HARTSFIELD KAREN E 4

What Happened

• Karen E. Hartsfield, a Senior Advisor at Atmos Energy Corp (ATO), received a grant of 1,240 restricted stock units (RSUs) on February 3, 2026. The grant is reported as a derivative award with a grant-date fair value of $168.06 per unit, totaling approximately $208,394. This was an award (transaction code A), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-03; reported on Form 4 filed 2026-02-04 (timely filing).
• Grant: 1,240 restricted stock units (RSUs) at $168.06 per unit; total grant value ≈ $208,394.
• Securities type: Derivative — restricted stock units (not currently tradable shares).
• Vesting/delivery: RSUs will vest and be delivered three years from the grant date under the Company’s 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
• Footnotes from the filing: each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share (F1); the RSUs vest/deliver in three years (F2).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.

Context

• These RSUs are a deferred equity award that will convert to common shares only if/when they vest in three years; they are not an immediate purchase or sale. Awards like this are common for compensation and retention purposes and do not by themselves indicate a near-term trading signal.