Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 103

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 103
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holders have the right to know the extent that Southern Company has committed itself to “net zero” policies that may be viewed by governments and others as actionable corporate misconduct and/or consumer/investor fraud.

#### Board’s Recommendation and Statement
The Board has carefully considered this proposal and recommends that you vote AGAINST the proposal for the reasons described below.

The separate, specific report sought by this proposal would be duplicative and of no added value given our existing public disclosures.

Southern recognizes the potential risks associated with setting forward-looking strategy. Our fleet transition strategy and decarbonization goals are an output of disciplined, multi-year planning processes that take into consideration many factors, including the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to our customers, and incorporate regional, state and local factors relevant to our service territories. These processes include extensive engagement with stakeholders (including regulators, customers and communities), reflect those stakeholders’ perspectives, and, in many instances, require formal approval by state regulators. Southern also engages with stockholders on these issues. Moreover, our fleet transition strategy and decarbonization goals are subject to extensive and independent oversight by our Board and its committees.

We believe the separate report sought by the proposal is unnecessary and would be a needless use of corporate resources because Southern already provides regular public disclosures that address the topics identified in the proposal. For example, information about our fleet transition strategy is included in annual filings with the SEC and in information posted on our corporate website. Our disclosures describe Southern’s progress toward – and potential challenges to – meeting our emissions reductions goals. The IRPs filed by our operating subsidiaries with their respective state regulators are also publicly available and include information regarding our planned generation fleet and energy mix for each of those jurisdictions. Our website disclosures include a summary of our policy engagement and advocacy, our policies and practices for political engagement, an annual report disclosing political engagement expenditures and a list of trade associations and other organizations of which Southern or its subsidiaries are members that may advocate on climate-related topics.

Accordingly, because Southern has robust oversight processes and already provides the information requested by this proposal, the separate, specific report sought by this proposal would be duplicative and of no added value to stockholders.

| The Board recommends a voteAGAINSTthe proposal. |

Item 8: Report on Respecting Workforce Civil Liberties

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