CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
Filed by
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
Pursuant to orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated August 18,
1999 and February 9, 2000 in the matter of File No. 70-9335.
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The Southern Company (the "Company") hereby certifies to said Commission,
pursuant to Rule 24, as follows:
1. On February 1, 2002, the issuance by Southern Company Capital
Funding, Inc. ("Capital Funding") of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its Series B Floating Rate Senior Notes due February 1, 2004 (the "Series B
Notes"), pursuant to the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1,
2002, supplementing the Senior Note Indenture dated as of February 1, 2002 among
Capital Funding, the Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, and the guarantee of the Series B Notes by the Company was carried out
in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented
by the application, as amended, and of said orders with respect thereto.
2. Filed herewith are the following exhibits:
Exhibit A -- Prospectus supplement with respect to the
Series B Notes, dated January 30, 2002. (Filed
electronically January 31, 2002, in File Nos.
333-65178, 333-65178-01, 333-65178-02 and
333-65178-03.)
Exhibit B -- Underwriting Agreement with respect to the
Series B Notes dated January 30, 2002. (Designated
in Form 8-K dated January 30, 2002 as Exhibit 1.)
Exhibit C -- Second Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note
Indenture dated as of February 1, 2002, providing
for the issuance of the Series B Senior Notes.
(Designated in Form 8-K dated January 30, 2002 as
Exhibit 4.2.)
Exhibit D -- Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP, dated February 11, 2002.
Dated: February 11, 2002 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
By /s/Tommy Chisholm
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Tommy Chisholm
Secretary