---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-026489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SR"
cik: "0001126956"
company_name: "SPIRE INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T10:16:08.193247+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire appoints COO Steven L. Lindsey as President and CEO effective Oct 1, 2023

## Summary
- Lindsey, former COO since 2012, succeeds Suzanne Sitherwood in planned retirement transition.
- Base salary of $800,000; annual incentive target 100% of base salary and maximum 150%.
- Equity grant of $1.4M (25% time-based RSU, 75% performance-contingent PSU, three-year vest).
- Severance: 200% base without cause/good reason; 300% base on change in control (lump sum plus benefits).
- Lindsey joins Board, expanding from 11 to 12 members; Sitherwood remains Senior Advisor and director through Jan 1, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-026489
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SR
- cik: 0001126956
- company_name: SPIRE INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923026489/0001437749-23-026489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923026489/spre20230920_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-026489
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-026489.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-026489.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven L. Lindsey was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the appointment of Steven L. Lindsey as President and Chief Executive Officer effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923026489/0001437749-23-026489-index.htm
- Executive change
  Suzanne Sitherwood departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: relinquished
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ms. Sitherwood will relinquish her title as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923026489/0001437749-23-026489-index.htm

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