Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
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 to promote the investment in knowledge on matters relevant to the Company. On a periodic basis, we provide our Directors with suggested educational courses on topics including emerging governance issues, compliance and ethics matters, financial and risk oversight and industry-specific subjects. To facilitate ongoing education by our Directors, we pay the costs for registration, tuition and related travel and lodging expenses.

#### Communicating with The Board
We encourage stockholders or interested parties to communicate directly with the Board, the independent Directors or the individual Directors, including the Lead Independent Director.

4 Communications may be sent to the Board as a whole, to the independent Directors or to specified Directors, including the Lead Independent Director, by regular mail or electronic mail.

4 Regular mail should be sent to our principal executive offices, to the attention of the Corporate Secretary, Southern Company, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308.

4 Electronic mail should be directed to corpgov@southernco.com . Stockholders may also contact the Board using the online form located in the Corporate Governance section of our website at investor.southerncompany.com .

With the exception of commercial solicitations, all communications directed to the Board or to specified Directors will be relayed to them.

#### Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement17
Governance Biographical Information about our Nominees for Director

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     | Janaki Akella                                    
 Former Digital Transformation Leader, Google LLC |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     | Age: 64                                          
 Director since:                                  
 January 2019                                     |     | Board committees: Audit; Business Security and Resiliency (Chair)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Other public company directorships: SLM Corporation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Director Highlights                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Dr. Akella’s qualifications include electrical engineering experience and knowledge, global business technology, data and analytics expertise and cybersecurity and artificial intelligence matters knowledge. Her understanding and involvement with technology market disruptions is particularly valuable to the Board as the Southern Company system continues to develop innovative business strategies. |     |                                                  |     | 4Dr. Akella served as the Digital Transformation Leader of Google LLC, a multinational technology company specializing in internet-related products, from 2017 until March 2023. At Google, Dr. Akella addressed challenges and complex technical issues arising from new technologies and new business models.                                                                                                                                                                                              
 4Prior to joining Google, Dr. Akella held a number of leadership positions during a 17-year career at