Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000076
Chunk: 2

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
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 |        |     |   |     | Approve Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock |     |        |
|   |     | Board recommends“FOR”each director                                                      |     |        |     |   |     | Board recommends“FOR”                                                                                                                                                            |     |        |     |   |     | Board recommends“FOR”                                                                                                         |     |        |     |   |     | Board recommends“FOR”                                                                                      |     |        |

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|   |     | Approve Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Provide for Plurality Voting in the Event of a Contested Election |     |        |     |   |     | Approve Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Limit the Liability of Certain Officers as Permitted by Texas and Virginia Law |     |        |     |   |     | Approve Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Clarify the Indemnification Provisions |     |        |     |   |     | Approve Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Remove Obsolete Provisions and Make Certain Other Clarifying, Technical, and Conforming Changes |     |        |
|   |     | Board recommends“FOR”                                                                                               |     |        |     |   |     | Board recommends“FOR”                                                                                                            |     |        |     |   |     | Board recommends“FOR”                                                                    |     |        |     |   |     | Board recommends“FOR”                                                                                                                             |     |        |

In addition to the above matters, we will transact any other business that is properly brought before the shareholders at the annual meeting.

#### Attending and Voting at the Annual Meeting
There will be no physical location for the annual meeting. Shareholders may attend, vote, examine the list of shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting, and ask questions at the meeting only by logging in at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATO2026 . To participate, you will need your unique control number included on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

#### Voting
YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. Shareholders of record of our common stock at the close of business on December 12,