Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000076
Chunk: 77

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 77
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s capacity as a director or officer, as applicable, except for liability for (i) a breach of the director ’s or officer 's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders; (ii) an act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a breach of duty of the director or officer to the Corporation or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) a transaction from which the director or officer received an improper benefit, whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director ’s or officer 's office duties ; or (iv) an act or omission for which the liability of a director or officer is expressly provided by statute ; or (v) an act related to an unlawful stock repurchase or payment of a dividend . If the laws of the State of Texas or the Commonwealth of Virginia are hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall thereupon automatically be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Texas and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Any repeal or modification of this Article X by the shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to such events or circumstances occurring or existing prior to such time.

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| Appendix D |

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Clarify the Indemnification Provisions

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

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Corporation’s bylaws, t T he Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, any person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative, any appeal in such action, suit, or proceeding, and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit, or proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while such person was a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent,