UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM

~~FORM~~ 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) ~~of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

~~Date~~ of ~~Report~~the ~~(Date~~Securities ofExchange ~~earliest~~Act ~~event~~of ~~reported): December~~1934 ~~3, 2018~~

Commission File Number		Name of Registrant, Address of Principal Executive Offices and Telephone Number		State of Incorporation		I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
1-1822		Spire Missouri Inc.700 Market StreetSt. Louis, MO 63101314-342-0500		Missouri		43-0368139

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

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:


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

~~[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)~~8-K

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

~~[ ]~~☐ ~~Soliciting~~Written ~~material~~communications pursuant to Rule ~~14a-12~~425 under the ~~Exchange~~Securities Act (17 CFR ~~240~~230.~~14a-12~~425)

~~[ ]~~☐ ~~Pre-commencement~~Soliciting ~~communications~~material pursuant to Rule ~~14d~~14a-~~2(b)~~12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.~~14d~~14a-~~2(b~~12))

~~[ ]~~☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule ~~13e~~14d-42(cb) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.~~13e~~14d-42(cb))

~~Indicate~~☐ byPre-commencement ~~check~~communications ~~mark~~pursuant ~~whether~~to ~~the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in~~ Rule ~~405 of the Securities Act of 1933~~ 13e-4(~~§230.405 of this chapter~~c) orunder ~~Rule 12b-2 of~~ the ~~Securities~~ Exchange Act of(17 ~~1934~~CFR (§240.~~12b~~13e-~~2 of this chapter~~4(c). )

~~Emerging~~Securities ~~growth~~registered ~~company ¨~~pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act (only applicable to Spire Inc.):

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. ¨


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

~~Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off~~12b-~~Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.~~2

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~On December 3, 2018, Spire Missouri Inc.~~ (~~“Spire”), as Borrower, entered into a new loan agreement (“Loan Agreement”) with U~~§240.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent, and Regions Bank, as Documentation Agent. Spire and its affiliates have or may have customary banking relationships with one or more of the banks under the Loan Agreement for the provision of a variety of financial services, including commercial paper dealer, pension fund trustee, cash management, investment banking, and lockbox services, none of which are material individually or in the aggregate with respect to any individual party.12b-2

of this chapter).

~~The~~Emerging ~~Loan~~growth ~~Agreement~~company ☐ provides for a term loan of $100 million, which was fully funded on December 3, 2018, and which matures on December 1, 2021, subject to optional prepayment by Spire. Borrowings under the Loan Agreement bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate or the Base Rate (both terms as defined in the Loan Agreement), at Spire's option, plus a margin based on the Borrower’s senior debt rating, as determined by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Moody’s Investors Services, Inc.

~~The~~If ~~Loan~~an ~~Agreement~~emerging ~~contains~~growth ~~customary affirmative and negative covenants~~company, ~~including,~~indicate ~~among~~by ~~other~~check ~~things,~~mark ~~limitations~~if on liens, acquisitions, investments, transactions with affiliates, changes in nature of business, sales of property and use of loan proceeds. The Loan Agreement also contains a financial covenant limiting Spire's consolidated debt to 70% of its consolidated capitalization at the ~~end~~registrant ofhas ~~each~~elected ~~fiscal~~not quarter. The calculation is more specifically described in the Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement also contains customary events of default, including, without limitation, payment defaults, material inaccuracy of representations and warranties, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, cross defaults to ~~certain~~use ~~other agreements, and~~ the ~~entry~~extended oftransition ~~certain~~period ~~judgments~~for ~~that~~complying ~~are not timely appealed or satisfied. If an event of default occurs under the Loan Agreement, the Administrative Agent may,~~ with ~~the~~any ~~consent~~new ~~of the required banks,~~ or ~~shall,~~revised ~~upon~~financial ~~the~~accounting ~~request~~standards ofprovided ~~the~~pursuant ~~required banks, (i) terminate the banks’ commitments under the Loan Agreement, (ii) declare any outstanding loans under the Loan Agreement~~ to ~~be immediately due and payable, and~~ Section 13(~~iii~~a) ~~exercise~~of ~~all other rights and remedies available under~~ the ~~transaction~~Exchange ~~documents or applicable law~~Act. ☐

~~Spire~~Item ~~expects~~8.01 toOther ~~use amounts borrowed under the Loan Agreement for working capital and general corporate purposes~~Events.

~~The~~On ~~foregoing~~February 13, ~~summary~~2023, ofSpire ~~the~~Missouri ~~Loan~~Inc. ~~Agreement~~(“Spire isMissouri”), ~~not~~a ~~complete~~wholly ~~and~~owned issubsidiary ~~qualified~~of Spire Inc., issued $400 million in aggregate principal amount of its ~~entirety~~4.800% bySeries ~~reference~~First toMortgage Bonds due 2033 (the ~~full~~“Bonds”) ~~text~~pursuant ofto ~~the~~an ~~Loan~~Underwriting Agreement dated February 6, ~~which~~2023 isbetween ~~filed~~Spire asMissouri ~~Exhibit~~and 10the several underwriters named therein, for whom BMO Capital Markets Corp.1, toTD ~~this~~Securities ~~Current~~(USA) ~~Report~~LLC, onU.S. ~~Form~~Bancorp ~~8-K~~Investments, Inc. and ~~incorporated~~Wells ~~herein~~Fargo bySecurities, ~~reference~~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.

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:


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).

~~10.1~~SIGNATURE Loan Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2018, by and among Spire Missouri Inc., as the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto as Banks, U.S. Bank National Association, as the Administrative Agent, and Regions Bank, as Documentation Agent

~~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.

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 thereunto duly authorized.


	SPIRE INC.
Date: February 13, 2023

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

	Spire Missouri Inc.
			SPIRE MISSOURI INC.
Date: December 7, 2018	By:	/s/ Steven P. Rasche
Date: February 13, 2023
		Steven P. Rasche,Chief Financial Officer
			By:	/s/ Adam W. Woodard
				Adam W. Woodard
				Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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