ATO 2014.02.06 8-K


 

 
 
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 5, 2014
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)


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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
          At the company’s 2014 annual meeting of shareholders on February 5, 2014, of the 90,956,899 total shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, a total of 82,329,948 shares were represented, constituting a 90.5% 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 2015 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
Robert W. Best
64,696,413

1,236,728
120,896
16,275,911
Kim R. Cocklin
65,601,742

330,257
122,038
16,275,911
Richard W. Douglas
65,616,896

270,086
167,055
16,275,911
Ruben E. Esquivel
65,532,149

383,977
137,911
16,275,911
Richard K. Gordon
65,480,917

431,074
142,046
16,275,911
Robert C. Grable
65,679,521

237,174
137,342
16,275,911
Thomas C. Meredith
65,427,403

500,924
125,710
16,275,911
Nancy K. Quinn
65,718,803

204,542
130,692
16,275,911
Richard A. Sampson
65,677,804

241,402
134,831
16,275,911
Stephen R. Springer
65,418,648

494,376
141,013
16,275,911
Richard Ware II
60,397,551

5,523,956
132,530
16,275,911


Proposal No. 2:  The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2014 was ratified by our shareholders, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
80,843,835
1,324,299
161,814
-0-

Proposal No. 3:  Our shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2013, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:  
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
63,742,066
1,839,190
472,781
16,275,911


Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On February 5, 2014, the independent directors of the company’s board designated director Nancy K. Quinn, chair of the Audit Committee, as Lead Director.










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 10, 2014
 
 
 
By:
/s/ LOUIS P. GREGORY
 
 
 
 
 
Louis P. Gregory
 
 
 
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
 
 
 
 
 
and Corporate Secretary