UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Gene C. Koonce
51 Whitworth Boulevard
TN, Nashville 37205
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
3/14/2003
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security|2. |2A. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
|Trans-|Exec- |Trans | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
|action|ution |action| | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | | A/| | Owned Following |Indir | |
|Date | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | Reported Trans(s)|ect(I)| |
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Common Stock | | | | | | | |9503.033 1 |D | |
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Common Stock |12/6/ | |G |V|1500.00 |D | |9540.814 1 |I |By spouse |
|2002 | | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |3A. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Derivative |version |Trans- |Deemed|Trans-| rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
Security |or Exer |action | |action| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | |Execu-| | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| |ution | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned Follow|ire| |
|Secu- |(Month/|(Month| | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |ing Reported|ct | |
|rity |Day/ |/Day/ |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Trans- |(I)| |
| |Year) |Year) | | | | | | | | |action(s) | | |
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Phantom Stock|1-for-1 |3/14/ 2| |A | |1000.00 |A |2 |2 |Common Stock|1000.00| |8249 3 |D | |
Units | |003 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 502.83 shares allocated to reporting person's account and 584.20
shares allocated to reporting person's spouse's account from 12/11/01 through
03/09/03 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Company's Direct
Stock Purchase Plan.
2. The phantom stock units were granted under the Atmos Energy Corporation
Equity Incentive and Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors and
are to be settled upon the reporting person's termination of service on the
Company's Board.
3. Includes 1,189 phantom stock units resulting from a dividend reinvestment
feature of the Plan which were allocated to reporting person's account from the
Plan's inception on January 1, 1999 through March 14, 2003.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Gene C. Koonce