Financial Astrology of NiSource Inc.

FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY

First Trade Date for NiSource Inc.

Company Name	First Trade Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
NiSource Inc.	1962-12-19

Company Name	Symbol
NiSource Inc.	NI
History and Business of Company (this information may include date of incorporation)
NiSource Inc. (NiSource) is an energy holding company whose subsidiaries provide natural gas, electricity and other products and services to approximately 3.7 million customers located within a corridor that runs from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England. NiSource is the successor to an Indiana corporation organized in 1987 under the name of NIPSCO Industries, Inc., which changed its name to NiSource Inc. on April 14, 1999. In connection with the acquisition of Columbia Energy Group (Columbia) on November 1, 2000, NiSource became a Delaware corporation registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended. NiSource is the largest natural gas distribution company operating east of the Rocky Mountains, as measured by number of customers. NiSource's principal subsidiaries include Columbia, a vertically-integrated natural gas distribution, transmission and storage holding company whose subsidiaries provide service to customers in the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast; Northern Indiana Public Service Company (Northern Indiana), a vertically-integrated gas and electric company providing service to customers in northern Indiana; and Bay State Gas Company (Bay State), a natural gas distribution company serving customers in New England. NiSource derives substantially all of its revenues and earnings from the operating results of its 15 direct subsidiaries. NiSource's business segments are: Gas Distribution Operations; Gas Transmission and Storage Operations; Electric Operations; and Other Operations. During the second quarter of 2003, NiSource sold its exploration and production operations. Previous to this sale, NiSource reported these operations in an Exploration and Production segment. In addition, during the fourth quarter, NiSource sold certain subsidiaries of PEI Holdings, Inc. (formerly Primary Energy, Inc.)(PEI). Previously, the PEI assets were reported in the Other Operations segment. All periods have been adjusted to include the PEI subsidiaries and the exploration and production segment as discontinued operations.

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