Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
Chunk: 33

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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 that guide the purchase of goods and services, including requiring competitive bids for most transactions above $100,000 or approval based on documented business needs for sole sourcing arrangements.

The approval and ratification of any related person transaction would be subject to these written policies and procedures which include:

4 a determination of the need for the goods and services;

4 preparation and evaluation of requests for proposals;

4 controls and guidance regarding the evaluation of the proposals;

4 negotiation of contract terms and conditions; and

4 execution of contracts by authorized individuals.

As appropriate, applicable contracts are also reviewed by individuals in the legal, accounting and/or risk management services departments prior to being approved by the authorized individual. The authorized individual will vary depending on the department requiring the goods and services and the dollar amount of the contract.

In addition to the above procedures, the Board has adopted a written policy pertaining to the approval or ratification of related person transactions by the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee.

In 2024, Mr. Scott Kuczynski, the son of Steven E. Kuczynski, an executive officer who retired from the Company in 2024, was employed by Southern Company Gas as a government analyst and received total compensation of approximately $125,000. Also, in 2024, Mr. Terrell Maske, the brother-in-law of J. Jeffrey Peoples, an executive officer of the Company, was employed by Alabama Power Company as an environmental affairs supervisor and received total compensation of approximately $204,000.

We do not have any other related person transactions that meet the requirements for disclosure in this proxy statement.

In the ordinary course of the Southern Company system’s business, electricity and natural gas are provided to some Directors and entities with which the Directors are associated on the same terms and conditions as provided to other customers of the Southern Company system.

#### Information Available on Our Website
Key corporate governance information is available on our website at investor.southerncompany.com .

| 4Board of Directors              
 4Composition of Board Committees 
 4Board Committee Charters        
 4Corporate Governance Guidelines 
 4Company Leadership              |     | 4Director and Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines 
 4Code of Ethics                                    
 4Restated Certificate of Incorporation             
 4Amended and Restated By-Laws                      |     | 4SEC Filings                                                                  
 4Overview of Southern Company Policies and Practices for Political Engagement 
 4Restrictions on Hedging or Pledging                                          |

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