---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-006329"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATO"
cik: "0000731802"
company_name: "ATMOS ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T16:57:25.238697+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atmos Energy shareholders elect all 11 directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 board nominees elected; Richard K. Gordon received 17.6M against votes, highest dissent.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 118.2M for, 6.2M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 106.6M for, 6.5M against, 1.5M abstain; broker non-votes 10M.
- Quorum of 124.6M shares (88.32%) represented at the February 8, 2023 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-006329
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATO
- cik: 0000731802
- company_name: ATMOS ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731802/000114036123006329/0001140361-23-006329-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731802/000114036123006329/ny20007477x1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ATMOS ENERGY CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of named executive officers for fiscal 2022 at the 2023-02-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-08
  source text: Proposal No. 3: Our shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2022, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731802/000114036123006329/0001140361-23-006329-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ATMOS ENERGY CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 at the 2023-02-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-08
  source text: Proposal No. 2 : The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 was ratified by our shareholders, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731802/000114036123006329/0001140361-23-006329-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ATMOS ENERGY CORP shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2023-02-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-08
  source text: Proposal No. 1 : All of the board’s nominees for director were elected by our shareholders to serve until the company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731802/000114036123006329/0001140361-23-006329-index.htm

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