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

 

August 10, 2005

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)

 

¨ 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))

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors: Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

  (d) On August 10, 2005, Stephen R. Springer was elected to the Board of Directors of Atmos Energy Corporation, effective September 1, 2005. His term will expire at the 2006 annual meeting of shareholders. Also on August 10, 2005, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Springer to serve as a member of the Audit Committee as well as the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

A copy of a news release issued on August 16, 2005 announcing Mr. Springer’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.

 

  (c) Exhibits

 

  99.1   News Release issued by Atmos Energy Corporation dated August 16, 2005

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: August 16, 2005   By:  

/s/ LOUIS P. GREGORY

        Louis P. Gregory
       

Senior Vice President

and General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

99.1    News Release dated August 16, 2005

LOGO

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

        News Release
MEDIA CONTACTS:       ANALYSTS CONTACT:
Gerald Hunter (972) 855-3116       Susan Kappes (972) 855-3729

 

Atmos Energy Corporation Names

Stephen R. Springer to Board of Directors

 

DALLAS (August 16, 2005)—Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) said today that Stephen R. Springer will join its board of directors on September 1, increasing the board’s size to 13 members. He will serve on the board’s Audit Committee as well as Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

Springer, 58, retired in 2002 from Williams, a natural gas producer, midstream service provider, pipeline company and power business.

 

“Steve Springer brings a wealth of experience in the natural gas industry from years of leading many of the large-volume functions at three of the industry’s major companies,” said Robert W. Best, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Atmos Energy Corporation. “We are pleased to have his wise counsel to help guide Atmos Energy.”

 

Springer joined Texas Gas Transmission Corporation in 1970 and was named vice president of gas acquisitions and president of TXG Intrastate Pipeline in 1981. He later served at Texas Gas as vice president of marketing with responsibilities for gas acquisition and marketing, as senior vice president of marketing and as senior vice president of customer services. Springer directed the gas acquisition, marketing, transportation, control and storage functions at Texas Gas.

 

As a result of Texas Gas being acquired by Transcontinental Pipe Line Company, Springer became president of Transco Gas Marketing Company in 1993. He joined Williams in 1995 after its acquisition of Transco Energy Company as vice president, business development, for Williams Field Services Company. He became head of Williams’ Midstream Division in 1999.

 

Springer graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science degree and M.B.A. He resides in Syracuse, Indiana.

 

Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is the largest natural-gas-only distributor in the United States, serving about 3.2 million utility customers. Atmos Energy’s utility operations serve more than 1,500 communities in 12 states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy’s nonutility operations, organized under Atmos Energy Holdings, Inc., operate in 22 states. They provide natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial, commercial and municipal customers and manage company-owned natural gas pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipelines in Texas. For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com .

 

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