Transfer Agent

EQ Shareowner Services is Southern Company’s transfer agent, dividend-paying agent, investment plan administrator and registrar. If you have questions concerning your registered Southern Company shareowner account, please contact:

EQ Shareowner Services
1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101
Mendota Heights, Minnesota 55120

Telephone: 1.800.554.7626
Website: shareowneronline.com

Southern Company Shareholder Relations

Telephone: 404.506.0965
Email: shareholderservices@southernco.com

Southern Investment Plan

The Southern Investment Plan is a convenient way to become a Southern Company shareholder. Participants in the Plan can purchase additional shares in Southern Company through optional cash purchases and reinvestment of dividends. The Southern Investment Plan prospectus can be found at investor.southerncompany.com/shareowner-services.

Dividend Payments

Southern Company has paid dividends since 1948. Historically, dividends are declared and paid quarterly at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Auditors

Deloitte & Touche LLP
191 Peachtree St. NE
Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30303

Investor Information

For information about earnings and dividends, stock quotes and current news releases, please visit us at investor.southerncompany.com.

Institutional Investor Inquiries

Southern Company maintains an investor relations office in Atlanta, Georgia, 404.506.0901, to meet the information needs of institutional investors and securities analysts

Electronic Delivery of Proxy Materials

Any stockholder may enroll for electronic delivery of proxy materials by logging on at www.icsdelivery.com/so.

Environmental Information

Southern Company publishes ESG information at www.southerncompany.com/sustainability.

Common Stock

Southern Company common stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol SO. On January 31, 2022, Southern Company had 103,154 shareholders of record.

The 2021 annual report is submitted for shareholders’ information. It is not intended for use in connection with any sale or purchase of, or any solicitation of, offers to buy or sell securities.

Southern Company is a holding company that conducts business through its subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to Southern Company’s customers, communities and operations in this 2021 annual report refer to the customers, communities and operations of its subsidiaries.

Pages 16-198 of this 2021 annual report contain excerpts from Southern Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on February 16, 2022. Information in these pages is provided as of the February 16, 2022 filing date and has not been updated for any subsequent events or developments.

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