Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
Chunk: 7

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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 per share ($)

| ¢ |     | Reported EPS |     | ¢ |     | Adjusted EPS |

For a reconciliation of adjusted EPS to EPS under GAAP, see page 98 .

Dividends paid per share ($)

| Increased       
 8 cents         
 in 2024         |
| Paid            
 $3.13B          
 to stockholders 
 in 2024         |

#### Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement5

#### Company Performance
| Our TSR outperformed the Philadelphia Utility Index (UTY) for all periods presented. During 2024, we continued to deliver positive stockholder returns, and we have reliably demonstrated strong TSR performance over the long term. |     |      |        |     |      |        |     |      |        |     |      |         |
| TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN (ANNUALIZED)                                                                                                                                                                                                |     |      |        |     |      |        |     |      |        |     |      |         |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |     |      | 1-Year |     |      | 3-Year |     |      | 5-Year |     |      | 25-Year |
| Southern Company                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     | 21.7 | %      |     | 10.4 | %      |     |  9.5 | %      |     | 12.3 | %       |
| Philadelphia Utility Index                                                                                                                                                                                                           |     | 20.9 | %      |     |  3.4 | %      |     |  6.1 | %      |     |  9.1 | %       |
| S&P 500 Index                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |     | 25.0 | %      |     |  8.9 | %      |     | 14.5 | %      |     |  7.7 | %       |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average                                                                                                                                                                                                         |     | 15.0 | %      |     |  7.6 | %      |     | 10.5 | %      |     |  7.8 | %       |
| Source: Bloomberg using quarterly compounding as of December 31, 2024.                                                                                                                                                               |     |      |        |     |      |        |     |      |        |     |      |         |

Excelling at The Fundamentals

4 We demonstrated resilience in our preparation for and recovery from Hurricane Helene, the most destructive storm in