SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2017-11-15

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<div><a name="s11421C1221353E7BE148BE2E4E436CAA"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.55</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT 1 TO SPIRE INC. EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">, Spire Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) adopted The Laclede Group, Inc. Executive Severance Plan effective January 1, 2015, which was amended and restated as the Spire Inc. Executive Severance Plan effective June 1, 2017 (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;); </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">, the Company has retained the right to amend the Plan; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">, the Company wishes to amend the definition of &#8220;Change in Control&#8221; to make the definition consistent with the other compensation plans sponsored by the Company; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">, the Company wishes to make the Plan name consistent with the naming conventions of other Company compensation plans.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">NOW, THEREFORE</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of January 1, 2018, as set forth herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Under Article I, the definition of &#8220;Change in Control&#8221; is hereby amended to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Change in Control&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;shall mean the occurrence of one of the following events:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The purchase or other acquisition (other than from the Company) by any person, entity or group of persons, within the meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) (excluding, for this purpose, the Company or its subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of the Company or its subsidiaries), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of either the Company&#8217;s then outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the Company&#8217;s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (&#8220;Company Voting Securities&#8221;); or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Individual members of the Board, as of the Effective Date of the Plan (the &#8220;Incumbent Board&#8221;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#8217;s shareholders, was approved by the vote of at least a majority of th