Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 upon a Company CIC and for impacted subsidiary employees, upon a Subsidiary CIC. Upon a separation from service within two years following a Company CIC or a Subsidiary CIC, benefits accrued under the SBP-P and SERP as of the NEO’s separation from service are generally payable in lump sum.

#### Potential Payments
This section describes and estimates payments that would become payable to the NEOs upon a termination or change in control as of December 31, 2024.

#### Pension Benefits
There are no enhancements to the benefits accrued by NEOs under the Pension Plan, the SBP-P, the SERP or the SRA upon the occurrence of the Traditional Termination or the Change-in-Control-Related Events. The SBP-P, SERP and SRA benefits accrued through the date of a Company CIC or Subsidiary CIC that would otherwise be payable as 10 annual installments convert to a single lump sum payment. The amounts shown below reflect the value of the lump sum acceleration of these annual installments under the SBP-P, the SERP and the SRA for the NEOs, upon a change in control effective as of December 31, 2024. If an NEO designates a non-spouse beneficiary, then the amount payable is 50% of the amount shown.

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#### Executive Compensation Tables
The amounts in this chart differ from the pension values shown in the Summary Compensation Table and the Pension Benefits table. Those tables show the present values of all the benefit amounts anticipated to be paid over the lifetimes of the NEOs and their beneficiaries. Those plans are described in the notes following the Pension Benefits.

|               |     |       |     | Amounts below are Lump Sum Acceleration(No additional benefits) |            |
|               |     | Plan  |     | Change in Control($)                                            |            |
| Chris Womack  |     | SBP-P |     |                                                                 | 14,890,447 |
|               |     | SERP  |     |                                                                 | 10,046,622 |
|               |     | SRA   |     |                                                                 |  6,094,425 |
| Dan Tucker    |     | SBP-P |     |                                                                 |  4,157,106 |
|               |     | SERP  |     |                                                                 |  2,151,950 |
| Stan Connally |     | SBP-P |     |