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THE SOUTHERN COMPANY: meeting of 21 May 2025
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
1,547 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the THE SOUTHERN COMPANY meeting of 21 May 2025. Their records fall into 10 items below, in ballot order: management items first, then proposals from security holders. Each bar shows how the reporting filers split; it is not the result of the meeting.
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Items
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSIssuer
Director elections
13 nominees; 96.3% of reported votes for; 35 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
10,892 vote records from 352 filers. 3 of the 347 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 5 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
2,406 vote records from 1,521 filers. 94 of the 1,477 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 44 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
839 vote records from 346 filers. 5 of the 341 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 5 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSESIssuer
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
190 vote records from 70 filers. 2 of the 69 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCEIssuer
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
680 vote records from 293 filers. 2 of the 289 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 filers reported this item without a management mark.
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATESecurity holder
Stockholder proposal regarding disclosing assumptions underlying continued reliance on fossil fuel-based...
816 vote records from 336 filers. 33 of the 329 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 7 filers reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
806 vote records from 330 filers. 198 of the 325 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 5 filers reported this item without a management mark.
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
Stockholder proposal regarding a report on respecting workforce civil liberties
816 vote records from 336 filers. 19 of the 329 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 7 filers reported this item without a management mark.
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATESecurity holder
Stockholder proposal regarding conducting a net zero audit
815 vote records from 335 filers. 18 of the 329 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 6 filers reported this item without a management mark.
Several categoriesSecurity holder
Shareholder proposals (not separable from the filings)
Filers described these proposals in wordings that could not be matched to one another, so they are shown together.
88 vote records from 11 filers. 6 of the 10 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 6. Proposal | 7. Proposal | 8. Proposal | 9. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Fidelity | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Dimensional | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| American Century | For | Against * | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Invesco | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Equitable | For | For | For | For * | For * | Against | Against |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | Against * | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | Against * | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| WisdomTree | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| SEI | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| T. Rowe Price | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Thrivent | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | For | For | For | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * |
| Voya | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| First Trust | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Russell Investments | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Nationwide | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Victory Capital | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | For | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| BNY Mellon | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Principal | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Capital Group and American Funds | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Global X | For | For | For | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| MFS | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Transamerica | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | For | For | For | For * | For * | Against | Against |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | Against * | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| DWS | For | For | For | For * | For * | Against | Against |
| PIMCO | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Allspring | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Virtus | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Neuberger Berman | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| American Beacon | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Cohen & Steers | For | For | For | Against | For * | Against | Against |
| Harris Associates and Oakmark | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Baird | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
* against management. A family's position is the way most of its reported shares were voted across its filers; "split" means no single position led. "No report" means none of the family's filers listed the item.
Questions
How did large funds vote at the THE SOUTHERN COMPANY meeting?
1,547 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 21 May 2025. On say-on-pay, 94 of 1,477 voted against management (6.4%). 4 proposals from security holders could be told apart in the filings. The family table lists each of the largest families item by item.
Is this the meeting result?
No. These are the votes of funds and managers that file Form N-PX, counted by filer and by the shares they reported. The certified result, which includes every shareholder, is reported by THE SOUTHERN COMPANY on Form 8-K.
Why are director elections shown as counts only?
Director records name the nominee. This site does not publish pages or rows about individuals, so for director elections it keeps the number of nominees and the split of votes and discards the wording.
Every meeting on file for THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing THE SOUTHERN COMPANY with a meeting date within three days of 21 May 2025. Proposal titles are the most common wording among filers and are replaced by the SEC category where a wording could name a person. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026.