Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000731802-25-000056
Chunk: 70

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 70
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 years    3-5 yearsMore than 5years   (In thousands)  Contractual ObligationsLong-term debt (1)$8,935,000 $10,000 $650,000 $500,000 $7,775,000 Securitized long-term debt77,003 8,767 18,647 20,645 28,944 Interest charges (2)7,867,907 418,219 827,500 779,125 5,843,063 Interest charges on securitized long-term debt16,841 3,860 6,343 4,345 2,293 Finance leases (3)63,067 3,502 7,203 7,485 44,877 Operating leases (4)375,802 56,546 99,453 75,059 144,744 Financial instrument obligations (5)6,485 6,339 146 — — Pension and postretirement benefit plan contributions (6)286,856 30,175 75,661 45,773 135,247 Uncertain tax positions (7)60,332 — 60,332 — — Total contractual obligations $17,689,293 $537,408 $1,745,285 $1,432,432 $13,974,168 

(1)Long-term debt excludes our finance lease obligations, which are separately reported within this table. See Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements for further details. 

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(2)Interest charges were calculated using the coupon rate for each debt issuance through the contractual maturity date.

(3)Finance lease payments shown above include interest totaling $15.8 million. See Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements.

(4)Operating lease payments shown above include interest totaling $68.2 million. See Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements.

(5)Represents liabilities for natural gas commodity financial instruments that were valued as of September 30, 2025. The ultimate settlement amounts of these remaining liabilities are unknown because they are subject to continuing market risk until the financial instruments are settled.

(6)Represents expected contributions to our defined benefit and postretirement benefit plans, which are discussed in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements.

(7)Represents liabilities associated with uncertain tax positions claimed or expected to