a Participant shall be paid out in a lump sum as soon as practicable following such Participant&#8217;s Separation From Service within the two-year period following a Funding Change in Control, subject to the provisions of Article VIII hereof.  In the event such payment is not made because the Participant does not experience a Separation From Service within the two-year period following the date of the Funding Change in Control, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.6(a) shall not apply and the Participant&#8217;s Non-Pension Benefit shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the SBP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b) With respect to Pre-2005 Non-Pension Benefits subject to the terms of the SBP Schedule, in the event of a Funding Change in Control the Non-Pension Benefit of a Participant shall be paid out in a single sum as soon as practicable following such Participant&#8217;s termination of employment or retirement if such Participant makes such an election pursuant to those procedures established by the Administrator in its sole and absolute discretion.  If no such election is made, a Participant shall receive payment of his Non-Pension Benefit Account solely in accordance with Article V of the SBP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;V&#160;- SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN CHANGE IN CONTROL AND OTHER SPECIAL PROVISIONS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Application</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Upon a Change in Control or a Funding Change in Control, as applicable, the provisions of this Article V shall apply to the funding, calculation and payment of accrued benefits under The Southern Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SERP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) notwithstanding any provision in the SERP to the contrary&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that to the extent any provisions in the SERP or any individual agreement with an Employee provide for treatment that is more favorable to an Employee, then such provisions shall control with respect to such Employee.  The meaning of any capitalized terms used in this Article V but not defined herein shall be as defined under the SERP&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that for purposes of this Article V, the term &#8220;Participant&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the SERP without regard to Section 2.20 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">14</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Funding of the Trust</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  No later than 30 days prior to the anticipated date of the Consummation of any Funding Change in Control described in Section 2.16 (a), (b) or (c) hereof or any Southern Change in Control, all Participating Subsidiaries shall contribute such amounts to the Trust as may be necessary to fully fund (as reasonably determined by the Committee) each Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations to pay the aggregate benefits to be accrued under the SERP as of the date of the Funding Change in Control or Southern Change in Control, as applicable, as determined under Section 5.4 hereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.3 hereof&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that the anticipated date of the Consummation of such a Funding Change in Control or Southern Change in Control shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  No later than the date of the Consummation of any Funding Change in Control involving a Participating Subsidiary as described in Section 2.16 (d), (e) or (f) hereof or any Subsidiary Change in Control, the Participating Subsidiary experiencing such Funding Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control shall contribute such amounts to the Trust as may be necessary to fully fund (as reasonably determined by the Committee) such Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations to pay the aggregate benefits to be accrued under the SERP as of the date of such Funding Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable.  All assets held in the Trust shall be subject to the terms of the Trust agreement.  Except as otherwise provided in the Trust agreement, no Participant has any preferred claim on, or beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust before the assets are paid to the Participant and all rights created under the Trust, as under the SERP, are unsecured contractual claims of the Participant against his Participating Subsidiary.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Calculation of Trust Contribution</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The contributions made pursuant to Section 5.2 shall be based upon the funding strategy adopted by the Administrator with the assistance of the Actuary in such amounts as shall be necessary to fulfill the Participating Subsidiaries&#8217; obligations pursuant to this Article V and the terms of the Trust agreement.  In providing any advice or making any determinations pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Actuary shall employ reasonable actuarial assumptions.  The dollar amount necessary to satisfy each Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations under this Article V shall be estimated and paid to the Trust at the applicable time set forth in Section 5.2 and shall be recalculated and trued up as determined by the Committee.  In the event of a dispute between a Participant and a Participating Subsidiary over the Actuary&#8217;s determination of the dollar amount necessary to appropriately fund the Trust under this Article V, the respective Participating Subsidiary(ies) and any complaining Participant(s) shall refer such dispute to the Actuary.  Any such referral shall only occur once in total and the resolution of such dispute by the Actuary shall be final and binding upon both parties.  The Participating Subsidiaries shall be responsible for all of the fees and expenses of the Actuary.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SERP Benefit Upon a Change in Control or Funding Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  As of the date of a Funding Change in Control, Southern Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control, the accrued SERP Benefit of each Participant shall be calculated based on such Participant&#8217;s Earnings and Accredited Service on such date, regardless of whether such Participant is vested or retirement eligible on such date, and such accrued SERP Benefit shall become nonforfeitable.  Any Participants&#8217; SERP Benefits accrued under the SERP subsequent to the date of such Funding Change in Control, Southern Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control shall be calculated pursuant to the terms of the SERP without regard to this Section 5.4.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">15</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SERP Benefit Distribution Following a Funding Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Each Participant who has a Separation From Service within the two-year period following a Funding Change in Control shall be entitled to receive the amount of his accrued and nonforfeitable SERP Benefit based on such Participant&#8217;s Earnings and Accredited Service as of the date of such Separation From Service (subject to Section 5.4 hereof), adjusted to take into account appropriate early reduction factors, if any, based on the Participant&#8217;s commencement of benefits.  Subject to the provisions of Article VIII hereof, such accrued and nonforfeitable SERP Benefit shall be paid as a &#8220;Single-Sum Amount&#8221; as such term is defined in the SERP as soon as practicable following such Participant&#8217;s Separation From Service.  In the event such payment is not made because the Participant does not experience a Separation From Service within the two-year period following the date of the Funding Change in Control, the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.5 shall not apply and the Participant&#8217;s SERP Benefits shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the SERP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;VI&#160;- DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN CHANGE IN CONTROL AND OTHER SPECIAL PROVISIONS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Application</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Upon a Change in Control or a Funding Change in Control, as applicable, the provisions of this Article VI shall apply to the funding, calculation and payment of benefits under the Southern Company Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">DCP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) notwithstanding any provision in the DCP to the contrary&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that to the extent any provisions in the DCP or any individual agreement with an Employee provide for treatment that is more favorable to an Employee, then such provisions shall control with respect to such Employee.  The meaning of any capitalized terms used in this Article VI but not defined herein shall be as defined under the DCP.  For purposes of this Article VI, the term &#8220;Participant&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Article II of the DCP without regard to Section 2.20 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Funding of the Trust</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  No later than 30 days prior to the anticipated date of the Consummation of any Funding Change in Control described in Section 2.16 (a), (b) or (c) hereof or any Southern Change Control, all Participating Subsidiaries shall contribute such amounts to the Trust as may be necessary to fully fund (as reasonably determined by the Committee) each Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations to pay the aggregate benefits to be accrued under the DCP as of the date of the Funding Change in Control or Southern Change in Control, as applicable, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.3 hereof&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that the anticipated date of the Consummation of such a Funding Change in Control or Southern Change in Control shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion.  No later than the date of the Consummation of any Funding Change in Control involving a Participating Subsidiary as described in Section 2.16&#160;(d), (e) or (f) hereof or any Subsidiary Change in Control, the Participating Subsidiary experiencing such Funding Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control shall contribute such amounts to the Trust as may be necessary to fully fund (as reasonably determined by the Committee) such Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations to pay the aggregate benefits to be accrued under the DCP as of the date of the Funding Change in Control or Subsidiary Change in Control, as applicable, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.3 hereof.  All assets held in the Trust shall be subject to the terms of the Trust agreement.  Except as otherwise provided in the Trust agreement, no Participant has any preferred claim on, or beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust before the assets are paid to the Participant and all rights created under the Trust, as under the DCP, are unsecured contractual claims of the Participant against his Participating Subsidiary.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Calculation of Trust Contribution</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The contributions made pursuant to Section 6.2 shall be based upon the funding strategy adopted by the Administrator with the assistance of the Actuary in such amounts as shall be necessary to fulfill the Participating Subsidiaries&#8217; obligations pursuant to this Article VI and the terms of the Trust.  In providing any advice or making any determinations pursuant to this Section 6.3, the Actuary shall employ reasonable actuarial assumptions.  The dollar amount necessary to satisfy each Participating Subsidiary&#8217;s obligations under this Article VI shall be estimated and paid to the Trust at the time set forth in Section 6.2 and shall be recalculated and trued up as determined by the Committee.  In the event of a dispute between a Participant and a Participating Subsidiary over the Actuary&#8217;s determination of the dollar amount necessary to appropriately fund the Trust under this Article VI, the respective Participating Subsidiary(ies) and any complaining Participant(s) shall refer such dispute to the Actuary.  Any such referral shall only occur once in total and the resolution of such dispute by the Actuary shall be final and binding upon both parties.  The Participating Subsidiaries shall be responsible for all of the fees and expenses of the Actuary.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Payment of DCP Account</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;With respect to compensation deferred on and after January 1, 2005, in the event of a Funding Change in Control, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the DCP, a Participant&#8217;s Account under the DCP shall be paid out in a lump sum as soon as practicable following such Participant&#8217;s Separation From Service within the two-year period following the Funding Change in Control, subject to the provisions of Article VIII hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;With respect to compensation deferred prior to January 1, 2005, in the event of a Funding Change in Control, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the DCP, a Participant&#8217;s Account under the DCP shall be paid out in a lump sum as soon as practicable following such Participant&#8217;s termination of employment or retirement if such Participant makes such an election pursuant to those procedures established by the Administrator in its sole and absolute discretion.  If no such election is made, a Participant shall receive payment of his DCP Account solely in accordance with Article VII of the DCP.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;VII&#160;- ADMINISTRATION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Administrator</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The Administrator shall be responsible for the general administration of the Plan, except where authority has been specifically given to the Board of Directors or the Committee herein.  The Committee may from time to time delegate all or any part of its authority under this Plan to a subcommittee thereof. Further, to the extent permitted by law, the Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, to one or more officers of Southern Company, or to one or more agents or advisors, such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee, the subcommittee, or any person to whom duties or powers have been delegated as aforesaid, may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee, the subcommittee or such person may have under this Plan. To the extent of any such delegation, references in this Plan to the Committee will be deemed to be references to such subcommittee or such other person.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Duties of the Administrator</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Administrator shall be responsible for the daily administration of the Plan and may appoint other persons or entities to perform or assist in the performance of any of its fiduciary duties, subject to its review and approval.  The Administrator shall have the right to remove any such appointee from his position without cause upon notice.  Any person, group of persons, or entity may serve in more than one fiduciary capacity.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Administrator shall maintain permanent records and accounts of Participants and of their rights under the Plan and of all receipts, disbursements, transfers, and other transactions concerning the Plan.  Such accounts, books, and records relating thereto shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection and audit by the Company and any persons designated thereby.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Administrator shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the Plan complies with the law at all times, including the preparation and filing of all documents and forms required by any governmental agency&#59; maintenance of adequate Participant records&#59; recording and transmission of all notices required to be given to Participants and their beneficiaries&#59; receipt and dissemination, if required, of all reports and information received from the Participating Subsidiaries&#59; securing of such fidelity bonds as may be required by law&#59; and doing such other acts necessary for the proper administration of the Plan.  The Administrator shall keep a record of all of its proceedings and acts, and shall keep all such books of accounts, records, and other data as may be necessary for proper administration of the Plan.  The Administrator shall notify the Participating Subsidiaries upon their request of any action taken by it, and when required, shall notify any other interested person or persons.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Powers</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The Committee or other Administrator, as applicable, shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and shall have all powers necessary to carry out the provisions of the Plan as more particularly set forth herein.  The Committee shall have the discretionary authority to interpret the Plan (including any ambiguities herein) and to determine all questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan.  The Committee or other Administrator, as applicable, shall adopt such procedures and regulations necessary or desirable for the discharge of its duties hereunder and may appoint such accountants, counsel, actuaries, specialists, and other agents as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of this Plan.  The&#160;Administrator shall be the legal appointed agent for the service of process.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Compensation of the Committee</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Neither the Committee nor any other Administrator nor their delegates pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof shall receive any compensation from the Plan for their services.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Payment of Expenses</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The Committee or other Administrator, as applicable, shall be reimbursed by the Participating Subsidiaries for its reasonable expenses incurred in the discharge of its duties.  Such expenses shall include any expenses incident to its duties, including, but not limited to, fees of accountants, counsel, actuaries, and other specialists, and other costs of administering the Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7.6&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Indemnification</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Each Participating Subsidiary shall indemnify the&#160;Committee and any other Administrator against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses, and liability arising from their actions or omissions, except when the same is finally adjudicated to be the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Participating Subsidiaries may purchase at their own expense sufficient liability insurance for the Committee or other Administrator to cover any and all claims, losses, damages, and expenses arising from any action or omission in connection with the execution of the duties of the Committee or such other Administrator.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;VIII&#160;&#8211; TAX MATTERS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Withholding</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  The payments and benefits provided under this Plan will be subject to all applicable federal, state and other governmental withholdings.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Section 409A</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Plan and any benefits hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code do not apply to Employees. This Plan and any payments or benefits provided hereunder will be administered in a manner consistent with this intent. Any reference in this Plan to Section 409A of the Code will also include any regulations or any other formal guidance promulgated with respect to such section by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, to the extent that any distribution under this Plan upon separation from service would otherwise be subject to tax under Section 409A of the Code absent the six-month delay in the distribution required by Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code as a result of the recipient&#8217;s status as a &#8220;specified employee&#8221; as defined therein, such distribution, to the extent necessary, shall be made on the first day of the seventh month after the date of the recipient&#8217;s &#8220;separation from service&#8221; within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or (if earlier) on the date of the recipient&#8217;s death.  Any and all subsequent distributions, if any, shall be made in accordance with the established payment schedule under the Plan.  Solely with respect to any compensation that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and that is payable on account of a Funding Change in Control, a Funding Change in Control shall occur only if such event also constitutes a &#8220;change in the ownership,&#8221; &#8220;change in effective control,&#8221; and&#47;or a &#8220;change in the ownership of a substantial portion of assets&#8221; of the relevant company as those terms are defined under Treasury Regulation &#167;1.409A-3(i)(5), but only to the extent necessary to establish a time and form of payment that complies with Section 409A of the Code, without altering the definition of Funding Change in Control for any other purpose in respect of such compensation.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan and benefits hereunder to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A of the Code, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Plan and benefits hereunder as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. In any case, an Employee will be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on an Employee or for an Employee&#8217;s account in connection with this Plan and benefits hereunder (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither Southern Company nor any of its affiliates will have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold an Employee harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Timing of Benefit Payments</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  In the case of a Separation From Service occurring in December of any given year, any &#8220;single sum amount&#8221; or &#8220;lump sum&#8221; payments under Articles </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">19</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">IV, V and VI will be made no earlier than January 1 and no later than March 15 of the following year.  The foregoing time of payment requirement is intended to satisfy the requirements under Section 409A of the Code.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Special Payment Timing Rule</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if (a) an Employee commenced or commences participation in this Plan after July 10, 2000, or otherwise experiences a gap in participation in this Plan, and (b) the time and form of any payments to such Employee provided for under this Plan with respect to the SBP, the SERP or the DCP would result in tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then, to the extent necessary to avoid tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code, any amounts owed pursuant to this Plan with respect to the SBP, the SERP or the DCP (as applicable) shall instead be paid (to the extent possible) at the time and in the manner provided for in the SBP, the SERP or the DCP, respectively.  To the extent an Employee has an amount deferred under the SBP, the SERP or the DCP that relates to compensation for services performed prior to calendar year 2023 and in the absence of the amendment and restatement of the Plan as of the Effective Date such amount would be paid at the time and in the manner provided for in the SBP, the SERP or the DCP, respectively, then to the extent necessary to avoid tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code such amount shall continue to be paid at the time and in the manner provided for in the SBP, the SERP or the DCP, respectively.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide for the acceleration of the time and form of such payments to the extent permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE&#160;IX&#160;- MISCELLANEOUS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amendment and Termination</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Plan may be amended or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors, provided, however, that no such amendment or termination of the Plan shall be effective if such amendment or termination is made or is effective within a period that is (a) (i) at any time after a Preliminary Change in Control or (ii)&#160;solely with respect to a Preliminary Change in Control described in Section 2.28(a) or 2.28(b), within six (6) months before such Preliminary Change in Control, and (b) prior to the earlier of (x) such time as the Administrator shall have determined that the event that gave rise to such Preliminary Change in Control shall not be Consummated or (y) two years following the respective Change in Control, unless such amendment or termination during such period has the effect of increasing benefits to Participants under the Plan, is determined by the Board of Directors to be immaterial, or applies solely to individuals who, in the case of a Subsidiary Change in Control, were not employees of the Participating Subsidiary undergoing the Subsidiary Change in Control (or a Subsidiary of such Participating Subsidiary) on the date of the respective Preliminary Change in Control, or, in the case of a Southern Change in Control, are not Employees on the date of the respective Southern Change in Control.  Following a Change in Control, nothing in this Section 9.1 shall prevent the Board of Directors from amending or terminating the Plan as to any subsequent Change in Control provided that no such amendment or termination shall impair any rights or reduce any benefits previously accrued under the Plan as a result of a previous Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, it is the Company&#8217;s general intent not to amend Sections 4.6(b) or 6.4(b) of the Plan in any manner that would constitute, or could be interpreted to be, a &#8220;material modification&#8221; of any right or feature of this Plan as such term is defined under Section 409A of the Code, and any such Plan amendment shall be disregarded to the extent such amendment would otherwise do so unless such amendment is made </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">pursuant to an express resolution of the Board of Directors stating that the change is meant to be treated as a material modification pursuant to Code Section 409A. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Additional Rights</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Participating Subsidiaries to terminate any Employee&#8217;s employment at any time, or confer upon any Employee any right to continue in the employ of the Participating Subsidiaries or any Subsidiaries thereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Interpretation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  All personal pronouns used in this Plan, whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, shall include all other genders, and the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i417994f1ebbc454c8fc4953e4cac292e_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan has been executed by duly authorized officers of Southern Company Services, Inc. pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of Southern Company Services, Inc. as of the date first above written.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:49.701%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.867%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.132%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47;James M. 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i72a2c06dab404ff598a8011aadd1842b_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Exhibit 10.2</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SOUTHERN COMPANY<br>SENIOR EXECUTIVE CHANGE IN CONTROL<br>SEVERANCE PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">AMENDED AND RESTATED</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i72a2c06dab404ff598a8011aadd1842b_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">SOUTHERN COMPANY<br>SENIOR EXECUTIVE CHANGE IN CONTROL<br>SEVERANCE PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:6.45pt;padding-left:181.8pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">AMENDED AND RESTATED</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ARTICLE I - PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Adoption of Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. Southern Company Services, Inc. hereby adopts this Amended and Restated Southern Company Senior Executive Change in Control Severance Plan effective as of the date of execution. The Plan was originally effective May 1, 2003, amended effective January 1, 2007, amended and restated effective December 31, 2008, and further amended effective October 19, 2009 and February 22, 2011. The Plan is an unfunded &#8220;top hat&#8221; plan designed to provide certain severance benefits to a select group of management or highly compensated employees, to be paid solely from the general assets of the respective Employing Companies.  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Purpose</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. The Plan is primarily designed to provide benefits to certain key executive employees of the Employing Companies, whose employment is terminated subsequent to a change in control of Southern or their respective Employing Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">280G Regulations</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Acquiring Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.27 hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Administrator</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Compensation Committee or any other committee consisting of members of the Southern Board and&#47;or officers of Southern as may be designated by the Compensation Committee from time to time.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Annual Compensation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the sum of a Participant&#8217;s Base Salary plus the Participant&#8217;s Severance Bonus Amount.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Average Actual Payout Percentage</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the average of the Short Term Bonus Plan payout percentages, as determined by the Compensation Committee (but excluding any individual performance adjustments), for the Participant&#8217;s applicable Employing Company or business unit of the Employing Company, as applicable under the Short Term Bonus Plan, in the three fiscal years ending immediately prior to the fiscal year in which occurs the Separation Date&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that in the event the applicable Employing Company was not a participant in such Short Term Bonus Plan for any one or more of such three fiscal years involved in such calculation of Average Actual Payout Percentage, such fiscal year or years, as applicable, will not be included in such Average Actual Payout Percentage calculation&#59; and </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">further</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that in the event the applicable Participant transferred employment among Employing Companies during such three fiscal years involved in such calculation of the Average Actual Payout Percentage, the calculation for such Participant or Employing Company shall be based on the three-year performance of the company that is his Employing Company immediately prior to the Separation Date.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.6&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Base Salary</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a Participant&#8217;s highest annual base salary rate during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date the Change in Control is Consummated.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.7&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Beneficial Ownership</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.8&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Benefit Index</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Aon plc Benefit Index&#174;, or if such index is no longer available, cannot be used, or if pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof another Benefits Consultant has been chosen by the Compensation Committee, such other comparable index utilized by the Benefits Consultant.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.9&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Benefits Consultant</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean Aon plc or such other nationally recognized employee benefits consulting firm as shall be designated in writing by the Compensation Committee upon the occurrence of a Preliminary Change in Control that would result in a Subsidiary Change in Control.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.10&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Board of Directors</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the board of directors of the Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.11&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">BPP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(h) hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.12&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Business Combination</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; 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Such action shall be in writing and shall cause an Employee to be entitled to benefits under this Plan in the event of a Change in Control of his deemed Employing Company, not his Employing Company.  Notwithstanding the above, no Employee shall participate in the Plan if, prior to a Change in Control, the Employee is entitled to, and elects to receive benefits under any other change in control severance plan, agreement or arrangement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;An Employee shall immediately cease to be an Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan if he no longer holds one of the named positions set forth in Section 2.21(a) unless the Compensation Committee has designated (upon the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer of Southern) the Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan under Section 2.21(b) hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.22&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Employee Outplacement Program</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the program established by an Employing Company from time to time for the purpose of assisting Participants covered by the Plan in finding employment outside of the Employing Company which provides for the following services&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;self-assessment, career decision and goal setting&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;job market research and job sources&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;networking and interviewing skills&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;planning and implementation strategy&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;resume writing, job hunting methods and salary negotiation&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;office support and job search resources.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.23&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Employing Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Employer</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean Southern, the Company, or any other Southern Subsidiary, which the Board of Directors may from time to time determine to bring under the Plan and which shall adopt the Plan, and any successor of any of them. The term &#8220;Employing Company&#8221; or &#8220;Employer&#8221; shall also mean any other corporation or entity Controlled by Southern which the Compensation Committee has determined to bring under the Plan and which shall adopt the Plan, and any successor of any of them.  With respect to any Employee, such Employee&#8217;s &#8220;Employing Company&#8221; shall be the Employing Company that employs such Employee, except as otherwise provided herein.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.24&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Employing Company Business Combination</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b)(ii) hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.25&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Equity Based Bonus Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a plan or arrangement that provides for the grant to participants of stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, phantom stock appreciation rights or any other similar rights the terms of which provide a participant with the potential to receive the benefit of any increase in value of the underlying equity or notional amount (e.g., number of phantom shares) from the date of grant through a subsequent date.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.26&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exchange Act</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.27&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Good Reason</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean, without an Employee&#8217;s express written consent, after written notice to his Employing Company within ninety (90) days of the initial occurrence of the condition giving rise to Good Reason as provided herein, and after a thirty (30) day opportunity for the Employee&#8217;s Employing Company to cure, the continuing occurrence of any of the events described in Section 2.27 (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), subject to Section 2.27(f).  This definition of &#8220;Good Reason&#8221; is intended to constitute an involuntary separation from service as contemplated by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(n)(2).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Inconsistent Duties</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  A material and detrimental diminution in the Employee&#8217;s job title, duties and status as compared to those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Reduced Compensation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  A reduction of more than five percent (5%) to the aggregate amount of the following, as in effect on the day immediately preceding the day the Change in Control is Consummated&#58;  (i)&#160;the Employee&#8217;s Base Salary&#59; (ii) the Employee&#8217;s Target Bonus under his Short Term Bonus Plan&#59; (iii) the Employee&#8217;s Target Bonus under his Long Term Bonus Plan&#59; and (iv) the Employee&#8217;s Target Bonus under his Equity Based Bonus Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Relocation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  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Any successor to the Employing Company fails or refuses to assume or replace with a materially equivalent substitute the Employer&#8217;s obligations under this Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Subsidiary Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  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The Compensation Committee shall notify the Participant of its decision in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence within thirty (30) days of the Compensation Committee&#8217;s receipt of the Participant&#8217;s written offer of employment. An Employee&#8217;s acceptance of an offer of employment with the Acquiring Company shall operate as a waiver such Employee&#8217;s &#8220;Good Reason&#8221; rights with respect to the terms of such offer, but not with respect to subsequent changes to the terms and conditions of the Employee&#8217;s employment with the Acquiring Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.28&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Group</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.29&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Group Health Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Southern Company Services, Inc. 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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no individual who shall become a director of the Southern Board subsequent to the Effective Date whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of the regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Southern Board shall be a member of the Incumbent Board.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.32&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Long Term Bonus Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean any bonus type plan or arrangement designed to provide incentive based compensation to participants upon the achievement of objective or subjective goals that measure performance over a period of more than twelve months.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.33&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Material Reduction</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean a reduction of more than ten percent (10%) to the employer-provided value that the Employee is expected to derive from his Retirement and Welfare Benefits, as reasonably determined by the Compensation Committee&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that with respect to an Employee who provides notice of Good Reason pursuant to Section 2.27(f), whether such ten percent (10%) reduction is expected to occur shall be determined by the Benefits Consultant using the most recently available Benefits Index and shall be set forth in a written opinion of the Benefits Consultant, and the following guidelines shall be followed by the Company, the Acquiring Company and the Benefits Consultant in the performance of the Benefit Index calculations&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Upon a Preliminary Change in Control that if Consummated would result in a Change in Control, the Employing Company and the Acquiring Company shall provide to the Benefits Consultant the applicable benefit plan provisions for the plan year in which the Change in Control is anticipated to occur. Plan provisions for the immediately preceding plan year may be provided if the Benefits Consultant determines that there have been no changes to such plans that would materially affect the determination of whether there is a Material Reduction. In the event of a Subsidiary Change in Control, if the Acquiring Company&#8217;s relevant plan provisions have not previously been included in the Benefits Consultant&#8217;s Benefit Index database, the Acquiring Company shall provide to the Benefits Consultant such plan information as the Benefits Consultant shall request in writing as soon as practicable following such request. The Compensation Committee shall take such action as is reasonably required to facilitate the transfer of such information from the Acquiring Company to the Benefits Consultant.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The standard Benefit Index assumptions for the plan year from which the plan provisions are taken shall be used.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Benefit Consultant will use its standard aggregated Benefit Index employee information unless the Employing Company provides alternative data.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The determination of whether or not the Acquiring Company&#8217;s Retirement and Welfare Benefits represent a Material Reduction to the Retirement and Welfare Benefits provided to the Employee by his Employing Company shall be determined on an aggregate basis. 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shall mean the Southern Company Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and The Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, in each case as amended from time to time, and any successor plan(s).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.36&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Participant</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean an Employee or Support Employee who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 3.1 of this Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.37&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Pension Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean The Southern Company Pension Plan or any successor thereto, as in effect on the date a Change in Control is Consummated.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.38&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Performance Pay Program</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">PPP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the Performance Pay Program under the Omnibus Plan or any replacement thereto, as in effect on the date a Change in Control is Consummated.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.39&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Performance Unit</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the Omnibus Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.40&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Person</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean any individual, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.41&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; 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shall mean benefits provided by the Employing Company or the Acquiring Company, as applicable, under the following types of plans and arrangements&#58; pension plans, defined contribution plans (matched savings, profit sharing, money purchase, ESOP, and similar plans and arrangements), plans providing for death benefits while employed or retired (life insurance, survivor income, and similar plans and arrangements), plans providing for short-term disability benefits (including accident and sick time), plans providing for long-term disability benefits and plans providing health-care benefits (including reimbursements during active employment or retirement related to expenses for medical, vision, hearing, dental, and similar plans and arrangements).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.44&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Separation Date</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the date on which a Participant&#8217;s employment with his Employing Company is terminated&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that solely for purposes of Section 3.2(c) hereof, the Separation Date of Participants who are deemed to be retired pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.3 hereof, shall be the effective date of their retirement pursuant to the terms of the Pension Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.45&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Severance Bonus Amount</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean an amount in cash equal to the greater of (a) the Participant&#8217;s Target Bonus under the Participant&#8217;s Employing Company&#8217;s Short Term Bonus Plan for the year in which the Separation Date occurs, and (b) the product of the Participant&#8217;s Target Bonus under the Participant&#8217;s Employing Company&#8217;s Short Term Bonus Plan for the year in which the Separation Date occurs multiplied by the Average Actual Payout Percentage.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.46&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Short Term Bonus Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean any bonus type plan or arrangement designed to provide incentive based compensation to participants upon the achievement of objective or subjective goals that measure performance over a period of twelve months or less.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.47&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Southern</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean The Southern Company, its successors and assigns.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.48&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Southern Board</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean the board of directors of Southern.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.49&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Southern Subsidiary</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean any corporation or other entity Controlled by Southern.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.50&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Stock-Based Award</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean any stock-based award granted under the Omnibus Plan, including but not limited to stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance shares.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.51&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Subsidiary Change in Control</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b) hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.52&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Support Employee</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; shall mean an Employee of the Company (which shall continue to be such Employee&#8217;s Employing Company for all other purposes of this Plan) whose employment with the Company&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Is involuntarily terminated without Cause within two years after the Change in Control of an Employing Company (other than Southern or the Company) and either (i) spent at least 40% of his working time performing services for such Employing Company as of the day immediately preceding the day the Change in Control is Consummated and for one-hundred eighty (180) days prior thereto, or since commencement of employment by the Company, if shorter, or (ii) is determined by the Compensation Committee to be involuntarily terminated without Cause as a result of such Change in Control&#59; 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shall mean the amount of incentive compensation expressed as either a percent of salary or pay, an expected dollar amount, the number of awards granted or such other quantifiable measure to determine the amount to be paid or granted under the terms of the respective Short Term Bonus Plan, Long Term Bonus Plan or Equity Based Bonus Plan, as used by the Employing Company or respective Acquiring Company to measure the market competitiveness of its employee compensation programs.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.55&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Termination for Cause</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; 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Except as otherwise provided herein, any Employee whose employment is involuntarily terminated by his Employing Company at any time during the two-year period following a Change in Control of Southern or his Employing Company for reasons other than Cause or who shall voluntarily terminate his employment with his Employing Company for Good Reason at any time during the two-year period following a Change in Control of Southern or his Employing Company shall be entitled to participate in this Plan and receive the benefits described in Section 3.2 hereof, subject to the terms and conditions described in this Article III.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Employee (i) accepts the transfer of his employment to Southern, any Southern Subsidiary or any employer that acquires all or substantially all of the assets of Southern or (ii) accepts the transfer of his employment to any employer (or its affiliate) that acquires all or substantially all of the assets of a Southern Subsidiary and becomes an employee of any such employer (or its affiliate) following such acquisition, such transfer of employment shall not be an involuntary termination without Cause or a voluntary termination for Good Reason for purposes of this Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Deemed Employees</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. An Employee who is deemed to be employed by an Employing Company other than his actual Employing Company under Section 2.23 hereof shall be entitled to participate in this Plan and receive the benefits described in Section 3.2 hereof in the same manner as other Employees of the deemed Employing Company undergoing a Change in Control under Section 3.1(a) hereof&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that such deemed Employee will be considered to be an Employee of the deemed Employing Company solely for purposes of determining whether he is entitled to benefits under this Plan as a result of a Change in Control of such deemed Employing Company. 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A Participant who receives this extended medical coverage shall also be entitled to elect coverage under the Group Health Plan for his dependents who are participating in the Group Health Plan on the Participant&#8217;s Separation Date (and for such other dependents as may be entitled to coverage under the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) for the duration of the Participant&#8217;s extended medical coverage under this Section 3.2(c) to the extent such dependents remain eligible for dependent coverage under the terms of the Group Health Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The extended medical coverage afforded to a Participant pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) as well as the premiums to be paid by the Participant in connection with such coverage shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the Group Health Plan and shall be subject to any changes in the terms and conditions of the Group Health Plan as well as any future increases in premiums under the Group Health Plan. The premiums to be paid by the Participant in connection with this extended coverage shall be due on the first day of each month&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that if a Participant fails to pay his premium within thirty (30) days of its due date, such Participant&#8217;s extended coverage shall be terminated.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Any Group Health Plan coverage provided under this Section 3.2(c) shall be a part of and not in addition to any COBRA Coverage which a Participant or his dependent may elect. 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It shall be the duty of a Participant to inform the Employing Company of his eligibility to participate in any such health plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(iv)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3 hereof, regardless of whether a Participant elects the extended coverage described in Section 3.2(c) hereof, the Employing Company shall pay to each Participant a cash amount equal to the Employing Company&#8217;s and the Participant&#8217;s cost of premiums for three (3) years of coverage under the Group Health Plan and Group Life Insurance Plan, as such Plans were in effect as of the date of the Change in Control.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Stock-Based Award and Performance Unit Vesting</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. The provisions of this Section 3.2(d) shall apply to any Participant who, as of the date of the Change in Control, was a participant in the Omnibus Plan.  Any Stock-Based Awards and Performance Unit awards held by the Participant that are outstanding and unvested as of the Separation Date shall fully vest and (to the extent applicable) become exercisable&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that any such award that is subject to the achievement of performance goals shall vest at the greater of (i) the &#8220;target&#8221; level and (ii)&#160;the projected actual level of performance for the full performance period as of the Separation Date (as reasonably determined by the Compensation Committee)&#59; and </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">further</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that any award of stock options or stock appreciation rights held by such Participant that is outstanding and vested as of the Separation Date shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (x) the date that is 90 days after the Separation Date and (y) the date on which such award would have expired had the Participant remained continuously employed with Southern or a Southern Subsidiary.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Performance Pay Program</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. The provisions of this Section 3.2(e) shall apply to any Participant who, as of the date of the Change in Control, was a participant in the Performance Pay Program. Provided </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">the Participant is not entitled to a cash-based award under the PPP, if the PPP is in place as of the Participant&#8217;s Separation Date and to the extent the Participant is entitled to participate therein, the Participant shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to a pro-rated payout of his cash-based award under the PPP for the performance period in which the Separation Date shall have occurred, at the Participant&#8217;s Severance Bonus Amount and pro-rated by the number of months which have passed since the beginning of the performance period until the Separation Date.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Other Short-Term Incentive Plans</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. The provisions of this Section 3.2(f) shall apply to any Participant who, as of the date of the Change in Control, is a participant in any &#8220;short term incentive compensation plan&#8221; other than (or in addition to) the PPP. Provided the Participant is not otherwise entitled to a plan payout under any change in control provisions of such plans, if the &#8220;short term incentive compensation plan&#8221; is in place through the Participant&#8217;s Separation Date and to the extent the Participant is entitled to participate therein, the Participant shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to his award under his respective Employing Company&#8217;s &#8220;short term incentive compensation plan&#8221; for the annual performance period in which the Separation Date shall have occurred, at the Participant&#8217;s Severance Bonus Amount and pro-rated by the number of months which have passed since the beginning of the annual performance period until the Separation Date. For purposes of this Section 3.2(f), the term &#8220;short term incentive compensation plan&#8221; shall mean any incentive compensation plan or arrangement adopted in writing by an Employing Company which provides for annual, recurring compensatory bonuses to participants based upon articulated performance criteria.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(g)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Pro rata Calculation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. For purposes of calculating any pro rata cash-based awards under Section 3.2&#160;(e) and (f) hereof, a month shall not be considered if the determining event occurs on or before the 14th day of the month, and a month shall be considered if the determining event occurs on or after the 15th day of the month.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(h)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">No Duplicate Benefits</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.2 to the contrary&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;in the event that a Participant has received or is entitled to receive a cash-based award under the PPP as determined under the provisions of the Amended and Restated Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan, in each case as may be amended or amended and restated from time to time (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">BPP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;), for the performance period which includes a Participant&#8217;s Separation Date, then the amount of any such cash-based award under this Plan shall be reduced dollar for dollar by any such amount received or to be received under the BPP&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;in the event that a Participant is entitled to vest in any Stock-Based Awards pursuant to the provisions of the BPP in circumstances where Section 3.2(d) hereof would otherwise apply, such provisions of the BPP shall control, and such Participant shall not be entitled to any vesting with respect to such Stock-Based Awards pursuant to Section 3.2(d) hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Coordination with Retiree Medical and Life Insurance Coverage</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, any Participant who is otherwise eligible to retire pursuant to the terms of the Pension Plan shall be deemed to have retired for purposes of all employee benefit plans sponsored by the Employing Company of which the Participant is a participant. A Participant who is deemed to have retired in accordance with the preceding sentence shall not be eligible to receive the benefits described in Section 3.2(c) hereof if, upon his Separation Date, such Participant becomes eligible to receive the retiree medical and life insurance coverage provided to certain retirees pursuant to the terms of the Pension Plan, the Group Health Plan and the Group Life Insurance Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Payment of Benefits</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4(b) hereof, the total amount payable under this Article III shall be paid to a Participant in one (1) lump sum payment within 10 days after the expiration of any applicable revocation period for the Participant&#8217;s Waiver and Release without the Participant revoking the Waiver and Release. In the case of a Separation Date occurring in November or December, payment under this Article III will be made no earlier than January 1 of the following year and no later than 62 days after the Separation Date, provided all other requirements of the Plan are met, including the receipt of an effective Waiver and Release. The foregoing time of payment requirement is intended to satisfy the requirements of the so-called &#8220;short term deferral exception&#8221; as described in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(b)(4) promulgated under Code Section 409A and to ensure that a Participant cannot directly or indirectly designate the taxable year of the receipt of benefits under the Plan as described </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(a). In the event payment under this Article III is delayed as a result of a bona fide legal dispute with respect to liability or amount of any benefit due under the Plan, an effective Waiver and Release shall be tendered at the time of final resolution of any such dispute on the date payment, if any, is tendered by the Employing Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.4(a) above, if the Compensation Committee determines that it is necessary to delay any payment, or portion thereof, under this Article III in order to avoid any tax liability pursuant to Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), such payment, or portion thereof, shall be paid on the first day of the seventh month following the Separation Date, and such delayed payment, or portion thereof, shall bear a reasonable rate of interest as determined by the Compensation Committee.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Benefits in the Event of Death</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. In the event of the Participant&#8217;s death after the Participant becomes eligible for benefits under this Article III but prior to the payment of all benefits due under this Article III, the Participant&#8217;s estate shall be entitled to receive any amounts not yet paid under this Article III within 62 days after the Participant&#8217;s Separation Date.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.6&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Legal Fees</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. In the event of a bona fide legal dispute between a Participant and his Employing Company with regard to any amounts due hereunder, if any material issue in such dispute is finally resolved in the Participant&#8217;s favor, his Employing Company shall reimburse the Participant&#8217;s legal fees incurred with respect to all issues in such dispute in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.7&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">No Mitigation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. A Participant who receives benefits under Section 3.2 of this Plan shall have no duty or obligation to seek other employment following his Separation Date and, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.1(d) hereof, the amounts due a Participant hereunder shall not be reduced or suspended if such Participant accepts such subsequent employment.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.8&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Adjustment of Certain Payments and Benefits</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if any payment or benefit to be paid or provided hereunder or under any other plan or agreement would be an &#8220;Excess Parachute Payment,&#8221; within the meaning of Code Section 280G, or any successor provision thereto, but for the application of this sentence, then the payments and benefits to be paid or provided hereunder shall be reduced to the minimum extent necessary (but in no event to less than zero) so that no portion of any such payment or benefit, as so reduced, constitutes an Excess Parachute Payment&#59; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">provided</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">however</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, that the foregoing reduction shall be made only if and to the extent that such reduction would result in an increase in the aggregate payments and benefits to be provided, determined on an after-tax basis (taking into account the excise tax imposed pursuant to Code Section 4999, or any successor provision thereto, any tax imposed by any comparable provision of state law, and any applicable federal, state and local income taxes). The determination of whether any reduction in such payments or benefits to be provided hereunder is required pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made at the expense of the Participant&#8217;s Employing Company, if requested by the Participant or the Employing Company, by Southern&#8217;s independent accountants or a nationally recognized law firm chosen by the Employing Company.  The fact that the Participant&#8217;s right to payments or benefits may be reduced by reason of the limitations contained in this Section 3.8 shall not of itself limit or otherwise affect any other rights of the Participant under this Plan.  In the event that any payment or benefit intended to be provided is required to be reduced pursuant to this Section 3.8, then the reduction will be made in accordance with Code Section 409A and will occur in the following order&#58;  (a) first, by reducing any cash payments with the last scheduled payment reduced first&#59; (b) second, by reducing any equity-based benefits that are included at full value under Q&#38;A-24(a) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Code Section 280G (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">280G Regulations</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;), with the highest value reduced first&#59; (c) third, by reducing any equity-based benefits included on an acceleration value under Q&#38;A-24(b) or 24(c) of the 280G Regulations, with the highest value reduced first&#59; and (d) fourth, by reducing any non-cash, non-equity based benefits, with the latest scheduled benefit reduced first.  Such payments or benefits shall be reduced in a manner that maximizes the Participant&#8217;s economic position.  In applying this principle, the reduction shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata basis but not below zero.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ARTICLE IV - ADMINISTRATION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Administrator</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Except as otherwise provided herein, the Compensation Committee shall be responsible for the general administration of the Plan and may appoint other persons or entities to perform or assist in the performance of any of its duties, subject to its review and approval. The Compensation Committee shall have the right to remove any such appointee from his position without cause upon notice.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Administrator shall maintain permanent records and accounts of Participants and of their rights under the Plan and of all receipts, disbursements, transfers, and other transactions concerning the Plan. Such accounts, books, and records relating thereto shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection and audit by the Company and any persons designated thereby.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Administrator shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the Plan complies with the law at all times, including the preparation and filing of all documents and forms required by any governmental agency&#59; maintenance of adequate Participant records&#59; recording and transmission of all notices required to be given to Participants and their beneficiaries&#59; receipt and dissemination, if required, of all reports and information received from the Employing Companies&#59; securing of such fidelity bonds as may be required by law&#59; and doing such other acts necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. The Administrator shall keep a record of all of its proceedings and acts, and shall keep all such books of accounts, records, and other data as may be necessary for proper administration of the Plan. The Administrator shall notify the Employing Companies upon their request of any action taken by it, and when required, shall notify any other interested person or persons.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Powers</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">. The Compensation Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and shall have all powers necessary to carry out the provisions of the Plan as more particularly set forth herein. The Compensation Committee shall have the discretionary authority to interpret the Plan (including any ambiguities herein) and to determine all questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan. The Compensation Committee shall adopt such procedures and regulations necessary or desirable for the discharge of its duties hereunder and may appoint such accountants, counsel, actuaries, specialists, and other agents as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of this Plan. 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<th class="th"><div>Aug. 15, 2022</div></th>
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<td class="text">Aug. 15,  2022<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityFileNumber', window );">Entity File Number</a></td>
<td class="text">1-3526<span></span>
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<td class="text">The Southern Company<span></span>
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<td class="text">58-0690070<span></span>
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<td class="text">30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W<span></span>
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<td class="text">506-5000<span></span>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince</td>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityCentralIndexKey</td>
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<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:centralIndexKeyItemType</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany</td>
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<td>dei_</td>
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<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityFileNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:fileNumberItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:edgarStateCountryItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityRegistrantName</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:employerIdItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_LocalPhoneNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Local phone number for entity.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_LocalPhoneNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_Security12bTitle">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Title of a 12(b) registered security.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_Security12bTitle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:securityTitleItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_SecurityExchangeName">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection d1-1<br></p></div>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_SecurityExchangeName</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:edgarExchangeCodeItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_SolicitingMaterial">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Section 14a<br> -Number 240<br> -Subsection 12<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_SolicitingMaterial</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Trading symbol of an instrument as listed on an exchange.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_TradingSymbol</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:tradingSymbolItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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</tr>
</table></div>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_WrittenCommunications">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Securities Act<br> -Number 230<br> -Section 425<br></p></div>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_WrittenCommunications</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis=us-gaap_CommonStockMember">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Details</a><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis=us-gaap_CommonStockMember</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis=so_Series2017B5.25JuniorSubordinatedNotesDue2077Member">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Details</a><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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