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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 which allows participants to defer part of their salary and PPP as well as applicable taxes on a voluntary basis and

4 The SBP which makes participants whole when the Company matching contribution under the ESP is restricted by statutory limitations.

#### Column (b)
This column reports the actual amounts of compensation deferred under the DCP by each NEO in 2024. The amount of salary deferred by the NEOs, if any, is included in the Salary column in the Summary Compensation Table. The amounts of performance-based compensation deferred in 2024 were the amounts that were earned as of December 31, 2023 but were not payable until the first quarter of 2024. These amounts are not reflected in the Summary Compensation Table because that table reports performance-based compensation that was earned in 2024 but not payable until early 2025.

#### Column (c)
This column reflects employer contributions under the SBP and DCP. The amounts reported in this column also were reported in the All Other Compensation column in the Summary Compensation Table.

#### Column (d)
This column reports earnings or losses under the SBP and DCP on (1) compensation the NEOs elected to defer, (2) employer contributions and (3) prior earnings attributable to each accruing during 2024.

#### Column (f)
This column includes amounts that were deferred under the DCP and employer contributions under the SBP in prior years and, as applicable, reported as compensation in the Summary Compensation Table through 2023: (i) Mr. Womack: $105,111 (ii) Mr. Tucker: $269,222, (iii) Ms. Greene: $28,609 and (iv) Mr. Kerr: $300,882. These amounts have since been adjusted, pursuant to the terms of the DCP and the SBP for investment performance, deferrals and contributions.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

This section describes and estimates payments that could be made to the NEOs serving as of December 31, 2024 under different termination and change-in-control events. The estimated payments would be made under the terms of Southern Company’s compensation and benefit program or the change-in-control severance program.

All of the NEOs are participants in the Severance Plan and the Benefits Protection Plan. As previously disclosed, the Company restated its change-in-control related compensation plans, including the Severance Plan and Benefits Protection Plan, effective August 15, 2022. To the extent not disclosed herein, refer to the Company’s