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ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

 
 

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ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

C/O AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER

6201 15TH AVENUE

BROOKLYN, NY 11219

 

 

 
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Meeting Information

     
         
   

 

Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting

     
    For holders as of:    December 15, 2016      
    Date:    February 8, 2017      Time:    9:00 a.m. CST      
    Location:    Charles K.Vaughan Center      
   

    3697 Mapleshade Lane

    Plano, TX 75075

 

     
 

 

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following listed nominees:

 

1.      ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

Nominees:

 

1a.     Robert W. Best

 

1b.     Kim R. Cocklin

 

1c.     Kelly H. Compton

 

1d.     Richard W. Douglas

 

1e.     Ruben E. Esquivel

 

1f.      Rafael G. Garza

 

1g.     Richard K. Gordon

 

1h.     Robert C. Grable

 

1i.      Michael E. Haefner

 

1j.      Nancy K. Quinn

 

1k.     Richard A. Sampson

 

1l.      Stephen R. Springer

 

1m.    Richard Ware II

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR proposals 2-3.

 

2. Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2017.

 

3. Proposal for an advisory vote by shareholders to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal 2016 (“Say-on-Pay”).

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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