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Spire company history timeline

1889

The Company first listed its stock on November 14, 1889, making it the 8th-oldest listed stock on the NYSE.

1899

Laclede Gas Company was one of the original 12 industrial companies that made up the Dow Jones Industrial Average but was removed in 1899.

2009

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.

2012

On February 1, 2012, Laclede hired its first female CEO, Suzanne Sitherwood.

2013

In 2013, The Laclede Group acquired Missouri Gas Energy from Southern Union Company, expanding their Missouri holdings to include Kansas City.

2014

In 2014 Laclede acquired Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco), which serves the Greater Birmingham, East Lauderdale County, Gadsden, Jasper, Anniston-Oxford, Greater Tuscaloosa, Greater Montgomery, Opelika-Auburn, Tuskegee, Selma, and many Black Belt communities as Spire Alabama Inc.

2016

On April 28, 2016, The Laclede Group shareholders approved renaming the company to Spire.

Later in 2016, Spire acquired Energy South, Inc from Sempra United States Gas & Power, the parent company of Mobile Gas and Willmut Gas.

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