On April 12, 2024, The Southern Company filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a shareholder proposal, requesting the Company issue a report within a year, and annually until targets are met, at reasonable expense and excluding confidential information, that discloses operational (Scopes 1 and 2) GHG targets in the short-, medium- and long-term aligned with the Paris Agreement?s goal of maintaining global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, consistent with sector- modelled pathways, and plans to achieve them, submitted by Mercy Investment Services, Inc. at the Company?s annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on May 22, 2024.