Company: ATO
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000731802-25-000061
Chunk: 10

Company: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-09
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 10
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 management systems, environmental matters, approach to corporate social responsibility, and activities related to stakeholder engagement and philanthropy 
 •Overseeing management’s monitoring of significant public issues that may be pertinent to the Company and its stakeholders                                                                                                                                                                    
 •Overseeing the Company’s sustainability goals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 The Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability, & Safety Committee charter is available on our website athttps://www.atmosenergy.com/company/corporate-responsibility-reports.                                                                                                                  |

| EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE             |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Richard A. Sampson (Chair)      
 Rafael G. Garza                 
 Nancy K. Quinn                  
 Frank Yoho                      
 Meetings Held in Fiscal 2025: 0 |     | Primary Responsibilities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 •May exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors during the intervals between the Board’s meetings, subject to certain limitations and restrictions as set forth in the Company’s Bylaws or as may be established by resolution of the Board from time to time 
 The Executive Committee charter is available on our website athttps://www.atmosenergy.com/company/corporate-responsibility-reports.                                                                                                                                     |

#### 2026 Proxy Statement21
Corporate Governance and Other Board Matters

#### Independence of Directors
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the listing requirements of the NYSE each require that a majority of the Board be comprised of “independent” directors, as defined from time to time by law, NYSE standards, and any specific requirements established by the Board. A director may be determined to be independent only if the Board has determined that he or she has no material relationship with the Company, either directly or as a partner, shareholder, or officer of the Company. To assist it in making its determination of the independence of each of its non-employee members, the Board has adopted its Categorical Standards of Director Independence (“Standards”). The Standards specify the criteria by which the independence of our non-employee directors will be determined and the types of relationships the Board has determined to be categorically immaterial, including relationships of such directors and their immediate families with respect to past employment or affiliation with the Company, our management, or our independent registered public accounting firm. The Standards and our Guidelines are posted on our website at https://www.atmosenergy.com/company/corporate-responsibility-reports .

The Governance Committee considers all relevant facts and circumstances in evaluating the independence of directors, including without limitation, written responses to submitted questionnaires completed annually by each of our directors. On the basis of this information,