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 7, 2007

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 Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On February 7, 2007, following the conclusion of the 2007 annual meeting of shareholders of Atmos Energy Corporation, Gene C. Koonce retired from the company’s Board of Directors in accordance with the Board’s mandatory retirement policy, having served the Company as a Board member since 1997. In connection with Mr. Koonce’s retirement from the Board, he also simultaneously retired as a member of the Executive Committee, the Human Resources Committee and the Work Session/Annual Meeting Committee of the Board of Directors.

A copy of a news release issued on February 7, 2007, announcing Mr. Koonce’s retirement from the Board of Directors is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1   News release issued by Atmos Energy Corporation dated February 7, 2007

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 9, 2007   By:  

/s/ LOUIS P. GREGORY

    Louis P. Gregory
    Senior Vice President and General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1   News release dated February 7, 2007