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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On May 7, 2025, Spire Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), which became immediately effective upon filing and which replaced the Company’s previous shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-264799) filed with the SEC on May 9, 2022.
In connection with the filing of the new shelf registration statement, the Company also filed with the SEC a new prospectus supplement dated May 7, 2025 relating to the Company’s “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “Prospectus Supplement”), as previously reported on its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 6, 2024, pursuant to which the Company may, as of the date hereof, issue and sell up to $123,613,839 in shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $1.00 per share, in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company (the “ATM Program”).
In connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement, the Company is filing a legal opinion of Matthew Aplington, Esq. regarding the legality of the Shares to be issued under the ATM Program, attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, to incorporate such opinion by reference into the Registration Statement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Matthew Aplington, Esq. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Matthew Aplington, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL in Exhibit 101) | |
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 7, 2025 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Adam W. Woodard | |||||
| Adam W. Woodard | ||||||
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||