Hunton Andrews Kurth Advises on NiSource Inc.’s Offering of 20,000,000 Depositary Shares

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by NiSource Inc. (“NiSource”) of 20,000,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/1000th ownership interest in a share of NiSource’s 6.50% Series B Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $25,000 per share.

NiSource Inc. is an energy holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 whose subsidiaries are fully regulated natural gas and electric utility companies serving approximately 3.9 million customers in seven states.

The Hunton Andrews Kurth team included Peter O’Brien, Steven Friend, Christina Kwon, Patrick C. Jamieson, Brendan P. Harney and Michelle G. Chan. Leslie Okinaka provided ERISA advice. Robert McNamara and Adam Mechanic provided tax advice.