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): May 10, 2018

 

 

 

Commission

File No.

 

Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in its Charter and
Principal Executive Office Address
and Telephone
Number, including area code

 

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

 

 

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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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).

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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 May 10, 2018, Spire Inc. (“Spire”) issued and sold 2,300,000 shares of Spire’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a public offering price of $68.75 per share pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 7, 2018, by and among Spire and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters. The Common Stock has been issued pursuant to Spire’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-213759) (the “Registration Statement”), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2016, and the related Prospectus Supplement dated May 7, 2018. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement and opinion related to the Common Stock are attached hereto as exhibits and are expressly incorporated by reference herein and into the Registration Statement.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual terms of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated May  7, 2018, by and between Spire Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters.
5.1    Opinion of Mark C. Darrell, Esq.
23.1    Consent of Mark C. Darrell, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)


SIGNATURES

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: May 10, 2018     By:  

/s/ Ellen L. Theroff

     

Ellen L. Theroff

Vice President, Corporate Secretary