---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-024902"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "SR"
cik: "0001126956"
company_name: "SPIRE INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T00:58:05.326926+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire expands board to 11, elects Ferrari and Koonce, assigns committees

## Summary
- Vincent Ferrari (ex-Edwards Jones COO/CIO, age 63) elected to board effective July 19, 2023; term expires 2026.
- Paul Koonce (ex-Dominion EVP, age 63) elected to board effective July 28, 2023; term expires 2025.
- Ferrari appointed to Audit and Compensation & HR committees on Aug 28, 2023.
- Koonce appointed to Corporate Governance and Strategy committees on Aug 28, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-024902
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: SR
- cik: 0001126956
- company_name: SPIRE INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923024902/0001437749-23-024902-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923024902/spre20230830_8ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vincent J. Ferrari was elected as Director at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Vincent J. Ferrari, age 63, and Paul D. Koonce, age 63, to the Board effective July 19, 2023, and July 28, 2023, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923024902/0001437749-23-024902-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul D. Koonce was elected as Director at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Vincent J. Ferrari, age 63, and Paul D. Koonce, age 63, to the Board effective July 19, 2023, and July 28, 2023, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923024902/0001437749-23-024902-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.