Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000061
Chunk: 77

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 77
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 shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of vote of the shares of the Common Stock entitled to vote in the election of directors and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present. Each director who is serving as a director immediately following the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, or is thereafter elected a director, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected, and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification from office.

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| Appendix C |

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Limit the Liability of Certain Officers as Permitted by Texas and Virginia Law

<div align='center'>ARTICLE X.</div>

No director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in such director ’s or officer 's capacity as a director or officer, as applicable, except for liability for (i) a breach of the director ’s or officer 's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders; (ii) an act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a breach of duty of the director or officer to the Corporation or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) a transaction from which the director or officer received an improper benefit, whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director ’s or officer 's office duties ; or (iv) an act or omission for which the liability of a director or officer is expressly provided by statute ; or (v) an act related to an unlawful stock repurchase or payment of a dividend . If the laws of the State of Texas or the Commonwealth of Virginia are hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall thereupon automatically be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Any repeal or modification of this Article X by the shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to such events or circumstances occurring or existing prior to such time.

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| Appendix D |

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to