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Southern Co. shareholders approve reduction of supermajority vote requirement; all director nominees elected
SOUTHERN CO
- All 13 director nominees elected with over 94% of votes cast; highest support 99.24% (Svinicki).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 93.44% support (703.5M votes for).
- Ratification of Deloitte as auditor for 2025 approved with 97.28% support (912.2M for).
- Amendment to charter reducing supermajority to majority vote approved with 67.78% of outstanding shares (needed two-thirds).
- Four stockholder proposals (simple majority, fossil fuel assumptions, net zero audit, workforce civil liberties) all failed, each below 45%.
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