Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: PX14A6G
Source: 0001214659-25-006174
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: PX14A6G
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<div align='center'>Notice of Exempt Solicitation Pursuant to Rule
14a-103

Name of Registrant: Southern Co (SO)

Name of person relying on exemption: As You Sow®

Address of persons relying on exemption: 11461
San Pablo Ave, Suite 400, El Cerrito, CA 94530

The attached written materials are submitted pursuant
to Rule 14a-6(g)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As You Sow® does not beneficially own more than $5 million
of the class of subject securities, and this notice of exempt solicitation is therefore being provided on a voluntary basis.</div>

|                      | 11461 San Pablo Ave. Suite 400                          | www.asyousow.org |
| El Cerrito, CA 94530 | BUILDING A SAFE, JUST, AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD SINCE 1992 |                  |

<div align='center'>Southern Company (SO)
Vote Yes: Proposal #6 – Disclose Assumptions Behind Fossil Fuel Investments

Annual Meeting: May 21, 2025

CONTACT: Kelly Poole | kpoole@asyousow.org</div>

THE RESOLUTION

Resolved: To allow informed decision
making, shareholders request that Southern Company disclose the primary assumptions underpinning its decision to increase reliance on
high carbon energy production rather than renewables. This disclosure should omit proprietary or competitively sensitive information.

SUMMARY

Southern, one of the largest utility companies in the U.S., has projected
8% annual demand growth across its electric utilities—Georgia Power, Alabama Power, and Mississippi Power—largely driven by
electrification and the rise of large-load customers from the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and manufacturing sectors. To meet
this future demand, Southern has recently proposed building new methane gas capacity and delaying coal plant retirements. This approach
exposes the Company to a range of climate-related financial risks, builds additional systemic climate risk into the economy, and also
signals a potential missed opportunity to capitalize on renewables and battery technology which are increasingly seen as the main driver
of decarbonization and long-term value creation.

Considering the risks associated with investments in methane gas and
coal infrastructure, investors seek disclosure of the core assumptions behind Southern’s investment decisions, which are currently
redacted in its integrated resource planning documents (IRPs). These redactions bar investors from evaluating the necessity of additional
high carbon investments