Annual General Meeting Transcript - SPIR 2026-05-27

Speaker 3

Good day, and welcome to SPIRE's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. I would now like to turn the call over to Teresa Condor, President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of SPIRE. Please go ahead.

Theresa Condor, CEO

Good morning, and welcome to SPIRE's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. I am Teresa Condor, President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of SPIRE. As provided in the company's bylaws, I will preside as chair of this meeting. I now call this meeting to order. This meeting is being conducted in a virtual meeting format only via the Internet. At this time, I would like to ask David Myers, our chief legal officer, to go over some administrative details.

Speaker 1

Thank you, Teresa. I am David Myers, chief legal officer of SPIRE. I will ask the secretary of the meeting. Before we begin, the agenda and rules of conduct for today's meeting are posted on the virtual meeting website. Please abide by the rules of conduct in order to facilitate an orderly meeting and allow us to accomplish the items on the agenda. In today's meeting, we will address and vote on the proposals described in the company's proxy statement, dated April 13, 2026. Following the vote, we will announce the preliminary results and then adjourn the formal meeting. After we adjourn, we will respond to questions submitted from stockholders directly

Theresa Condor, CEO

via email. Notice of meeting. I have an affidavit certifying that notice of this meeting was duly given and that the proxy materials for this meeting were made available on or about April 13, 2026 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 2nd, 2026, which was the record date for this meeting. At this time, I would like to ask David to report on the number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote at this meeting. As of the record date, there were

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33,529,765 shares of our Class A common stock outstanding and 1,507,325 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding. A complete list of the stockholders of record as of the record date has been prepared and certified by our registrar and transfer agent and is available for inspection on the meeting website. The inspector of election has advised me that we have present in person or by proxy a sufficient number of shares to constitute the quorum necessary

Theresa Condor, CEO

to proceed with the meeting. Voting procedures. The secretary has advised us that a quorum is present at this meeting, so I declare the meeting duly and lawfully convened. The meeting is now open and ready for business. I declare the polls open to vote on the motions to be presented. David, can you please summarize the voting procedures and present the proposals that

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will be voted on today? Thank you, Teresa. We will vote today via the meeting website. Please note that if you logged into the meeting website as a guest, you will not be able to vote during the meeting. If you previously voted via telephone or internet or by returning a proxy card and do not intend to change your vote, it is not necessary to take further action as the vote you already cast will be counted. If you are eligible to vote and have not done so, or if you would like to change your vote, you may vote by clicking on the voting button on the meeting website and following the instructions there. Any votes cast today will be counted in the final tally along with the proxies previously received. As set forth in the notice of meeting there are four proposals properly before this meeting today the first proposal is to elect two class two directors william porteous and tony reno to serve until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death resignation or removal buyer's board of directors recommends you vote for each director nominee. The second proposal is to approve in an advisory non-binding vote the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers. Spire's Board of Directors recommends you vote one year on this proposal. The third proposal is to approve in an advisory non-binding vote the compensation paid to our named executive officers. Spire's Board of Directors recommends you vote for this proposal. The fourth proposal is to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. Spire's Board of Directors

Theresa Condor, CEO

recommends you vote for this proposal? It is now 10.05 a.m. Eastern Time, and the polls are open for voting. Those of you who are voting today should vote on the meeting website now. Upon the closing of the polls, no ballots, proxies, votes, or any revocations or changes will be accepted. I will pause at this time to allow stockholders to complete any online voting. It is now 10.06 a.m. Eastern Time, and I hereby declare the polls closed. Cheryl, will you please report on the preliminary results of the voting?

Speaker 2

Yes, Ms. Condor. Based upon the proxies received prior to the meeting and subject to final adjustment for any votes made during the meeting, I can report that each of the proposals was approved by the required vote

Speaker 1

and therefore has passed. Thank you, Cheryl. The Inspector of Election will conduct a final count of all votes and we will announce the final results in our current report on Form 8-K to be filed within four business days of this meeting. That concludes the official business

Theresa Condor, CEO

of the meeting and I declare the meeting adjourned. Thank you all for attending the

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meeting today and for your continued support. The call has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.