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form8-k.htm
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
Commission
                File No.
Exact
                Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter and Principal Office
                Address and Telephone Number
State
                of Incorporation
I.R.S.
                Employer Identification Number
1-16681
The
                Laclede Group, Inc.
720
                Olive Street
St.
                Louis, MO 63101
314-342-0500
Missouri
74-2976504
1-1822
La
clede
                Gas Company
720
                Olive Street
St.
                Louis, MO 63101
314-342-0500
Missouri
43-0368139
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
      2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
See
      Item 7.01
Item
      7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On
      January 31, 2008, the Company issued its earnings news release announcing its
      unaudited results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007.  The text
      of that release is included in Exhibit 99.1 attached to this report.
Item
      9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
      Exhibits
99.1
      Press release dated January 31, 2008.
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
LACLEDE
                GAS COMPANY
Date:  January
                31, 2008
By:
/s/M.
                D. Waltermire
M.
                D. Waltermire
Sr.
                Vice President and
Chief
                Financial Officer
Exhibit
      Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
First
                quarter earnings press release dated January 31, 2008.