Atmos Energy Announces Retirements of Cardin and Nichol from Board of Directors
February 09 2011 - 2:18PM
Business Wire
Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) announced today that Richard
W. Cardin and Phillip E. Nichol have retired from the company’s
board of directors, effective after the company’s annual meeting of
shareholders held on February 9.
Cardin joined the board of directors in 1997 and served as
chairman of its Audit Committee from 2009 to 2011 as well as a
member of the Executive and Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committees. Cardin retired from Arthur Andersen, LLP in 1995,
having served as managing partner in the Chattanooga and Nashville,
Tennessee offices from 1969 to 1994. The board has benefited
greatly from Mr. Cardin’s professional background and outside board
service as well as his leadership experience in public accounting,
auditing and financial reporting matters as chairman of the audit
committees of Atmos Energy, United States Lime and Mineral, Inc.
and Integraph Corporation.
Nichol served on the company’s board of directors since 1985 and
as chairman of the board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee since 1985. Additionally, he served as a member of the
board’s Executive, Human Resources and Work Session/Annual Meeting
Committees. Nichol is the retired Senior Vice President of Central
Division Staff at UBS PaineWebber, Incorporated, and provided
significant expertise gained from his management positions at UBS
PaineWebber and Kidder Peabody, his experience in the financial
services industry and his leadership in corporate governance as
chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
“Dick Cardin and Phil Nichol have been dedicated members of our
board and have provided superb leadership, invaluable counsel and
steady guidance during periods of significant change for our
company,” said Bob Best, executive chairman of Atmos Energy.
“They have invested considerable time, effort and energy to
ensure a thorough understanding of the company’s operations and
financial condition and have contributed a clear vision and
strategic direction for our growth,” Best said. “We are sincerely
grateful and appreciate their many contributions as well as their
friendship and support. We wish them the best.”
About Atmos Energy
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.
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