10-Q/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

[ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2013

OR

[     ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Transition Period from ­__________ to __________

Commission File Number 1-16681

THE LACLEDE GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri (State of Incorporation)	74-2976504 (I.R.S. Employer Identification number)
720 Olive Street St. Louis, MO  63101 (Address and zip code of principal executive offices) 314-342-0500 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant:

(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [ X ] No [     ]

has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [ X ] No [     ]

is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	[ X ]	Accelerated filer	[     ]
Non-accelerated filer	[     ]	Smaller reporting company	[     ]

is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [     ] No [ X ]

As of January 31, 2014, there were 32,758,189 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, outstanding.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Laclede Group, Inc. ("Company") is filing this Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 4, 2014 (the "Original Filing"), solely to revise the disclosure set forth in Part I, Item 4 under the heading "Controls and Procedures." For the convenience of the reader, this Amendment No. 1 amends and restates Part I, Item 4 in its entirety.

In addition, as required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), this Amendment No. 1 contains new certifications (filed as exhibits hereto) by our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 amends and restates Part II, Item 6 to reflect the filing of these currently dated certifications.

Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures contained in the Original Filing as amended by this Amendment No. 1, including the previously reported financial statements and other financial disclosures included in the Original Filing, and accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 does not reflect or purport to reflect any information or events occurring after the original filing date or modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and our other filings with the SEC.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15e and Rule 15d-15e under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

SEC guidance permits the exclusion of an evaluation of the effectiveness of a registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as they relate to the internal control over financial reporting for an acquired business during the first year following such acquisition. Effective September 1, 2013, we acquired Missouri Gas Energy (“MGE”). MGE’s business constitutes 39 percent and 28 percent of net and total assets, respectively, and 34 percent of revenues of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the three months ended December 31, 2013.  Management's evaluation and conclusion as to the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report excludes any evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of MGE.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

As a result of the acquisition of MGE mentioned above, the Company is evaluating and implementing changes to processes, policies and other components of its internal control over financial reporting with respect to the consolidation of MGE’s operations into the Company’s financial statements. Management continues to be engaged in substantial efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control procedures and the design of those control procedures relating to MGE. Except for the activities described above, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6. Exhibits

(a) See Exhibit Index

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		The Laclede Group, Inc.
Dated:	May 15, 2014	By:	/s/ Steven P. Rasche
			Steven P. Rasche
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
			(Authorized Signatory and Principal Accounting Officer)

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
10.1*	-	Lease Agreement between The Laclede Group, Inc., as Tenant, and Market 700, LLC, as Landlord, dated January 21, 2014; filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Laclede Group's Form 8-K dated January 27, 2014 and incorporated herein (File No. 1-16681).
12*	-	Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
31	-	CEO and CFO Certifications under Exchange Act Rule 13a – 14(a).
32	-	CEO and CFO Section 1350 Certifications.
101.INS*	-	XBRL Instance Document. (1)
101.SCH*	-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema. (1)
101.CAL*	-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase. (1)
101.DEF*	-	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase. (1)
101.LAB*	-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase. (1)
101.PRE*	-	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase. (1)

* Filed or furnished with the Original Filing of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

(1) Attached as Exhibit 101 to the Original Filing of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q were the following documents formatted in extensible business reporting language (XBRL): (i) Document and Entity Information; (ii) unaudited Statements of Consolidated Income for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012; (iii) unaudited Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012; (iv) unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2013, September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012; (v) unaudited Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, and (vi) Notes to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. We also make available on our website the Interactive Data Files submitted as Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report. 

EX-31

Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATION

I, Suzanne Sitherwood, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of The Laclede Group, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	May 15, 2014	Signature:	/s/ Suzanne Sitherwood
			Suzanne Sitherwood
			President and Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATION

I, Steven P. Rasche, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of The Laclede Group, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	May 15, 2014	Signature:	/s/ Steven P. Rasche
			Steven P. Rasche
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

Section 1350 Certification

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Suzanne Sitherwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Laclede Group, Inc., hereby certify that

(a) To the best of my knowledge, the accompanying Amendment No. 1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

(b) To the best of my knowledge, the information contained in the accompanying Amendment No. 1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of The Laclede Group, Inc.

Date:	May 15, 2014	Signature:	/s/ Suzanne Sitherwood
			Suzanne Sitherwood
			President and Chief Executive Officer

Section 1350 Certification

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Steven P. Rasche, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of The Laclede Group, Inc., hereby certify that

(a) To the best of my knowledge, the accompanying Amendment No. 1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

(b) To the best of my knowledge, the information contained in the accompanying Amendment No. 1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of The Laclede Group, Inc.

Date:	May 15, 2014	Signature:	/s/ Steven P. Rasche
			Steven P. Rasche
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer