Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000061
Chunk: 78

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 78
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 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, 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