Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0000092122-25-000092
Chunk: 35

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form: 424B2
Chunk 35
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 Prospective investors in Equity Units should consult their tax advisors regarding the particular tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Equity Units (including the application and effects of any state, local, or foreign and other tax laws).

Are there limitations on the purchase, holding or disposition of the Corporate Units with assets of, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan?

Yes. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and similar federal, state and local laws that are substantively similar or are of similar effect impose restrictions on the purchase, holding and disposition of Corporate Units (and the securities underlying the Corporate Units) by employee benefit plans or similar arrangements that are subject to those laws. Corporate Units (and the securities underlying the Corporate Units) may be purchased with assets of, or on behalf of, a United States employee benefit plan or similar arrangement subject to the investing fiduciary’s determination that the investment satisfies ERISA’s fiduciary standards and other requirements under ERISA, the Code and/or similar federal, state and local laws applicable to investments by such employee benefit plan or similar arrangement. An investing fiduciary that proposes to cause a United States employee benefit plan or similar arrangement, or to act on behalf of, or use assets of, a United States employee benefit plan or similar arrangement, to purchase Corporate Units (and the securities underlying the Corporate Units) should consult its own counsel regarding the potential applicability of ERISA, the Code and/or similar federal, state or local laws that are substantively similar or are of similar effect applicable to such investment, the potential consequences in its specific circumstances, and whether any exemption or exemptions would be applicable and should determine on its own whether all conditions of such exemption or exemptions have been satisfied. See “Certain ERISA Considerations.”

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What are the rights and privileges of the Company’s common stock?

The shares of the Company’s common stock that holders of Equity Units will be obligated to purchase under the purchase contracts have one vote per share. For more information, please see the discussion of the Company’s common stock in the accompanying Prospectus under the heading “Description of the Common Stock.” As of September 30, 2025, there were 1,101,104,843 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding.

#### What are the uses of proceeds from the offering?
The Company estimates that