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Financial Highlights
Year Ended September 30
Dollars in thousands, except per share data 2010 2009 Change
Operating revenues $ 4,789,690 $ 4,969,080 (3.6)%
Gross profit $ 1,364,941 $ 1,346,702 1.4%
Natural gas distribution net income $ 125,949 $ 116,807 7.8%
Regulated transmission and storage net income 41,486 41,056 1.0%
Natural gas marketing net income 27,729 20,194 37.3%
Pipeline, storage and other net income 10,675 12,921 (17.4)%
Total $ 205,839 $ 190,978 7.8%
Total assets $ 6,763,791 $ 6,367,083 6.2%
Total capitalization* $ 3,987,899 $ 4,346,161 (8.2)%
Net income per share — diluted $ 2.20 $ 2.07 6.3%
Cash dividends per share $ 1.34 $ 1.32 1.5%
Book value per share at end of year $ 24.16 $ 23.52 2.7%
Consolidated natural gas distribution throughput (MMcf) 454,175 408,885 11.1%
Consolidated regulated transmission and storage transportation volumes (MMcf) 428,599 528,689 (18.9)%
Consolidated natural gas marketing throughput (MMcf) 353,853 370,569 (4.5)%
Heating degree days
†2,780 2,713 2.5%
Degree days as a percentage of normal
† 102% 100% 2.0%
Meters in service at end of year 3,186,040 3,178,844 0.2%
Return on average shareholders’ equity 9.1% 8.9% 2.2%
Shareholders’ equity as a percentage of total capitalization
(including short-term debt) at end of year 48.7% 49.3% (1.2)%
Shareholders of record 19,738 20,790 (5.1)%
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted (000s) 92,422 91,620 0.9%
* Total capitalization represents the sum of shareholders’ equity and long-term debt, excluding current maturities.
†Heating degree days are adjusted for service areas with weather-normalized operations.
Summary Annual Report
The financial information presented in this report about Atmos Energy Corporation
is condensed. Our complete financial statements, including notes as well as manage-
ment’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, are
presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Atmos Energy’s chief executive
officer and its chief financial officer have executed all certifications with respect to
the financial statements contained therein and have completed management’s report
on internal control over financial reporting, which are required under the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002 and all related rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Investors may request, without charge, our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, by calling Investor Relations at
972-855-3729 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central time. Our Annual Report on Form
10-K also is available on Atmos Energy’s website at www.atmosenergy.com.
Additional investor information is presented on pages 35 and 36 of this report.
ATMOS ENERGY 2010 SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT 25
In the Flow Lab of the Charles K. Vaughan Center, Atmos Energy
technicians work with some of the most advanced natural gas
metering technology available in the industry today.