Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 107

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 107
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 to preventing discrimination within our workforce and helping to ensure that all employees have a fair shot at success.

Accordingly, because of the strength of Southern's anti-discrimination practices, as well as Southern’s existing oversight and transparency around these practices, the evaluation and report sought by the proposal is unnecessary.

| The Board recommends a voteAGAINSTthe proposal. |

#### 90Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement
Stock Ownership Information

Stock Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers

The following table shows the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned as of February 14, 2025 by Directors, NEOs and executive officers. Unless otherwise indicated, each person possesses sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares identified as beneficially owned. The shares owned by all Directors, NEOs and executive officers as a group constitute less than one percent of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding.

| Directors and Executive Officers      |     | Shares Owned  
 Directly or   
 Indirectly(1) |           |     | Deferred       
 Common         
 Stock Units(2) |         |     | Shares         
 Individuals    
 Have Rights to 
 Acquire within 
 60 Days(3)     |       |     | Total Shares 
 Beneficially 
 Owned(4)     |           |
| Janaki Akella                         |     |               |         — |     |                |  17,421 |     |                |     — |     |              |    17,421 |
| Henry A. Clark III                    |     |               |     2,000 |     |                |  69,699 |     |                |     — |     |              |    71,699 |
| Stanley W. Connally, Jr.              |     |               |   176,846 |     |                |       — |     |                |     — |     |              |   176,846 |
| Shantella E. Cooper                   |     |               |    19,901 |     |                |  27,349 |     |                |     — |     |              |    47,250 |
| Anthony F. Earley, Jr.                |     |               |    24,261 |     |                |  26,590 |     |                |     — |     |              |    50,851 |
| James O. Etheredge                    |     |               |         — |     |                |       — |     |                |     —