The Laclede Group, Inc. 3.31% Senior Notes due December 15, 2022 Note Purchase Agreement Dated August 3, 2012Note Purchase Agreement • November 19th, 2012 • Laclede Group Inc • Natural gas distribution • New York
The Laclede Group, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), agrees with each of the purchasers whose names appear at the end hereof (each, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”) as follows:
Laclede Gas Company 3.00% First Mortgage Bonds due March 15, 2023 3.40% First Mortgage Bonds due March 15, 2028 Bond Purchase Agreement Dated August 3, 2012Purchase Agreement • November 19th, 2012 • Laclede Group Inc • Natural gas distribution • Missouri
The Company will authorize the issue and sale of (i) $55,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% Series First Mortgage Bonds due March 15, 2023 (the “Series A Bonds”) and (ii) $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.40% Series First Mortgage Bonds due March 15, 2028 (the “Series B Bonds” and, together with the Series A Bonds, the “Bonds”). The Bonds will be issued pursuant to the Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture to be dated on or around March 15, 2013 (the “Thirty-First Supplement”) to the Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of February 1, 1945, as heretofore amended and supplemented (the “Indenture”). The Bonds shall be substantially in the forms included in the Recitals to the Thirty-First Supplement and the Thirty-First Supplement shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B; and references to a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule o
Restricted Stock Unit Award AgreementRestricted Stock Unit Award Agreement • November 19th, 2012 • Laclede Group Inc • Natural gas distribution • Missouri
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT is made as of this 1st day of October 2012, between The Laclede Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and Steve Lindsey (the “Participant”). References in this Agreement to “Company” include Subsidiaries and any entity that succeeds to all or substantially all of the business of The Laclede Group, Inc.
Performance Contingent Stock Unit Award AgreementStock Unit Award Agreement • November 19th, 2012 • Laclede Group Inc • Natural gas distribution • Missouri
Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan as approved by shareholders in January 2011 (“Plan”), the Participant has been awarded 8,770 performance contingent stock units subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Award Agreement (“Units”). This number represents the High Performance level of achievement and is the maximum number of Units that can be earned under this Award Agreement.
SEVERANCE BENEFITS AGREEMENTSeverance Benefits Agreement • November 19th, 2012 • Laclede Group Inc • Natural gas distribution • Missouri
This Severance Benefits Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 1st day of October, 2012 (the “Effective Date”) between The Laclede Group, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“Laclede” or the “Company”), and Steve Lindsey (“Executive”);
