Spire utilizes a commercial paper program (“CP Program”) pursuant to which Spire may issue short-term, unsecured commercial paper notes. Amounts available under the CP Program may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed from time to time, with the aggregate face or principal amount of the notes outstanding under the CP Program at any time not to exceed $975.0. The notes may have maturities of up to 365 days from date of issue.

On March 23, 2021, Spire Missouri entered into a loan agreement with several banks for a $250.0, 364-day unsecured term loan with an interest rate based on LIBOR plus 65 basis points. The loan carries no prepayment penalty and has the same covenants as the revolving credit facility.

Information about short-term borrowings, including Spire Missouri’s and Spire Alabama’s borrowings from Spire, is presented in the following table. As of December 31, 2021, $421.9 of Spire’s CP Program borrowings was used to support lending to the Utilities.

	Spire (Parent Only)			Spire Missouri						Spire Alabama			Spire
	CP			Term			Spire			Spire			Consol-
	Program			Loan			Note			Note			idated
Three Months Ended December 31, 2021
Highest borrowings outstanding	$	746.8		$	250.0		$	412.0		$	176.7		$	996.8
Lowest borrowings outstanding		408.0			250.0			101.6			38.4			658.0
Weighted average borrowings		558.6			250.0			253.6			73.6			808.6
Weighted average interest rate		0.2	%		0.7	%		0.2	%		0.2	%		0.4	%
As of December 31, 2021
Borrowings outstanding	$	596.0		$	250.0		$	180.4		$	173.7		$	846.0
Weighted average interest rate		0.4	%		0.7	%		0.4	%		0.4	%		0.5	%
As of September 30, 2021
Borrowings outstanding	$	422.0		$	250.0		$	240.9		$	49.0		$	672.0
Weighted average interest rate		0.2	%		0.7	%		0.2	%		0.2	%		0.4	%
As of December 31, 2020
Borrowings outstanding	$	696.1		$	—		$	393.7		$	27.0		$	696.1
Weighted average interest rate		0.3	%	n/a				0.3	%		0.3	%		0.3	%

The long-term debt agreements of Spire, Spire Missouri and Spire Alabama contain customary financial covenants and default provisions. As of December 31, 2021, there were no events of default under these financial covenants.

Interest expense shown on the statements of income is net of the capitalized interest amounts shown in the following table.

On December 7, 2021, pursuant to its registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC, Spire Missouri issued $300.0 of first mortgage bonds due December 2, 2024, secured equally with all its other first mortgage bonds. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears at a floating rate based on the compounded secured overnight financing rate plus 50 basis points, with a maximum rate of the lesser of 8% or the maximum rate then permitted by applicable law.