Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
Chunk: 49

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 49
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 30 million megawatt hours of electricity each year                                                                                                                                                           |     |                             |
| Maintain Focus on Culture and Talent Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 4Continued to promote a cross-company culture focused on collaboration and innovation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 4Continued to reinforce robust and thoughtful training program for key leaders focusing on business acumen and organizational efficiencies                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 4Maintained a robust executive pipeline through succession planning and development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 4Focused on cultural bandwidth and leadership’s emotional intelligence for the purpose of enhancing leadership effectiveness and the ability to drive successful outcomes within their organizations                                                                                                                                                   |     |                             |
| Foster Transparent and Collaborative Board Relationship                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 4Led ongoing evolution of business strategy as Company prepared to meet increasing energy demand and excellent service for customers                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 4Collaborated with Board to continue focus on thoughtful Board refreshment process                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     |                             |
| Execute Strategic Engagement with Key Stakeholders                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 4Advanced the electric fleet transition, including completion of Plant Vogtle Unit 4, expansion of South Cheyenne Solar Facility and Millers Branch Solar Facility, commercial operation of Georgia's first battery energy storage system at the Mossy Branch Battery Facility, and invested in additional transmission to deliver energy to customers 
 4Led robust stakeholder engagement program including an annual stakeholder forum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     |                             |

#### 52Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement

### Compensation Discussion and Analysis

#### Other NEOs Performance Assessments
The Committee recognized the leadership and performance of our NEOs during 2024 that drove our Company's many achievements. In 2024, our team of dynamic and collaborative NEOs remained dedicated to generating long-term value for our stockholders while meeting and exceeding our financial and operational objectives and focusing on affordability for our customers. The Committee believes that the executive leadership team's overall performance was crucial to the successes highlighted above for 2024, and acknowledges that the team surpassed expectations for the year.

| Dan Tucker                                                                                                                   
 Executive Vice                                                                                                               
 President and CFO of the Company                                                                                             |     | Stan Connally        
 Executive Vice       
 President and COO of 
 the Company          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     | Kim Greene          
 Chairman, President 
 and CEO of          
 Georgia Power       |     | Jim Kerr            
 Chairman, President 
 and CEO of Southern 
 Company Gas         |
| The following areas were considered when assessing the overall performance of the executive team:                            |     |                      |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     |