On February 16, 2021, Spire Inc. (the “Company”) consummated the issuance and sale of 3,200,000 Equity Units, initially consisting of Corporate Units (the “Corporate Units”), for an aggregate stated amount of $160.0 million, as more fully described below, pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated February 9, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with the several Underwriters named in Exhibit A thereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as representatives. The Company granted an option pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (which has not yet been exercised) to the Underwriters to purchase, within the 13-day period beginning on (and including) February 16, 2021, up to an additional 300,000 Corporate Units.
The Corporate Units have been issued pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-231443) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and the related Prospectus contained therein, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated February 9, 2021. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement and opinions related to the Corporate Units are attached hereto as exhibits and are expressly incorporated by reference herein and into the Registration Statement. The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual terms of the applicable exhibit attached hereto.
Each Corporate Unit has a stated amount of $50 and is comprised of (i) a purchase contract obligating the holder to purchase from the Company for a price in cash of $50, on the purchase contract settlement date, or March 1, 2024, subject to earlier termination or settlement, a certain number of shares of the Company’s common stock and (ii) a 1/20th, or 5%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 principal amount of the Company’s 2021 Series A 0.75% Remarketable Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). In addition to quarterly interest payments on the notes, Holders of the Corporate Units will be entitled to receive quarterly contract adjustment payments at a rate of 6.75% per year on the stated amount of $50 per Corporate Unit, subject to the Company’s right to defer such contract adjustment payments. The Company does not have the right to defer interest payments on the Notes.
The Notes are issued pursuant to the Indenture (For Unsecured Debt Securities), dated February 16, 2021, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 16, 2021 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Corporate Units are issued pursuant to a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (the “Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement”), dated as of February 16, 2021, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as purchase contract agent, collateral agent, custodial agent and securities intermediary. Under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Notes are pledged as collateral to secure the holders’ obligation to purchase the shares of the Company’s common stock under the related purchase contracts that form a part of the Corporate Units. A holder of Corporate Units, at its option, may elect to create “Treasury Units” by substituting pledged U.S. Treasury securities for any pledged ownership interests in the Notes. The Notes will be remarketed, subject to certain terms and conditions, prior to the purchase contract settlement date pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and a remarketing agreement to be executed in the future.
Copies of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Indenture, the form of remarketing agreement, the form of Corporate Units, the form of Treasury Units and the form of Note are attached hereto as exhibits and are expressly incorporated by reference herein and into the Registration Statement. The foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual terms of the exhibits attached hereto.