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Atmos Energy Prices $450 Million of 8.50% Senior Notes Due 2019

Analyst & Media Contact:
Susan Giles
(972) 855-3729

DALLAS, Texas -- March 23, 2009 -- Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) announced today that it has priced a public offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.50% senior notes due 2019, with a yield to maturity of approximately 8.53%.

Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Greenwich Capital and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey are serving as the joint book-running managers for the offering, with BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wachovia Securities serving as senior co-managers. Junior co-managers for the offering are CALYON, Comerica Securities, Commerzbank Corporates & Markets, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Natixis Bleichroeder Inc. and The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

Atmos Energy intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering of approximately $446 million to redeem its $400 million 4.00% senior notes due 2009 that Atmos Energy expects to call for redemption on or about May 1, 2009. The remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of short-term debt outstanding under the company's revolving credit facilities.

The public offering of senior notes may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Greenwich Capital or SunTrust Robinson Humphrey as follows:

Banc of America                                              SunTrust Robinson
Securities LLC
                    Goldman, Sachs &    RBS Greenwich        Humphrey
Attention:          Co.                 Capital
Prospectus Dept.                                             303 Peachtree
                    85 Broad Street     600 Steamboat Road   Street
100 West Street,
3rd Floor           New York, NY 10004  Greenwich, CT 06830  24th Floor

New York, NY 10001  1-866-471-2526      1-866-884-2071       Atlanta, GA 30308

1-800-294-1322                                               1-800-685-4786

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