Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
Chunk: 50

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 50
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     |                              |   697,292 |     | 176 | %      |     |        |   — |      |     |             | 177 | % |     |                         | 176 | % |     | 171 | %              |     |            | 1,192,369 |
| Kim Greene       |     |               | 100 | % |     |                              |   945,005 |     | 176 | %      |     |        |     | 184% |     |             | 180 | % |     |                         | 179 | % |     | 179 | %              |     |            | 1,691,558 |
| Jim Kerr(1)      |     |               |  80 | % |     |                              |   707,200 |     | 176 | %      |     |        | 179 | %    |     |             | 169 | % |     |                         | 174 | % |     | 169 | %              |     |            | 1,195,168 |

(1) Approved total payout reflects a reduction due to two employee fatalities as described more fully on pag e 51 .

#### Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement53

### Compensation Discussion and Analysis

#### Long-Term Equity Incentive Compensation (At Risk)
Our LTI program has evolved in response to stockholder feedback and our ongoing evaluation of best practices. We provide LTI through a combination of PSUs and PRSUs.

#### 2024-2026 Long-Term Equity Incentive Program
Long-term performance-based awards are intended to promote long-term success and increase stockholder value by directly tying a substantial portion of the NEOs’ total compensation to the interests of stockholders.

|                                                                                                                                                                          |     |                                                               |     | Weighting      |     |            |
| Metric(s)                                                                                                                                                                |     |                                                               |     | CEO, CFO & COO |     | Other NEOs |
| PSUs - Relative TSR & Consolidated ROE                                                                                                                                   
 Earned solely on achievement of pre-established performance goals over 2024-2026 performance period Potential payout of 0-200% based on actual level of goal achievement |     | •Relative TSR measured against an industry peer group         
 •Consolidated Southern Company ROE                            |     | 65%            |     | 70%        |
| PSUs - GHG Reduction Metric                                                                                                                                              
 Earned solely on achievement of pre