Don Lonczak and G. Matthew Tsiaras advise on Atmos Energy offering

[private]Shearman & Sterling represented Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co., RBS Greenwich Capital and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in connection with an offering by Atmos Energy Corporation of $450 million of Senior Notes due 2019. Atmos Energy is engaged primarily in the regulated natural gas distribution and transmission and storage businesses, as well as other nonregulated natural gas businesses, and is one of the country’s largest natural gas-only distributors.

The following Shearman & Sterling attorneys advised the underwriters on this transaction: partners Lona Nallengara (New York-Capital Markets) and Don Lonczak (Washington, D.C.-Tax); counsel Jason Pratt (New York-Environmental); and associates Jordan A. Costa (New York-Capital Markets), Peter Saad (New York-Capital Markets) and G. Matthew Tsiaras (Washington, D.C.-Tax).[/private]