Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000076
Chunk: 73

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 73
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 Abstentions and broker non-votes (explained below) are counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum. Under Texas and Virginia law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, if a quorum is present at the meeting:

• Proposal One—nominees for election as directors will be elected to the Board if the holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting cast votes “for” each such nominee;

• Proposal Two—ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 will be approved if the votes cast in favor exceed the votes cast in opposition;

• Proposal Three—the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”) disclosed in the proxy statement will be approved if the votes cast in favor exceed the votes cast in opposition;

• Proposals Four through Eight—the amended and restated Company charter will be approved if more than two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote cast votes “for” such amended and restated Company charter.

#### 68Atmos Energy
Information About the Annual Meeting

Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes. For Proposal One, abstentions will have the same effect as an against vote. For Proposals Two and Three, abstentions will have no effect on the voting outcome of such proposals. For Proposals Four through Eight, abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against such proposals. 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