Current Report Filing (8-k)

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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): December 7, 2021

 

 

 

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)

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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. ☐

 

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On December 7, 2021,

Spire Missouri Inc. (“Spire Missouri”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Spire Inc., issued $300 million in aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, Floating Rate Series due 2024 (the “Bonds”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated December 1, 2021 between Spire Missouri and the several underwriters named therein, for whom U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. acted as representative

.

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

S-3

(Registration

No. 333-231443-01)

filed with the SEC on May 14, 2019, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the SEC on February 8, 2021 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), and the related prospectus dated December 1, 2021 and prospectus supplement dated December 1, 2021. The Bonds will be governed by the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of February 1, 1945, between Spire Missouri and UMB Bank & Trust, N.A., as successor trustee, as amended and supplemented by all supplemental indentures thereto, the latest of which is the Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture relating to the Bonds, dated as of December 7, 2021.

Spire Missouri intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Bonds to repay its $250 million

364-day

unsecured term loan borrowed on March 23, 2021, to repay other 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 December 1, 2021, between Spire Missouri and the several Underwriters named in Exhibit A thereto, for whom U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. acted as representative.
4.1		Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 7, 2021, between Spire Missouri and UMB Bank & Trust, N.A., as trustee.
4.2		Form of First Mortgage Bond, Floating Rate Series due 2024 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
5.1		Opinion of Mark C. Darrell, Esq.
23.1		Consent of Mark C. Darrell, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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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: December 7, 2021
						By:		/s/ Adam W. Woodard
								Adam W. Woodard
								Vice President and Treasurer
						SPIRE MISSOURI INC.
Date: December 7, 2021
						By:		/s/ Adam W. Woodard
								Adam W. Woodard
								Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer