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EXHIBIT 4.1










Stock
Certificate CUSIP 049560 10 5




 









 








ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION




     Set forth below is the designation of each class of shares which the Company is authorized to
issue. The preferences, limitations and relative rights of each class of shares and each series
thereof are set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, the Bylaws and
resolutions of the Board of Directors filed or which may be filed from time to time with the
Secretary of State of the State of Texas and the Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of
Virginia. Preemptive rights of the holders of all shares are denied by the Articles of
Incorporation of the Company. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and
shall be held subject to said Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and resolutions of the Board of
Directors, all of which are incorporated herein by reference and to all of which the holder hereof,
by acceptance of this certificate, assents. The Company will upon request to its Secretary at its
principal place of business or registered office, furnish any shareholder, without charge, a copy
of the portion of the Articles of Incorporation or other instruments containing the designations,
preferences, limitations and relative rights of all classes of shares and each series thereof.



     The following abbreviations, when used in the Inscription on the face of this certificate,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	TEN COM

	 	–
	 	as tenants in common
	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –
	 	          
           Custodian    
                
 
	TEN ENT

	 	–
	 	as tenants by the entireties
	 	 	 	    (Cust)     
   
                
    (Minor)
	JT TEN

	 	–
	 	as joint tenants with right of
	 	 	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	 

	 	 	 	survivorship and not as tenants
in common
	 	 	 	Act          
               
              
  

                
     (State)






Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.




     For Value Received,                     hereby sell, assign and transfer unto



	 	 	 

	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER 

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
	 	 
	

 


	 	 






 




(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)




 



 

 




	 	 	 

	 

	 	Shares
	
of the Common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint

	 	 
	 
	 

	 	Attorney
	
to transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 
	





Dated                                         




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

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	 	NOTICE:

THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS
ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND
WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF
THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION
OR ENLARGEMENT OR
ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

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	 	 	THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN
ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS
STOCKBROKERS. SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND
CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM) PURSUANT
TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED BY: