Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000061
Chunk: 74

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 74
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 Broker non-votes, if any, will have no effect on the voting outcome of Proposals One through Three and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposals Four through Eight.

Brokers and other share custodians must vote according to specific instructions they receive from the beneficial owners of those shares. If brokers or share custodians do not receive specific instructions, they may in some cases vote the shares in their discretion but are not permitted to vote on certain proposals and may elect not to vote on any of the proposals unless you provide voting instructions. If you do not provide voting instructions and the broker or share custodian elects to vote your shares on some but not all matters, it will result in a “broker non-vote” for the matters on which the broker or share custodian does not vote.

Revocation of Proxies. Shareholders who execute proxies retain the right to revoke them at any time before the shares are voted by proxy at the meeting. A shareholder may revoke a proxy by delivering a signed statement to our Corporate Secretary at or prior to the annual meeting or by timely executing and delivering, by internet, telephone, or mail, or at the annual meeting, another proxy dated as of a later date.

#### Proxy Solicitation
All expenses of soliciting proxies will be paid by the Company. Proxies may be solicited personally, or by telephone, mail, email, or the internet, by employees or directors of the Company, but the Company will not pay any compensation for such solicitations. The Company expects to pay fees of approximately $10,000 for assistance by Morrow Sodali LLC, 333 Ludlow Street, Stamford, CT 06902, in the solicitation of proxies. In addition, the Company will reimburse brokers, banks, and other persons holding shares as nominees for their expenses related to sending material to their principals and obtaining their proxies.

#### Shareholder Proposals for the 2027 Annual Meeting
Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposals . If a shareholder wants us to include a proposal in our proxy statement and form of proxy for presentation at the 2027 Annual Meeting, under the rules of the SEC, the proposal must be received by the Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices on or before the close of business on August 21, 2026 (the 120th day before the one-year anniversary date of the release of these proxy materials to shareholders). The submission of a shareholder proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8 does not guarantee that it will be included