Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000061
Chunk: 68

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 68
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 The Board of Directors has unanimously approved, and recommends that shareholders approve amendments to the Existing Articles to be contained in an Amended and Restated Charter that conform the language to the requirements of the Texas Business Organizations Code (“TBOC”), including, in the case of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation to be filed in the State of Texas only, using the terminology “certificate of formation” in lieu of “articles of incorporation.” The Board of Directors has also unanimously approved, and recommends that shareholders approve, amendments to remove redundant references to the “Texas For-profit Corporation Law.” Other clarifying, technical, and conforming changes unanimously approved by the Board of Directors and recommended to shareholders to approve include (A) the addition of the phrase “or her” following “his” when referring to directors, (B) in the case of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation to be filed in the State of Texas only: (i) removal of language in the Existing Articles referring to the number of directors in office upon the filing of the Existing Articles, (ii) removal of the names and address of the directors at the time of the adoption of the Existing Articles, and (iii) removal of references to the Company’s registered office and registered agent in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and (C) in the case of the Restated Articles of Incorporation to be filed with the Commonwealth of Virginia only, removal of references to the Company’s registered office and registered agent in the State of Texas and the Commonwealth of Virginia (all the changes included in this Proposal 8 being collectively referred to as the “Clean-Up Amendments”). |     | The Board of Directors recommends that our shareholders voteFORthe approval of an amendment to the Existing Articles to remove obsolete provisions and make certain other clarifying, technical, and conforming changes. |

Effective January 1, 2010, the Texas Business Corporation Act was replaced by the TBOC. One of the most significant impacts of the adoption of the TBOC was the standardization of the statutory terminology relating to Texas corporations and other business entities. For example, the TBOC provides that the charter for a corporation is referred to as a “certificate of formation,” whereas the charter of a corporation such as the Company was previously referred to as “articles of incorporation.” In recognition of the benefit of cleaning up outdated provisions in the Existing Articles, our Board of Directors determined that the Clean-Up Amendments are advisable and in the best interest of