Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000076
Chunk: 78

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 78
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 or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise , against judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes), fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses (including attorney's fees) actually incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding . In addition to the foregoing, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Corporation’s bylaws, the Corporation shall, upon request of any such person described above and to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by such person in any action, suit, or proceeding described above in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding.

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| Appendix E |

Amendment to Texas Articles of Incorporation to Remove Obsolete Provisions and Make Certain Other Clarifying, Technical, and Conforming Changes

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

The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Texas Business Organizations Code and the Texas For-profit Corporation Law as defined therein , including, but not limited to, the transportation and distribution of natural gas by pipeline as a public utility, except that with respect to the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Corporation may only conduct such business as is permitted to be conducted by a public service company engaged in the transportation and distribution of natural gas by pipeline.

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

The Corporation is incorporated in the State of Texas and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The post office address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Texas is 211 E. 7ᵗʰ Street, Suite 620, Austin, Texas 78701-3218, and the registered agent for service of the Corporation at the same address is Corporation Service Company, d/b/a CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company. The post office address of the registered office of the Corporation in the Commonwealth of Virginia is Riverfront Plaza, East Tower, 951 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-4074, and the registered agent for service of the Corporation at the same address is Allen C. Goolsby, III, such registered agent being a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia and a member of the Virginia State Bar.

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

1. Number of Directors . The number of directors constituting the present board of directors is thirteen