Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000046
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form: DEFA14A
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#### [Employee Article – SO Today]
Scheduled for publication May 13, 2025

Headline: It’s time to vote your proxy

2024 was an outstanding year for Southern Company. We celebrated milestones and navigated challenges while continuing to deliver strong financial results, celebrating commercial operation for Vogtle Unit 4, advancing our energy portfolio and transitioning for the future to further the reliability and resilience of our systems. These achievements reflect our team’s commitment to keep the customers and the communities we are privileged to serve at the center of everything we do.

During the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our Chairman, President and CEO, Chris Womack, will discuss our 2024 performance, stockholders will vote on the items noted below and he will answer stockholder questions.

Eight items are up for vote at this year’s virtual annual meeting, which will begin at 10 a.m. E.T. on Wednesday, May 21. Employees who own Southern Company common stock are encouraged to make their voices heard by voting their shares.

The Southern Company proxy statement was made available to stockholders in April, along with instructions for voting your shares. You can vote your shares online at www.proxyvote.com until May 20.

Below is a summary of the items up for vote, along with the Board of Directors’ voting recommendations.

| Item                                                       |     | Description                                                                                                                       |     | Board Recommendation      |
| Item #1                                                    
 Election of Directors                                      |     | Elect 13 Directors                                                                                                                |     | FOR each director nominee |
| Item #2                                                    
 Say on Pay                                                 |     | Advisory vote to approve executive compensation                                                                                   |     | FOR                       |
| Item #3                                                    
 Ratify Appointment of Auditors                             |     | Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025                         |     | FOR                       |
| Item #4                                                    
 Approve Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation |     | Approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the supermajority vote requirement to a majority vote |     | FOR                       |

| Items #5-8            
 Stockholder Proposals |     | Vote on four stockholder proposals:                                             
 •Simple Majority Vote                                                           
 •Disclose Assumptions Underlying Continued Reliance on Fossil Fuel-Based Energy 
 •Conduct a Net Zero Audit                                                       
 •Report on Respecting Workforce Civil Liberties                                 |     | AGAINST each proposal |

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