On April 1, 2024, The Southern Company announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from Mercy Investment Services, Inc., request 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. In addition, the Company urged the shareholders to vote against the shareholder proposal at its annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on May 22, 2024.