-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LOoTwW+IByEk7bWZ371Qdq1Goea/rHzZGRthv4lpFIEJb8MMcVKe18/H1KPDt4Yj YUMjG/a9Qot5YUFm0leyeg== 0001193125-06-125047.txt : 20060606 0001193125-06-125047.hdr.sgml : 20060606 20060606142600 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-125047 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: FWP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060606 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LACLEDE GAS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000057183 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 430368139 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-40362 FILM NUMBER: 06888893 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 720 OLIVE ST CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 BUSINESS PHONE: 3143420500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 720 OLIVE ST CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LACLEDE GAS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000057183 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 430368139 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 720 OLIVE ST CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 BUSINESS PHONE: 3143420500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 720 OLIVE ST CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 FWP 1 dfwp.htm FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS Free Writing Prospectus

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

File No. 333-40362

June 6, 2006

LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

$55,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds 6.150% Series due June 1, 2036

Term Sheet

 

Company:

    Laclede Gas Company

Expected Ratings:

    A3 / A / A+ (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch)

Ranking:

    First Mortgage Bonds

Principal Amount:

    $55,000,000

Pricing Date:

    June 6, 2006

Settlement Date:

    June 9, 2006 (T+3)

Maturity Date:

    June 1, 2036

Interest Payment Dates:

    June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on December 1, 2006

Benchmark Treasury:

    5.375% due 2/15/2031

UST Spot (Px/Yield):

    102-30+/5.161%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

    100 basis points

Yield to Maturity:

    6.161%

Coupon:

    6.150%

Price to Public:

    99.852%

Daycount:

    30/360

Minimum Denomination:

    $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000

Make-Whole Redemption:

    At any time at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points

CUSIP:

    505588 BF 9

Lead Manager:

    Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                         Incorporated

Co-Managers:

    A.G. Edwards, BNY Capital Markets, Inc., Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and Nat City Investments, Inc.

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at 1-866-500-5408.

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