SOUTHERN CO
For the period ended May 22, 2024. Filed Apr 12, 2024.
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May 22, 2024 · Filed Apr 12, 2024
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Contents
Appendix A - Definitions of Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alabama Power or APC | Alabama Power Company |
| Benefits Protection Plan | Amended and Restated Southern Company Change in Control Benefits Protection Plan, effective August 15, 2022 |
| CD&A | Compensation Discussion & Analysis |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| Clawback Policy | Southern Company Clawback Policy, as adopted May 26, 2021 and amended and restated December 1, 2023 |
| Director Deferred Compensation Plan | Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors of The Southern Company, as amended and restated effective June 1, 2021 and subsequently amended thereafter effective June 1, 2021 |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
| EPS | Earnings per share |
| ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
| GAAP | Generally accepted accounting principles |
| Georgia Power or GPC | Georgia Power Company |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| Gulf Power | Gulf Power Company, until January 1, 2019 a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company |
| IGCC | Integrated coal gasification combined cycle, the technology originally approved for Mississippi Power’s Kemper County Energy Facility |
| IRP | Integrated resource plan |
| LTI | Long-term incentive program offered under the 2021 Omnibus Plan |
| Mississippi Power or MPC | Mississippi Power Company |
| NEOs | Named Executive Officers |
| Nicor Gas | Northern Illinois Gas Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company Gas |
| Notice | Notice of internet availability of proxy materials |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| 2011 Omnibus Plan | Southern Company Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, approved by stockholders in 2011 |
| 2021 Omnibus Plan | The Southern Company 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, approved by stockholders in 2021 |
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PennEast Pipeline | PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, a joint venture in which Southern Company Gas has a 20% ownership interest |
| PowerSecure | PowerSecure, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company |
| R&D | Research and development |
| Recoupment Policy | The Southern Company and Covered Subsidiaries Compensation Recoupment Policy, as adopted effective December 1, 2023 |
| SCS | Southern Company Services, Inc., the Southern Company system service company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company |
| SEC | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Sequent | Sequent Energy Management, L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company Gas |
| Severance Plan | Southern Company Senior Executive Change in Control Severance Plan, as amended and restated effective August 15, 2022 |
| Southern Company, Southern, the Company, we, us or our | The Southern Company |
| Southern Company Gas | Southern Company Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company |
| Southern Company system | Southern Company, the traditional electric operating companies, Southern Power, Southern Company Gas, Southern Nuclear, SCS, Southern Linc, PowerSecure and other subsidiaries |
| Southern Linc | Southern Communications Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company, doing business as Southern Linc |
| Southern Nuclear | Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company |
| Southern Power | Southern Power Company and its subsidiaries |
| Tax code or Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
| TSR | Total shareholder return |
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