Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 81

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 81
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#### 74Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement

#### Executive Compensation Tables

#### Healthcare Benefits
All of the NEOs other than Mr. Kerr were retirement-eligible as of December 31, 2024. The amount payable to Mr. Kerr is approximately $114,065, three times the sum of the employer and employee premium expenses for group health plan and life insurance plan coverage during 2024. Benefits are provided to retirees and there is no incremental payment to the other NEOs associated with the Traditional Termination or the Change-in-Control-Related Events, except in the case of a CIC Termination, as described in the Change-in-Control-Related Events chart.

### Financial Planning Perquisite
An additional year of the financial planning perquisite, which is set at a maximum of $20,000 per year for the CEO and $15,000 per year for all other NEOs, will be provided after retirement for retirement-eligible NEOs.

There are no other perquisites provided to the NEOs under any of the Traditional Termination or Change-in-Control-Related Events.

#### Severance Benefits
The Severance Plan provides severance benefits, including outplacement services, in the event of CIC Termination. The severance benefits are not paid unless the NEO releases any claims the NEO may have against the employing company.

4 The severance payment for Mr. Womack is three times the sum of base salary and PPP opportunity (either at target or, if greater, paid out based on the average achievement from the three prior fiscal years) and two times that sum for the other NEOs.

4 The estimated cost of providing the six months of outplacement services is $6,000 per NEO.

4 If any portion of the severance amount constitutes an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the tax code and is therefore subject to an excise tax, the severance amount will be reduced by an amount sufficient to avoid the application of the excise tax. Excise tax gross-ups will not be provided on change-in-control severance payments.

The table below estimates the severance payments that would be made to the NEOs if they were terminated as of December 31, 2024 in connection with a change in control.

|               |     | Severance Amount($) |            |
| Chris Womack  |     |                     | 14,620,500 |
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