8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 13, 2023


Commission File Number	Name of Registrant, Address of Principal, Executive Offices and Telephone Number	State of Incorporation	I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
1-16681	Spire Inc. 700 Market Street St. Louis, MO 63101 314-342-0500	Missouri	74-2976504

1-1822	Spire Missouri Inc. 700 Market Street St. Louis, MO 63101 314-342-0500	Missouri	43-0368139

Check the appropriate box below if the Form

8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act (only applicable to Spire Inc.):


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share	SR	New York Stock Exchange LLC
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of 5.90% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $25.00 per share	SR.PRA	New York Stock Exchange LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule

12b-2

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(§240.12b-2

of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item

8.01

Other Events.

On February 13, 2023, Spire Missouri Inc. (“Spire Missouri”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Spire Inc., issued $400 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.800% Series First Mortgage Bonds due 2033 (the “Bonds”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated February 6, 2023 between Spire Missouri and the several underwriters named therein, for whom BMO Capital Markets Corp., TD Securities (USA) LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as representatives.

The Bonds were issued pursuant to Spire Missouri’s registration statement on Form

S-3

(Registration

No. 333-264799-01)

filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”) and the related prospectus dated May 9, 2022 and prospectus supplement dated February 6, 2023. The Bonds were issued under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of February 1, 1945 between Spire Missouri and Regions Bank, as successor trustee, as amended and supplemented by all supplemental indentures thereto, the latest of which is the Thirty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture relating to the Bonds dated as of February 13, 2023.

Spire Missouri intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Bonds to repay the outstanding $250 million principal amount of its 3.40% Series First Mortgage Bonds due August 15, 2023, to repay short-term indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

This Current Report on Form

8-K

is being filed to report as exhibits certain documents in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds for incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item

9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description

1.1		Underwriting Agreement dated February 6, 2023 between Spire Missouri Inc. and the several Underwriters named in Exhibit A thereto, for whom BMO Capital Markets Corp., TD Securities (USA) LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as representatives.

4.1		Thirty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 13, 2023 between Spire Missouri and Regions Bank, as trustee.

4.2		Form of 4.800% Series First Mortgage Bond due 2033 (included in Exhibit 4.1).

5.1		Opinion of Stinson LLP.

23.1		Consent of Stinson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	SPIRE INC.
Date: February 13, 2023

	By:	/s/ Adam W. Woodard
		Adam W. Woodard
		Vice President and Treasurer


	SPIRE MISSOURI INC.
Date: February 13, 2023

	By:	/s/ Adam W. Woodard
		Adam W. Woodard
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

SEC Form 8-K filed by Spire Inc.