Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000061
Chunk: 13

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 13
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 budgetary limits. The Board meets each year in a special offsite meeting to discuss these matters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| OVERSIGHT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 The Audit Committee has the sole responsibility to appoint and compensate the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm that audits the Company’s financial statements and to pre-approve the engagement terms and the provision of any audit and non-audit services performed by such accounting firm for the Company. The Audit Committee will have direct responsibility, and the Board will have a corresponding and supplemental responsibility, for monitoring the performance of such accounting firm and guarding against any compromise of its independence, as well as overseeing the financial statements prepared by management, with the goal of assuring that they fairly present the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and related risks in a clear and understandable way. |
| ADVISING MANAGEMENT ON SIGNIFICANT ISSUES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 The Board is responsible for utilizing the broad range of experiences and perspectives of directors to advise and counsel management, both in meetings and in informal consultations, on significant issues facing the Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| REVIEW AND APPROVE SIGNIFICANT COMPANY ACTIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 The Board is responsible under state corporate law to review and approve significant actions by the Company, including the selection of corporate officers, declaration of dividends, and major transactions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| NOMINATING DIRECTORS AND OVERSEEING EFFECTIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 The Board and the Governance Committee are responsible for (a) evaluating and nominating directors and members of Board committees, (b) overseeing the structure and practices of the Board and the committees, and (c) overseeing other corporate governance matters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| CONSIDERATION OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 In addition to fulfilling its obligation to increase shareholder value, the Board should consider the impact of various actions and decisions on the Company’s customers, employees, suppliers, and the communities where it operates.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

#### 24Atmos Energy
Corporate Governance and Other Board Matters

### Risk Management

#### Oversight Framework
The Board is actively involved in the oversight of material risks that could affect the Company. This Board conducts a significant amount of its oversight responsibilities through committees of the Board pursuant to the charters of each committee. The full Board has retained