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Exhibit 99.1
News Release
Analysts and Media Contact:
Susan Giles (972) 855-3729
Atmos Energy Corporation Completes Sale of Natural Gas Distribution
Assets in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa
DALLAS (August 1, 2012)Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) today announced that it completed the sale of its natural gas distribution assets located in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa to Liberty Energy (Midstates) Corp., an affiliate of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. The transaction included the transfer of approximately 84,000 residential and commercial meters.
Net cash proceeds for rate base and related working capital were approximately $129 million. These proceeds will be redeployed to fund growth opportunities in the remaining jurisdictions the company serves. Atmos Energy expects to record a net of tax gain on the sale of approximately $6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, subject to final purchase price adjustments. For the ten months ended July 31, 2012, these operations provided approximately $7 million of net income, or $0.07 per diluted share.
Forward-Looking Statements
The matters discussed in this news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this news release are forward-looking statements made in good faith by the company and are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this news release or in any of the companys other documents or oral presentations, the words anticipate, believe, estimate, expect, forecast, goal, intend, objective, plan, projection, seek, strategy or similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this news release, including the risks and uncertainties relating to regulatory trends and decisions, the companys ability to continue to access the capital markets and the other factors discussed in the companys reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These factors include the risks and uncertainties discussed in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011 and in the companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended March 31, 2012. Although the company believes these forward-looking statements to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will approximate actual experience or that the expectations derived from them will be realized.
The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, is one of the countrys largest natural- gas-only distributors, serving about three million natural gas distribution customers in over 1,400 communities in nine 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. For more information, visit www.atmosenergy.com.
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