8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

February 9, 2022

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Texas AND Virginia   1-10042   75-1743247

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1800 THREE LINCOLN CENTRE,

5430 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS, Texas

  75240
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(972) 934-9227

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common stock No Par Value   ATO   New York Stock Exchange

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging Growth Company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders on February 9, 2022, of the total shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, a total of 120,623,875 shares were represented, constituting a 90.89% quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders at the annual meeting are as follows:

Proposal No. 1: All of the board’s nominees for director were elected by our shareholders to serve until the company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:

 

Nominee

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

J. Kevin Akers

     109,988,004        538,523        106,874        9,990,474  

Kim R. Cocklin

     107,359,378        3,167,887        106,136        9,990,474  

Kelly H. Compton

     109,970,733        556,174        106,494        9,990,474  

Sean Donohue

     109,922,742        596,930        113,729        9,990,474  

Rafael G. Garza

     109,942,103        585,528        105,770        9,990,474  

Richard K. Gordon

     93,072,181        17,452,493        108,727        9,990,474  

Nancy K. Quinn

     93,298,830        17,240,256        94,315        9,990,474  

Richard A. Sampson

     109,855,776        666,544        111,081        9,990,474  

Diana J. Walters

     109,744,122        791,882        97,397        9,990,474  

Frank Yoho

     110,075,602        446,878        110,921        9,990,474  

Proposal No. 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022 was ratified by our shareholders, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

114,371,517

  6,139,084   113,274   —  

Proposal No. 3: Our shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2021, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

104,843,216

  5,166,362   623,823   9,990,474

Proposal No. 4: Our shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the holding of an advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation on an annual basis, with the vote totals as set forth in in the table below:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

108,881,403

  127,430   1,040,283   584,285   9,990,474


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION
                        (Registrant)
DATE: February 11, 2022     By:  

/s/ KAREN E. HARTSFIELD

      Karen E. Hartsfield
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary