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| EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE DATED JANUARY 24, 2013 - SPIRE MISSOURI INC | ex99-1_01242013.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 22, 2013
Commission File No. | Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter and Principal Office Address and Telephone Number | State of Incorporation | I.R.S. Employer Identification Number |
1-16681 | The Laclede Group, Inc. 720 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63101 314-342-0500 | Missouri | 74-2976504 |
1-1822 | Laclede Gas Company 720 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63101 314-342-0500 | Missouri | 43-0368139 |
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Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On January 24, 2013, The Laclede Group, Inc. (“Laclede”) issued a news release announcing the early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR”) in connection with Laclede's acquisition, through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, from Southern Union Company (“SUG”) of substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Missouri Gas Energy (“MGE”) and New England Gas Company (“NEG”).
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On January 22, 2013, Laclede and Laclede Gas Company (“Laclede Gas”) received confirmation of the early termination of the waiting period under HSR. This termination satisfies one of the closing conditions for the Purchase and Sale Agreements, dated as of December 14, 2012, entered into by Laclede Gas (by way of an assignment and assumption agreement) and Plaza Massachusetts Acquisition, Inc. (and each guaranteed by Laclede), to acquire from SUG substantially all of the assets and liabilities of MGE and NEG, respectively.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Number | Exhibit | |
99.1 | Release dated January 24, 2013 | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY | |||
Date: January 24, 2013 | By: | /s/ S. L. Lindsey | |
Name: S. L. Lindsey Title: President | |||
THE LACLEDE GROUP, INC. | |||
Date: January 24, 2013 | By: | /s/ S. Sitherwood | |
Name: S. Sitherwood Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
Exhibit Index
Number | Exhibit | |
99.1 | Release dated January 24, 2013. | |