---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-035539"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SR"
cik: "0001126956"
company_name: "SPIRE INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T22:53:56.301128+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire names Adam Woodard CFO effective Jan 1, 2025; Tim Krick becomes CAO

## Summary
- Steve Rasche to retire as EVP & CFO effective Jan 1, 2025; will serve as Senior Adviser until Apr 1, 2025.
- Adam Woodard (VP & Treasurer) promoted to EVP & CFO; base salary of $401,805 and target bonus 75%.
- Tim Krick (VP & Controller) promoted to VP & CAO; base salary of $296,852 and target bonus 35%.
- Woodard receives $400K equity grant (75% PSUs, 25% RSUs) on Nov 22, 2024; Krick receives $150K similarly.
- Both officers continue in Executive Severance Plan; no family ties or reportable transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-035539
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SR
- cik: 0001126956
- company_name: SPIRE INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924035539/0001437749-24-035539-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924035539/spre20241115_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-035539
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-035539.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-035539.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven P. Rasche departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: announced retirement
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Steven P. Rasche, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, has announced his retirement and will continue with the Company as Senior Adviser from January 1, 2025 until his retirement on April 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924035539/0001437749-24-035539-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam W. Woodard was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 14, 2024, the Board of Directors of Spire Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Adam W. Woodard, 53, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000143774924035539/0001437749-24-035539-index.htm

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