Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 21

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 21
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. Panetta and as staff director for the Subcommittee on Personnel and Police for the Committee on House Administration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 4Mr. Womack is a Director of Invesco Ltd., where he serves on the Audit Committee, the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. Mr. Womack served on the Board of Essential Utilities, Inc. until 2023.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 4Mr. Womack also serves on the Board of Georgia Ports Authority. He is past chair of the Board of the East Lake Foundation and is on the national Board of The First Tee. Mr. Womack previously chaired the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau Board and the Atlanta Sports Council.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

Retiring Board Members

| Henry A. "Hal" Clark III |     | Henry A. "Hal" Clark III will retire from our Board at the end of his term on the date of the annual meeting. We sincerely thank him for his many years of service to the Board, the Company and its stockholders. |

| 24 |     | Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement |

#### Governance

#### Committees of the Board
Charters for each of the Board’s six standing committees can be found on the Corporate Governance section of our website at investor.southerncompany.com . All members of the Board’s standing committees are independent Directors.

Audit Committee

| Members                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |     | William G. Smith, Jr. |     | Janaki Akella   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |     | Henry A. Clark III |     | Attendance98%     
 Meetings in 20249 
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |     | Donald M. James       |     | David E. Meador |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |     |                    |     |                   |
| The Audit Committee’s duties and responsibilities include the following:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     |                       |     |                 |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |     |                    |     |                   |
| 4Oversee the Company’s financial reporting, audit process, internal controls and legal, regulatory and ethical compliance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 4Appoint the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, approve its services and fees and establish and review the scope and timing of its audits.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 4Recommend the filing of the Company’s and its registrant subsidiaries’ annual