---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-002619"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "SR"
cik: "0001126956"
company_name: "SPIRE INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T14:44:15.579512+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire appoints new director Carrie Hightman to Audit and Strategy committees

## Summary
- Board appointed Carrie Hightman to Audit and Strategy committees on Jan 27, 2022.
- Hightman, age 64, was elected to the Board on Nov 11, 2021, increasing board size to 10.
- She retired from NiSource as EVP and chief legal officer in Jan 2021.
- Hightman receives same compensation and benefits as other independent directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-002619
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: SR
- cik: 0001126956
- company_name: SPIRE INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000156459022002619/0001564590-22-002619-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000156459022002619/sr-8ka_20211111.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-002619
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-002619.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-002619.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carrie J. Hightman was elected as Director at SPIRE INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board of Directors of Spire Inc. announced that it increased the size of the Board from nine to ten members effective November 11, 2021 and elected Carrie J. Hightman, age 64, to the Board of Directors effective November 11, 2021 to fill the vacancy created by increasing the size of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126956/000156459022002619/0001564590-22-002619-index.htm

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