---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-000934"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SR"
cik: "0001126956"
company_name: "SPIRE INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T01:17:54.493904+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire appoints Scott Doyle as EVP and COO effective January 15, 2024

## Summary
- Doyle previously EVP Utility Operations at CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) with 25+ years utility experience.
- Base salary $550,000; target annual cash bonus 75% of salary, capped at 112.5%.
- Equity grants: $200k restricted stock vesting Jan 2026; $637,500 grant (75% PSUs, 25% restricted vesting Nov 2026).
- Doyle oversees gas utilities serving 1.7M customers in AL, MO, MS; role vacant since Oct 2023.
- Relocation assistance provided; full reimbursement if voluntary termination within 1 year, 50% if within 2 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-000934
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SR
- cik: 0001126956
- company_name: SPIRE INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924000934/0001437749-24-000934-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924000934/spre20240108_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-000934
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-000934.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-000934.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott E. Doyle was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On January 6, 2024, the Board of Directors of Spire Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Scott E. Doyle, 52, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924000934/0001437749-24-000934-index.htm

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