Form 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 13, 2013

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)

 

 

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)

 

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

At the company’s 2013 annual meeting of shareholders on February 13, 2013, of the 90,461,872 total shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote, a total of 80,969,691 shares were represented, constituting an 89.5% 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 2014 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

     63,622,479         1,421,869         143,337       15,782,006

Kim R. Cocklin

     64,562,520         481,496         143,669       15,782,006

Richard W. Douglas

     64,602,064         428,057         157,564       15,782,006

Ruben E. Esquivel

     64,628,289         409,854         149,542       15,782,006

Richard K. Gordon

     64,497,037         532,289         158,359       15,782,006

Robert C. Grable

     64,646,768         377,672         163,245       15,782,006

Thomas C. Meredith

     63,605,752         1,428,341         153,592       15,782,006

Nancy K. Quinn

     64,662,913         374,870         149,902       15,782,006

Richard A. Sampson

     64,650,181         369,988         167,516       15,782,006

Stephen R. Springer

     64,384,250         637,343         166,092       15,782,006

Richard Ware II

     63,379,584         1,631,463         176,638       15,782,006

Proposal No. 2: Our shareholders approved an amendment to our Annual Incentive Plan for Management, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: 

 

        For        

      

    Against    

  

  Abstain  

  

Broker Non-Votes

63,002,058      1,619,920    565,707    15,782,006

Proposal No. 3: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013 was ratified by our shareholders, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below:

 

        For        

      

    Against    

  

  Abstain  

  

Broker Non-Votes

79,293,263      1,457,776    218,652    -0-

Proposal No. 4: Our shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2012, with the vote totals as set forth in the table below: 

 

        For        

      

    Against    

  

  Abstain  

  

Broker Non-Votes

62,585,802      2,101,469    500,414    15,782,006

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On February 13, 2013, the independent directors of the company’s board designated director Nancy K. Quinn, chair of the Audit Committee, as Lead Director.

 

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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 15, 2013     By:   /s/ LOUIS P. GREGORY
      Louis P. Gregory
     

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and

Corporate Secretary

 

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