Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000036
Chunk: 23

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 23
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 Talent Development Committee on financial goals and metrics for the Company’s annual and long-term incentive compensation programs. |     |                   |
| The Board has determined that each member of the Finance Committee is independent.                                                  |     |                 |     |                |     |                                                                                                                                                                            |     |                   |

#### 26Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement

#### Governance
Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee

| Members                                                                                                                        |     | David J. Grain |     | Shantella E. Cooper |     |                                                                                                                                                                        |     | Attendance95%     
 Meetings in 20245 |
|                                                                                                                                |     | John D. Johns  |     | Lizanne Thomas      |     |                                                                                                                                                                        |     |                   |
| The Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee’s duties and responsibilities include the following:         |     |                |     |                     |     |                                                                                                                                                                        |     |                   |
| 4Recommend Board size and membership criteria and identify, evaluate and recommend Director candidates.                        
 4Oversee and make recommendations regarding the composition of the Board and its committees.                                   
 4Oversee succession planning for the Board and key leadership roles on the Board and its committees.                           
 4Review and make recommendations regarding total compensation for non-employee Directors.                                      
 4Oversee the Company’s stockholder engagement program.                                                                         |     |                |     |                     |     | 4Periodically review and recommend updates to the Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board committee charters.                                                        
 4Coordinate the performance evaluations of the Board and its committees.                                                                                               
 4Oversee the Company’s practices and positions to advance its corporate citizenship, including environmental, sustainability and corporate responsibility initiatives. |     |                   |
| The Board has determined that each member of the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee is independent. |     |                |     |                     |     |                                                                                                                                                                        |     |                   |

Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee

| Members                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |     | Dale E. Klein   |     | Anthony F. Earley, Jr. |     |                                                                                                                                                       |     | Attendance100%    
 Meetings in 20245 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     | David E. Meador |     | Kristine L. Svinicki   |     |                                                                                                                                                       |     |                   |
| The Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee’s duties and responsibilities include the following:                                                                                                                                                                                           |     |                 |     |                        |     |                                                                                                                                                       |     |                   |
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