UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

December 31, 2008

 

Commission

File Number

Registrant, State of Incorporation,

Address and Telephone Number

I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.

 

 

 

1-3526

The Southern Company

(A Delaware Corporation)

30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30308

(404) 506-5000

58-0690070

 

The address of the registrant has not changed since the last report.

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events

 

Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the following materials from The Southern Company Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 6, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of The Southern Company. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on this information in making investment decisions.

In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific references in such filing.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibits are furnished herewith:

Exhibit No.

Exhibit Description

100

The following materials from The Southern Company Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008, filed on November 6, 2008, formatted in XBRL (Extensive Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited), (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited), and (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited).

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: December 31, 2008

 

THE SOUTHERN COMPANY

 

 

 

By            /s/ Wayne Boston  

Wayne Boston

Assistant Secretary

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

Description

EX-100.INS

XBRL Instance Document

EX-100.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

EX-100.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

EX-100.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document

EX-100.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document

EX-100.DEF

XBRL Definition Linkbase Document