Spire Inc.
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Spire Inc. (
On April 29, 2016, the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SR. It had previously been known as the Laclede Group, trading under the symbol LG.[4]
History
Laclede Gas Company was one of the original 12 industrial companies that made up the Dow Jones Industrial Average but was removed in 1899.[5] On December 7, 2009, executives from The Laclede Group visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to ring the closing bell and commemorate the company’s 120th anniversary of trading on the exchange. The Company first listed its stock on November 14, 1889[citation needed], making it the 8th-oldest listed stock on the NYSE.
On February 1, 2012, Laclede hired its first female CEO, Suzanne Sitherwood. Sitherwood earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering technology from the Southern College of Technology and an MBA from Brenau University.[6]
In 2013, The Laclede Group acquired Missouri Gas Energy from Southern Union Company,[7] expanding their Missouri holdings to include Kansas City.
In 2014 Laclede acquired
On April 28, 2016, The Laclede Group shareholders approved renaming the company to Spire.
See also
- Laclede Gas Company - Subsidiary of the Laclede Group
- Laclede Gas Building
References
- ^ "Spire Officers". Spire Energy. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Spire, Inc. 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). Spire. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "2016 Annual Report for Spire Inc" (PDF). Spire Inc. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ "Laclede News Release". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ Schaefer, Steve (July 15, 2011). "The First 12 Dow Components: Where Are They Now?". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Suzanne Sitherwood bio". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ Weiderman, Greta (2013-09-03). "Laclede closes on $975 million acquisition of Missouri Gas Energy". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ^ Company Press Release. "The Laclede Group Acquires Alabama Gas Corporation". Laclede Group Inc. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ Group, Spire Inc ; The Laclede. "The Laclede Group is Now Spire". www.prnewswire.com.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Sempra U.S. Gas & Power Closes Sale of Parent Company of Mobile Gas and Willmut Gas". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
External links
- spireenergy
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