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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-198618
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170608
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170608
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170608

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ATMOS ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000731802
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		IRS NUMBER:				751743247
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10042
		FILM NUMBER:		17900800

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 THREE LINCOLN CTR
		STREET 2:		5430 LBJ FREEWAY
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75240
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9729349227

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 THREE LINCOLN CTR
		STREET 2:		5430 LBJ FREEWAY
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75240

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ENERGAS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19881024
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form 8-K
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Current Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>June&nbsp;8, 2017 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ATMOS ENERGY
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1-10042</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>75-1743247</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1800 THREE LINCOLN CENTRE,</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(972) 934-9227 </B></P>
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Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On June&nbsp;8, 2017, Atmos Energy Corporation (&#147;Atmos
Energy&#148;) completed a public offering of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, consisting of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2027 (the &#147;2027 notes&#148;) and $250,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 (the &#147;new 2044 notes,&#148; and, together with the 2027 notes, the &#147;notes&#148;). The offering has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-210424) of Atmos Energy and the Prospectus Supplement dated June&nbsp;5, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act on June&nbsp;7,
2017. Atmos Energy received net proceeds from the offering, after the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us and excluding amounts paid by the purchasers with respect to interest deemed to have accrued on the new 2044
notes from April&nbsp;15, 2017 to the closing date of the offering, of approximately $752 million. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated
as of March&nbsp;26, 2009 (the &#147;Base Indenture&#148;) between Atmos Energy and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), and an officers&#146; certificate delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;301 of the
Base Indenture (the &#147;Officers&#146; Certificate,&#148; and the Base Indenture, as modified by the Officers&#146; Certificate, are referred to herein as the &#147;Indenture&#148;). The 2027 notes are represented by a global security executed by
Atmos Energy on June&nbsp;8, 2017 (the &#147;2027 Global Security&#148;) and are unsecured obligations ranking equally with all of Atmos Energy&#146;s existing and future senior indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness
that is subordinated to the notes. The 2027 notes bear interest at an annual rate of 3.000%, payable by Atmos Energy on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 of each year, beginning on December&nbsp;15, 2017, and mature on June&nbsp;15, 2027. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The new 2044 notes are represented by a global security executed by Atmos Energy on June&nbsp;8, 2017 (the &#147;2044 Global Security&#148;) and are also
unsecured obligations ranking equally with all of Atmos Energy&#146;s existing and future senior indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness that is subordinated to the notes. The new 2044 notes are a further issuance of
the $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 (the &#147;existing 2044 notes&#148; and together with the new 2044 notes, the &#147;2044 notes&#148;) described in our Prospectus Supplement dated October&nbsp;6, 2014
and issued on October&nbsp;15, 2014. The new 2044 notes will be treated as a single series under the Indenture with the $500 million in aggregate principal amount of such notes already outstanding and will have the same CUSIP number as the existing
2044 notes. The 2044 notes bear interest at an annual rate of 4.125%, payable by Atmos Energy on April&nbsp;15 and October&nbsp;15 of each year, and mature on October&nbsp;15, 2044. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Atmos Energy may redeem the notes at its option at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price calculated in accordance with the Indenture. The
Indenture includes covenants that limit the ability of Atmos Energy and its restricted subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) to, among other things, (i)&nbsp;grant specified liens, (ii)&nbsp;engage in specified sale and leaseback transactions,
(iii)&nbsp;consolidate or merge with or into other companies or (iv)&nbsp;sell all or substantially all of Atmos Energy&#146;s assets. The restrictive covenants are subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Indenture. The
Indenture provides for events of default, including (i)&nbsp;interest payment defaults, (ii)&nbsp;breaches of covenants, (iii)&nbsp;certain payment defaults at final maturity or acceleration of other indebtedness and (iv)&nbsp;the occurrence of
events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization. If any event of default occurs and is continuing, </P>

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subject to certain exceptions, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes of the applicable series may declare all the notes of such
series to be due and payable immediately, together with any accrued and unpaid interest. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The above descriptions are qualified in their entirety by
reference to the text of the Base Indenture, the Officers&#146; Certificate, the 2027 Global Security and the 2044 Global Security. The Base Indenture has been previously filed. The Officers&#146; Certificate, the 2027 Global Security and the 2044
Global Security are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are each incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">DATE: June 8, 2017</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. FORSYTHE</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>Officers&#146; Certificate Pursuant to Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;8, 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the
undersigned, Christopher T. Forsythe, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Phillip L. Allbritten, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of Atmos Energy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) certifies, pursuant
to the authority delegated to each of them, as an officer of the Company, pursuant to the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company (the &#147;Board&#148;) on May&nbsp;2, 2017 (copies of which resolutions are attached hereto as
<U>Exhibit I</U>), that pursuant to Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;26, 2009 (the &#147;Indenture&#148;) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), the series of debt
securities of the Company described herein are hereby established with the following terms and provisions (unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meaning given thereto in the Indenture): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The titles of the series of securities to be issued are the 3.000% Senior Notes due 2027 (the
&#147;2027 Notes&#148;) and the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 (the &#147;additional 2044 Notes&#148;). The additional 2044 Notes are an additional issuance of the Company&#146;s 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 originally issued on October&nbsp;15, 2014
(the additional 2044 Notes, together with the previously issued 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044, the &#147;2044 Notes;&#148; and the 2027 Notes, together with the additional 2044 Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Notes are unsubordinated and will rank equally with all of the Company&#146;s other unsecured and
unsubordinated debt. Subordinated debt will rank junior to the Notes and the Company&#146;s other senior debt. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prior to the issuance of the additional 2044 Notes, there are $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of 2044 Notes outstanding under the Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of the additional 2044 Notes that initially may be issued under the Indenture, in connection with the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;5, 2017, among the
Company and certain underwriters named therein (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;), is $250,000,000, and the Stated Maturity of the 2044 Notes is October&nbsp;15, 2044. The additional 2044 Notes shall be offered to the public at a price
representing 103.907% of their principal amount. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The aggregate principal amount of the 2027
Notes that initially may be issued under the Indenture, in connection with the Underwriting Agreement, is $500,000,000, and the Stated Maturity of the 2027 Notes is June&nbsp;15, 2027. The 2027 Notes shall be offered to the public at a price
representing 99.725% of their principal amount. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The additional 2044 Notes shall bear interest at
the rate of 4.125% per annum. Interest on the additional 2044 Notes will be payable in arrears on April&nbsp;15 and October&nbsp;15 of each year (each, a &#147;2044 Notes Interest Payment Date&#148;), beginning October&nbsp;15, 2017. Interest
payable on each 2044 Notes Interest Payment Date will </P>
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include interest accrued from and including April&nbsp;15, 2017, or from and including the most recent 2044 Notes Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as
the case may be, to but excluding such 2044 Notes Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. The interest
so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any 2044 Notes Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name the 2044 Notes are registered at the close of business on the April&nbsp;1 or
October&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the respective 2044 Notes Interest Payment Date. The payment of any Defaulted Interest on the 2044 Notes shall be payable to the Holders of the 2044 Notes on a Special Record Date established
therefor pursuant to the Indenture, or shall be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2027 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.000% per annum. Interest on the 2027 Notes will
be payable in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 of each year (each, a &#147;2027 Notes Interest Payment Date&#148;), beginning December&nbsp;15, 2017. Interest payable on each 2027 Notes Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued
from and including June&nbsp;8, 2017, or from and including the most recent 2027 Notes Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, to but excluding such 2027 Notes Interest Payment Date. Interest
will be computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any 2027 Notes Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name the 2027 Notes are registered at the close of business on the June&nbsp;1 or December&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the respective 2027 Notes
Interest Payment Date. The payment of any Defaulted Interest on the 2027 Notes shall be payable to the Holders of the 2027 Notes on a Special Record Date established therefor pursuant to the Indenture, or shall be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for
such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. So long as the Notes remain in book-entry form, all payments of principal and interest will be
made by the Company in immediately available funds. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may redeem the 2044 Notes prior
to maturity at its option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part. Prior to April&nbsp;15, 2044, the Redemption Price with respect to the 2044 Notes shall be equal to the greater of: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the 2044 Notes to be redeemed, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) of principal and interest on the 2044 Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-</P>
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annual basis assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined
below) plus 15 basis points; plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of 2044 Notes being redeemed to the Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time on or after April&nbsp;15, 2044, the Redemption Price with respect to the 2044 Notes shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount
of the 2044 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may redeem the 2027 Notes prior to maturity at its option, at any time in whole or from
time to time in part. Prior to March&nbsp;15, 2027, the Redemption Price with respect to the 2027 Notes shall be equal to the greater of: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes to be redeemed, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) of principal and interest on the 2027 Notes to be redeemed that would be due if the 2027 Notes matured on the Par Call Date (as defined below), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis
assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points; plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid
interest on the principal amount of 2027 Notes being redeemed to the Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time on or after March&nbsp;15, 2027, the
Redemption Price with respect to the 2027 Notes shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Adjusted Treasury Rate&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield
to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148; means, with respect to a series of Notes, the United States Treasury security selected by
the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes of such series to be redeemed (assuming, with respect to the 2027 Notes, that they matured on the Par Call Date) that would be used, at the time of a selection
and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes of such series to be redeemed; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for that Redemption Date; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Par Call Date&#148; means, with respect to the 2027 notes, March&nbsp;15, 2027; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148; means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City; </P>
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Company to act as a quotation agent; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer&#148; means: (i)&nbsp;with respect to the 2044 Notes
(A)&nbsp;Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated and any Primary Treasury Dealer selected by each of Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and any of such parties&#146; successors, and
(B)&nbsp;any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company; and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to the 2027 Notes, each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and their respective successors;
<I>provided, however</I>, that with respect to a series of Notes, if any of the entities listed above for such series ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer for such series of
Notes; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any
Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed, in each case, as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time
by such Reference Treasury Dealer on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Remaining Scheduled
Payments&#148; means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest on such Note that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that if such
Redemption Date is not a 2044 Notes Interest Payment Date with respect to the additional 2044 Notes or a 2027 Notes Interest Payment Date with respect to the 2027 Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Note will
be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Note to such Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the case
of a partial redemption of the Notes of a series, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes of such series not previously called for redemption, in the case of the 2027 Notes, in accordance with the
procedures of the Depository and, in the case of the 2044 Notes, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (or, in the case of Notes issued in global form, by such method as the Depository may require), and, in each case, which
may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Notes of such series. A partial redemption shall not reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Note not redeemed to a principal amount of less than $2,000. Notice
of any redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes of the series to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Notes are to be redeemed in part
only, the notice of redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Notes of the series to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of the
Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original Note. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of the Notes called for
redemption. </P>
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following in its entirety for purposes of the Notes only: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company shall: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;file with the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company has filed the same with the Commission,
unless such reports are available on the Commission&#146;s EDGAR filing system (or any successor thereto), copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then the Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to
time in such rules and regulations; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time
to time by such rules and regulations; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;transmit to all Holders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to Subsections (1)&nbsp;and (2) of this Section&nbsp;703 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any mandatory
redemption or sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
entire principal amount of the Notes of a series shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity of the Notes of such series pursuant to the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture shall apply
to the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Trustee, the initial Paying Agent and the initial Security Registrar for the
Notes shall be U.S. Bank National Association. The Security Register for the Notes shall be initially maintained at, and the place where such Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be, the Trustee&#146;s Corporate
Trust Office located at 1349 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. </P>
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permanent global form and each evidenced by a global security (a &#147;Global Security&#148;) in substantially the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">II-A</FONT></U>, and the 2027 Notes will be issued in registered
permanent global form and each evidenced by a Global Security in substantially the form attached hereto as <U>Exhibit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">II-B</FONT></U>, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with
any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing each such Global Security, as evidenced by their execution of such Global
Security. The beneficial owners of interests in each of the Global Securities may exchange such interests for the applicable series of Notes in certificated form (the &#147;Definitive Notes&#148;) only in limited circumstances as provided in the
Indenture. In the event that Definitive Notes are issued in exchange for a Global Security, the form of certificate evidencing each Definitive Note shall be in substantially the form of the applicable attached Global Security, with such changes as
are necessary to evidence the applicable series of Notes in definitive form rather than as a Global Security. The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depository with respect to the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Notes are issuable in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">18.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Events of Default set forth in the Indenture shall apply to the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">19.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will not pay Additional Amounts on the Notes held by any Holder who is not a United
States person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may, at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes of a series, create
and issue additional securities having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes of such series. Any such additional securities shall be consolidated and form the same series of the Notes of such series having the same
terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Notes of such series under the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of us further certifies that the form
and terms of the Notes as established in this certificate have been established pursuant to Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture and comply with the Indenture. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ASSISTANT SECRETARY&#146;S CERTIFICATE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned, being the Assistant Corporate Secretary of ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION, a Texas and Virginia corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), does hereby certify that the following resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting of the Board held on May 2-3, 2017: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, on March 28, 2016, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) its
registration statement on Form S-3, whereby a total of $2.5 billion of debt and equity securities were registered with the SEC, with such registration statement (the &#147;Shelf&#146;) being automatically effective upon its filing; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company has received orders approving the issuance of securities under the Shelf from all requisite state
regulatory commissions (the &#147;State Approvals&#148;) that may be issued; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, primarily due to projected
continuing increases in capital expenditures and the continuing need to preserve maximum financial flexibility, Management is requesting approval for the issuance under the Shelf in June 2017 of up to $750 million of senior debt securities having a
maturity of up to thirty (30) years, at a coupon rate not to exceed 5.50 percent (5.50%) per annum; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the
proceeds of the issuance of the senior debt securities will be used primarily (i) to repay the $250 million senior notes maturing June 15, 2017 or (ii) for other general corporate purposes, including the repayment of working capital borrowings
pursuant to our commercial paper program. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer and any other Vice President of the Company, or any of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Company, with respect to the foregoing
offering, to negotiate the terms of and enter into any underwriting agreements as deemed necessary, any form of indenture with a third party financial institution as Trustee and Paying Agent and any other agreement with a third party as may be
necessary, appropriate, or desirable to cause the issuance and sale by the Company in June 2017 through and pursuant to the terms of the Shelf and in accordance with the State Approvals, senior debt securities in a total amount of up to $750
million, with a maximum final maturity of up to thirty (30) years and at a coupon rate not to exceed 5.50 percent (5.50%) per annum; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that when any of such above agreements are executed and delivered, each of them shall be a valid and binding
agreement of the Company; and </P>
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Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer, any other Vice President and the directors of the Company, or any of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Company, to prepare, or cause to be
prepared, and to execute, verify, and file, or cause to be filed, with the SEC, any required amendments to Form S-3 for the Shelf on file with the SEC, together with any and all exhibits and documents or supplemental information relating thereto,
including supplements to the prospectus, in connection with the issuance and sale of the senior debt securities as above described, as shall be approved by the officers and directors of the Company executing the same, the approval of such officers
and directors to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof, and that any actions heretofore taken in connection therewith be, and they hereby are, ratified, approved, and confirmed in all respects; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President
and Treasurer, any other Vice President and the directors of the Company who may execute any such amendment to the Shelf or any supplement thereto, be and hereby is, authorized to execute a power of attorney appointing Kim R. Cocklin or Christopher
T. Forsythe as his true and lawful attorney for him and in his name and stead and in his capacity as an officer or director to sign the registration statement, any and all amendments and supplements thereto, and all instruments, papers, or documents
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the SEC, with full power and authority granted to said attorney to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of said officers or directors each and every act whatsoever necessary or
appropriate in connection with the registration of the senior debt securities to the same extent that such officer or director might or could do in person; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the net proceeds to the Company from the issuance and sale of the senior debt securities that are to be
issued and sold shall be used by the Company (i) to repay the $250 million senior notes maturing June 15, 2017 or (ii) for other general corporate purposes, including the repayment of working capital borrowings pursuant to our commercial paper
program; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice
President and Treasurer, any other Vice President, and the Corporate Secretary and any Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company, or any of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized to determine the states in which appropriate action shall be
taken to qualify or register for sale all or such part of the senior debt securities as said officers may deem advisable; that said officers be, and hereby are, authorized to perform on behalf of the Company or cause to be performed any and all such
acts as they may deem necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such states and in connection therewith to execute and file, or cause to be filed, all requisite papers and documents, including, but not limited to,
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, and appointments of attorney for service of process, and to take any and all further actions that they may deem necessary or advisable in order
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to maintain any such registration or qualification for so long as they deem necessary or as required by law; and that the execution by such officers of any such paper or document or the doing by
them of any act in connection with the foregoing matters shall conclusively establish their authority therefor from the Company and the approval and ratification by the Company of the papers and documents as executed in the action so taken; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the form and substance of any resolutions required in connection with the registration or qualification
of the senior debt securities in any state, territory, or other jurisdiction be, and they hereby are, adopted, provided that the officers of the Company, or any of them, consider the adoption of such resolutions necessary or appropriate or
desirable, in which case the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company is hereby directed to insert as an appendix to the minutes containing these resolutions a copy of such resolutions, which shall thereupon be deemed
to have been adopted by the Board of Directors with the same force and effect as the other resolutions herein set forth; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that Christopher T. Forsythe, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, be, and
hereby is, designated as the Company&#146;s agent to receive any letters of comment to any registration statement, amendment thereto, or prospectus supplement filed with the SEC hereunder; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that should the appropriate officers of the Company determine it to be in the best interests of the Company
to list the senior debt securities for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;), the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer and any other Vice President of the
Company, or any of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Company, to notify the NYSE of the foregoing offering and to take or cause to be taken any and all such actions as may be necessary, appropriate, or
desirable to comply with the requirements of the NYSE; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer and any other Vice President of the Company, or any of them, be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary or advisable to
effect the listing and trading of the senior debt securities on the NYSE, including the preparation, execution, and filing of all necessary applications, documents, forms, and agreements with the NYSE, the payment by the Company of filing, listing,
or application fees, the preparation of certificates for the senior debt securities, and the appearance of any such officer before NYSE officials; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and
Treasurer, any other Vice President and the directors of the Company, or any of them, be, and they hereby </P>
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are, authorized to do or cause to be done any and all acts and things and to execute and deliver any and all agreements, undertakings, consents, documents, instruments, and certificates as, in
their opinion, may be necessary or appropriate or desirable in order to carry out the purposes and intent of the foregoing resolutions and to perform, or cause to be performed, any registration statement, or any other agreement referred to herein
and to cause the debt securities to become listed and admitted to trading on the NYSE; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that all
actions taken and expenses incurred by any officer or director heretofore in furtherance of any of the actions authorized by the foregoing resolutions hereby are expressly ratified, confirmed and approved. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>I FURTHER CERTIFY</B> that the above resolutions have not been altered, amended, rescinded, or repealed and are now in full force and
effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Company this 8th of June, 2017. </P>
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Johnson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suzanne Johnson </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
(55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND SUCH CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </P>
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&#147;Company&#148;, which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture, hereinafter defined), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS ($250,000,000) on October&nbsp;15, 2044 (the &#147;Maturity Date&#148;), at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon from April&nbsp;15, 2017, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on April&nbsp;15 and October&nbsp;15 in each year (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;), beginning October&nbsp;15, 2017 at 4.125% per annum until the principal hereof is
paid or duly provided for. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day need not be made
on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such day and no interest shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment. Interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include
interest accrued from and including April&nbsp;15, 2017, or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, to but excluding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will
be computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to
the person (the &#147;Holder&#148;) in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the April&nbsp;1 or October&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment
Date (a &#147;Regular Record Date&#148;). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (&#147;Defaulted Interest&#148;) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date (the &#147;Special Record Date&#148;) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee
(referred to herein), notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Security not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Security, &#147;Business Day&#148; means any day that, in the city of the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
and in the City of New York, is neither a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. So long as this Security remains in book-entry form, all payments of principal and interest will be made by the Company in immediately available funds. </P>
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signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, designated as the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 (the &#147;Securities&#148;), originally issued in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 on October&nbsp;15, 2014 and, as
a result of a further issuance of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 on June&nbsp;8, 2017, now issued in an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 under an Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;26, 2009, as it may
be supplemented from time to time (referred to herein as the &#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (referred to herein as the &#147;Trustee&#148;, which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Security is a part). A reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, except as otherwise provided herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities are initially limited to $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount. The Company may, at any time, without the consent of the
Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional securities having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Securities. Any such additional securities shall be consolidated and form the same series of the Securities
having the same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Securities under the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Events of Default</U>. If an Event
of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Optional Redemption</U>. The Securities will be redeemable prior to maturity at the Company&#146;s option, at any time in whole or from
time to time in part. Prior to April&nbsp;15, 2044, the Redemption Price will be equal to the greater of: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100%
of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of
the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of
twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid
interest on the principal amount of Securities being redeemed to the Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time on or after April&nbsp;15, 2044, the Redemption Price
will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. </P>
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the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of a selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation for that Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Quotation Agent&#148; means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the
Company to act as a quotation agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer&#148; means (i)&nbsp;Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith
Incorporated and any Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by each of Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and any of such parties&#146; successors; provided, however, if any of the foregoing ceases to
be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a &#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148;), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii)&nbsp;any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the
average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed, in each case, as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time by such Reference
Treasury Dealer on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Remaining Scheduled Payments&#148; means, with respect to
each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest on such Security that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is not an
Interest Payment Date, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Security will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Security to such Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by
The Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148;) during any period the Securities are issued in the form of a global security registered in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof; <I>provided that</I> during any period the Securities are issued in
certificated form, the selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by the Trustee by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate (or, in the case of Securities issued in global form,
by such method as the depositary may require) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Securities. A partial redemption shall not reduce the portion of the principal amount of a
</P>
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Security not redeemed to a principal amount of less than $2,000. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address as shown in the Security Register. If the Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Securities shall state the portion of
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. On and after the
Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Sinking Fund</U>. This Security does not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Modification and Waivers; Obligations of the Company Absolute</U>. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities. Certain limited amendments may be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee without
the consent of any Holders of the Securities. Certain other amendments affecting the Securities may only be effected under the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture affecting the Securities. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities to waive on behalf
of all of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities certain past defaults under the Indenture in respect of the Securities and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation
of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance</U>. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a)&nbsp;the entire indebtedness of
the Company represented by this Security and (b)&nbsp;certain restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Authorized Denominations</U>. The Securities are issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000
and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Registration of Transfer or Exchange</U>. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. At the date of the original issuance of this Security such office or agency of the Company is maintained by U.S. Bank National
Association, 1349 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges payable in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Defined Terms</U>. All capitalized terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Governing Laws</U>. This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would apply any other law. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Senior Vice President and</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">within-mentioned</FONT>
Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Authorized Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center">(Insert assignee&#146;s social security or tax I.D. no.)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center">(Print or type assignee&#146;s name, address and zip code)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)</TD></TR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND SUCH CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3.000% Senior Notes due 2027 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">CUSIP NO. 049560 AN5</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">ISIN NO. US049560AN51</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Atmos Energy Corporation, a Texas and Virginia corporation (herein called the
&#147;Company&#148;, which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture, hereinafter defined), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
($500,000,000) on June&nbsp;15, 2027 (the &#147;Maturity Date&#148;), at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon from June&nbsp;8, 2017, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 in each year (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;), beginning December&nbsp;15, 2017 at 3.000% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or duly
provided for. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day need not be made on such day,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such day and no interest shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment. Interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued
from and including June&nbsp;8, 2017, or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, to but excluding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the
basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person (the &#147;Holder&#148;) in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the June&nbsp;1 and December&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date (a &#147;Regular Record Date&#148;). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
(&#147;Defaulted Interest&#148;) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a special record date (the &#147;Special Record Date&#148;) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (referred to herein), notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Security not less than ten days
prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Security, &#147;Business Day&#148; means any day that, in the city of the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
and in the City of New York, is neither a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. So long as this Security remains in book-entry form, all payments of principal and interest will be made by the Company in immediately available funds. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual
signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, designated as the 3.000% Senior Notes due 2027 (the &#147;Securities&#148;), issued under an Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;26, 2009, as it may be supplemented from time to
time (referred to herein as the &#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (referred to herein as the &#147;Trustee&#148;, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to
the series of which this Security is a part). A reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, except as otherwise provided herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities are initially limited to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount. The Company may, at any time, without the consent of the
Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional securities having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Securities. Any such additional securities shall be consolidated and form the same series of the Securities
having the same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Securities under the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Events of Default</U>. If an Event
of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Optional Redemption</U>. The Securities will be redeemable prior to maturity at the Company&#146;s option, at any time in whole or from
time to time in part. Prior to March&nbsp;15, 2027, the Redemption Price will be equal to the greater of: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100%
of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of
the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed that would be due if the Securities matured on March&nbsp;15, 2027, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis assuming a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Securities being redeemed to the Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time on or after March&nbsp;15, 2027, the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Adjusted Treasury Rate&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the rate per annum
equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption
Date. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed, assuming the securities matured on March&nbsp;15, 2027, that would be used, at the time of a selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for that Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Quotation Agent&#148; means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company to act as a quotation agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer&#148; means each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC,
and their respective successors; provided, however, if any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a &#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148;), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary
Treasury Dealer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption
Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed, in each case, as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time by such
Reference Treasury Dealer on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Remaining Scheduled Payments&#148; means, with
respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest on such Security that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is
not an Interest Payment Date, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Security will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Security to such Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by
The Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148;) during any period the Securities are issued in the form of a global security registered in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof; <I>provided that</I> during any period the Securities are issued in
certificated form, the selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by the Trustee by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate (or, in the case of Securities issued in global form,
by such method as the depositary may require) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Securities. A partial redemption shall not reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed
to a principal amount of less than $2,000. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its
address as shown in the </P>
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Security Register. If the Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Securities shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease
to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Sinking Fund</U>. This Security does not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Modification and Waivers; Obligations of the Company Absolute</U>. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities. Certain limited amendments may be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee without
the consent of any Holders of the Securities. Certain other amendments affecting the Securities may only be effected under the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture affecting the Securities. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities to waive on behalf
of all of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities certain past defaults under the Indenture in respect of the Securities and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation
of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance</U>. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a)&nbsp;the entire indebtedness of
the Company represented by this Security and (b)&nbsp;certain restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Authorized Denominations</U>. The Securities are issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000
and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Registration of Transfer or Exchange</U>. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office
</P>
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or agency of the Company, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. At the date of the original
issuance of this Security such office or agency of the Company is maintained by U.S. Bank National Association, 1349 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges
payable in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Defined Terms</U>. All capitalized terms used in
this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Governing Laws</U>. This
Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would apply any other law. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Senior Vice President and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Associate General Counsel and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Assistant Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">within-mentioned</FONT>
Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dated: June&nbsp;8, 2017</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">U.S. Bank National Association,</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To assign this Security, fill in the form below: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(I) or (we)
assign and transfer this Security to </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 4.2 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND SUCH CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3.000%
Senior Notes due 2027 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">CUSIP NO. 049560 AN5</TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Atmos Energy Corporation, a Texas and Virginia corporation (herein called the &#147;Company&#148;, which term
includes any successor entity under the Indenture, hereinafter defined), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000) on June&nbsp;15, 2027
(the &#147;Maturity Date&#148;), at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon from June&nbsp;8, 2017, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semiannually in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 in each year (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;), beginning December&nbsp;15, 2017 at 3.000%&nbsp;per annum until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day need not be made on such day, but may be made on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such day and no interest shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment. Interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from and including
June&nbsp;8, 2017, or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, to but excluding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. </P>
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will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person (the &#147;Holder&#148;) in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the June&nbsp;1 and December&nbsp;1 (whether or not a
Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date (a &#147;Regular Record Date&#148;). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (&#147;Defaulted Interest&#148;) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date (the &#147;Special Record Date&#148;) for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (referred to herein), notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Security not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner,
all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Security, &#147;Business Day&#148; means any day that, in the city of
the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and in the City of New York, is neither a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. So long as this Security remains in book-entry form, all payments of principal and interest will be made by the Company in immediately available funds. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Company, designated as the 3.000% Senior Notes due 2027 (the &#147;Securities&#148;), issued under an Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;26, 2009, as it may be supplemented from time to time (referred to herein as the
&#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (referred to herein as the &#147;Trustee&#148;, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this
Security is a part). A reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, except as otherwise provided herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities are
initially limited to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount. The Company may, at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional securities having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms
as the Securities. Any such additional securities shall be consolidated and form the same series of the Securities having the same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Securities under the Indenture. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Events of Default</U>. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Optional
Redemption</U>. The Securities will be redeemable prior to maturity at the Company&#146;s option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part. Prior to March&nbsp;15, 2027, the Redemption Price will be equal to the greater of: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the
Securities to be redeemed that would be due if the Securities matured on March&nbsp;15, 2027, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15
basis points; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Securities being redeemed to the Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time on or after March&nbsp;15, 2027, the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Adjusted Treasury Rate&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the rate per annum
equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption
Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a
maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed, assuming the securities matured on March&nbsp;15, 2027, that would be used, at the time of a selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable
Treasury Price&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for that Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Quotation
Agent&#148; means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company to act as a quotation agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury
Dealer&#148; means each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and their respective successors; provided, however, if any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities
dealer in New York City (a &#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148;), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed, in each case, as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee at 5:00
p.m., Eastern time by such Reference Treasury Dealer on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Remaining Scheduled
Payments&#148; means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest on such Security that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that
if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Security will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Security to such Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by
The Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148;) during any period the Securities are issued in the form of a global security registered in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof; <I>provided that</I> during any period the Securities are issued in
certificated form, the selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by the Trustee by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate (or, in the case of Securities issued in global form,
by such method as the depositary may require) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Securities. A partial redemption shall not reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed
to a principal amount of less than $2,000. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its
address as shown in the Security Register. If the Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Securities shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Security in a
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Securities or
portions thereof called for redemption unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Sinking Fund</U>. This
Security does not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Modification and Waivers; Obligations of the Company Absolute</U>.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities. Certain limited amendments may be effected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Securities. Certain other amendments affecting the Securities may only be effected under the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture affecting the Securities. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities to waive on </P>
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behalf of all of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities certain past defaults under the Indenture in respect of the Securities and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on
behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance</U>. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of
(a)&nbsp;the entire indebtedness of the Company represented by this Security and (b)&nbsp;certain restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which
provisions apply to this Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Authorized Denominations</U>. The Securities are issuable only in registered form, without coupons,
in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Registration of Transfer or Exchange</U>. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Company, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. At the date of the original issuance of this Security such office or agency of the
Company is maintained by U.S. Bank National Association, 1349 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges payable in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
</P>
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Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Governing Laws</U>. This Security and the Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would apply any other law. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher T. Forsythe</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Christopher T. Forsythe</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Phillip L Allbritten</P></TD></TR>
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Corporate Secretary</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">within-mentioned</FONT>
Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dated: June&nbsp;8, 2017</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Bank National Association,</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jack Ellerin</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To assign this Security, fill in the form below: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(I) or (we)
assign and transfer this Security to </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center">(Insert assignee&#146;s social security or tax I.D. no.)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center">(Print or type assignee&#146;s name, address and zip code)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">and&nbsp;irrevocably&nbsp;appoint</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Signature:</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
(55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND SUCH CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.125%
Senior Notes due 2044 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">CUSIP NO. 049560 AM7</TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Atmos Energy Corporation, a Texas and Virginia corporation (herein called the &#147;Company&#148;, which term
includes any successor entity under the Indenture, hereinafter defined), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($250,000,000) on
October&nbsp;15, 2044 (the &#147;Maturity Date&#148;), at the office or agency of the Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon from April&nbsp;15, 2017, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on April&nbsp;15 and October&nbsp;15 in each year (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;), beginning October&nbsp;15, 2017 at 4.125%&nbsp;per annum until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided
for. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on a day that is not a Business Day need not be made on such day, but may
be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such day and no interest shall accrue as a result of such delayed payment. Interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from and
including April&nbsp;15, 2017, or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, to but excluding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. </P>
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will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person (the &#147;Holder&#148;) in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the April&nbsp;1 or October&nbsp;1 (whether or not a
Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date (a &#147;Regular Record Date&#148;). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (&#147;Defaulted Interest&#148;) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and either may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date (the &#147;Special Record Date&#148;) for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (referred to herein), notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Security not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner,
all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Security, &#147;Business Day&#148; means any day that, in the city of
the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and in the City of New York, is neither a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. So long as this Security remains in book-entry form, all payments of principal and interest will be made by the Company in immediately available funds. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of
securities of the Company, designated as the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 (the &#147;Securities&#148;), originally issued in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 on October&nbsp;15, 2014 and, as a result of a further issuance of
$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Notes due 2044 on June&nbsp;8, 2017, now issued in an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 under an Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;26, 2009, as it may be supplemented from time to time
(referred to herein as the &#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (referred to herein as the &#147;Trustee&#148;, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the
series of which this Security is a part). A reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, except as otherwise provided herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities are initially limited to $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount. The Company may, at any time, without the consent of the
Holders of the Securities, create and issue additional securities having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the </P>
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Securities. Any such additional securities shall be consolidated and form the same series of the Securities having the same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Securities under
the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Events of Default</U>. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Optional Redemption</U>. The Securities will be
redeemable prior to maturity at the Company&#146;s option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part. Prior to April&nbsp;15, 2044, the Redemption Price will be equal to the greater of: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the
Securities to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Securities being redeemed to the Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time on or after April&nbsp;15, 2044, the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Adjusted Treasury Rate&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the rate per annum
equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption
Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a
maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of a selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity
to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; means, for any Redemption Date, the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for that Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Quotation Agent&#148; means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed
by the Company to act as a quotation agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer&#148; means (i)&nbsp;Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp;
Smith Incorporated and any Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by each of Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and any of such parties&#146; successors; provided, however, if any of the foregoing
ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a &#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148;), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii)&nbsp;any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the
Company. </P>
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Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed, in each case, as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee at 5:00
p.m., Eastern time by such Reference Treasury Dealer on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Remaining Scheduled
Payments&#148; means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest on such Security that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that
if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Security will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Security to such Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by
The Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148;) during any period the Securities are issued in the form of a global security registered in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof; <I>provided that</I> during any period the Securities are issued in
certificated form, the selection of such Securities for redemption will be made by the Trustee by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate (or, in the case of Securities issued in global form,
by such method as the depositary may require) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Securities. A partial redemption shall not reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed
to a principal amount of less than $2,000. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its
address as shown in the Security Register. If the Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Securities shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Security in a
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Securities or
portions thereof called for redemption unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Sinking Fund</U>. This
Security does not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Modification and Waivers; Obligations of the Company Absolute</U>.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities. Certain limited amendments may be effected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Securities. Certain other amendments affecting the Securities may only be effected under the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders </P>
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of all Outstanding Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture affecting the Securities. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of
not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities to waive on behalf of all of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities certain past defaults under the Indenture in respect of the Securities and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by or on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No reference herein to the Indenture and
no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and
in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance</U>. The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance
at any time of (a)&nbsp;the entire indebtedness of the Company represented by this Security and (b)&nbsp;certain restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth
therein, which provisions apply to this Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Authorized Denominations</U>. The Securities are issuable only in registered form,
without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Registration of Transfer or
Exchange</U>. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at
the office or agency of the Company, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. At the date of the original issuance of this Security such office or
agency of the Company is maintained by U.S. Bank National Association, 1349 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of Securities, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges payable in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee may treat the Person in </P>
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whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Defined Terms</U>. All capitalized terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Governing Laws</U>. This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would apply any other law. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher T. Forsythe</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Phillip L. Allbritten</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Associate General Counsel and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Assistant Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">within-mentioned</FONT>
Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dated: June&nbsp;8, 2017</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Bank National Association,</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jack Ellerin</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center">(Insert assignee&#146;s social security or tax I.D. no.)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center">(Print or type assignee&#146;s name, address and zip code)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">and&nbsp;irrevocably&nbsp;appoint</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)</TD></TR>
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