Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 13

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 13
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 at the annual meeting. |     |                                                                                 |     |                                                 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     | 4Simple Majority Vote                                                           
 4Disclose Assumptions Underlying Continued Reliance on Fossil Fuel-Based Energy |     | 4Conduct a Net Zero Audit                       
 4Report on Respecting Workforce Civil Liberties |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     | The Board recommends a voteAGAINSTeach proposal                                 |     |                                                 |

#### Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement11
Governance

| The Board, acting upon the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee, has nominated 13 of the Directors currently serving for re-election to the Southern Company Board of Directors.                                                                                                                                               |     |                                                         |     |                 |     |                       |     |                       |
| Janaki Akella                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Shantella E. Cooper                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Anthony F. Earley, Jr.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 James O. Etheredge                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |     |                                                         |     | David J. Grain  
 Donald M. James 
 John D. Johns   |     | Dale E. Klein         
 David E. Meador       
 William G. Smith, Jr. |     | Kristine L. Svinicki  
 Lizanne Thomas        
 Christopher C. Womack |
| Each nominee, if elected, will serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 The proxies named on the proxy form will vote each properly executed proxy form for the election of the 13 Director nominees, unless otherwise instructed. If any named nominee becomes unavailable for election, the Board may substitute another nominee. In that event, the proxy would be voted for the substitute nominee unless instructed otherwise on the proxy form. |     |                                                         |     |                 |     |                       |     |                       |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     | The Board recommends a voteFOReach nominee for Director |     |                 |     |                       |     |                       |

#### Governance Highlights
We seek to establish corporate governance standards and practices that create long-term value for our stockholders and positive influences on the governance of the Company.

| Stockholder Empowerment                                                                                |     | Independent Board of Directors                                                                                                                                   |
| 4All Directors stand for stockholder election annually                                                 
 4Majority voting standard in uncontested Director elections                                            
 4Directors not receiving majority support must tender their resignation for consideration by the Board 
 4Proxy access for stockholders