Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 energy. In the face of Hurricane Helene, the most destructive storm in Georgia Power Company's history, our teams successfully undertook a monumental effort to restore service to nearly 1.5 million impacted customers.

With the oversight of our Committee and the entire Board, the Company's executive leadership team is committed to working as One Team across Southern Company and prioritizing our customers as we invest in a bright energy future. We believe our comprehensive total rewards programs are aligned to support our business strategy and to position the Company to achieve long- term, sustainable value.

#### Compensation Committee Oversight and Engagement
During 2024, we remained actively engaged in our oversight responsibilities for executive compensation, leadership and talent development. We are committed to aligning pay with performance each year; hiring, developing and retaining a qualified pool of talent; and promoting alignment of our compensation program with the Company’s long-term strategy and stockholders’ expectations. We maintained our active involvement in stockholder outreach, which includes independent Director participation in key engagements and regular updates from management.

#### CEO Pay for Performance
4 We believe our compensation plan design works as intended to align CEO performance with the long-term strategy of our business and value creation for stockholders.

4 We reviewed and approved the performance goals for the CEO for 2024 and engaged in ongoing performance assessment dialogue throughout the year.

4 Utilizing an independent third party, we facilitated the performance review of the CEO with the independent Directors.

#### Compensation Plan Alignment
4 We assessed our incentive plan design’s effectiveness at striking the right balance between short- and long-term results and alignment with business strategy, key financial objectives and stockholder interests.

4 Our Committee continued active engagement in assessing goal rigor and incorporating outcome-based measures that should create stockholder value on a risk-adjusted basis.

#### Human Capital
4 We received regular updates on human capital matters and workforce risks, including employee engagement survey feedback, well-being initiatives and leadership development programs from the management team.

4 Our Committee discussed senior leadership talent and received updates on the overall company-wide talent management process throughout the year and facilitated regular Board engagement with high potential employees.

#### Report of the Compensation Committee
We met with management to review and discuss the CD&A. Based on that review and discussion, we recommended to the Board that the CD&A be included in this proxy statement.

| Lizanne Thomas |     | David J. Grain |     | Donald M. James |     | Dale E. Klein |

#### 42Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement

### Compensation Discussion and Analysis

#### CEO Pay for Performance