Atmos Energy Corporation Promotes Kenneth M. Malter to Vice President, Gas Supply and Services.

DALLAS -- Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) said today it has promoted Kenneth M. Malter to vice president, gas supply and services, reporting to Kim R. Cocklin, president and chief operating officer of Atmos Energy Corporation. Malter succeeds Mark S. Bergeron, who previously was named president of Atmos Energy Holdings, Inc.

"Kenny has the education, experience and background to lead our gas supply and services group," said Cocklin. "We are excited and pleased with his addition to our leadership team."

Malter, 42, has more than 20 years of experience in the natural gas industry. He has worked as Atmos Energy's director of gas supply and services in New Orleans since 2007. He joined a predecessor to Atmos Energy's Louisiana Division, Louisiana Gas Service, in 1998 as manager of contract administration. In 2001, he moved to the predecessor of Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC, in gas supply operations.

Malter earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Tulane University. He is married and the father of triplets. He will continue to office in New Orleans.

Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is the country's largest natural-gas-only distributor, serving more than 3 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.