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NEWS
RELEASE
Contact:
Justin
Gioia – (314) 342-0865
jgioia@lacledegas.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The
Laclede Group Hosts Annual Shareholder Meeting
Directors
re-elected; dividend declared
ST. LOUIS (January 28, 2010) –
Today Douglas H. Yaeger, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The
Laclede Group, Inc. (NYSE: LG), presented an overview of fiscal 2009 during its
annual shareholder meeting at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand
Hotel.
“Fiscal
2009 was indeed a successful year for our Company,” Yaeger said. “We experienced
growth in earnings from continuing operations, extraordinary market
opportunities for Laclede Energy Resources, significant progress in Laclede Gas’
efforts to continuously improve, and continued progress toward positioning
ourselves to meet future challenges.”
During
the meeting, shareholders re-elected three directors:
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Brenda
D. Newberry, chairman of the Board, The Newberry
Group;
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MaryAnn
Van Lokeren, retired chairman of the Board and CEO of Krey Distributing
Co.;
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Douglas
H. Yaeger, chairman of the Board, CEO and president of The Laclede Group
and Laclede Gas Company.
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The
nominees were each elected to a three-year term.
Shareholders
also ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent
registered public accountant for the Company for its fiscal year
2010.
At its
Board meeting today, the Board of Directors of The Laclede Group declared a
quarterly dividend of 39 ½ cents per share. The dividend will be
payable on April 1, 2010 to shareholders of record on March 11,
2010.
Headquartered
in St. Louis, Missouri, The Laclede Group, Inc. is a public utility holding
company committed to providing reliable natural gas service through its
regulated core utility operations, while engaging in non-regulated activities
that provide opportunities for sustainable growth. Its subsidiary Laclede Gas
Company, the regulated operations of which are included in the Regulated Gas
Distribution segment, serves approximately 630,000 residential, commercial and
industrial customers in the city of St. Louis and parts of 10 counties in
Eastern Missouri. Laclede Group's primary non-regulated business, Laclede Energy
Resources, Inc., is included within the Non-Regulated Gas Marketing segment. For
more information about Laclede Group and its subsidiaries, visit www.thelacledegroup.com.
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