15-12G 1 form15.txt LACLEDE GAS COMPANY FORM 15 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 ------------------------- FORM 15 Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports Under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 -------------------------- Commission File Number: 1-1822 -------------------------- LACLEDE GAS COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) -------------------------- 720 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 (314) 342-0503 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) -------------------------- Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share Common Stock Purchase Rights Preferred Stock, 5% Series B Preferred Stock, 4.56% Series C (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form) -------------------------- First Mortgage Bonds (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains) -------------------------- Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provisions relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports: Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ x ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ] Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [ ] Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ] Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) [ ] Rule 15d-6 [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [ x ] Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification of notice date: Common stock: 1 Common stock purchase rights: 1 Preferred stock, 5% Series B: 141 Preferred stock, 4.56% Series C: 27 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Laclede Gas Company has caused this certificate/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person. Laclede Gas Company Date: September 25, 2001 By: /s/ Gerald T. McNeive, Jr. --------------------------------- Name: Gerald T. McNeive, Jr. ------------------------------- Title: Senior Vice President- Finance and General Counsel ------------------------------