Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000092122-25-000018
Chunk: 4040

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 11
Chunk 4040
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PART III

Items 10 (other than the information under "Code of Ethics" below), 11, 12, 13, and 14 for Southern Company are incorporated by reference to Southern Company's Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Specifically, reference is made to "Corporate Governance at Southern Company" and "Biographical Information about our Nominees for Director," as well as "Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports," if required, for Item 10, "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," "Executive Compensation Tables," and "Director Compensation" for Item 11, "Stock Ownership Information," "Executive Compensation Tables," and "Equity Compensation Plan Information" for Item 12, "Biographical Information about our Nominees for Director" and "Corporate Governance at Southern Company" for Item 13, and "Principal Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees" for Item 14.

Items 10, 11, 12, and 13 for each of the Subsidiary Registrants are omitted pursuant to General Instruction I(2)(c) of Form 10-K. Item 14 for each of the Subsidiary Registrants is contained herein.

Item 10.DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Code of Ethics

The Registrants collectively have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics (Code of Ethics) that applies to each director, officer, and employee of the Registrants and their subsidiaries. The Code of Ethics can be found on Southern Company's website located at www.southerncompany.com. The Code of Ethics is also available free of charge in print to any shareholder by requesting a copy from Laura O. Hewett, Corporate Secretary, Southern Company, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308. Any amendment to or waiver from the Code of Ethics that applies to executive officers and directors will be posted on the website.

Insider Trading Policies and Procedures

Each of the Registrants has adopted a Prohibition of Securities Trading Policy governing, among other items, the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of such Registrant's securities by directors, officers, and employees. Each Prohibition of Securities Trading Policy is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, and regulations, and any listing standards applicable to such Registrant. The Prohibition of Securities Trading Policies do not address transactions