8-K

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 1, 2010

Laclede Gas Company

720 Olive Street

St. Louis, Missouri 63101

314-342-0500

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

Missouri ______________________	1-1822 ______________________	43-0368139 ______________________
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.09  Other Events.

On March 12, 2010, Laclede Gas Company received notice from the Missouri Secretary of State that its amendment to Article III-A of its articles of incorporation became effective March 1, 2010.  Under the amendment, Article III-A allows the Laclede Gas Company Board of Directors discretion to determine the terms of a series of preferred stock upon the creation of each series.  Previously, Article III-A specified terms for preferred stock, including cumulative dividends and the terms for such accumulation, record dates, payment dates for dividends, redemption requirement, limitations on the redemption and liquidating prices, notice requirements, default terms that trigger voting rights along with the resulting terms of those voting rights, and restrictions on the ability to amend the Articles or create or increase preferred shares while any preferred shares are outstanding.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

3.1           Amended Article III-A.

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	LACLEDE GAS COMPANY
Date: March 12, 2010	By:	/s/ M. D. Waltermire
		M. D. Waltermire Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Description
3.1	Amended Article III-A to Laclede Gas Company articles of incorporation.

EX-3.1

Articles of Incorporation

Of

Laclede Gas Company

ARTICLE III-A

The aggregate number of shares which this corporation shall have authority to issue is 51,480,000 shares, divided into two (2) classes, a class of common stock and a class of preferred stock, and the number of shares in each class is:

1.   50,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value $1.00 per share; and

2.   1,480,000 shares of preferred stock of the par value $25.00 per share.

1.           The board of directors, by adoption of an authorizing resolution, may cause preferred stock to be issued from time to time in one or more series.

2.           The board of directors, by adoption of an authorizing resolution, may with regard to the shares of a series of preferred stock:

a.   Fix the distinctive serial designation of the shares;

b.   Fix the dividend rate or rates, if any, which may be subject to adjustment in accordance with a method set forth in the authorizing resolution adopted by the board of directors, and the date or dates upon which such dividends shall be payable;

c.   Fix the date or dates from which the dividends shall be cumulative, if any;

d.   Fix the redemption price and terms of redemption, if any;

e.   Fix the amount payable per share in the event of dissolution or liquidation of the corporation, if any;

f.   Fix the terms and amount of any sinking fund to be used for the purchase or redemption of shares, if any;

g.   Fix the terms and conditions under which shares may be converted into the securities of this corporation or another corporation, if any;

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h.   Fix the voting rights of such shares, if any, that are not required by law; and

i.   Fix such other preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights not required by law.

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