Alabama 8K 2012B


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) October 9, 2012             


Commission
File Number
Registrant, State of Incorporation,
Address and Telephone Number
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
 
 
 
1-3164
Alabama Power Company
(An Alabama Corporation)
600 North 18th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
(205) 257-1000
63-0004250

The name and address of the registrant have not changed since the last report.

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Item 8.01.    Other Events.
On October 9, 2012, Alabama Power Company (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale by the Company of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2012B 0.550% Senior Notes due October 15, 2015 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the shelf registration statement (Registration No. 333-172528) of the Company.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
 
 
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated October 9, 2012, relating to the Senior Notes among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBS Securities Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement.
 
 
4.2
Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture dated as of October 16, 2012, providing for the issuance of the Senior Notes.
 
 
4.7
Form of Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.2 above).
 
 
5.1
Opinion of Balch & Bingham LLP relating to the Senior Notes.
 
 
12.1
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.


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: October 16, 2012
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
 
 
By         /s/Melissa K. Caen
 
 
Melissa K. Caen
Assistant Secretary