ATLANTA, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southern Company today announced the election of Henry A. (Hal) Clark III, 60, to its board of directors. Clark is currently a senior advisor with Lexicon Partners, an independent corporate finance advisory firm.

"With more than thirty years of executive experience in the global financial and the utility industries, Hal Clark brings a wealth of experience to this role," said Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO David Ratcliffe. "His knowledge and insights will be valuable assets to Southern Company and its board of directors."

Prior to Lexicon Partners, Clark was group chairman of global power and utilities at Citigroup from 2001-2009. His work experience includes numerous capital markets transactions of debt, equity, bank loans, convertibles and securitization as well as advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions. He also has served as policy advisor to numerous clients on capital structure, cost of capital dividend strategies and various financing strategies. In addition, he was chair of the Alternative Energy Task Force and recently served as chair of the Wall Street Advisory Group to the Edison Electric Institute.

Clark holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University and earned his master's degree in business administration from Stanford University. Clark and his wife, Pamela, have three sons: Austin, Whitney, and James.

With 4.4 million customers and more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier energy company serving the Southeast. A leading U.S. producer of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are below the national average. Southern Company is consistently listed among the top U.S. electric service providers in customer satisfaction by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Visit our Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

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