The Board of Directors (the ?Board?) of Spire Inc. (the ?Company?) announced that it increased the size of the Board from nine to eleven members effective July 19, 2023 and elected Vincent J. Ferrari, age 63, and Paul D. Koonce, age 63, to the Board effective July 19, 2023, and July 28, 2023, respectively, to fill the newly created directorships resulting from the expansion of the Board. Mr. Ferrari retired from Edward Jones Investments in December 2020 after having served in various leadership roles, including as general partner, chief operating officer and chief information officer. He also spent 22 years working for various financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley, JJ Kenny and the Chase Manhattan Bank.

Mr. Ferrari was elected to join the class of directors whose terms will expire at the Company?s 2026 annual shareholder meeting. On August 28, 2023, the Board appointed Mr. Ferrari to serve on the Board's Audit committee and Compensation and Human Resources committee. Mr. Koonce retired from Dominion Energy Inc. (?Dominion?) in February 2020 after a 38-year career in the energy sector, where he most recently served as executive vice president of Dominion and president and CEO of Dominion?s Power Generation Group.

Mr. Koonce was elected to join the class of directors whose terms will expire at the Company?s 2025 annual shareholder meeting. On August 28, 2023, the Board appointed Mr. Koonce to the Board's Corporate Governance committee and Strategy committee.