---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-031972"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SR"
cik: "0001126956"
company_name: "SPIRE INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T03:11:49.238920+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire board members Schwartz and Glotzbach to depart; board size to shrink to nine

## Summary
- Director Stephen S. Schwartz resigns effective Jan 25, 2024, citing increasing outside business commitments.
- Board Chair Edward L. Glotzbach to retire on Jan 25, 2024, due to reaching age 75 per company guidelines.
- Board size to decrease from 12 to 11 members on Jan 1, 2024, and then to 9 members on Jan 25, 2024.
- Steven L. Lindsey moved to class of directors with terms expiring in 2024 due to Schwartz's resignation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-031972
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SR
- cik: 0001126956
- company_name: SPIRE INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-14T23:59:59+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/1126956/000143774923031972/0001437749-23-031972-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923031972/spre20231113_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-031972.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward L. Glotzbach retired as Chair of the Board at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On November 8, 2023, Mr. Edward L. Glotzbach, Chair of the Board, also announced his retirement from the Board, effective January 25, 2024, due to reaching age 75, in accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923031972/0001437749-23-031972-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen S. Schwartz resigned as Director at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 8, 2023, Dr. Stephen S. Schwartz, director of Spire Inc. (the “Company”), announced his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective after the annual meeting of shareholders on January 25, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774923031972/0001437749-23-031972-index.htm

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