ATMOS ENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2017

Feb 10, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ATMOS ENERGY CORP (ATO)
CIK: 0000731802
Period of Report: 2017-02-08

Reporting Person: MEREDITH THOMAS C (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-02-08	Common Stock	C	20042	—	Acquired	20042.139	Direct
2017-02-08	Common Stock	C	720	—	Acquired	20762.139	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-02-08	Phantom Stock Units	$	A	3000	Acquired		Common Stock (3000)	Direct
2017-02-08	Phantom Stock Units	$	C	20042	Disposed		Common Stock (20042)	Direct
2017-02-08	Phantom Deferred Compensation	$	C	720	Disposed		Common Stock (720)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Pursuant to a feature of the Equity Incentive and Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-employee Directors (the "Plan"), the reporting person has elected to take distribution of the units in three annual installments upon retirement on February 8, 2017. This amount represents the first of three installments.

F2: Each unit of phantom stock is equivalent to one share of the Company's common stock.

F3: The phantom stock units were granted under the Plan and are settled upon the reporting person's termination of service on the Company's Board.

F4: Includes 1,314.89 phantom stock units resulting from a dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan which were allocated to reporting person's account since March 4, 2016.

F5: The phantom stock units were received pursuant to an election to convert a portion of the reporting person's director fees under the Plan and are settled upon the reporting person's termination of service on the Company's Board.

F6: Includes 49.74 phantom stock units resulting from a dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan which were allocated to reporting
person's account since March 4, 2016.