---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-002694"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SR"
cik: "0001126956"
company_name: "SPIRE INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:54:02.083076+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire shareholders elect three directors; approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- Elected directors Borer, Fogarty, Lindsey each for three-year term; Lindsey received 42.8M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 42.3M for, 0.8M against, 0.1M abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor for FY2024 passed: 47.0M for, 0.9M against.
- Total shares present at meeting: 48.0M, representing 90.19% of entitled votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-002694
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SR
- cik: 0001126956
- company_name: SPIRE INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924002694/0001437749-24-002694-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924002694/spre20240129c_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SPIRE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-25
  source text: Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers received the following vote: Number of Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 42,259,826 844,811 137,875 4,768,484
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924002694/0001437749-24-002694-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SPIRE INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-25
  source text: Proposal 3 - Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2024 received the following vote: Number of Votes For Against Abstain 46,998,564 915,972 96,460
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924002694/0001437749-24-002694-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SPIRE INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-25
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors The three (3) nominees for director, each to serve for a three (3) year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2027, received the following vote: Number of Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Mark A. Borer 41,438,793 1,803,719 4,768,484 Maria V. Fogarty 41,333,747 1,908,765 4,768,484 Steven L. Lindsey 42,848,859 393,653 4,768,484
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924002694/0001437749-24-002694-index.htm

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