Mr. John Chevedden, 2215 Nelson Avenue, No. 205, Redondo Beach, California 90278, holder of at least 100 shares of Southern Company common stock, submitted the following proposal.

If necessary this means the closest standard to a majority of the votes cast for and against such proposals consistent with applicable laws. This includes any existing supermajority vote requirement that results from default to state law and can be subject to replacement. This proposal topic is particularly important because it was approved by 98% of The Southern Company voting shares in 2021 as a management proposal. This 2023 proposal includes that the Board take all the steps necessary at its discretion to help ensure that the topic of this proposal is approved by the required of 67% of all outstanding shares including a commitment to hire a proxy solicitor to conduct an intensive campaign, a commitment to adjourn the annual meeting to obtain the votes required if necessary and to take a 2-year process if applicable to obtain the necessary shareholder vote turnout to adopt this proposal topic. This proposal does not restrict the Board from using a means to obtain the necessary vote that is not mentioned in this proposal. For instance PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) adjourned its annual meeting for weeks to obtain the necessary votes on this proposal topic in 2022 and Raytheon Technologies Corporation (RTX) announced a 2-year process to obtain shareholder approval of this proposal topic in its 2022 proxy.

This proposal includes that the Board make an EDGAR filing approximately 10-days before the annual meeting urging shareholders to vote in favor of a binding simple majority vote proposal like this proposal and explaining all the efforts the board has taken or will take to obtain the necessary vote and all the available efforts that the Board has not taken with an explanation for each available effort not taken. It is important to make an all-out effort now to obtain shareholder approval of this proposal topic in preference to the expense of conducting failed votes on this important proposal topic every year into the foreseeable future. Extraordinary measures need to be taken to adopt this proposal topic because it won 98% approval from the shares that voted in 2021. However not enough shareholders cast ballots in 2021 and 3 earlier management “attempts” to obtain shareholder approval for this proposal topic. The Southern Company directors were negligent in not taking effective means to increase the low shareholder voting turnout. With simple majority vote it will be less difficult to adopt improvements to the governance of The Southern Company. The principle of simple majority vote is a win for shareholders, the Board and management.