EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT

EXHIBIT 4.1

Stock Certificate CUSIP 049560 10 5

ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

     Set forth below is the designation of each class of shares which the Company is authorized to issue. The preferences, limitations and relative rights of each class of shares and each series thereof are set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, the Bylaws and resolutions of the Board of Directors filed or which may be filed from time to time with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas and the Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Preemptive rights of the holders of all shares are denied by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to said Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and resolutions of the Board of Directors, all of which are incorporated herein by reference and to all of which the holder hereof, by acceptance of this certificate, assents. The Company will upon request to its Secretary at its principal place of business or registered office, furnish any shareholder, without charge, a copy of the portion of the Articles of Incorporation or other instruments containing the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of all classes of shares and each series thereof.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the Inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM		–		as tenants in common		UNIF GIFT MIN ACT –		Custodian
TEN ENT		–		as tenants by the entireties				(Cust)                               (Minor)
JT TEN		–		as joint tenants with right of				under Uniform Gifts to Minors
				survivorship and not as tenants in common				Act                                                                   (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

     For Value Received,                     hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

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		Shares
of the Common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
		Attorney
to transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated                                         

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		NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.	→			(SIGNATURE)
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