Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 36

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 36
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100+ investor coalition and with key environmental stakeholders.

#### 36Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement

#### Governance
| Significant topics for stockholder engagement included:                                                                                                                                                                                                
 4Climate-related risks and opportunities, our decarbonization efforts and progress toward meeting our interim and long-term GHG goals, and just transition, including the impact of our fleet transition on our workforce and the communities we serve 
 4Human capital management, including employee engagement, workforce training, development, hiring and retention and Intentional Inclusion efforts                                                                                                      
 4Management succession planning and leadership development                                                                                                                                                                                             
 4Board governance, including Board leadership structure, Board succession planning and Board skills                                                                                                                                                    
 4Political engagement and trade association memberships and how our activities align with our business strategies                                                                                                                                      
 4Board oversight of key risks and opportunities, including perspectives on increased projected load growth                                                                                                                                             |     | 4Executive compensation and how our core metrics are aligned with our business strategies and stockholder interests                          
 4Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence                                                                                                   
 4Human rights practices, including supply chain considerations                                                                               
 We also discussed how the Board oversees these topics and how they tie to our long-term strategy.                                            |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |     | Independent Directors actively participate in engagement efforts with our largest stockholders.                                              
 In 2024 and 2025, the Lead Independent Director directly engaged with stockholders representing approximately 20% of our outstanding shares. |

Stockholder feedback is communicated to our Board and its committees throughout the year.

In addition, our CFO and investor relations group lead our management team in hundreds of investor meetings throughout the year to discuss our business, strategy and financial results. These discussions also include governance and sustainability-related topics. Meetings include in-person, telephone and webcast conferences.

#### Environmental Stakeholder Engagement
Since 2011, we have held regular environmental stakeholder forums, webinars, calls and meetings covering a range of topics, including our efforts to reduce GHG emissions, regulatory and policy issues, system opportunities and risks related to renewables, system opportunities and risks related to increased projected load growth, energy efficiency and community impacts. Members of senior management participate in these events.

| In early May 2024, we hosted an in-person environmental stakeholder forum in Washington D.C. Chris Womack, our CEO, led discussions with stakeholders. Other senior leaders who participated included the Chief Legal Officer, COO, President of External Affairs, SVP of Research, Environment and Sustainability and VP of System Planning. Key topics discussed