Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Our stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “ATO.” The dividends paid per share of our common stock for fiscal 2022 and 2021 are listed below.

Dividends are payable at the discretion of our Board of Directors out of legally available funds. The Board of Directors typically declares dividends in the same fiscal quarter in which they are paid. As of October 31, 2022, there were 10,052 holders of record of our common stock. Future payments of dividends, and the amounts of these dividends, will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors. We sold no securities during fiscal 2022 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Performance Graph

The performance graph and table below compares the yearly percentage change in our total return to shareholders for the last five fiscal years with the total return of the S&P 500 Stock Index (S&P 500) and the total return of the S&P 500 Utilities Industry Index. The graph and table below assume that $100.00 was invested on September 30, 2017 in our common stock, the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Utilities Industry Index ax, as well as a reinvestment of dividends paid on such investments throughout the period.

Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return

among Atmos Energy Corporation, S&P 500 Index and

S&P 500 Utilities Industry Index

The following table sets forth the number of securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans at September 30, 2022.

(1)Comprised of a total of 301,403 time-lapse restricted stock units, 195,184 director share units and 200,157 performance-based restricted stock units at the target level of performance granted under our 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan.