UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K/A

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 30, 2004
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   (Commission File   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)   Number)   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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information


     This Form 8-K/A is being filed to amend the Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2004 to include the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b).

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
             
(b)
  Pro Forma Financial Information
 
           
 
  The pro forma financial information is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
           
(c)
  Exhibits
 
           
    99.1     Unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of Atmos Energy Corporation as of June 30, 2004 and unaudited pro forma combined statements of income for the nine months ended June 30, 2004 and the 12 months ended September 30, 2003

 


 

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: October 22, 2004  By:   /s/ LOUIS P. GREGORY    
    Louis P. Gregory   
    Senior Vice President
and General Counsel 
 
 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 
     
Exhibit Number
  Description
99.1
  Unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of Atmos Energy Corporation as of June 30, 2004 and unaudited pro forma combined statements of income for the nine months ended June 30, 2004 and the 12 months ended September 30, 2003

 


 
 
 

EXHIBIT 99.1

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     On October 1, 2004, Atmos Energy Corporation (referred to in this report, with its subsidiaries, as Atmos or we, us, our, the company or a similar word) completed our acquisition of the natural gas distribution and pipeline operations of TXU Gas Company. The TXU Gas operations we acquired are regulated businesses engaged in the purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of natural gas in the north-central, eastern and western parts of Texas. In this report, we refer to TXU Gas Company as TXU Gas and to the acquisition of these operations as the TXU Gas acquisition.

     The purchase price for the TXU Gas acquisition was approximately $1.905 billion (after preliminary closing adjustments), which we paid in cash. We acquired approximately $121 million of working capital of TXU Gas and did not assume any indebtedness of TXU Gas in connection with the acquisition. TXU Gas provided for the repayment of all of its indebtedness and redeemed all of its preferred stock prior to closing and retained and agreed to pay certain other liabilities under the terms of the acquisition agreement. The purchase price is subject to further adjustment after closing for the actual amount of working capital we acquired and other specified matters. We anticipate that any post-closing adjustments will not be material.

     We funded the purchase price for the TXU Gas acquisition with approximately $235.8 million in net proceeds from our offering of 9,939,393 shares of common stock, which we completed on July 19, 2004, and approximately $1.7 billion in net proceeds from our issuance on October 1, 2004 of commercial paper backstopped by a senior unsecured revolving credit agreement, which we entered into on September 24, 2004 for bridge financing for the TXU Gas acquisition. In this report, we refer to the July offering of our common stock as the July 2004 common stock offering, the senior unsecured revolving credit agreement as the bridge financing facility and the $1.7 billion of commercial paper that we issued backstopped by the bridge financing facility, together with any commercial paper we may issue to refinance this commercial paper, as the acquisition commercial paper.

     On October 14, 2004, we commenced a public offering of 14,000,000 shares of our common stock, plus up to an additional 2,100,000 shares issuable pursuant to an overallotment option granted to the underwriters of the common stock offering. Except as otherwise indicated, all information in this report assumes that the underwriters will not exercise their overallotment option. On October 21, 2004, we priced the offering of our common stock at $24.75 per share. The net proceeds of this offering of common stock will be approximately $332.2 million, after the payment of the underwriting discount and the commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. This offering of common stock is expected to close on October 27, 2004. In this report, we refer to our offering of our common stock described above as the common stock offering and the shares of common stock we intend to issue, collectively, as the shares.

     On October 18, 2004, we commenced and priced our offering of $1.4 billion senior unsecured notes, consisting of $400 million of our 4.00% senior notes due 2009, $500 million of our 4.95% senior notes due 2014, $200 million of our 5.95% senior notes due 2034 and $300 million of our floating rate senior notes due 2007. The floating rate senior notes will bear interest at a rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate plus 0.375% per year. The net proceeds of this offering of notes will be approximately $1.39 billion, after the payment of the underwriting discounts and the commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. This offering of senior notes closed on October 22, 2004. In this report, we refer to our offering of the multiple series of senior unsecured notes described above as the senior notes offering and the various series of senior unsecured notes we intend to issue, collectively, as the senior notes.

     In June 2004, we entered into two agreements to fix the Treasury yield component of $675 million principal amount of the senior notes, which we refer to in this report as the June 2004 Treasury lock agreements. In September 2004, we entered into two additional agreements to fix the Treasury yield component of an additional $200 million principal amount of the senior notes. We intend to terminate and settle the June 2004 Treasury lock agreements on October 22, 2004, using additional short-term borrowings. The fair value of the June 2004 Treasury lock agreements, as of October 18, 2004, represented an obligation of approximately $44.0 million, which is the amount we expect to pay to settle the June 2004 Treasury lock agreements. In this report, we refer to the settlement of the June 2004 Treasury lock agreements as the Treasury lock settlement.

     We intend to use the net proceeds from the senior notes offering and the expected net proceeds from the common stock offering to repay in full the acquisition commercial paper remaining outstanding on October 27, 2004 and the short-term debt to be incurred on October 22, 2004 in connection with the Treasury lock settlement. The proceeds from the senior notes offering and the common stock offering will reduce permanently the availability under the bridge financing facility. Neither the completion of the senior notes offering nor the completion of the common stock offering is contingent upon the other.

 


 

          The following unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are based on our historical consolidated financial statements and TXU Gas’s historical financial statements, adjusted to give effect to the July 2004 common stock offering, the consummation of the TXU Gas acquisition, the use of the net proceeds from the July 2004 common stock offering and the issuance of the acquisition commercial paper to pay the purchase price for the TXU Gas acquisition and related fees and expenses and the use of the net proceeds of the common stock offering and the senior notes offering to repay in full the acquisition commercial paper and short-term debt incurred in connection with the Treasury lock settlement. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of income for the nine months ended June 30, 2004 and for the twelve months ended September 30, 2003 gives effect to these matters as if each had occurred on October 1, 2002. The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2004 gives effect to these matters as if each had occurred on June 30, 2004.

          The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements reflect pro forma adjustments that are described in the accompanying notes and are based on available information and certain assumptions we believe are reasonable but are subject to change. In our opinion, all adjustments that are necessary to present fairly the pro forma information have been made. The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements do not purport to represent what our results of operations or financial position would actually have been had the matters described above occurred on such dates or to project our results of operations or financial position for any future date or period. The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements include adjustments that reflect our preliminary estimates of the allocation of the purchase price to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities of TXU Gas. The preliminary purchase price allocation is subject to change as more detailed analyses are completed and additional information related to the fair values of TXU Gas’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the TXU Gas acquisition become available. Final purchase accounting adjustments may differ materially from the pro forma adjustments presented herein. The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements do not reflect any operating efficiencies and cost savings that we may achieve with respect to the combined entities nor any expense associated with achieving these benefits.

          The historical financial statements of TXU Gas are based on TXU Gas’s historical financial statements as filed with the SEC. To prepare the unaudited pro forma combined statement of income for the year ended September 30, 2003, we used our consolidated statement of income for the twelve months ended September 30, 2003 and TXU Gas’s statement of income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2003. To prepare the unaudited pro forma combined statement of income for the nine months ended June 30, 2004, we used our consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended June 30, 2004 and derived TXU Gas’s statement of income for the nine months ended June 30, 2004 using TXU Gas’s unaudited statement of income for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and its audited statement of income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2003 and TXU Gas’s unaudited statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. Please note that the historical financial information of TXU Gas presented in the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet and the unaudited pro forma combined statements of income reflect the entire assets and operations of TXU Gas for the periods and as of the dates indicated. However, in the TXU Gas acquisition we acquired only the natural gas distribution and pipeline operations of TXU Gas. See Note 2(a) in the Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements.

          You should read the following unaudited pro forma combined financial information in conjunction with: our audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes, which are included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 21, 2003, and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004, filed with the SEC on August 13, 2004; and TXU Gas’s audited and unaudited financial statements and related notes, which are included in our current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 7, 2004 and August 31, 2004.


 

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED BALANCE SHEET

As of June 30, 2004
                                     
Historical Historical Pro Forma
Atmos TXU Gas Adjustments Pro Forma




(in thousands)
ASSETS
                               
Property, plant and equipment
  $ 2,588,059     $ 2,008,888     $ (147,629 )(a)(b)   $ 4,449,318  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    903,313       384,619       (884 )(a)(b)     1,287,048  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net property, plant and equipment
    1,684,746       1,624,269       (146,745 )     3,162,270  
Current assets
                               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
    126,895       8,001       27,029   (a)(j)     161,925  
 
Accounts receivable, net
    243,719       28,751       41,760   (a)     314,230  
 
Gas stored underground
    90,141       129,528             219,669  
 
Other current assets
    18,710       56,071       (34,930 )(a)     39,851  
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current assets
    479,465       222,351       33,859       735,675  
Goodwill and intangible assets
    275,844       299,768       139,440   (b)     715,052  
Deferred charges and other assets
    240,477       52,236       (1,154 )(a)(c)(d)     291,559  
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 2,680,532     $ 2,198,624     $ 25,400     $ 4,904,556  
     
     
     
     
 
 
CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
                               
Shareholders’ equity
                               
 
Preferred stock
  $     $ 75,000     $ (75,000 )(a)   $  
 
Common stock
    263       4       116   (b)(c)     383  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    762,464       815,521       (247,641 )(b)(c)     1,330,344  
 
Retained earnings
    167,535       (135,173 )     135,173   (b)     167,535  
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    (3,416 )     (3,899 )     3,899   (b)     (3,416 )
     
     
     
     
 
   
Shareholders’ equity
    926,846       751,453       (183,453 )     1,494,846  
Long-term debt
    863,266       280,077       1,117,104   (a)(c)     2,260,447  
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total capitalization
    1,790,112       1,031,530       933,651       3,755,293  
Current liabilities
                               
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    201,123       89,273       (54,469 )(a)     235,927  
 
Other current liabilities
    210,759       129,588       (95,904 )(a)(j)     244,443  
 
Short-term debt
          300,000       (300,000 )(a)(c)(j)      
 
Current maturities of long-term debt
    5,918       150,000       (150,000 )(a)     5,918  
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current liabilities
    417,800       668,861       (600,373 )     486,288  
Deferred income taxes
    227,899       29,722       (29,722 )(b)     227,899  
Regulatory cost of removal obligation
    105,059       134,661             239,720  
Deferred credits and other liabilities
    139,662       333,850       (278,156 )(a)(d)     195,356  
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 2,680,532     $ 2,198,624     $ 25,400     $ 4,904,556  
     
     
     
     
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.


 

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF INCOME

For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2004
                                     
Historical Historical Pro Forma
Atmos TXU Gas Adjustments Pro Forma




(in thousands, except per share data)
Operating revenues
                               
 
Utility segment
  $ 1,425,022     $ 1,075,050     $ (6,054 )(e)   $ 2,494,018  
 
Natural gas marketing segment
    1,255,386                   1,255,386  
 
Other nonutility segment
    20,492                   20,492  
 
Intersegment eliminations
    (273,741 )                 (273,741 )
     
     
     
     
 
      2,427,159       1,075,050       (6,054 )     3,496,155  
Purchased gas cost
                               
 
Utility segment
    1,003,977       633,529             1,637,506  
 
Natural gas marketing segment
    1,214,395                   1,214,395  
 
Other nonutility segment
    9,158                   9,158  
 
Intersegment eliminations
    (273,042 )                 (273,042 )
     
     
     
     
 
      1,954,488       633,529             2,588,017  
     
     
     
     
 
Gross profit
    472,671       441,521       (6,054 )     908,138  
Operating expenses
                               
 
Operation and maintenance
    166,476       280,548       (87,442 )(e)(f)     359,582  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    69,879       56,988       (5,739 )(e)(f)(g)     121,128  
 
Taxes, other than income
    45,901       78,962       10   (e)     124,873  
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total operating expenses
    282,256       416,498       (93,171 )     605,583  
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income
    190,415       25,023       87,117       302,555  
Miscellaneous income (expense)
    7,850       (120,306 )     123,317   (e)(f)     10,861  
Interest charges
    49,506       26,086       23,916   (e)(h)     99,508  
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    148,759       (121,369 )     186,518       213,908  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    56,148       (15,654 )     40,411   (i)     80,905  
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 92,611     $ (105,715 )   $ 146,107     $ 133,003  
     
     
     
     
 
Per share data
                               
 
Basic income per share
  $ 1.79                     $ 1.76  
     
                     
 
 
Diluted income per share
  $ 1.78                     $ 1.75  
     
                     
 
Weighted average shares outstanding
                               
 
Basic
    51,788               23,939       75,727  
     
                     
 
 
Diluted
    52,166               23,939       76,105  
     
                     
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.


 

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF INCOME

For the Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2003
                                     
Historical Historical Pro Forma
Atmos TXU Gas Adjustments Pro Forma




(in thousands, except per share data)
Operating revenues
                               
 
Utility segment
  $ 1,554,082     $ 1,344,106     $ (17,729 )(e)   $ 2,880,459  
 
Natural gas marketing segment
    1,668,493                   1,668,493  
 
Other nonutility segment
    21,630                   21,630  
 
Intersegment eliminations
    (444,289 )                 (444,289 )
     
     
     
     
 
      2,799,916       1,344,106       (17,729 )     4,126,293  
Purchased gas cost
                               
 
Utility segment
    1,062,679       790,542             1,853,221  
 
Natural gas marketing segment
    1,644,328                   1,644,328  
 
Other nonutility segment
    1,540               &