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form8kretentionagrmt.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):
September
                24, 2007
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
      5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
      Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
      Officers
(e)           On
      September 24, 2007, The Laclede Group, Inc. and SM&P Utility Resources, Inc.
      (SM&P), its wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a Retention Agreement with
      Mr. Robert E. Shively, President of SM&P and a named executive officer
      in The Laclede Group's last proxy statement.  Under the agreement, Mr.
      Shively may become entitled to receive certain payments in the event of a change
      in control of SM&P, totaling as much as 1.2 times his annual base
      salary.  The agreement includes certain performance considerations and
      confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-competition obligations for the
      benefit of SM&P.
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:  September 27,
                2007
By:
/s/
              D. H. Yaeger
D.
                H. Yaeger
Chairman
                of the Board, President and Chief Executive
                Officer