Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) said today that its Board of
Directors declared a quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock of
34.5 cents per share. The indicated annual dividend is $1.38. The
dividend will be paid on March 12, 2012, to shareholders of record on
February 27, 2012. This is the company’s 113th consecutive
quarterly dividend.
Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is one of the
country’s largest natural-gas-only distributors, serving over three
million natural gas distribution customers in more than 1,600
communities in 12 states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East to
the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy also provides natural gas
marketing and procurement services to industrial, commercial and
municipal customers primarily in the Midwest and Southeast and manages
company-owned natural gas pipeline and storage assets, including one of
the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas. Atmos
Energy is a Fortune 500 company. For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com.
