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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):
January
                  31, 2008
The
        Laclede Group, Inc.
720
        Olive Street
St.
        Louis, Missouri 63101
314-342-0500
______________
(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
1-16681
74-2976504
(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:
[  
                  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
                  Act (17
                  CFR 230.425)
[  
                  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
                  Act (17
                  CFR 240.14a-12)
[  
                  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
                  the
                  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ 
                   ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
                  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 13e-4(c))
Item
        7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
At
        the Company's annual meeting of shareholders on January 31, 2008, the Company's
        officers will be delivering the presentation attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
        this
        report.
Item
        9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
        Exhibits
99.1
        Presentation at The Laclede Group's annual meeting of shareholders.
The
        information contained in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished
        and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and
        Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into
        any
        filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission whether made
before or after the
        date
        here of and regardless of any general incorporation language in such
        filings.
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.
THE
                  LACLEDE GROUP, INC.
Date:  January
                  31, 2008
By:
/s/M.
                  D. Waltermire
M.
                  D. Waltermire
Chief
                  Financial Officer
Exhibit
        Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Presentation
                  at The Laclede Group's Annual Meeting of Shareholders January 31,
                  2008.