Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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FAQs about Voting and the Annual Meeting

The following table summarizes the Board’s voting recommendations for each proposal, the vote required for each proposal to pass and the effect of abstentions and uninstructed shares on each proposal.

| Item |     |                                                                                                                                   |     | Board          
 Recommendation |     | Voting                                               
 Standard                                             |     | Abstentions             |     | Uninstructed                             
 Shares                                   |
| 1    |     | Election of 13 Directors                                                                                                          |     | ✓FOR           |     | Majority of votes cast for each Director             |     | No effect               |     | No effect                                |
| 2    |     | Advisory vote to approve executive compensation (Say on Pay)                                                                      |     | ✓FOR           |     | Majority of votes cast                               |     | No effect               |     | No effect                                |
| 3    |     | Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2025                         |     | ✓FOR           |     | Majority of votes cast                               |     | No effect               |     | Discretionary voting by broker permitted |
| 4    |     | Approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the supermajority vote requirement to a majority vote |     | ✓FOR           |     | At least two-thirds of issued and outstanding shares |     | Count as a vote against |     | Count as a vote against                  |
| 5-8  |     | Vote on four stockholder proposals                                                                                                |     | AGAINST        |     | Majority of votes cast                               |     | No effect               |     | No effect                                |

#### Information about the Annual Meeting
Q How will the annual meeting be conducted this year?

A We will hold our 2025 annual stockholder meeting virtually, starting at 10:00 am ET on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. We are committed to affording stockholders the same rights and opportunities to participate as they would at an in-person meeting. You will be able to attend the meeting online, vote your shares electronically and submit questions before and during the virtual annual meeting.

#### Q How do I attend the virtual annual meeting?
A To participate in the virtual annual meeting, visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SO2025 on May 21, 2025 and enter the 16-digit control number included on your proxy card, your Notice of Internet Availability of the proxy materials (Notice) or