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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;29, 2008</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NiSource Inc.</B>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officers</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On June&nbsp;2, 2008, NiSource Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced that Stephen P. Smith, age 47, will
join the company as its new Executive Vice President on June&nbsp;1, 2008 and will assume the role of
Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August&nbsp;4, 2008. Mr.&nbsp;Smith&#146;s responsibilities will
include all NiSource Corporate Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Corporate Tax, Financial Planning and
Corporate Planning functions. Mr.&nbsp;Smith will succeed the Company&#146;s current Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, Michael W. O&#146;Donnell, who announced in May his plan to
retire from the Company as Chief Financial Officer before the end of 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Since 2007, Mr.&nbsp;Smith has served as Senior Vice President of Shared Services for American
Electric Power Co. (&#147;AEP&#148;), where he had responsibilities for Human Resources, Information
Technology/Telecommunications and Business Logistics. From 2003 to 2007, Mr.&nbsp;Smith served as
Senior Vice President and Treasurer for AEP, overseeing Accounting, Budgeting, Planning, Risk
Management, Strategy, Tax and Treasury functions. Before joining AEP, Smith served in a number of
finance and executive leadership roles at the Company and Columbia Energy Group (&#147;Columbia&#148;),
culminating in the role of President and Chief Operating Officer of NiSource Corporate Services
Company. Prior to the Company&#146;s merger with Columbia, Mr.&nbsp;Smith served as Senior Vice President
and Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Columbia, where he had responsibility for Accounting,
Planning, Risk Management, Tax and Treasury functions. Prior to that role, Mr.&nbsp;Smith served as
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, a
subsidiary of Columbia.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has agreed to pay Mr.&nbsp;Smith a base salary of $500,000 per year and a signing bonus
of $150,000. Mr.&nbsp;Smith will participate in the Company&#146;s annual incentive plan, with a target
bonus opportunity for 2008 of $325,000 (or 65% of annual base salary), which amount will be
prorated based on the number of months in the performance period after June&nbsp;1, 2008. In 2009 and
2010, Mr.&nbsp;Smith will be guaranteed an annual incentive opportunity equal to not less than the
target amount. For the first five months of 2011, Mr.&nbsp;Smith is guaranteed a bonus opportunity
equal to not less than 5/12 of the target amount under the annual incentive plan. As additional
compensation for the loss of a portion of Mr.&nbsp;Smith&#146;s long term incentive award from his prior
employer, Mr.&nbsp;Smith is guaranteed a payment each year equal to $135,000 to be paid on December
31<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> of 2008, 2009 and 2010. Under his severance arrangement with the Company, these
amounts will become payable within 30&nbsp;days of Mr.&nbsp;Smith being terminated by the Company without
cause or Mr.&nbsp;Smith terminating his employment for good reason.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to approval by the Officer Nomination and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors and the Company&#146;s Board of Directors, the Company has agreed to grant to Mr.&nbsp;Smith, (i)
each fiscal year beginning after June&nbsp;1, 2008, to the extent the Company grants awards to other
executives under the Company&#146;s Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;LTIP&#148;), an LTIP award with a value
equal to $600,000, and (ii)&nbsp;a contingent stock award under the LTIP (the &#147;Initial Contingent Stock
Award&#148;) determined by dividing $600,000 by the fair market value of the Company&#146;s common stock on
the date of the grant which will vest, solely on the passage of time, in one-third increments on
December&nbsp;31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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or if Mr.&nbsp;Smith terminates his employment for &#147;good reason,&#148; Mr.&nbsp;Smith will be entitled to (i)&nbsp;a
lump-sum payment equal to his annual salary as then in effect, (ii)&nbsp;a lump-sum payment equal to his
prorated annual incentive opportunity at the &#147;target&#148; level, (iii)&nbsp;a lump-sum payment equal to 130%
of the costs of continuation coverage premiums under the Company&#146;s health and welfare plans, (iv)&nbsp;a
payment equal to the amount of any of the Initial Contingent Stock Award that has not yet vested,
and (v)&nbsp;reasonable outplacement services. Mr.&nbsp;Smith will be eligible to participate in all of the
Company&#146;s benefit plans, including any health, life and disability insurance plans, qualified and
nonqualified retirement and pensions plans, or any other plan or benefit generally afforded to
similarly situated executives of the Company. General descriptions of these plans can be found in
the Company&#146;s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
3, 2008.
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incorporated by reference to this Item&nbsp;5.02.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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Carrie J. Hightman
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</U><BR>
June&nbsp;2, 2008</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Stephen P. Smith to become NiSource Chief Financial Officer</B><BR>
<I>Energy industry financial and business leader to rejoin company</I>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>MERRILLVILLE, Ind. &#150; </B>NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) today announced that <B>Stephen P. Smith </B>joined the
company as its new Executive Vice President on June 1 and will assume the role of Chief Financial
Officer in early August, 2008. Smith&#146;s responsibilities will include all NiSource Corporate
Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Corporate Tax, Financial Planning and Corporate Planning functions.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;We are very pleased that Steve Smith will be rejoining NiSource in the role of Chief Financial
Officer,&#148; said <B>Ian Rolland</B>, Chairman of the Board of Directors of NiSource. &#147;Steve not only is a
senior financial executive with extensive energy industry experience, but he also has a proven
leadership track record across a broad range of business functions. Steve will be a fine addition
to the strong management team Bob Skaggs has assembled at NiSource.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">NiSource President and CEO <B>Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. </B>added, &#147;Steve is joining NiSource at a pivotal
point in our company&#146;s history. Clearly, our ability to execute on our ambitious investment driven
growth plan is premised on maintaining a strong financial footing and having continued access to
competitively priced capital. Working with our business unit leaders and the other members of the
NiSource senior executive team, Steve will play a key leadership role as we execute our Path
Forward strategy.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On May&nbsp;13, 2008, NiSource Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer <B>Michael W. O&#146;Donnell</B>
announced his plan to retire from the company in 2009 and to step down from his CFO role later this
year. Effective with Steve Smith assuming the CFO position in August, O&#146;Donnell will serve in an
executive vice president role reporting to Skaggs, focusing on a number of ongoing projects and
business activities for NiSource.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Smith most recently served as senior vice president of Shared Services for American Electric Power
Co., one of the nation&#146;s largest electric utilities, where he had responsibility for Business
Logistics, Human Resources, Information Technology and Telecommunications. From 2003 to 2007, he
was senior vice president and treasurer for AEP, overseeing Accounting, Budgeting, Planning, Risk
Management, Strategy, Tax and Treasury functions.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Before joining AEP, Smith served in a progression of finance and executive leadership roles at
Columbia Energy Group and NiSource, culminating in the role of president and chief operating
officer of NiSource Corporate Services Co. In that role, he managed NiSource&#146;s shared services
functions and oversaw the integration of corporate functions following the NiSource-Columbia Energy
Group merger. Prior to the merger, Smith was senior vice president and deputy chief financial
officer for Columbia Energy Group, where he had responsibility for Accounting, Planning, Risk
Management, Tax and Treasury functions. Prior to that role, Smith served as senior vice president
and chief financial officer for Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Smith earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University Of Chicago Graduate
School Of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado
School of Mines. He also serves as a Director and Audit Committee member of Natural Resource
Partners, L. P. a publicly traded master limited partnership engaged in owning and managing coal
properties in Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Powder River Basin regions of the United
States.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>About NiSource</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI), based in Merrillville, Ind., is a Fortune 500 company engaged in natural
gas transmission, storage and distribution, as well as electric generation, transmission and
distribution. NiSource operating companies deliver energy to 3.8&nbsp;million customers located within
the high-demand energy corridor stretching from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England.
Information about NiSource and its subsidiaries is available via the Internet at <u>www.nisource.com</u>.
NI-F
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations
of NiSource and its management. Although NiSource believes that its expectations are based on
reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its goals will be achieved. Readers are
cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this presentation are not guarantees of future
performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, the following: weather; fluctuations in supply and demand for
energy commodities; growth opportunities for NiSource&#146;s businesses; increased competition in
deregulated energy markets; the success of regulatory and commercial initiatives; dealings with
third parties over whom NiSource has no control; the success of NiSource&#146;s restructuring of its
outsourcing agreement; actual operating experience of NiSource assets; the regulatory process;
regulatory and legislative changes; changes in general economic, capital and commodity market
conditions; and counter-party credit risk.
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