Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
Chunk: 44

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 44
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, the Committee continued to carefully evaluate the executive officer compensation of peer utility companies to develop reasonable ranges of total compensation for similarly situated executives. In setting target compensation for the NEOs, the Committee took into account the relative revenue, market capitalization and complexity of each peer as compared to the Company.

Southern Company is considerably larger than the majority of the companies in the industry. Compared to the peer group used to set compensation decisions, Southern Company ranks at the 96th percentile when comparing net annual revenue and at the 100th percentile when comparing market capitalization.

#### 46Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement

### Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Southern Company is considerably larger than the majority of its peers

* Based on the four fiscal quarters ended prior to December 31, 2024 and publicly available as of March 1, 2025

** As of December 31, 2024

#### Base Salary
4 The Committee determines the CEO’s base salary based on its comprehensive review of his tenure in the role and his individual performance, considering competitive market data provided by its independent compensation consultant.

4 The CEO recommends base salary adjustments for each of the other executive officers for the Committee’s review and approval. The recommendations consider competitive market data provided by the Committee’s independent compensation consultant, the need to retain an experienced team, internal equity, time in position, recent base salary adjustments and individual performance. Individual performance includes, among other things, the individual’s relative contributions to the achievement of financial and operational goals in prior years.

4 Base salary adjustments are effective as of March 1 each year.

| Name            |     |           | 2023 
 ($)  |     |           | 2024 
 ($)  |
| Chris Womack(1) |     | 1,450,000 |      |     | 1,500,000 |      |
| Dan Tucker      |     |   790,763 |      |     |   838,208 |      |
| Stan Connally   |     |   781,279 |      |     |   820,343 |      |
| Kim Greene      |     |   900,004 |      |     |   945,005 |      |
| Jim Kerr        |     |   850,000 |      |     |   884,000 |      |

(1) Effective May 24, 2023, Mr. Womack's annual base salary increased from $990,000 to $1,450,000