Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000061
Chunk: 76

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 76
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972-855-3729 or mail your written request to Investor Relations, Atmos Energy Corporation, 1800 Three Lincoln Centre, 5430 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75240.

### Other Business
In the event that any matter not described herein is properly presented for a shareholder vote at the annual meeting, or any adjournment thereof, the persons named in the form of proxy will vote in accordance with their best judgment. At the time this proxy statement went to press, the Company knew of no other matters that might be presented for shareholder action at the annual meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

#### Jessica W. Bateman
Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

Dallas, Texas

December 19, 2025

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#### 2026 Proxy Statement71
| Appendix A |

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock

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

1. Capitalization .

The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is Two Four Hundred Million ( 2 4 00,000,000) shares of Common Stock having no par value.

#### 2026 Proxy StatementA-1
| Appendix B |

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Provide for Plurality Voting in the Event of a Contested Election

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

2. Election and Term . All directors elected at the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders shall be elected for terms of three years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Beginning with the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, and at each annual meeting of shareholders thereafter, a A ll directors elected at the annual meeting of shareholders shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders. Directors shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the shares of 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; provided that, in a contested election of directors where the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors