Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 122

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 122
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 Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement99
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

4 the ability to successfully operate the electric utilities’ and Southern Power's generation, transmission, distribution and battery energy storage facilities, as applicable, and Southern Company Gas’ natural gas distribution and storage facilities and the successful performance of necessary corporate functions;

4 the inherent risks involved in operating nuclear generating facilities;

4 the inherent risks involved in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and transportation and storage of natural gas, including accidents, explosions, fires, mechanical problems, discharges or releases of toxic or hazardous substances or gases and other environmental risks;

4 the performance of projects undertaken by the non-utility businesses and the success of efforts to invest in and develop new opportunities;

4 internal restructuring or other restructuring options that may be pursued;

4 potential business strategies, including acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses, which cannot be assured to be completed or beneficial to Southern Company or its subsidiaries;

4 the ability of counterparties of Southern Company and its subsidiaries to make payments as and when due and to perform as required;

4 the ability to obtain new short- and long-term contracts with wholesale customers;

4 the direct or indirect effect on the Southern Company system’s business resulting from cyber intrusion or physical attack and the threat of cyber and physical attacks;

4 global and U.S. economic conditions, including impacts from geopolitical conflicts, recession, inflation, tariffs, interest rate fluctuations and financial market conditions, and the results of financing efforts;

4 access to capital markets and other financing sources;

4 changes in Southern Company’s and any of its subsidiaries’ credit ratings;

4 the ability of Southern Company’s electric utilities to obtain additional generating capacity (or sell excess generating capacity) at competitive prices;

4 catastrophic events such as fires, earthquakes, explosions, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and other storms, droughts, pandemic health events, political unrest, wars or other similar occurrences;

4 the direct or indirect effects on the Southern Company system’s business resulting from incidents affecting the U.S. electric grid, natural gas pipeline infrastructure or operation of generating or storage resources;

4 impairments of goodwill or long-lived assets; and

4 the effect of accounting pronouncements issued periodically by standard-setting bodies.

Southern Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking information.

#### 100Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement
Appendix A - Definitions of Key Terms

| Term                |     | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 2023 GPC IRP Update |     | An update to GPC's 2022