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 26, 2016
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
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission File
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
Number)
Identification No.)

1800 THREE LINCOLN CENTRE,
 
5430 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS, TEXAS
75240
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(972) 934-9227
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)    On February 26, 2016, Rafael G. Garza was elected to the Board of Directors of the Company, effective March 1, 2016, with his term expiring at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders on February 8, 2017. The Board of Directors also appointed Mr. Garza to serve as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, also effective March 1, 2016. Mr. Garza will participate in all applicable compensation and benefit plans offered by the Company to our directors. Mr. Garza has not received any grant or award under any Company plan, contract or arrangement in connection with his election. A copy of a news release issued on February 29, 2016 announcing Mr. Garza's election to the Board of Directors is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein into this Item 5.02 by reference.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit Number
Description
 
 
99.1
  
News Release dated February 29, 2016















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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 29, 2016
By: /s/ LOUIS P. GREGORY                          
       Louis P. Gregory
       Senior Vice President, General Counsel
       and Corporate Secretary
 
 

























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INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number
Description
 
99.1
News Release dated February 29, 2016

 











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Exhibit 99.1
 
 
 
News Release
Analysts and Media Contact:
Susan Giles (972) 855-3729

Atmos Energy Corporation Names
Rafael G. Garza to Board of Directors

DALLAS (February 29, 2016)-Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) said today that Rafael G. Garza has been elected to its board of directors. His election, effective March 1, 2016, will increase the board’s size to 13 directors. Garza will serve on the board’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Garza, 56, is co-founder and Managing Director of Bravo Equity Partners, a Fort Worth-based firm, which provides capital to middle-market companies in the U.S. and Mexico. Bravo Equity is involved in the financial services, retail, food and educational services sectors. Garza is also actively involved in various private companies, including Bravo Pizzas Houston and Career Educational Services and serves as a Director of Vantage Bancorp, Inc., a holding company for Vantage Bank Texas and First Texas BHC, Inc., a holding company for Southwest Bank.

“Rafael Garza has more than 25 years of experience in either managing or advising companies in a wide range of industries on corporate finance, investment, development and strategic matters,” said Robert W. Best, chairman of the board of Atmos Energy Corporation. “Our board of directors will greatly benefit from his broad experience and wise counsel in helping us guide Atmos Energy.”

Before founding Bravo Equity, Garza began his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young in 1982. In 1993, he began directing a team at Ernst & Young that specialized in corporate finance advisory and merger and acquisition services for client companies located primarily in the United States and Mexico. Garza also served as the director of Ernst & Young’s Corporate Finance Unit based in Mexico City, where he specialized in investment advisory services, including private debt and equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, privatizations, and strategic financial planning until 2000.

Garza earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Texas Christian University and currently serves on its Board of Trustees.
 




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About Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is one of the country's largest natural-gas-only distributors, serving over three million natural gas distribution customers in over 1,400 communities in eight states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy also manages company-owned natural gas pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas and provides natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial, commercial and municipal customers primarily in the Midwest and Southeast. For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com .


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