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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-000207
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		16
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231231
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240102

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NISOURCE INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001111711
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				352108964
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16189
		FILM NUMBER:		24500195

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		801 EAST 86TH AVE
		CITY:			MERRILLVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46410-6272
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2196475200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		801 EAST 86TH AVE
		CITY:			MERRILLVILLE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46410-6272

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NISOURCE INC/DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEW NISOURCE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000412
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Number of Directors; Proportional Appointment Rights</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Removal of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Vacancies</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.5</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Acts of the Board; Voting</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Compensation of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.7</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Meetings of Directors; Notice</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.8</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Quorum</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Place and Method of Meetings</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.10</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Action by the Board Without a Meeting</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.11</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Duties of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.12</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Committees</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.13</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Investor Member Board Observer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.14</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Related Party Matters</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Appointment and Tenure</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.2</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Removal</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.3</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>President</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.4</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Vice Presidents</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.5</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Secretary; Assistant Secretaries</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.6</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Treasurer; Assistant Treasurers</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Duties of Officers</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.1</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Events of Default</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.2</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Default Notice</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Dissolution</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Distributions upon the Occurrence of an Event of Dissolution</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Capital Accounts</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Withdrawal of Capital; Interest</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.6</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Allocation of Profits and Losses</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.7</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Other Allocation Rules for Profits and Losses for Capital Accounts</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.9</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Tax Allocations; Code Section&nbsp;704(c) Allocations</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.10</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Transfers to Permitted Transferees; Liens by Members</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">23</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Cooperation</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">26</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Investor Member Threshold Matters</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.2</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Consultation Matters</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">29</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.3</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Indebtedness</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.4</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Additional Actions</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Actions by the Investor Directors on behalf of the Investor Member</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Acknowledgement of Purpose of Provisions</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;IX OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Financial Reports</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Other Business; Corporate Opportunities</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.4</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.5</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Solicit</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.6</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Confidentiality</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">33</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.7</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Expenses</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">34</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Obligations in Respect of Financings</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">35</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Credit Support</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">35</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.1</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Tax Elections</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.5</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Withholding</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.6</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Certain Representations and Warranties</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;XI LIABILITY; EXCULPATION; INDEMNIFICATION</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.1</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Liability; Member Duties</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.2</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Exculpation</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.3</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Indemnification</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.4</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Authorization</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.5</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Reliance on Information</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.6</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Advancement of Expenses</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.7</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Exclusive</FONT> Provisions</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.8</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.9</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Limitations</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;XII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;12.1</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Members Representations and Warranties</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE&nbsp;XIII MISCELLANEOUS</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">41</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.1</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Notices</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">41</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.2</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Assignment</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">42</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.3</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Waiver of Partition</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">42</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.4</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Further Assurances</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.5</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Third Party Beneficiaries</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.6</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Parties in Interest; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Recourse</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.7</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Severability</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.8</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Construction</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.9</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Complete Agreement</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.10</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Amendment; Waiver</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.11</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Governing Law</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">44</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.12</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Specific Performance</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">44</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.13</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Escalation; Arbitration</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">44</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.14</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Counterparts</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">46</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.15</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Fair Market Value Determination</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">46</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.16</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Certain Definitions</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">46</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.17</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Terms Defined Elsewhere in this Agreement</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">58</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.18</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP>Other Definitional Provisions</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">59</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Schedule&nbsp;1 &#150; Schedule&nbsp;of Members </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Schedule 2
&#150; Senior Management Termination Event </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">iii </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>AMENDED&nbsp;&amp; RESTATED </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This AMENDED&nbsp;&amp; RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;) of NIPSCO Holdings II LLC (the
&#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) is made and entered into as of December&nbsp;31, 2023 (the &#147;<U>Effective Date</U>&#148;), by and among the Company, NIPSCO Holdings I LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (the &#147;<U>NiSource
Member</U>&#148;), BIP Blue Buyer L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;<U>Investor Member</U>&#148;) and solely for the purposes of <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U>, NiSource Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;<U>Parent</U>&#148;). The Company, the NiSource Member and the Investor Member are each sometimes referred to herein as a &#147;<U>Party</U>&#148; and, together, as the &#147;<U>Parties</U>&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>RECITALS </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.
Immediately prior to the execution and delivery hereof, the NiSource Member was the owner of 100% of the Membership Interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. On
June&nbsp;17, 2023, the Company, the NiSource Member, the Parent and the Investor Member entered into the PSA, pursuant to which the Company has, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, sold and issued to the Investor Member
Membership Interests constituting a 19.9% Percentage Interest. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. Upon the execution and delivery hereof, and in connection with the
closing of the transactions contemplated by the PSA, the NiSource Member will be the owner of Membership Interests constituting an 80.1% Percentage Interest, and the Parties collectively will be the owners of 100% of the Membership Interests. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. The Parties desire to, and by the execution and delivery of this Agreement hereby do, amend and restate in its entirety the Limited
Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of June&nbsp;7, 2023, in order to provide for, among other things, the admission of the Investor Member as a Member, the rights and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the governance,
financing and operation of the Company, and certain other matters relating to the business arrangements between the Parties with respect to the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valid consideration the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by each Party, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GENERAL
MATTERS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.1 <U>Formation</U>. The Parent formed the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act. The
Members ratify the organization and formation of the Company and continue the Company, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.2 <U>Name</U>. The name of the Company is &#147;NIPSCO Holdings II LLC&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.3 <U>Purpose</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The purpose of the Company is to, either on its own behalf or through its Subsidiaries, engage in all lawful business for which limited
liability companies may be formed under the Act in furtherance of the following activities (the &#147;<U>Company Business</U>&#148;): </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) owning and operating a public utility engaged in the (A)&nbsp;generation, transmission,
distribution, marketing and sale of electricity and/or (B)&nbsp;transmission and distribution of natural gas, within the State of Indiana; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) making direct or indirect investments in, or developing, constructing, commercializing, owning, operating or maintaining assets and
facilities relating to the electric or gas business, including renewable energy projects; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) undertaking any business activities
conducted as of the Effective Date by the Company or its Subsidiaries; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) engaging in such other activities that are (A)&nbsp;eligible
to include in rate base and (B)&nbsp;expected to be eligible to earn a return through rates approved by IURC or FERC; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) engaging in
such other activities that the Board deems necessary, convenient or incidental to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the activities described in the foregoing <U>subclauses (i)</U>, <U>(ii)</U>, <U>(iii)</U> and <U>(iv)</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company shall not engage in any activity or conduct inconsistent with the Company Business or any reasonable extensions thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.4 <U>Registered Office</U>. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls
Drive, Wilmington Delaware, 19808. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.5 <U>Registered Agent</U>. The name of the registered agent of the Company for service
of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.6 <U>Members</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each of the NiSource Member and the Investor Member is hereby or was heretofore admitted to the Company as a Member, and hereby continues
as such. Unless admitted to the Company as a Member as provided in this Agreement, no Person shall be, in fact or for any other purpose, a Member. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) No Member shall have any right to withdraw from the Company except as expressly set forth herein. No Membership Interest is redeemable or
repurchasable by the Company at the option of a Member. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, no event affecting a Member (including dissolution, bankruptcy or insolvency) shall affect its obligations under this Agreement or affect the
Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Members&#146; names, addresses and Percentage Interests are set forth on the Schedule&nbsp;of Members attached to this
Agreement as <U>Schedule 1</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) No Member, acting in its capacity as a Member, shall be entitled to vote on any matter relating to
the Company other than as specifically required by the Act or as expressly set forth in this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Except as otherwise expressly
set forth in this Agreement, any matter requiring the action, consent, vote or other approval of the Members hereunder shall require action, consent, vote or approval of the Members owning at least a majority of the Membership Interests. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) A Member shall automatically cease to be a Member upon Transfer of all of such
Member&#146;s Membership Interests made pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Immediately upon any such permissible Transfer, the Company shall cause such Member to be removed from <U>Schedule 1</U> to this Agreement and to
be substituted by the transferee or transferees in such Transfer, and, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, such transferee or transferees shall be deemed to be a &#147;Party&#148; for all purposes hereunder and all references to the
NiSource Member or the Investor Member, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be references to such transferee or transferees (notwithstanding, in the case that more than one Person is a transferee of such Membership Interests, that such defined
terms as used herein are singular in number). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.7 <U>Powers</U>. The Company shall have the power and authority to do any
and all acts necessary or convenient to or in furtherance of the purposes described in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1.3</U>, including all power and authority, statutory or otherwise, possessed by, or which may be conferred upon, limited liability
companies under the Laws of the State of Delaware. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.8 <U>Limited Liability Company Agreement</U>. This Agreement shall
constitute the &#147;limited liability company agreement&#148; of the Company for the purposes of the Act. The rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant to the Act and this Agreement. To the
extent that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be under the Act in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall control to the
fullest extent permitted by the Act and other applicable Law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.9 <U>Issuance of Additional Membership Interests</U>. Except
for (a)&nbsp;the issuance of any Excluded Membership Interests or (b)&nbsp;the issuance of Membership Interests made pursuant to and in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(c)</U>, <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U>, or as otherwise
permitted herein, the Company shall not issue any new Membership Interests, or any securities convertible into Membership Interests or other equity interests of the Company, to any Third Party or to the Members other than in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.10 <U>No State Law Partnership</U>. The Members intend that the Company not be a
partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by
the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise. Nothing in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1.10</U> shall control with respect to income tax treatment of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MANAGEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.1 <U>Directors</U>. Subject to the provisions of the Act and any limitations in this Agreement as to action required to be
authorized or approved by the Members, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed and all its powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of a board of directors (the &#147;<U>Board</U>&#148; and each duly appointed and
continuing member thereof from time to time, a &#147;<U>Director</U>&#148;), and no Member, by virtue of having the status of a Member, shall have any management power over the business and affairs of the Company or any actual or apparent authority
to enter into Contracts on behalf of, or to otherwise bind, the Company. Without prejudice to such general powers, but subject to the same limitations, the Board shall be empowered to conduct, manage and control the business and affairs of the
Company and to make such rules and regulations therefor not inconsistent with applicable Law or this Agreement, as the Board shall deem to be in the best interest of the Company. Each Director is hereby designated as a &#147;manager&#148; of the
Company within the meaning of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;18-101</FONT> of the Act. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The authorized number of Directors constituting the Board shall be seven (7)&nbsp;Directors (the &#147;<U>Total Number of
Directors</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Investor Member shall, as of the Effective Date, be entitled to appoint two Directors, and the Investor
Member shall retain the right to appoint at least two Directors for so long as it holds at least a 17.5% Percentage Interest. In the event that the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is reduced below 17.5% but remains at or above a 9.9%
Percentage Interest, the Investor Member shall retain the right to appoint one Director. In the event that the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is reduced below 9.9%, the Investor Member shall cease to be entitled to appoint a Director.
Any Directors appointed by the Investor Member are referred to herein as &#147;<U>Investor Directors</U>&#148;. The appointment of any particular proposed Investor Director shall be subject to the NiSource Member&#146;s prior written consent of the
identity of such individual prior to his or her appointment to the Board; <U>provided</U> <U>however</U>, that the NiSource Member shall not have any consent right over the appointment of a proposed Investor Director that is a Qualified Designee.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In the event that the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest decreases below 17.5% or 9.9%, as applicable, if the Investor Member
fails to remove an Investor Director concurrently with such decrease in the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest to be in compliance with the Investor Member&#146;s Director appointment rights set forth in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2(b)</U>, then the NiSource Member may remove such appropriate number of Investor Directors from the Board such that the Investor Member is in compliance with its Director appointment rights set forth in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2(b)</U>, such removal being effective immediately. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The NiSource Member shall be entitled to appoint
all of the remaining Total Number of Directors that the Investor Member is not entitled to appoint pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2(b)</U>. Directors appointed by the NiSource Member are referred to herein as &#147;<U>NiSource
Directors</U>&#148;; <U>provided</U>, that any NiSource Director must be a Qualified Designee. The NiSource Member shall further be entitled to designate a NiSource Director to serve as the chairperson of the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) For so long as the Investor Member is entitled to appoint an Investor Director, the Investor Member shall be further entitled to designate
the Board Observer or any other individual (<U>provided</U>, that such designee is a Qualified Designee) (the &#147;<U>Designated Alternate</U>&#148;) in its place and stead in the event that the Investor Director is unable to attend such meeting
(or meetings of Board committees, if any pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.12</U>). The Designated Alternate will be entitled to exercise the powers of the Investor Director at such meetings, and will be subject to all of the
responsibilities of an Investor Director hereunder at such meeting as if they were an Investor Director. The appointment of such Designated Alternate shall be subject to the same approval right of the NiSource Member applicable to the Investor
Director under <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2(b)</U>. If the Designated Alternate is serving in lieu of the Investor Director at any Board or committee meeting, the Investor Member shall provide written notice to the NiSource Member of this fact
prior to the commencement of such meeting (which notice may be by way of an email to the NiSource Directors), and such notice shall be recorded in the minutes of such meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, any references to approval or notice by the
Investor Director in this Agreement will be deemed to refer to the Investor Director, and not the Designated Alternate, except in respect of the voting on matters presented at the meeting at which the Designated Alternate is attending. In the event
that the Designated Alternate is also a Board Observer, at any Board or committee meeting in which he or she is serving as the Investor Director pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2(e)</U>, he or she shall be deemed to be serving only
as an Investor Director and not as a Board Observer at such meeting. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.3 <U>Removal of Directors</U>. Any one or more Directors may be removed at
any time, with or without cause, by the Member that appointed such Director, and except as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2(c)</U>, may not be removed by any other means. If a Director is convicted by a court or equivalent tribunal of
any felony (or equivalent crime in the applicable jurisdiction), or of any misdemeanor (or equivalent crime in the applicable jurisdiction) that involves financial dishonesty or moral turpitude, then the Member that appointed such Director shall,
unless consented to by the other Member, promptly remove such Director. Delivery of a written notice to the Company by a Member designating for removal of a Director appointed by such Member shall conclusively and with immediate effect constitute
the removal of such Director, without the necessity of further action by the Company, the Board, or by the applicable removed Director. Each Director duly appointed by a Member pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2</U> shall hold office until his or her resignation, death, permanent disability, removal pursuant to and in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2</U> or with this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.3</U>,
or until a successor Director is duly appointed by the Member that appointed (and continues to be entitled to appoint) such Director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.4 <U>Vacancies</U>. A vacancy shall be deemed to exist in case of the resignation, death, permanent disability or removal of
any Director. The Member entitled to appoint a Director to the vacant directorship may appoint or elect a Director thereto to take office (a)&nbsp;immediately, (b) effective upon the departure of the vacating Director, in the case of a resignation,
or (c)&nbsp;at such other later time as may be determined by such Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.5 <U>Acts of the Board; Voting</U>. Except as
otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement (including <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1</U>), a vote of a majority of the Directors present at a duly called and noticed meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be required to
authorize or approve any action of the Board. Every act of or decision taken or made by the Directors pursuant to the vote required by this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.5</U> shall be conclusively regarded as an act of the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.6 <U>Compensation of Directors</U>. The Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of Directors for their service
to the Company, if any. The Board shall reimburse the Directors for their respective reasonable, documented <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses incurred for attendance at meetings of
the Board consistent with the Company&#146;s then-applicable policies related to travel and expenses for directors or executive officers (or, if none exists, such travel and expense policies of Parent). Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude
any Director from serving the Company or any of its Affiliates in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.7 <U>Meetings of Directors; Notice</U>. Except as provided pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.10</U>, meetings of the
Board, both regular and special, for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board or by the Company at the request of any Director, by providing at least seven calendar days&#146; written notice to each Director unless the
chairperson of the Board determines, acting reasonably, that there is a significant and time sensitive matter that requires shorter notice to be given, in which case a meeting of the Board may be called by giving at least 48 hours&#146; written
notice to each Director. Regular Board meetings will be held quarterly. Each notice shall state the purpose(s) of and agenda for the meeting and include all required information, including <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">dial-in</FONT> numbers or
other applicable access information, in order to participate in the meeting by telephonic means, over the internet or by means of any other customary electronic communications equipment. Unless otherwise agreed by unanimous consent of the Board, no
proposal shall be put to a vote of the Board unless it has been listed on the agenda for such meeting. Notice of the time and place of meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each Director, or sent by
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail</FONT> or other electronic communication to any Director. Any notice given personally or by telephone shall be communicated to the applicable Director. A Director may waive the notice requirement set forth in
this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.7</U> by any means reasonable in the circumstances, including by communication to one or more other Directors, and the presence of a Director at a meeting or the approval by a Director of the minutes thereof
shall conclusively constitute a waiver by such Director of such notice requirement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, the presence (whether physical, telephonic, over the internet or by means of other
customary electronic communications equipment) of a majority of the number of Directors then serving on the Board (without regard to the Total Number of Directors), including at least one Investor Director, at a meeting of the Board shall constitute
a quorum of the Board for the transaction of all business thereat; <U>provided</U>, that if quorum fails at two (2)&nbsp;consecutive attempted meetings that are called pertaining to the same subject matter with proper notice due to the failure of
the Investor Director(s) to attend, then at the third attempted meeting only a majority of the number of Directors then serving on the Board (without regard to the Total Number of Directors or the attendance of the Investor Director(s)) must be
present in person, by telephone or other electronic means or by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business for purposes of conducting only those matters that were included on the agenda for the attempted meetings
immediately preceding such third attempted meeting; <U>provided</U>, that, at least twenty-four (24)&nbsp;hours prior written notice of any rescheduled meeting is required to be provided to the other Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present at such meeting may adjourn the meeting, without notice
other than announcement at the meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.9 <U>Place and Method of Meetings</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Meetings of the Board may be held at any place, whether within or outside the State of Delaware or the State of Indiana, and meetings may
be held, in whole or in part, by telephonic means, over the internet or by means of any other customary electronic communications equipment. The place at which (or, if applicable, the electronic communication methods by which) a meeting will be held
may be specified in the applicable notice of the meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Directors may participate in meetings of the Board by telephonic means,
over the internet or by means of any other customary electronic communications equipment, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall be deemed to be present at such meeting for all purposes, including for purposes of determining
quorum and of voting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.10 <U>Action by the Board Without a Meeting</U>. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the
Board may be taken without a meeting if a number of Directors the vote of whom would be minimally necessary to approve such action at a meeting of the Board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action; <U>provided</U>, that
in order for such consent to be effective it shall have been provided to all Directors at least forty-eight (48)&nbsp;hours prior to its stated effectiveness, unless such prior notice is waived in writing by the Directors taking any such written
action which includes at least one (1)&nbsp;Investor Director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1</U> that requires the consent of the Investor Member shall be effected by written action entered
into pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.10</U> without the Investor Member&#146;s written consent. Any written actions of the Board may be in counterparts and transmitted by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail</FONT> and shall be
filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board. Such written actions shall have the same force and effect as a vote of the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.11 <U>Duties of Directors</U>. Other than as set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.3</U>, each member of the Board shall
have fiduciary duties identical to those of directors of a business corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and except to the extent not permitted by applicable Law, no member of the Board shall be personally
liable to the Company or its Members for monetary damages for breach of its fiduciary duties in such capacity. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they expand or restrict the duties and liabilities of the Board, otherwise existing
at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Board. </P>
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Board, delegate responsibilities, duties and powers to such one or more committees, and appoint Directors to serve thereon. Each Director appointed to serve on any such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, or otherwise in accordance
with the terms of the resolution designating the applicable committee. <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.4</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.7</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.8</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.9</U> and
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.10</U> shall each apply to any committee of the Board with the same terms applicable to the Board, <I>mutatis mutandis</I>. For each committee of the Board, the Board shall designate one Investor Director to serve on
each such committee so long as the Investor Member is entitled to appoint a Director pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.2</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.13 <U>Investor Member Board Observer</U>. The Investor Member shall be entitled to appoint one Person (which shall be an
individual) to serve as an observer of the Board (the &#147;<U>Board Observer</U>&#148;) for so long as (i)&nbsp;the Investor Member is entitled to appoint only one (1)&nbsp;Investor Director, but in no event when the Investor Member is entitled to
appoint two (2)&nbsp;Investor Directors or (ii)&nbsp;the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is greater than or equal to 4.9% but in no event if the Investor Member is entitled to appoint two (2)&nbsp;Directors, the identity of whom shall be
subject to the prior written consent of the NiSource Member. The Board Observer shall have the right to receive notice of, attend and participate in all meetings of the Board (and any committee thereof) and to receive all information provided to
Directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to such Directors; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company and the Board will be entitled to withhold access to any portion of the information and to exclude the Board Observer
from any portion of any meeting of the Board (or any committee thereof) if the Company or the Board determines in good faith in reliance upon the advice of counsel that access to such information or attendance at such meeting (i)&nbsp;is reasonably
necessary to preserve an attorney-client privilege of the Company or the Board or (ii)&nbsp;otherwise implicates any conflict of interest between the Investor Member and a particular matter or transaction under consideration by the Board;
<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Investor Member shall be notified of any intent to exclude the Board Observer in reliance on <U>clause (ii)</U>&nbsp;above in advance of any meeting from which the Board Observer is to be excluded to the
extent reasonably practicable; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that, any Board Observer that is excluded shall only be excluded for such portion of the meeting during which such conflicted matter or transaction is being discussed. For the avoidance
of doubt, the Board Observer shall not have any voting rights with respect to any matter brought before the Board and shall not be counted in any manner with respect to whether a quorum is present at a meeting of the Board, and (without limiting the
Company&#146;s obligations to provide the Board Observer with notice of meetings of the Board and any committee thereof as set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.13</U>) no defect in the provision of notice to the Board Observer of any
meeting of the Board shall be construed to constitute a defect in the provision of notice to Directors. The Board Observer shall be bound by the same confidentiality obligations as the Directors as set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.6</U>.
The Investor Member may cause the Board Observer to resign or appoint a replacement Board Observer from time to time by giving written notice to the Company. In the event that the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest becomes less than 4.9%,
the Investor Member&#146;s rights under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.13</U> shall immediately cease. For the avoidance of doubt, the sole purpose of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.13</U> is to provide observation rights (subject to the
limitations and conditions set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.13</U>) to an individual Representative of the Investor Member, and in no event will any Board Observer be construed to be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement, an
agent of the Company of any kind or for any purpose, or have any other claim against the Company or the Members in relation to any matter whatsoever. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2.14 <U>Related Party Matters</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Parties acknowledge that certain Affiliates of the Company provide various services to the Company and its Subsidiaries and that all
of such services shall continue in the ordinary course of business. All agreements between any member of the Outside Group, on the one hand, and the Company Group, on the other hand, (such transactions, &#147;<U>Affiliate Agreements</U>&#148;),
shall be (i)&nbsp;entered into and carried out in a manner that, except as may be required by any applicable Law or Order, is (A)&nbsp;consistent with past </P>
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practices and the corporate allocation and affiliate transaction policies of the Outside Group in effect at such time and (B)&nbsp;on terms and conditions that are pursuant to the corporate
allocation policies and affiliate transaction policies of the Outside Group as of such time to the extent that they are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-discriminatory</FONT> against the Company and its Subsidiaries and are generally consistent
with the corporate allocation policies and affiliate transaction policies of the Outside Group, (ii)&nbsp;entered into and carried out in accordance with the requirements of any applicable Law or Order (including, for the avoidance of doubt, on such
terms and conditions as may be required to obtain the approval of the applicable Governmental Body in respect of such transaction) and (iii)&nbsp;if applicable pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1</U>, approved by the Board. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except as required by applicable Law, the NiSource Member shall ensure during the term of this Agreement that any methodologies used to allocate costs to the Company Group (i)&nbsp;are and will be
consistently applied to other members of the Outside Group in a manner that does not have a disproportionate adverse impact on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as compared to any member of the Outside Group and (ii)&nbsp;would not result in
any fines or penalties that are imposed on any member of the Outside Group being allocated to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The NiSource Member shall also use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure corporate separateness from the
NiSource Member and the other members of the Outside Group in a manner and consistent with the Company Group&#146;s and the Outside Group&#146;s respective past practices and applicable Law and Orders. The NiSource Member shall continue to audit its
corporate services annually by its then current auditor in the ordinary course and shall share such audit with Investor Member (including any work papers and other supporting documentation reasonably requested by the Investor Member (subject to its
prior execution of a customary <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-reliance</FONT> letter agreement to the extent requested by such auditor)). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Investor Member acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;the Company Group and the Outside Group has prior to the Effective Date engaged
in Affiliate Agreements, and will, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.14(a)</U>, from and after the Effective Date engage in new Affiliate Agreements, subject to the Investor Member&#146;s approval
rights under <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1</U> (if applicable) and (ii)&nbsp;all services provided by any member of the Outside Group to any member of the Company Group as of the Effective Date and (iii)&nbsp;the promissory notes held or payable
by the Company&#146;s Subsidiary, Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (&#147;<U>NIPSCO</U>&#148;), payable to NiSource Development Company, Inc. (the &#147;<U>NiSource Notes</U>&#148;) shall or will remain outstanding and be payable in
accordance with their terms or sooner as the Board determines in good faith is appropriate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In the event the Company and/or the
NiSource Member becomes aware of any material breach or material default (it being understood that, for purposes of this <U>clause (c)</U>, a breach or default will be deemed to be &#147;material&#148; if the reasonably expected amount of damages
that would be sustained by the Company and its Affiliates as a result of such breach or default, or series of related breaches or defaults, would exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate, subject to an annual increase by the CPI Escalator) by any member
of the Company Group or Outside Group under any Affiliate Agreement (an &#147;<U>Affiliate Agreement</U><U> </U><U>Default</U>&#148;), the Company and/or the NiSource Member, as applicable, shall promptly, but in any event within ten
(10)&nbsp;Business Days after becoming aware of such Affiliate Agreement Default, send a written notice (an &#147;<U>Affiliate Agreement Default </U><U>Notice</U>&#148;) to the Company and the Investor Member setting forth in reasonable detail the
nature of such Affiliate Agreement Default and the reasonable estimate of the current and future anticipated losses associated with such Affiliate Transaction Default (to the extent feasible to make a reasonable estimate at such time). After
delivery of such Affiliate Agreement Default Notice to the Investor Member, the Company (and, if the Company did not provide the Affiliate Agreement Default Notice, the NiSource Member) shall promptly provide the Investor Member with any additional
information reasonably requested by the Investor Member and available to the NiSource Member relating to such Affiliate Agreement Default. The defaulting party under such Affiliate Agreement shall have (i)&nbsp;twenty (20) Business Days following
the expiration of the applicable cure period in respect of such Affiliate Agreement, to fully cure any monetary Affiliate Agreement Default, and (ii)&nbsp;sixty (60) days following the expiration of the applicable cure period in respect of such
Affiliate Agreement, to fully cure any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-monetary</FONT> Affiliate Agreement Default, subject to and consistent with applicable </P>
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Law and Orders, if capable of being cured. In the event that any material alleged Affiliate Agreement Default is not timely cured in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Investor Member
shall have the sole right to cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to take, or refrain from taking, any actions in connection with the enforcement of or compliance with the rights or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the
terms of the applicable Affiliate Agreement. In addition to, and not in limitation of, the foregoing provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2.14(c)</U>, the Company shall notify the Investor Member prior to, or within ten (10)&nbsp;days
following, its execution of any new Affiliate Agreement or any material amendment to any Affiliate Agreement setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such new Affiliate Agreement or such amendment and, upon request from the Investor Member,
shall provide copies of all Contracts relating to such new Affiliate Agreement or such amendment within five (5)&nbsp;Business Days of such request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;III </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OFFICERS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.1
<U>Appointment and Tenure</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Board may, from time to time, designate officers of the Company to carry out the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">day-to-day</FONT></FONT> business of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The officers of the
Company shall be comprised of one or more individuals designated from time to time by the Board. Each officer shall hold his or her office for such term and shall have such authority and exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board. Any number of offices may be held by the same individual. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The officers of the Company may consist of a president, a secretary and a treasurer. The Board may also designate one or more vice
presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. The Board may designate such other officers and assistant officers and agents as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.2 <U>Removal</U>. Any officer may be removed as such at any time by the Board, either with or without cause, in its discretion,
subject to the consultation right of the Investor Member set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.2</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.3
<U>President</U>. The president, if one is designated, shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall have general and active management of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">day-to-day</FONT></FONT>
business and affairs of the Company as authorized from time to time by the Board, and shall be authorized and directed to implement all actions, resolutions, initiatives and business plans adopted by the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.4 <U>Vice Presidents</U>. The vice presidents, if any are designated, in the order of their election, unless otherwise
determined by the Board, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and have the authority and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform such other duties and have such other authority and powers as the
Board may from time to time prescribe. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.5 <U>Secretary; Assistant Secretaries</U>. The secretary, if one is designated,
shall perform such duties and have such powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe. The assistant secretaries, if any are designated, and unless otherwise determined by the Board, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe. </P>
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designated, shall have custody of the Company&#146;s funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts and records of receipts, disbursements and other transactions in books belonging to the Company, and shall deposit all moneys and
other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated from time to time by the Board. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper
vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render the president and the Board, when so directed, an account of all of his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Company. The treasurer shall perform such other duties
and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe. If required by the Board, the treasurer shall give the Company a bond of such type, character and amount as the Board may require. The assistant treasurers, if any are
designated, unless otherwise determined by the Board, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may
from time to time prescribe. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;3.7 <U>Duties of Officers</U>. Other than as set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.3</U>
with respect to any Representative of Parent or its Affiliates who is also an officer of the Company, each officer of the Company (in such individual&#146;s capacity as an officer) will owe the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Members such
fiduciary duties that apply to officers of a Delaware corporation. No provision of this Agreement will be deemed to limit or eliminate such fiduciary duties. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;IV </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DEFAULT; DISSOLUTION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.1 <U>Events of Default</U>. The following shall constitute events of default (each, an &#147;<U>Event of Default</U>&#148;) by
the applicable Member under this Agreement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) any material breach of this Agreement by such Member; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) any failure by such Member to make any Mandatory Capital Contribution pursuant to and in accordance with a Capital Request Notice issued
pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U> or, with respect to an Additional Funding Requirement (other than a Mandatory Capital Contribution), a duly authorized officer of the Investor Member has affirmed in writing it would make such
Additional Funding Requirement in its Response to Capital Call but failed to do so within the time period set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) any purported Transfer by such Member made other than pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) the filing of a petition seeking relief, or the consent to the entry of a decree or Order for relief in an involuntary case, under
the bankruptcy, rearrangement, reorganization or other debtor relief Laws of the United States or any state or any other competent jurisdiction or a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors by such Member or by any of its controlling
Affiliates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.2 <U>Default Notice</U>. If an Event of Default occurs, then any Member (other than the Defaulting Member) may
deliver to the Company and to the Member subject to the Event of Default (the &#147;<U>Defaulting Member</U>&#148;) a notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default, setting forth the circumstances of such Event of Default. If, within thirty
(30)&nbsp;days following the delivery of such notice (or, with respect to an Event of Default set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4.1(b)</U>, ten (10)&nbsp;days), the Defaulting Member has not cured the event giving rise to the Event of
Default (if capable of being so cured), the provisions of this Agreement applicable to a &#147;<U>Defaulting Member</U>&#148; shall apply to such Defaulting Member and, in addition to any other rights and remedies provided under this Agreement,
(i)&nbsp;if the Defaulting Member is the Investor Member, the Defaulting Member&#146;s voting rights, including its approval rights in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1</U>, shall be suspended and </P>
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(ii) any net Available Cash required to be distributed to the Defaulting Member shall instead be distributed to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-Defaulting</FONT> Member, or the Company,
as applicable, if such breach is capable of being cured by the payment of such amounts which such clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii) shall apply as applicable (and such Member shall be considered a &#147;<U>Defaulting Member</U>&#148;) until the applicable
Event of Default and the material effects thereof have been cured (if capable of being so cured). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4.3 <U>Dissolution</U>.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Subject to obtaining the requisite authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body, the Company shall dissolve, and its
affairs shall be wound up, upon either (i)&nbsp;the approval by the Board and the written consent of all of the Members or (ii)&nbsp;the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;18-802</FONT> of
the Act (each, an &#147;<U>Event of Dissolution</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Dissolution, the Company will continue
solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of its creditors and the Members. No Member, acting in its capacity as such, will take any action that is inconsistent with, or
not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Company&#146;s business and affairs. All covenants contained and obligations provided for in this Agreement will continue to be fully binding upon the Members until such time as the property
of the Company has been distributed pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.3</U> and the certificate of formation of the Company has been canceled pursuant to the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) After the occurrence of an Event of Dissolution, and after all of the Company&#146;s debts, liabilities and obligations have been paid and
discharged or adequate reserves have been made therefor and all of the remaining assets of the Company have been distributed to the Members, the Company shall make necessary resolutions and filings to dissolve the Company under the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;V </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS; DISTRIBUTIONS; ALLOCATIONS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.1 <U>Capital Contributions</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If the Board determines that it is in the best interests of the Company to obtain additional equity capital for purposes of
(i)&nbsp;developing, acquiring or maintaining Qualifying Core Assets or funding ordinary course operations of the Company Business, (ii)&nbsp;satisfying the Company&#146;s obligations to Third Parties (including in respect of the Indebtedness of the
Company Group or under any Contract), (iii) complying with applicable Law or Order, or (iv)&nbsp;funding any Emergency Expenditures (any such determination by the Board an &#147;<U>Additional Funding Requirement</U>&#148;), then the Board may direct
the Company to submit to the Members a written capital funding request notice (a &#147;<U>Capital Request Notice</U>&#148;), which Capital Request Notice shall set forth (A)&nbsp;the anticipated amount of, and the reason for, such Additional Funding
Requirement, (B)&nbsp;each Member&#146;s requested share of such Additional Funding Requirement, which with respect to each Member shall equal such Member&#146;s Percentage Interest multiplied by the aggregate amount of the Additional Funding
Requirement (such share, the &#147;<U>Pro Rata Request Amount</U>&#148;) and (C)&nbsp;the funding date for such Additional Funding Requirement (the &#147;<U>Capital Request Funding Date</U>&#148;), which Capital Request Funding Date shall not be
earlier than forty-five (45)&nbsp;days following the date on which such Capital Request Notice is delivered to the Members except for any Capital Request Notices pertaining to Emergency Expenditures in which case the Capital Request Funding Date
shall not be earlier than ten (10)&nbsp;Business Days. Any Additional Funding Requirements for the period from the Effective Date and including the date that is three (3)&nbsp;years from the Effective Date and which do not exceed the Maximum
Investor Commitment shall be a Mandatory Capital Contribution. Any Additional Funding Requirement shall require each Member to contribute its Pro Rata Request Amount. Requests for additional equity capital other than pursuant to a Mandatory Capital
Contribution shall be determined by the Board and each </P>
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Member may, but shall not be obligated to, contribute its Pro Rata Request Amount as called for in the applicable Capital Request Notices. For the avoidance of doubt, other than a Mandatory
Capital Contribution pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U>, no Member shall have any obligation to fund any such requests for additional equity capital unless such Member indicates it will do so in accordance with this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U>. Upon the receipt of a Capital Request Notice, each Member shall, within twenty (20)&nbsp;days of such receipt, provide written notice to the Company and the other Members as to the extent to which such Member
intends to fund its Pro Rata Request Amount, whether in whole, in part or not at all (a &#147;<U>Response To Capital Call</U>&#148;). If one Member indicates in its Response To Capital Call that it does not intend to fund its Pro Rata Request Amount
in full, and any other Member had, prior thereto, submitted a Response To Capital Call indicating that it intends to fund a greater percentage than such other Member of its Pro Rata Request Amount, then such other Member will be entitled to amend
its Response To Capital Call to reduce its percentage funding to an amount representing a percentage of its Pro Rata Request Amount not less than the lower percentage indicated in the other Member&#146;s Response to Capital Call. If no Response to
Capital Call is received within such twenty (20)&nbsp;days, the Member shall be deemed to have elected to not fund. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If any Member
refuses or fails to make all or any portion of its Pro Rata Request Amount pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U> on or prior to the applicable Capital Request Funding Date (such Member, the
&#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member</U>&#148;, and the unfunded amount, the &#147;<U>Unfunded Amount</U>&#148;), then the Company shall provide written notice thereof to the other Member (the
&#147;<U>Contribution Unfunded Amount Notice</U>&#148;), and: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <U>Excess Contribution</U>. To the extent that the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member contributes a portion (but less than all) of its Pro Rata Request Amount, and the other Member (the &#147;<U>Over-Contributing Member</U>&#148;) has contributed a greater percentage of its
Pro Rata Request Amount than the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member, the Over-Contributing Member shall have the right to elect (which election shall be made by written notice to the Company and the other Members no
later than 10 Business Days following the date of the Contribution Unfunded Amount Notice and any may consist of any combination thereof) to (A)&nbsp;receive a special distribution of the amount of such excess (the &#147;<U>Excess
Contribution</U>&#148;), such that the Excess Contribution is returned to the Over-Contributing Member (and the Company shall cause such special distribution to be made as promptly as practicable), (B) have the portion of such Excess Contribution
that would have been the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member&#146;s share thereof treated as a loan to the Company (consistent with the methodology in <U>clause (ii)(A)</U>, below), or (C)&nbsp;except in the event that
the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member is the NiSource Member, have the portion of such Excess Contribution that would have been the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member&#146;s share thereof
treated as a contribution to capital (consistent with the methodology in <U>clause (ii)(B)</U> below). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <U><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Top-Up</FONT> Right</U>. A Member that has paid its full Pro Rata Request Amount (the &#147;<U>Contributing Member</U>&#148;) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to elect (which election shall be made by written
notice to the Company and the other Members no later than ten (10)&nbsp;Business Days following the receipt of the Contribution Unfunded Amount Notice) to contribute any portion of the Unfunded Amount in accordance with this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(b)</U> either (A)&nbsp;as a loan to the Company, or (B)&nbsp;except in the event that the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member is the NiSource Member, as a capital contribution to the
Company (or as any combination thereof as the Contributing Member elects) in accordance with the following procedures: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) <U>Loan</U>.
The Contributing Member may elect to advance all or a portion of the Unfunded Amount to the Company on behalf of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member, which advance shall be treated as a loan by the Contributing Member
to the Company (an &#147;<U>Unfunded Amount Loan</U>&#148;) at an interest rate equal to a floating rate equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus 0.75% per annum. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Unfunded Amount Loan shall be
repaid out of any subsequent distributions made pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2</U> to which the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member would otherwise be entitled under this Agreement, and such payments shall
be applied first to the payment of accrued but unpaid interest on each such Unfunded Amount Loan and then to the payment of the outstanding principal, until such Unfunded Amount Loan is paid in full. </P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member is the NiSource Member, the Contributing Member may elect to contribute an amount equal to all or a portion of the Unfunded Amount to the Company. If the Contributing Member elects to
contribute to the Company all or a portion of the Unfunded Amount, then, on or after the earlier of the date that the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member indicates it will not cure the failure to fund its full Pro Rata
Request Amount and the thirtieth (30<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP>) day following the date of the Contribution Unfunded Amount Notice, the Company shall issue to the Contributing Member the amount of additional Membership
Interests that can be purchased for such funded amount at a price per Membership Interest equal to 90% of the Fair Market Value of the Company (measured as of the date that such contribution is to be made) per Membership Interest until the NiSource
Member has purchased up to $250,000,000 of additional Membership Interests pursuant hereto, and thereafter at Fair Market Value of the Company, and the Contributing Member&#146;s and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT>
Member&#146;s respective Percentage Interests will be adjusted accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt, this subsection&nbsp;shall in all respects not be subject to the rights and procedures set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) <U>Cure Right</U>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U>, on or before the thirtieth (30<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP>) day following the date of the Contribution Unfunded Amount Notice, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member may make a contribution to the Company equal to the sum of the
Unfunded Amount plus, if the Contributing Member already made an Unfunded Amount Loan in respect of such Unfunded Amount, any interest accrued on the Unfunded Amount Loan, following which (1)&nbsp;the Unfunded Amount advanced by the Contributing
Member to the Company together with any such interest shall be paid to the Contributing Member, and (2)&nbsp;the former <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member shall be deemed to have cured its failure to pay the Pro Rata
Request Amount prior to the Capital Request Funding Date with respect to the applicable Capital Request Notice. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the avoidance of doubt, the remedies
set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(b)(ii)(C)</U> shall not apply to an Event of Default by the NiSource Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If
the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member is the Investor Member and it refuses or fails to make its full Pro Rata Request Amount pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U> on or prior to the applicable Capital
Request Funding Date and the Contributing Member has not fully funded the Unfunded Amount in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(b)</U>, then on or after the thirtieth (30<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP>) day
following the date of the applicable Contribution Unfunded Amount Notice, the Board may authorize the Company to seek additional equity funds on commercially reasonable terms from a Third Party in an amount up to the difference between the total
Additional Funding Requirement requested and the total funds received by the Company from the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member and the Contributing Member (including any additional funds that the Contributing Member
may have contributed pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(b)</U>), and to issue Membership Interests to Third Parties in connection therewith pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(c)</U>. The terms and rights of the Membership
Interests issued pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U> must be on terms no better than the Membership Interests that would have been issued to the applicable Member had they been a Contributing Member. If the Board determines to
seek additional equity funds from and issue Membership Interests to a Third Party pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(c)</U>, then the Company must consummate such issuance within 180 days following the Capital Request Funding Date.
If such issuance is not consummated within such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">180-day</FONT> period, then the Company&#146;s right to so issue Membership Interests to a Third Party in connection with the applicable Additional Funding Requirement
shall be lapsed, and the Company shall not thereafter issue any Membership Interests to a Third Party in connection with such Additional Funding Requirement; <U>provided</U>, that, if a definitive agreement providing for such issuance is executed
prior to the expiration of such 180-day period but the issuance has not been consummated at the expiration of such period solely as a result of a failure to receive the requisite authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body in respect
of </P>
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such issuance, then such period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary to permit the receipt of all such authorizations, approvals or consents which are in process but have not been
received from the relevant Governmental Body as of such original expiration date and the consummation of the issuance provided for in such definitive agreement; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that the Company shall have used its reasonable best
efforts in seeking such authorizations, approvals and consents. Upon the completion of such issuance of Membership Interests pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(c)</U>, the Company shall give written notice to the Members of such
issuance, which notice shall specify (i)&nbsp;the total number of new Membership Interests issued, (ii)&nbsp;the price per Membership Interest at which the Company issued the Membership Interests, and (iii)&nbsp;any other material terms of the
issuance. Upon the issuance of new Membership Interests pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(c)</U>, the Contributing Member&#146;s and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Contributing</FONT> Member&#146;s respective Percentage
Interests will be adjusted accordingly. In no event shall any such issuance be subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1</U> or <U>8.1</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) If a Member does not make a Mandatory Capital Contribution or indicates in its Response to Capital Call that it shall make its Pro Rata
Request Amount but then does not fund such amounts, such Member shall be a Defaulting Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) In the event that there is an Investor
Call Trigger, the NiSource Member (or its Affiliate) may (but is not required to), at its option at any time, acquire all (but not less than all) of the Membership Interests held by the Investor Member (the &#147;<U>Call Right</U>&#148;) by giving
written notice (the &#147;<U>Call Notice</U>&#148;) to the Investor Member of its election to exercise the Call Right; <U>provided</U>, that, other than with respect to clause (ii)&nbsp;or (iii) of the definition of Investor Call Trigger, the
Investor Member shall have sixty (60)&nbsp;days following the Call Notice to cure the event giving rise to the Call Notice, if capable of being so cured (the &#147;<U>Cure Period</U>&#148;). The purchase price payable by the NiSource Member in
connection with the exercise of the Call Right shall be equal to the product of (i)&nbsp;with respect to an Investor Call Trigger pursuant to clause (i)&nbsp;of the definition thereof, 90% of the Fair Market Value of the Company, (ii)&nbsp;with
respect to an Investor Call Trigger pursuant to clause (ii)&nbsp;of the definition thereof, 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Company and (iii)&nbsp;with respect to an Investor Call Trigger pursuant to clause (iii)&nbsp;of the definition thereof,
the greater of 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Company or such amount which would satisfy the Spin Return Threshold, (in each case, measured as of the date of the delivery of the Call Notice to the Investor Member) multiplied (ii)&nbsp;by a
fraction, (A)&nbsp;the numerator of which is the number of Membership Interests that the Investor Member owns at such time and (B)&nbsp;the denominator of which is the total number of Membership Interests then outstanding (the amount equal to such
product, the &#147;<U>Call Exercise Price</U>&#148;). If the Call Right is exercised by the NiSource Member, each of the Parties shall take all actions as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U> as promptly as practicable, but in any event not later than thirty (30)&nbsp;days after the end of the Cure Period, or so long as necessary to obtain all required authorizations, approvals, or consents (such
period, the &#147;<U>Call Consummation Period</U>&#148;), including entering into agreements and delivering certificates and instruments and consents as may be deemed necessary; <U>provided</U>, that, with respect to an Investor Call Trigger
pursuant to clause (iii)&nbsp;of the definition thereof, the closing of the Call Right shall occur concurrently with or immediately prior to the underlying <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">spin-off,</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">split-off</FONT> or similar transaction giving rise to the Call Right. If the Investor Member fails to take all actions necessary to consummate the Transfer of the Membership Interests held by it in accordance with
this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U> prior to the expiration of the Call Consummation Period, then the Investor Member shall be deemed to be in material breach of this Agreement for purposes of <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U> and for
all other purposes hereunder, shall be deemed a Defaulting Member, and shall be deemed to have granted (and hereby grants, contingent only on the occurrence of such failure) an irrevocable appointment of any Person nominated for the purpose by the
NiSource Member to be the Investor Member&#146;s agent and attorney to execute all necessary documentation and instruments on its behalf to Transfer the Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interest to the Company as the holder thereof, in each case
consistent with the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U>. At the consummation of any purchase and sale pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U>, the Investor Member shall sell to the NiSource Member all of the
Membership Interests owned by the Investor Member in exchange for the Call Exercise Price. Contemporaneously with its receipt </P>
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from the NiSource Member of the Call Exercise Price, the Investor Member shall Transfer to the NiSource Member all of the Membership Interests owned by the Investor Member, free and clear of all
Liens. The Members and the Company acknowledge and agree that they shall cooperate reasonably to obtain any necessary authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U>. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Call Right is exercised, the Investor Member may request the Fair Market Value be determined in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.15</U>,
regardless of the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest at such time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Investor Member has delivered to the Company on the
Effective Date the Equity Commitment Letter. In the event the Investor Member fails to make any Mandatory Capital Contribution from the Effective Date to and including the third (3<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">rd</SUP>) anniversary
of the Effective Date, and so long as the Maximum Investor Commitment has not been fully paid, the Company shall be entitled to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter for any portion of the Investor Member&#146;s Pro Rata Request Amount, in addition
to the other remedies provided herein (with the Directors appointed by the Investor Member abstaining from determining any such enforcement). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent the Company does not distribute one hundred percent (100%) of the
Purchase Price (as defined in the PSA) to the NiSource Member on or after the Effective Date (any such shortfall, the &#147;<U>NiSource Shortfall Amount</U>&#148;), the NiSource Member shall have no obligation with respect to any Additional Funding
Requirement pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(a)</U> unless or until the cumulative amount of any Additional Funding Requirement otherwise imposed upon the NiSource Member exceeds the NiSource Shortfall Amount, if any. For the avoidance
of doubt, the NiSource Shortfall Amount, if any, shall in no way affect the Members&#146; Percentage Interests herein, and the NiSource Shortfall Amount, if any, shall not be Available Cash subject to distribution to the Members pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.2 <U>Distributions Generally</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Except as otherwise provided herein and subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(b)</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c)</U>, and
the Act, no later than seventy-five (75)&nbsp;days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Company shall make distributions in cash of all its Available Cash in respect of such fiscal quarter. The Company may make such other more frequent
distributions (including interim distributions) at such times and in such amounts as the Board may determine. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Except as otherwise
provided herein, all distributions shall be paid to the Members only in cash and in the same proportion as their respective Percentage Interest; <U>provided</U>, that, in the case of distributions to be paid in respect of any period during which the
Percentage Interest of the Members changed, such distributions shall be prorated to reflect the Percentage Interest of the Members on each day of such measurement period, and the Company and the Members shall take such action as necessary to
effectuate such proration. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) With respect to each taxable year, at such times necessary to allow the Members to timely satisfy all of
their U.S. federal, state and local and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> tax liabilities, prior to any distributions pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(a)</U> and subject to Available Cash and any restrictions contained in
any loan agreement or other contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, the Company shall make cash distributions (&#147;<U>Tax Distributions</U>&#148;) to each Member equal to such Member&#146;s quarterly Assumed Tax Liability
determined based on the Board&#146;s good faith estimate of the projected Profits for such taxable year; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that to the extent a Member would otherwise be entitled to receive less than its Percentage Interest of the
aggregate Tax Distributions to be paid pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c)</U> on any given date, then the Tax Distributions to such Member shall be increased, as necessary, to ensure that all such Tax Distributions made pursuant
to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c)</U> are made pro rata in accordance with the </P>
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Members&#146; respective Percentage Interests. The Company and the Board shall not have any liability to any Member for penalties arising from <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-payment</FONT>
or incorrect estimates of such Member&#146;s estimated tax payments. Any distributions made pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c)</U> shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as having been distributed pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(a)</U> and shall reduce, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">dollar-for-dollar,</FONT></FONT> the amount otherwise distributable to such Member pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(a)</U>. To the extent the Company does not have sufficient funds and thereby is unable to pay to the Members the full amount of any Tax Distribution otherwise payable pursuant to this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c)</U>, the Company shall pay the amount of such shortfall to the Members (pro rata, in accordance with the amount of any such shortfall then owning to such Members) as promptly thereafter as such funds become
available. If with respect to any taxable year, the aggregate amount of distributions made to a Member under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c)</U> is in excess of the amount that would result from the application of this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c)</U> to the entire taxable year, then the amount of such excess shall be treated as an advance against, and shall reduce the amount of, any future distributions made with respect to such Member pursuant to this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2(c),</U> but shall not reduce Tax Distributions made to a Member to provide such Member with its pro rata Percentage Interest of Tax Distributions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Notwithstanding the terms of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2</U> and any other provision of this Agreement, (i)&nbsp;the Company
shall not make any distribution to any Member on account of its Membership Interests to the extent such distribution would violate the Act, other applicable Law or an Order, and (ii)&nbsp;a Member may direct the payment of part or all of any
distribution to another Person by providing written notice of such direction to the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.3 <U>Distributions upon the
Occurrence of an Event of Dissolution</U>. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Dissolution, the Board will proceed, subject to the provisions herein, to wind up the affairs of the Company, liquidate and distribute the remaining assets of the Company
(<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that all distributions shall be paid to the Members only in cash and in accordance with the following order of priority: (i)&nbsp;first, to the NiSource Member to the extent the NiSource Shortfall Amount, if any,
exceeds the cumulative amount of any Additional Funding Requirement otherwise imposed upon the NiSource Member pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(a)</U>, and (ii)&nbsp;second, to the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests)
and apply the proceeds of such liquidation in the order of priority in accordance with <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;18-804</FONT> of the Act or as may otherwise be agreed to by the Members; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that
notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the NiSource Notes shall be paid first. If the assets of the Company remaining after the payment or discharge of all debts and liabilities of the Company are insufficient to return capital
contributions of each Member, such Member shall have no recourse against the Company or any other Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.4 <U>Capital
</U><U>Accounts</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) A separate Capital Account for each Member shall be established on the books and records of the Company in
compliance with Section&nbsp;704(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations. The initial Capital Accounts of each Member are set forth on <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1</U>. This <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.4(a)</U> and the other provisions
of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-1(b)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2,</FONT> and shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulation, as determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) No Member shall be required to pay to any other Member or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in
such Member&#146;s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.5 <U>Withdrawal of Capital;
Interest</U>. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, (a)&nbsp;no Member may withdraw capital or receive any distributions from the Company and (b)&nbsp;no interest shall be paid by the Company on any capital contribution or distribution.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(b)</U>, and after the application of the allocation rules in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7</U>, Profits and Losses and, if the Board in its discretion determines it to be necessary, individual items thereof, for an Allocation Year (or other relevant period) shall be allocated among the Members for such
Allocation Year (or other relevant period) in a manner determined by the Board so as to produce, as nearly as possible, the sum of (a)&nbsp;the Capital Account balance for each Member at the end of such Allocation Year (or other relevant period) and
(b)&nbsp;such Member&#146;s share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, if any, equal to the hypothetical cash that would be distributed to such Member if (x)&nbsp;the Company were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its
assets sold for an amount of hypothetical cash equal to the sum of the Gross Asset Values of the assets at the end of such Allocation Year (or other relevant period), (y) the Company paid all of its liabilities in accordance with their terms up to
the amount of the hypothetical cash (limited with respect to each Nonrecourse Liability to the Gross Asset Value of the asset securing such liability), and (z)&nbsp;the remaining hypothetical cash from the deemed sale were immediately distributed to
the Members in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.3</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(a)</U>, the Losses (or items of expense or deduction or loss) allocated pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(a)</U> shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be so allocated without causing any Member to
have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Allocation Year (or other relevant period). In the event some, but not all, of the Members would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as a consequence of an allocation of Losses pursuant
to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(a)</U>, the limitation set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(b)</U> shall be applied on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Member-by-Member</FONT></FONT> basis so as
to allocate the maximum permissible Losses to each Member under Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).</FONT> All Losses (or items of expense or deduction or loss) in excess of the limitation set
forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(b)</U> shall be allocated to other Members in accordance with the positive balances in such Members&#146; Adjusted Capital Accounts so as to allocate the maximum permissible Losses to each Member under
Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.7 <U>Special
Allocations</U>. Any allocation of Profits and Losses (or items thereof) for purposes of maintaining Capital Accounts will, however, be subject to any adjustment required to comply with Treasury Regulations
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-1</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2,</FONT> including the following adjustments and special allocations which shall be made in the following order of priority and prior to any
allocation under <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(a)</U>: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(f),</FONT> notwithstanding any other provision of this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U>, if there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during an Allocation Year (or other relevant period), then
each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such Allocation Year (or other relevant period) (and, if necessary, for subsequent Allocation Years (or other relevant periods)) in an amount equal to such Member&#146;s
share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(g)(2).</FONT> Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to
the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Member in accordance with Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(f)(6)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2(j)(2).</FONT> This
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(a)</U> is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement of Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(f)</FONT> and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(4),</FONT> notwithstanding
any other provision of this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V,</U> if there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt during any Allocation Year (or other relevant period), then each Member who
has a share of the Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(5),</FONT> shall be specially allocated
items of Company income and gain for such Allocation </P>
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Year (or other relevant period) (and, if necessary, for subsequent Allocation Years (or other relevant periods)) in an amount equal to such Member&#146;s share of the net decrease in Member
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt, determined in a manner consistent with the provisions of Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(4).</FONT> The items to be allocated
shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(4)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2(j)(2).</FONT> This <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(b)</U> is intended to
comply with the Member nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargeback requirement of Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(4)</FONT> and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If any Member unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation, or distribution of the type contemplated by Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5)</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6)</FONT> resulting in, or increasing, an Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit for such Member, then items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to all such Members in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations, the Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit of such Member as quickly as possible, <U>provided</U> that an allocation pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(c)</U> shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit after all other allocations provided for in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U> have been tentatively made as if this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(c)</U> were not in this Agreement. It is intended that this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(c)</U> qualify and be construed as a &#147;qualified income offset&#148; within the meaning of Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)</FONT> and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) If any Member has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Allocation Year (or other relevant
period) in excess of the sum of (A)&nbsp;the amount such Member is required to restore pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (B)&nbsp;the amount such Member is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(g)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2(i)(5),</FONT> such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such deficit as quickly as possible;
<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that an allocation pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(d)</U> shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations
provided for in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7</U> have been tentatively made as if <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(c)</U> and this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(d)</U> were not in this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section&nbsp;734(b) is required, pursuant
to Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m),</FONT> to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Member in complete liquidation of its Membership
Interest, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially
allocated to the Members in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Nonrecourse Deductions for each Allocation Year (or other relevant period) shall be allocated to the Members in proportion to their
relative Percentage Interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Member Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated each Allocation Year (or other relevant period)
to the Member that bears the economic risk of loss (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.752-2)</FONT> for the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are
attributable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The allocations set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(a)</U> through <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(g)</U>
(collectively, the &#147;<U>Regulatory Allocations</U>&#148;) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations. It is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations
will be offset in the current Allocation Year or future Allocation Years either with other Regulatory Allocations </P>
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or with special allocations of other items of Company income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U>. Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7(h)</U> (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Board shall make such offsetting special allocations of Company income, gain, loss, or deduction (to the extent permissible) among the Members so that, after such
offsetting allocations are made, each Member&#146;s Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Member would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of the Agreement and all Company
items were allocated pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6(a)</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.8 <U>Other Allocation Rules for Profits and
Losses for Capital Accounts</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) In the event Members are admitted to the Company pursuant to this Agreement on different dates, the
Company items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit allocated to the Members for each Allocation Year during which Members are so admitted shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their respective interests during such Allocation
Year using any reasonable convention permitted by Section&nbsp;706 of the Code and selected by the Board (or its designee). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In the
event a Member transfers its Membership Interests during an Allocation Year, the allocation of Company items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit allocated to such Member and its transferee for such Allocation Year shall be made between such
Member and its transferee in accordance with Section&nbsp;706 of the Code using any reasonable convention permitted by Section&nbsp;706 of the Code and selected by the Board (or its designee). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.9 <U>Tax</U><U> </U><U>Allocations;</U><U> Code Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;704(c) Allocations</U><U>.</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Except as provided in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.9</U>, for income tax purposes under the Code and the Treasury Regulations each
Company item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as its correlative item of Profit and Loss for the Allocation Year (or other relevant period). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In accordance with Code Section&nbsp;704(c) and the Treasury Regulations, items of income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any
property of the Company shall, solely for income tax purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted tax basis of such property and its initial Gross Asset Value pursuant to any permissible method
under the Treasury Regulations as may be determined by the Partnership Representative in its discretion; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, with respect to any Company asset that is contributed to the Company with a Gross Asset Value that varies from
its basis in the hands of the contributing Member immediately preceding the date of contribution shall be allocated among the Members for income tax purposes using the &#147;traditional method,&#148; with no &#147;curative allocation&#148; of income
or gain to offset any &#147;shortfall&#148; in depreciation that results by reason of the use of the &#147;traditional method,&#148; as defined in Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-3(b),</FONT> including upon
sale of any property or upon the a subsequent issuance of additional membership interests, an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-kind</FONT> contribution of property to the Company in exchange for membership interest, or a redemption of membership
interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If any portion of gain recognized from the disposition of assets by the Company represents the &#147;recapture&#148; of
previously allocated deductions by virtue of the application of Code Section&nbsp;1245 or 1250 (the &#147;<U>Recapture Gain</U>&#148;), such Recapture Gain shall be allocated, solely for income tax purposes, in accordance with Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.1245-1(e)(2)</FONT> and (3)&nbsp;and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.1250-1(f).</FONT><B> </B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Tax credits and tax credit recapture shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with any reasonable method selected by the Board
(or its designee) that is permitted by applicable tax laws. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Unless otherwise provided in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.9</U>, any material
elections or other decisions relating to allocations for income tax purposes, including selecting any allocation method under Treasury Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-3,</FONT> shall be made by the Board and shall
reflect the economic intent of parties. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Allocations pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.9</U> are solely for income tax
purposes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member&#146;s Capital Account. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.10
<U>Allocation of Liabilities</U>. The liabilities of the Company shall be allocated to the Members in any manner permitted under Code Section&nbsp;752 and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and as selected by the Board (or its designee);
<U>provided</U>, however, for the avoidance of doubt, NIPSCO&#146;s intercompany debt payable to Parent as of Closing is recourse debt and shall be allocated one hundred percent (100%) to NIPSCO Holdings I under Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.752-2(c)</FONT> for disguised sale and basis purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.11 <U>Compliance with Tax
Laws</U>. The allocation rules set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6</U> through <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.10</U> are intended to comply with the Code and Treasury Regulations and to ensure that all allocations under this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U> are respected for United States federal income tax purposes and shall be interpreted consistently with such intent. If, for any reason, the Board determines that any provision of
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6</U> through <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.10</U> does not comply with the Code or Treasury Regulations or that the allocations under this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U> may not be respected for United States
federal income tax purposes, the Board may, subject to the next sentence, take all reasonable actions, including amending this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U> or adjusting a Member&#146;s Capital Account or how Capital Accounts are maintained,
to ensure compliance with the Code and Treasury Regulations and that the allocations provided for in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U> shall be respected for United States federal income tax purposes. Nothing in this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.11</U> shall permit any changes to the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.3</U>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TRANSFERS OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.1 <U>General Restriction</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) No Member shall Transfer any of its Membership Interests except pursuant to and in accordance with this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U>. Any purported Transfer by any Member of its Membership Interests in violation of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.1(a)</U>, or without compliance in all respects with the provisions of this
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U> pertaining to such purported Transfer, shall be invalid and void ab initio, and such purported Transfer by such Member shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement for purposes of
<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.2</U>, neither the Investor Member nor the NiSource
Member may Transfer any of its Membership Interests to any Person prior to the date that is the third (3<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">rd</SUP>) anniversary of the Effective Date (the
&#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Lock-Up</FONT> Period</U>&#148;), other than (i)&nbsp;in connection with any spin off, split off or similar transaction of the Company, the NiSource Member or NIPSCO, or any of their Affiliates, in each
case, subject to the NiSource Member&#146;s compliance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U> and the satisfaction of the Spin Return Threshold, or (ii)&nbsp;with the prior written consent of the
NiSource Member or the Investor Member, as applicable. After the expiration of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Lock-Up</FONT> Period, each of the Investor Member and the NiSource Member, as applicable, may Transfer its Membership Interests in
accordance with this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U>. Notwithstanding the forgoing, each of the Members may at any time Transfer Membership Interests in compliance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.2</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Transfers by Members in accordance with and pursuant to this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U> shall entitle each applicable transferee
to the rights and obligations of the transferor under this Agreement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Investor Member and the NiSource Member acknowledge any indirect Transfers of any
Member&#146;s Membership Interest shall be deemed a Transfer by such Member hereunder. The Parent has joined this Agreement solely for the purpose of acknowledging the obligations of the NiSource Member under this <U>Article VI</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.2 <U>Transfers to Permitted Transferees; Liens by Members</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Notwithstanding <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.1</U>, each of the Members may Transfer at any time all or any portion of the Membership
Interests held by it to any one of its Permitted Transferees; <U>provided</U>, that, in connection with any such Transfer, (a)&nbsp;such Permitted Transferee shall, in writing, assume all of the rights and obligations of the transferring Member as a
Member under this Agreement and as a Party hereto with respect to the Transferred Membership Interests, (b)&nbsp;such Permitted Transferee is as creditworthy as the transferring Member and provides evidence thereof to the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-transferring</FONT> Member, (c)&nbsp;the transferring Member remains liable for all liabilities and obligations of the Permitted Transferee, and (d)&nbsp;effective provision shall be made whereby such Permitted
Transferee shall be required, prior to the time when it shall cease to be a Permitted Transferee of the transferring Member, to Transfer such Membership Interests to the transferring Member or to another Person that would be a Permitted Transferee
of the transferring Member as of such applicable time. In the event that a Member (including, as the case may be, a Permitted Transferee) intends to Transfer its Membership Interests to a Permitted Transferee, such transferring Member or the
Permitted Transferee, as applicable, shall notify the other Member and the Company of the intended Transfer at least twenty (20)&nbsp;Business Days prior to the intended Transfer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each Member shall be permitted to directly or indirectly Encumber its Membership Interests or any equity interests in such Member in
connection with any debt financing, the proceeds of which have been or will be used by such Member to finance its purchase of such Membership Interests (whether in respect of an issuance of new Membership Interests by the Company or the purchase of
existing Membership Interests from a Member or the refinancing of any such debt financing in the future), to fund the capital expenditure needs of the Company and its Subsidiaries or to fund its capital needs for any Mandatory Capital Contribution
and neither such Lien nor any commencement or consummation of foreclosure proceedings or exercise of foreclosure remedies by a secured party on a Member&#146;s Membership Interests Encumbered in connection with any such debt financing shall, in
either case, be considered a &#147;Transfer&#148; for any purpose under this Agreement; <U>provided</U>, that (i)&nbsp;such Member shall be obligated to promptly notify the other Member and the Company in writing following the commencement of any
such foreclosure remedies or proceedings, (ii)&nbsp;in the event of the consummation of such a foreclosure, such Member will automatically cease to be deemed the owner of the Membership Interests so foreclosed and will cease to have any rights in
respect thereof (with the financing source foreclosing on such Membership Interests succeeding to the rights and responsibilities of the Member hereunder), and (iii)&nbsp;the consummation of any such foreclosure will be subject to the receipt of any
required authorization, approval or consent of all applicable Governmental Bodies; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, following exercise of any foreclosure or similar rights, such lender or similar Person may not further Transfer such Membership
Interests without complying with this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U>, including, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.3 <U>Right of First Offer</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Prior to any Transfer by a Member (each, a &#147;<U>Transferring Member</U>&#148;) of all or any portion of its Membership Interests other
than to a Permitted Transferee of such Transferring Member, the Transferring Member must first offer to sell to the other Member (the <U>&#147;</U><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member</U>&#148;) all of its Membership
Interests that it desires to sell (such Membership Interests to be offered for sale to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U>, the &#147;<U>Subject Membership
Interests</U>&#148;), in each case, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U>. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Transferring Member shall first deliver to the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member a written notice which shall be a binding offer (a &#147;<U>Sale Notice</U>&#148;) setting forth the cash price and all of the other material terms and conditions at which the
Transferring Member is willing to sell the Subject Membership Interests to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member, which notice shall constitute an offer to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT>
Member to effect such purchase and sale on the terms set forth therein. Any such Sale Notice shall be firm, not subject to withdrawal and prepared and delivered in good faith. Within ninety (90)&nbsp;days following its receipt of a Sale Notice, the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member may accept the Transferring Member&#146;s offer and purchase the Subject Membership Interests at the cash price and upon the other material terms and conditions set forth in the Sale Notice,
in which event the closing of the purchase and sale of the Subject Membership Interests will take place as promptly as practicable, subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals. The Sale Notice
shall contain representations and warranties by the Transferring Member to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member that (A)&nbsp;the Transferring Member has full right, title and interest in and to the Subject Membership
Interests, (B)&nbsp;the Transferring Member has all the necessary power and authority and has taken all necessary action to Transfer the Subject Membership Interests to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member as
contemplated by this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U>, and (C)&nbsp;the Subject Membership Interests are free and clear of any and all Liens other than those arising as a result of or under the terms of this Agreement and those arising under
securities Laws of general applicability pertaining to limitations on the transfer of unregistered securities or (D)&nbsp;such other customary representations and warranties. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) If the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member does not accept the Transferring Member&#146;s offer within such
ninety <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(90)-day</FONT> period, then the Transferring Member will, for a period of 180 days commencing on the earlier of (A)&nbsp;the expiration of such ninety <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(90)-day</FONT> period
and (B)&nbsp;the delivery of a written notice by the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member to the Transferring Member rejecting the offer set forth in the Sale Notice (if any) (such
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">180-day</FONT> period, the &#147;<U>Sale Period</U>&#148;), be entitled to sell the Subject Membership Interests to any one Third Party at the same or higher price and upon other terms and conditions (excluding
price) that are not more favorable to the acquiror than those specified in the Sale Notice, subject to the other terms of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U>. If such sale to any Third Party is not completed prior to the expiration of the
Sale Period, then the process initiated by the delivery of the Sale Notice shall be lapsed, and the Transferring Member will be required to repeat the process set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U> before entering into any agreement
with respect to, or consummating, any sale of Membership Interests to any Third Party; <U>provided</U>, that if a definitive agreement providing for the consummation of such sale is executed within the Sale Period but such sale has not been
consummated at the expiration of the Sale Period solely as a result of a failure to receive the requisite authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body in respect of such sale, then the Sale Period shall be extended solely to the
extent necessary to permit the receipt of all such authorizations, approvals or consents which are in process but have not been received from the relevant Governmental Body as of the original expiration date of the Sale Period and the consummation
of the sale provided for in such definitive agreement; <U>provided</U>, that the Transferring Member shall have used efforts in seeking such authorizations, approvals and consents, consistent with its obligations under such definitive agreements in
respect thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Investor Member and its Permitted Transferees (if any) shall not be permitted to Transfer any of their
Membership Interests to a Prohibited Competitor without the prior written consent of the NiSource Member. Within ten (10)&nbsp;Business Days after January&nbsp;1, 2024 (and each year thereafter during the ten (10)&nbsp;Business Day period beginning
on January&nbsp;1 of the applicable year), the NiSource Member shall have the right (i)&nbsp;to update the list of Prohibited Competitors set forth on Appendix (A)&nbsp;to replace no more than three (3)&nbsp;of the Prohibited Competitors with other
Competitors designated by the NiSource Member, and (ii)&nbsp;in addition to any replacements pursuant to clause (i), to add up to two (2)&nbsp;additional Competitors designated by the NiSource Member to such list. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) No Transfer of Membership Interests by the Investor Member to any Third Party pursuant
to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3(a)(ii)</U> may be effected if it would, or would reasonably be expected to in the reasonable and good faith determination of the NiSource Member in consultation with the Board, (i)&nbsp;have a material and
adverse effect on the Company Group or (ii)&nbsp;create a material risk of a material adverse regulatory consequence on any member of the Company Group or the Outside Group as a result of the identity of the Third Party transferee, any action taken
or reasonably expected to be taken by any Governmental Body with respect to such Transfer or change in Tax status of any Person caused or reasonably expected to be caused by such Transfer, any terms or conditions of such Transfer, any requirement
that the Membership Interests be registered under any applicable securities Laws in connection with or as a result of such Transfer, or any other similar matter. For purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U> and
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.4</U>, &#147;control&#148; means (x)&nbsp;the ownership of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding Membership Interests of the Company, or (y)&nbsp;the ability to elect, directly or indirectly, a majority of
the Directors of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Prior to the consummation of any Transfer pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3(a)(ii)</U>, the Transferring Member shall have delivered to the Board and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Board (with the Directors
appointed by the Transferring Member abstaining from any such determination) and to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member that (i)&nbsp;the transferee is a Qualified Transferee and (ii)&nbsp;the Transfer complies with
the provisions of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3(b)</U> (if applicable) and <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3(c)</U>.<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.4 <U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Rights</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Other than with respect to a Transfer proposed and made in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U>, in the event that the
NiSource Member proposes to effect a Transfer to a Third Party transferee (the &#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Buyer</U>&#148;) of a number of its Membership Interests constituting more than 25% of the total Membership
Interests then outstanding (a &#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale</U>&#148;), then the NiSource Member shall give the Investor Member written notice (a &#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT>
Notice</U>&#148;) of such proposed Transfer at least thirty (30)&nbsp;days prior to the consummation of such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale, setting forth (w)&nbsp;the number of Membership Interests (&#147;<U><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Offered Membership Interests</U>&#148;) proposed to be Transferred to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Buyer and the purchase price, (x)&nbsp;the identity of the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Buyer, (y)&nbsp;any other material terms and conditions of the proposed Transfer and (z)&nbsp;the intended dates on which the NiSource Member will enter into a definitive agreement in respect of such
proposed Transfer and consummate such proposed Transfer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Upon delivery of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Notice,
the Investor Member shall have the right, to sell up to its Tag Portion, at the same price per Membership Interest, for the same form of consideration and pursuant to the same terms and conditions (including time of payment) as set forth in the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Notice (or, if different, as such are applicable at the time of the entry into a definitive agreement in respect of, or at the time of the consummation of, the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale). If the Investor Member wishes to participate in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale, then the Investor Member shall provide written notice to the NiSource Member no less
than forty-five (45)&nbsp;days after the date of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Notice, indicating such election. Such notice shall set forth the number of its Membership Interests that the Investor Member elects to include in
the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale (which number shall not exceed its Tag Portion), and such notice shall constitute the Investor Member&#146;s binding agreement to sell such Membership Interests on the terms and subject to
the conditions applicable to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Any Transfer of the Investor Member&#146;s
Membership Interests in a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale shall be on the same terms and conditions as the Transfer of the NiSource Member&#146;s Membership Interests in such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT>
Sale, except as otherwise provided in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.4(c)</U>. The Investor Member shall be required to make customary representations and warranties in connection with the Transfer of the Investor Member&#146;s Membership
Interests, including as to its ownership and authority to Transfer, free and clear of all Liens, the Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interests and shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent
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permitted by applicable Law, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Buyer against all losses of whatever nature arising out of, in connection with or related to any breach of any
representation or warranty made by, or agreements, understandings or covenants of the Investor Member, as the case may be, under the terms of the agreements relating to such Transfer of Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interests, in each case not
to exceed the equivalent obligations to indemnify and hold harmless the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Buyer provided by the NiSource Member; <U>provided</U>, that (i)&nbsp;liability for misrepresentation or indemnity shall (as
between the NiSource Member and the Investor Member) be expressly stated to be several but not joint and the NiSource Member and the Investor Member shall not be liable for any breach of covenants or representations or warranties as to the
Membership Interests of any other Member and shall not, in any event, be liable for more than its pro rata share (based on the proceeds to be received) of any liability for misrepresentation or indemnity, (ii)&nbsp;the Investor Member shall benefit
from any releases of sellers or other provisions in the transaction documentation of general applicability to sellers to the same extent as the NiSource Member, (iii)&nbsp;the Investor Member shall not be obligated to agree to any <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-customary</FONT> administrative covenants (such as any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compete</FONT> covenants that would restrict its or its Affiliates&#146; business activities), and (iv)&nbsp;the Investor
Member shall not be obligated to provide indemnification obligations that exceed its proceeds from the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, the Investor Member shall not be entitled to Transfer its Membership
Interests pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.4</U> in the event that, notwithstanding delivery of a written notice of election to participate in such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale pursuant to this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.4</U>, the Investor Member fails to consummate the Transfer of its Membership Interests (on the terms and conditions required by this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.4</U>) in the applicable <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) For the avoidance of doubt, the rights conferred to the Investor Member under this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.4</U> do not apply in the event of a Change in Control of the NiSource Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.5
<U>Drag-Along Rights</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Following the end of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Lock-Up</FONT> Period, except for the exclusions
set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.1(b)</U> thereto, in the event that the NiSource Member intends to effect a sale of all or any portion of the Membership Interests owned by the NiSource Member and such Membership Interests constitute at
least a majority of the issued and outstanding Membership Interests of the Company (a &#147;<U>Drag-Along Sale</U>&#148;), then the NiSource Member shall have the option (but not the obligation) to require the Investor Member to Transfer all of its
Membership Interests to the Third Party buyer (the &#147;<U>Drag-Along Buyer</U>&#148;) (or to such other Party as the Drag-Along Buyer directs) in accordance with the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U> (such right of the
NiSource Member, the &#147;<U>Drag-Along Right</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If the NiSource Member elects to exercise the Drag-Along Right pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5(a)</U>, then the NiSource Member shall send a written notice to the Investor Member (a &#147;<U>Drag-Along Notice</U>&#148;) specifying (i)&nbsp;that the Investor Member is required to Transfer all of its Membership
Interests pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U>, (ii) the amount and form of consideration payable for the Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interests, (iii)&nbsp;the name of the Third Party to which the Investor Member&#146;s
Membership Interests are to be Transferred (or which is otherwise entitled to direct the disposition thereof at the consummation of the Drag-Along Sale), (iv) any other material terms and conditions of the proposed Transfer and (v)&nbsp;the intended
dates on which the NiSource Member will enter into a definitive agreement in respect of such proposed Transfer and consummate such proposed Transfer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In the event that the NiSource Member elects to exercise the Drag-Along Right, then the Investor Member hereby agrees with respect to all
Membership Interests it holds: </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) in the event such transaction requires the approval of Members, to vote (in person, by
proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all of its Membership Interests in favor of such Drag-Along Sale; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) to execute
and deliver all related documentation and take such other action reasonably necessary to enter into definitive agreements in respect of and to consummate the proposed Drag-Along Sale in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U>; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) not to deposit its Membership Interests in a voting trust or subject any Membership
Interests to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Membership Interests, unless specifically requested to do so by the Drag-Along Buyer in connection with a Drag-Along Sale. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5(e)</U>, any Transfer of the Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interests in a Drag-Along Sale
shall be on the same terms and conditions as the proposed Transfer of the NiSource Member&#146;s Membership Interests in the Drag-Along Sale. Upon the request of the NiSource Member, the Investor Member shall be required to make customary
representations and warranties in connection with the Transfer of the Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interests, including as to its ownership and authority to Transfer, free and clear of all Liens, its Membership Interests, and shall indemnify
and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Drag-Along Buyer against all losses of whatever nature arising out of, in connection with or related to any breach of any representation or warranty made by, or agreements,
understandings or covenants of the Investor Member as the case may be, under the terms of the agreements relating to such Transfer of the Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interests, in each case not to exceed the equivalent obligations to indemnify
and hold harmless the Drag-Along Buyer provided by the NiSource Member; <U>provided</U>, that (i)&nbsp;liability for misrepresentation or indemnity shall (as between the NiSource Member and the Investor Member) be expressly stated to be several but
not joint and the NiSource Member and the Investor Member shall not be liable for any breach of covenants or representations or warranties as to the Membership Interests of any other Member and shall not, in any event, be liable for more than its
pro rata share (based on the proceeds to be received) of any liability for misrepresentation or indemnity, (ii)&nbsp;the Investor Member shall benefit from any releases of sellers or other provisions in the transaction documentation of general
applicability to sellers to the same extent as the NiSource Member and (iii)&nbsp;the Investor Member shall not be obligated to provide indemnification obligations that exceed its proceeds from the Drag-Along Sale. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Any Transfer required to be made by the Investor Member pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U> shall be for consideration
consisting of cash or cash equivalents (or a combination thereof). Without the consent of the Investor Member, the Investor Member shall not be required in connection with such Drag-Along Sale to agree to any material indemnification obligations,
material, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-customary</FONT> administrative covenants (including, but not limited to, restrictive covenants (such as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-solicit</FONT> and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compete</FONT> covenants) that would restrict its or its Affiliates&#146; business activities). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)
At the consummation of the Drag-Along Sale, the Investor Member shall Transfer all of its Membership Interests to the Drag-Along Buyer (or its designee), and the Drag-Along Buyer shall pay the consideration due for the Investor Member&#146;s
Membership Interest. If the Investor Member has failed, as of immediately prior to the time that the consummation of the Drag-Along Sale would otherwise have occurred, to have taken all actions necessary in accordance with this Agreement to
consummate the Transfer of the Membership Interests held by it, then the Investor Member shall be deemed to be in material breach of this Agreement for purposes of <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;IV</U> and for all other purposes hereunder, shall be a
Defaulting Member, and shall be deemed to have granted (and hereby grants, contingent only on the occurrence of such failure) an irrevocable appointment of any Person nominated for the purpose by the NiSource Member to be the Investor Member&#146;s
agent and attorney to execute all necessary documentation and instruments on its behalf to Transfer the Investor Member&#146;s Membership Interest to the Drag-Along Buyer (or as it may direct) as the holder thereof, in each case consistent with the
terms set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U>. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The NiSource Member shall have a period of 180 days commencing on the delivery of the
Drag-Along Notice (such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">180-day</FONT> period, the &#147;<U>Drag Sale Period</U>&#148;) to consummate the Drag-Along Sale. If the Drag-Along Sale is not completed prior to the expiration of the Drag Sale Period, then
the process initiated by the delivery of the Drag-Along Notice shall be lapsed, and the NiSource Member will be required to repeat the process set forth in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U> to pursue any Drag-Along Sale; <U>provided</U>
that if a definitive agreement providing for the consummation of such Drag-Along Sale is executed within the Drag Sale Period but such Drag-Along Sale has not been consummated at the expiration of the Drag Sale Period solely as a result of a failure
to receive the requisite authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body in respect of such Drag-Along Sale, then the Drag Sale Period shall be extended solely to the extent necessary to permit the receipt of all such authorizations,
approvals or consents which are in process but have not been received from the relevant Governmental Body as of the original expiration date of the Drag Sale Period and the consummation of the Drag-Along Sale provided for in such definitive
agreement; <U>provided</U>, that the NiSource Member shall have used efforts in seeking such authorizations, approvals and consents consistent with its obligations under such definitive agreement(s) in respect thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the NiSource Member may not exercise the Drag-Along Right or consummate any Drag-Along Sale, without the
prior written consent of the Investor Member unless the applicable Drag-Along Sale would result in the Investor Member receiving proceeds resulting in it achieving at least a IRR of 10% (the &#147;<U>Investor Return Threshold</U>&#148;) and a MOIC
of 2.15x (the &#147;<U>MOIC Return Threshold</U>&#148;); <U>provided</U>, that any shortfall in the Investor Member achieving the Investor Return Threshold or the MOIC Return Threshold may be paid by the NiSource Member to the Investor Member in
immediately available funds at the closing of the Drag-Along Sale, in which case the prior written consent of the Investor Member shall not be required to exercise the Drag-Along Right or consummate such Drag- Along Sale. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) For the avoidance of doubt, the rights conferred to the NiSource Member under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U> do not apply in
the event of a Change in Control of the NiSource Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6.6 <U>Cooperation</U>. The transferring Member acknowledges and
agrees that it shall cooperate reasonably to obtain the requisite authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body necessary to consummate any Transfers contemplated or permitted by this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U>. The Members
shall have the right in connection with any Transfer of Membership Interests permitted by this Agreement (or in connection with the investigation or consideration of any such potential Transfer) to require the Company to reasonably cooperate with
potential purchasers in such prospective Transfer (at the sole cost and expense of the applicable Member or such potential purchasers) by taking such actions reasonably requested by the applicable Member or such potential purchasers to cooperate in
such Transfer, including (a)&nbsp;preparing or assisting in the preparation of due diligence materials and (b)&nbsp;providing such reasonable access to the Company&#146;s and each of its Subsidiaries&#146; books, records, properties and other
materials (subject, in each case, to the execution of customary confidentiality and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-disclosure</FONT> agreements and subject to attorney-client privilege) to potential purchasers; <U>provided</U> that no such
cooperation by the Company shall be required (i)&nbsp;until the relevant potential purchaser executes and delivers to the Company a customary confidentiality agreement, (ii)&nbsp;to the extent such cooperation would unreasonably interfere with the
normal business operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii)&nbsp;to the extent the provision of any information would (A)&nbsp;conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any applicable Law or Order or cause a loss of
attorney-client privilege of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B)&nbsp;in the NiSource Member&#146;s reasonable determination, require the disclosure of any information that is proprietary, confidential or sensitive to the NiSource Member or
to any member of the NiSource Outside Group, or (C)&nbsp;require the disclosure of any information relating to any joint, combined, consolidated or unitary Tax Return that includes the NiSource Member or any other member of the Outside Group or any
supporting work papers or other documentation related thereto. </P>
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this Agreement, if an Investor Member is participating in any sale of Membership Interests pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U>, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale or Drag-Along Sale or any other Transfer of its
Membership Interests, the owners of the Investor Member (or, as applicable, the regarded owner of the Investor Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes) (each, a &#147;<U>Blocker Seller</U>&#148;) shall, use commercially reasonable efforts to
sell, and the NiSource Member and the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to structure such sale or transfer such that the Blocker Seller is able to sell, equity interests in the Investor Member (or, as applicable, the regarded owner of
the Investor Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes), in lieu of selling the Membership Interests held (directly or indirectly) by the Investor Member in exchange for consideration equal to the value of the Membership Interests as determined in
such sale pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3</U>, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale or Drag-Along Sale or other Transfer, held (directly or indirectly) by the Investor Member without discount (as appropriately
adjusted for any partial sale). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;VII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;7.1 <U>Preemptive Rights</U> . The Company hereby grants to each Member the right to purchase such Member&#146;s Preemptive Right
Share of all (or any part) of any New Securities that the Company may from time to time issue after the Effective Date (the &#147;<U>Preemptive Right</U>&#148;); <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Preemptive Right shall not apply with respect
to New Securities issues or to be issued in any public offering or pursuant to failures to fund Additional Funding Requirements or as otherwise specifically provided herein. In the event the Company proposes to undertake an issuance of New
Securities (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), the Company shall give to each Member written notice of its intention to issue New Securities (the &#147;<U>Preemptive Right Participation Notice</U>&#148;), describing the
amount and type of New Securities, the cash purchase price and the general terms upon which it proposes to issue such New Securities. Each Member shall have twenty (20)&nbsp;days from the date of receipt of any such Preemptive Right Participation
Notice (the &#147;<U>Preemptive Right Notice Period</U>&#148;) to agree in writing to purchase for cash up to such Member&#146;s Preemptive Right Share of such New Securities for the price and upon the terms and conditions specified in the
Preemptive Right Participation Notice by giving written notice to the Company and stating therein the quantity of New Securities to be purchased (not to exceed such Members&#146; Preemptive Right Share) as well as the maximum amount of New
Securities it would purchase. If any Member fails to so respond in writing within the Preemptive Right Notice Period, then such Member shall forfeit the right hereunder to purchase its Preemptive Right Share of such New Securities and the Company
will allocate the rights to purchase such New Securities to any other Member that indicated it would purchase New Securities in excess of its Preemptive Right Share based on their relative Preemptive Right Shares. Subject to obtaining the requisite
authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body, the closing of any purchase by any Member pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1</U> shall be consummated concurrently with the consummation of the issuance or sale described
in the Preemptive Right Participation Notice. The Company shall be free to complete the proposed issuance or sale of New Securities described in the Preemptive Right Participation Notice with respect to any New Securities not elected to be purchased
pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1</U> in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Preemptive Right Participation Notice (except that the amount of New Securities to be issued or sold by the Company may be reduced).
If a Member indicates in its response to a Preemptive Right Participation Notice that it shall purchase New Securities but then does not fund such amounts, such Member shall be a Defaulting Member. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.1 <U>Investor Member Threshold Matters</U>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not
cause or permit, in each case, so long as the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is equal to or greater than the Investor Consent Threshold (except with respect to <U>subclauses</U><U> (a) &#150; </U><U>(g)</U> and <U>(</U><U>i</U><U>)</U>,
in which case so long as the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is at least 4.9%), and is not a Defaulting Member, without the prior written consent of the Investor Member (except that no such written consent shall be required to the extent
that such matter is necessary to comply with applicable Law or Order or is in response to an Emergency Situation): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) make an election
or take any other action that results in a change in the tax classification of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to its Subsidiaries only if such change adversely affects the Investor Member; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) any non-<I>pro rata</I> repurchase or redemption of any equity interests issued by the Company; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) any (i)&nbsp;issuance of any class of equity interest in the Company, other than pursuant to <U>Sections</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1.9</U>,
<U>5.1</U>, <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1</U> or as otherwise specifically contemplated herein or (ii)&nbsp;change to the existing rights or obligations of any class of equity interest of the Company if such change would have a disproportionate
material adverse impact on any Member in a manner different from the NiSource Member; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) the filing of a petition seeking relief, or the
consent to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary case, under the bankruptcy, rearrangement, reorganization or other debtor relief Laws of the United States or any state or any other competent jurisdiction or a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) the conversion of the Company or NIPSCO from its current legal business entity form to any other business entity form (<I>e.g.</I>, the
conversion of the Company from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) the listing of any equity interests
of the Company or its Subsidiaries on any stock exchange (other than any spin off, split off or similar transaction of the Company, the NiSource Member or NIPSCO, or any of their Affiliates, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be subject to
<U>Sections</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U> or <U>6.5</U> and the Spin Return Threshold); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) any amendment or modification to any
Organizational Document of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, other than (i)&nbsp;ministerial amendments thereto or (ii)&nbsp;amendments thereto that are not disproportionately adverse to the Investor Member as compared to any other
holder of equity interests of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) the transfer, sale or other disposition, whether by the way of asset sale, stock sale,
merger, or otherwise, of (i)&nbsp;all or substantially all of the assets of the Company Group, taken as a whole on a consolidated basis, or (ii)&nbsp;assets of the Company&#146;s Subsidiaries having a Fair Market Value in excess of 2.5% of the Rate
Base Amount in the aggregate in any transaction or series of related transactions, other than Qualifying Core Assets and Excluded Transactions (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1(h)</U> shall
not be deemed to restrict a transfer, sale or other disposition of the equity of the Company) and other than pursuant to <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U> or a Change in Control of the Company, or the NiSource Member or as set forth below; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the transfer, sale, issuance, or other disposition of any equity interests in NIPSCO or
in any Subsidiary of the Company that directly or indirectly holds any equity interests in NIPSCO to any Person that is not the Company or one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) any new agreements or amendments to existing agreements, among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Member or
any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), on the other hand, which such agreement (or series of related transactions) are entered into after the Effective Date, other than those that (i)&nbsp;are on an
arms-length basis and (ii)&nbsp;involve revenues or expenditures of less than $15,000,000 per Contract or series of related transactions individually or less than $40,000,000 in the aggregate, subject to an annual increase by the CPI Escalator, for
any fiscal year for all such affiliate transactions (it being acknowledged and agreed that no prior written consent of the Investor Member will be required with respect to any amendments to any affiliate transaction made in the ordinary course of
business unless to the extent such amendment would have a disproportionately adverse effect on the Company Group (relative to other regulated utilities then owned by Parent or its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries)) in any
material respect; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) the acquisition by the Company or any of the Company&#146;s Subsidiaries of any equity interests or assets of any
Person or the entry into joint ventures, in each case, having a Fair Market Value in excess of 2.5% of the Rate Base Amount in the aggregate in any calendar year, other than in connection with Qualifying Core Assets or Excluded Transactions; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) any capital expenditure by the Company or its Subsidiaries, that is in excess of 1.0% of the Rate Base Amount in any calendar year and is
not made (i)&nbsp;in connection with a Qualifying Core Asset, (ii)&nbsp;reasonably necessary to fund an Emergency Expenditures, or (iii)&nbsp;an Excluded Transaction; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) incurring long-term Indebtedness (other than the refinancing of existing Indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms consistent with
current market conditions as determined by the Board) by the Company or its Subsidiaries, if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the Company&#146;s and its Subsidiaries&#146; <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Debt-to-Capital</FONT></FONT> Ratio would exceed the then-current target <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Debt-to-Capital</FONT></FONT> Ratio approved by
the IURC by more than 200 basis points for two consecutive (2)&nbsp;quarters; <U>provided</U>, that the Company shall notify the Investor Member at least ten (10)&nbsp;Business Days prior to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurring any
Indebtedness in excess of the annual budget; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) making any political or charitable contribution made by or on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to any Governmental Body or any official, representative or staff thereof, including any community leaders or elected officials, in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate in a fiscal year; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) entering into any binding agreement or arrangement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to effect any of the foregoing actions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Investor Member approval shall be required with respect to any spin off, split off or similar transaction of the Company,
the NiSource Member or NIPSCO, or any of their Affiliates; <U>provided</U>, that any such transaction must satisfy the requirements of <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(e)</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.5</U> and the Spin Return Threshold.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.2 <U>Consultation Matters</U>. For so long as (x)&nbsp;the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is at least 9.9% and
(y)&nbsp;the Investor Member is not a Defaulting Member, the Company (and, as applicable, the Board) shall use reasonable efforts to consult in good faith with the Investor Member prior to the Company undertaking, or causing or permitting any of its
Subsidiaries to undertake, the following matters (except as would be impracticable in respect of a particular action that the Board reasonably believes to be necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable Law, Order or in response to an
Emergency Situation): </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) appointing or replacing the President, and the head of electric and the head of gas of
NIPSCO; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) establishing or materially amending, or material deviating from the then-current plan or budget of the Company and its
Subsidiaries; <U>provided</U>, that the Company (and, as applicable, the Board) the NiSource Member and the Parent shall (i)&nbsp;provide to the Investor Member a draft of the business plan and budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries for a given
fiscal year no later than November&nbsp;10 of the prior fiscal year, which budget shall include quarterly fiscal projections, (ii)&nbsp;schedule and attend a meeting among representatives of the Company, the NiSource Member, the Parent and the
Investor Member, including the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Regulatory Affairs of the Parent, no later than November&nbsp;24 of the prior fiscal year, to discuss the draft business plan and budget, (iii)&nbsp;schedule and attend a meeting
between the Chief Executive Officer of the Parent and the Global Head of Infrastructure of Blackstone Inc., within 5 Business Days of a written request by the Investor Member, to discuss the draft business plan and budget as well as any changes
proposed by Investor Member and (iv)&nbsp;consider the Investor Member&#146;s comments to the business plan and budget in good faith; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) material decisions relating to the conduct (including the settlement) of any litigation, administrative, or criminal proceeding to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party where (i)&nbsp;it is reasonably expected that the liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries would exceed $75,000,000 (as adjusted by the CPI Escalator) (solely with respect to litigation
proceedings), (ii) such proceeding would have material reputational damage on the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (iii)&nbsp;such proceeding would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Investor Member or any of its
Affiliates (other than in its or (if applicable, their) capacity as an investor in the Company); <U>provided</U>, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not be applicable to any ordinary course regulatory proceedings (including rate
cases) that do not involve claims of criminal conduct or intentional violations of applicable Law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.3 <U>Indebtedness</U>.
The Company and its Subsidiaries shall use reasonable best efforts to incur Indebtedness, both intercompany and with respect to any Third Party, such that the regulated capital structure of NIPSCO remains consistent with authorized levels. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.4 <U>Additional Actions</U>. The NiSource Member and Investor Member further agree to the additional actions set forth on
<U>Schedule 2</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.5 <U>Actions by the Investor Directors on behalf of the Investor Member</U>. Where any action requires
the consent of the Investor Member pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1</U>, the Investor Directors shall, unless the Investor Member indicates in writing to the NiSource Member otherwise, have the authority to provide such consent on
behalf of the Investor Member at any meeting of the Board called to discuss such matters, and the Company, the other Members and the other Directors shall be entitled to rely on such action of the Investor Directors as an action of the Investor
Member with such action being binding upon the Investor Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.6 <U>Acknowledgement of Purpose of Provisions</U>. It is
hereby acknowledged and agreed by the Parties that the rights of the Investor Member set forth in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VIII</U> are protection mechanisms for the Investor Member acting in its capacity as an investor in the Company and
are not for purposes of, and should not be construed or otherwise interpreted as, providing the Investor Member or any of its Representatives or Affiliates with the ability to take any action that would constitute exercising substantial influence or
control over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or would otherwise provide the Investor Member or any of its Representatives or Affiliates with any right to direct the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.1 <U>Books and Records</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, books and records of accounts, taxes, financial information and
all matters pertaining to the Company and its Subsidiaries at the offices and place of business of the Company in a commercially reasonable manner consistent with the manner in which similar books and records are kept and maintained by other members
of the Outside Group. Each Member (other than any Defaulting Member) and its duly authorized Representatives shall have the right to, at reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, under supervision of the Company&#146;s
personnel and in such a manner as to not unreasonably interfere with the normal operations of any member of the Company Group, visit and inspect the books and records of the Company Group, and, at its expense, make copies of and take extracts from
any books and records of the Company Group; <U>provided</U>, that, in the case of the Investor Member, any Person gaining access to such information regarding the Company Group pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.1</U> shall agree to
hold in strict confidence, not make any disclosure of, and not use for purposes other than good faith administration of the Investor Member&#146;s continuing investment, all information regarding any member of the Company Group that is not otherwise
publicly available. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to provide to the Investor Member any record or
information (i)&nbsp;relating to the negotiation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the PSA, including confidential communications with Representatives or Advisors, including legal counsel, representing the
Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii)&nbsp;that is subject to an attorney-client or other legal privilege, (iii)&nbsp;that, in the NiSource Member&#146;s reasonable determination, are proprietary, confidential or sensitive to the NiSource Member or
to any other member of the Outside Group, (iv)&nbsp;relating to any joint, combined, consolidated or unitary Tax Return that includes the NiSource Member or any other member of the Outside Group or any supporting work papers or other documentation
related thereto if such work papers or documentation includes the information of the NiSource Member or Outside Group, or (v)&nbsp;the provision of which would violate any applicable Law or Order; <U>provided</U>, with respect to (ii)&nbsp;and (iv)
above that the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to develop an alternative to make such information available, including to make redactions to any such material and provide such redacted materials to the Investor Member. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Each Member shall reimburse the Company for all reasonable, documented,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such Member&#146;s exercise of its inspection and information rights pursuant to this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.1</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.2 <U>Financial Reports</U>. The Company shall provide, or otherwise make available,
to any Member (unless such Member is a Defaulting Member): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) on an annual basis, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an
audited consolidated balance sheet, statement of operations and statement of cash flow of NIPSCO and its Subsidiaries; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) on a quarterly
basis, within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related quarter and year to date statement of operation and related quarter and year to date statement of cash flow of NIPSCO and its
Subsidiaries; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) on a monthly basis, within 30 days after the end of each
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">month-end,</FONT> an unaudited income statement as readily available of NIPSCO and its Subsidiaries and related financial information prepared in the ordinary course; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) on an annual basis (or more frequently, if applicable), as soon as reasonably practicable after the approval thereof by the Board, the
annual budget and business plan for NIPSCO and its Subsidiaries; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) on an annual basis, as soon as reasonably practicable after the
approval thereof by the Board, financial forecasts for NIPSCO and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year, which shall be in such manner and form as approved by the Board, and which shall include a projection of income and a projected cash flow
statement for each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year and a projected balance sheet as of the end of each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) (i) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal year, an estimated Schedule&nbsp;K-1 for the immediately preceding taxable year based on
best-available information to date and depreciation will be subject to change based on final year end audit and financial reporting results and (ii)&nbsp;not less than 45 days prior to the due date, including extensions, for the filing of the
Company&#146;s federal information return for the immediately preceding taxable year, a final Schedule&nbsp;K-1, along with copies of all other federal, state and local income tax returns or reports filed by the Company for the previous year, as may
be required as a result of the operations of the Company, and a schedule of Company book tax differences for the immediately preceding year; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Investor Member shall promptly upon request by the NiSource Member provide the following information: (i)&nbsp;Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">SS-4/IRS</FONT> determination letter and Form 8832 Entity Classification Election and (ii)&nbsp;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-9;</FONT> and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) promptly, upon reasonable notice, any information that is reasonably requested by any Member in order to manage its regulatory or tax
affairs or make filings with Governmental Bodies, including but not limited to Federal and Indiana corporate tax returns and financial statements (whether or not audited) for the Investor Member (or the regarded owner of the Investor Member if the
Investor Member is a disregarded entity for tax purposes). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.3 <U>Other Business; Corporate Opportunities</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, any Member and any Affiliate of any Member may engage in, possess an interest in or otherwise
be involved in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the businesses of the Company Group, and neither the Company nor any other Member shall have any rights by virtue of this
Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the businesses of the Company Group, shall be deemed not to be wrongful or improper so long as it
is consistent with all Laws and Orders applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company and each Member expressly
acknowledge and agree, that, (i)&nbsp;neither the Members nor any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives shall have any duty to communicate or present an investment or business opportunity to the Company in which the Company may, but for
the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.3</U>, have an interest or expectancy (a &#147;<U>Corporate Opportunity</U>&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;neither of the Members nor any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives (even if such
Person is also an officer or Director of the Company) shall be deemed to have breached any duty or obligation to the Company by reason of the fact that such Person pursues or acquires a Corporate Opportunity for itself or directs, sells, assigns or
transfers such Corporate Opportunity to another Person or does not communicate information regarding such Corporate Opportunity to the Company. The Company and each Member expressly renounce any interest in Corporate Opportunities and any expectancy
that a Corporate Opportunity will be offered to the Company. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to procure that the Company and
its Subsidiaries and Company Group&#146;s respective Representatives shall not in the course of their actions for, or on behalf of, any member of the Company Group: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) offer promise, provide or authorize the provision of any money, property, contribution, gift, entertainment or other thing of value,
directly or knowingly indirectly, to any government official, to unlawfully influence official action or secure an improper advantage, or to unlawfully encourage the recipient to improperly influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental
Body, in each case, in order to assist any member of the Company Group in obtaining or retaining business, or otherwise act in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) violate any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) engage in any unlawful dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person or otherwise violate Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company shall promptly notify the Members of (i)&nbsp;any allegations of material misconduct by any member of the Company Group or any
actions, suits or proceedings by or before any Governmental Body to which any member of the Company Group becomes a party, or to which the Company becomes aware that any Representative of the Company Group (in relation to such Representative&#146;s
actions for, or on behalf of, any member of the Company Group) is a party, in each case, relating to any material breach or suspected material breach of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or Sanctions or (ii)&nbsp;any
fact or circumstances of which it becomes aware that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.4</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.5 <U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Solicit</FONT></U>. Without the prior written consent of the Company, during the term
of this Agreement, the Investor Member shall not, shall cause its Affiliates not to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to procure that other Persons in which it is invested do not, solicit for employment, hire or engage as a consultant any
individual who is serving in any position within the then-current NiSource Leadership Team; <U>provided</U>, that this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.5</U> shall not prohibit any Person from issuing general public solicitations not specifically
targeted at the then-current NiSource Leadership Team or from hiring or engaging any Person responding to such general solicitations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.6 <U>Confidentiality</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each Member shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, keep confidential and not divulge any information (including all budgets,
business plans and analyses) concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries, including their respective assets, business, operations, financial condition and prospects, or with respect to another Member of this Agreement (&#147;<U>Confidential
Information</U>&#148;), and to use such Confidential Information only in connection with the operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries or such Member&#146;s administration of its investment in the Company; <U>provided</U> that nothing herein
shall prevent any Member from disclosing such Confidential Information (i)&nbsp;upon the Order of any court or administrative agency, (ii)&nbsp;upon the request or demand of any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over such party, (iii)&nbsp;to
the extent compelled by legal process or required pursuant to binding requirement of any </P>
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Governmental Body, (iv)&nbsp;to the other Parties, (v)&nbsp;to such party&#146;s Representatives that in the reasonable judgment of such party need to know such Confidential Information,
(vi)&nbsp;to any potential Permitted Transferee in connection with a proposed Transfer of Membership Interests from a Member so long as such transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.6</U> as if a
Member, or (vii)&nbsp;to actual and prospective limited partners of such Member or its Affiliates in connection with reporting requirements or fundraising efforts; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that in the case of <U>clauses
(</U><U>i</U><U>)</U>, <U>(ii)</U> or <U>(iii)</U>, such Member shall prior to making any disclosure seek a protective order or other relief to prevent or reduce the scope of such disclosure, to the extent legally permissible, notify the other
Parties of the proposed disclosure as far in advance of such disclosure as practicable and use reasonable efforts to ensure that any Confidential Information so disclosed is accorded confidential treatment, when and if available; <U>provided</U>,
<U>further</U>, that in the cases of <U>clauses (v)</U>&nbsp;through <U>(vii)</U>, such party receiving any Confidential Information is bound to an obligation of confidentiality no less stringent than that contained in this Agreement including such
other protective provisions to protect the misuse of material <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The
restrictions in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.6(a)</U> shall not apply to information that (i)&nbsp;is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by a Member or any of its Representatives in violation of
this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;is or has been independently developed or conceived by such Member or its Affiliates without use of the Company&#146;s or any of its Subsidiaries&#146; Confidential Information or (iii)&nbsp;becomes available to the
receiving Member or any of its Representatives on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-confidential</FONT> basis from a source other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any other Party or any of their respective Representatives;
<U>provided</U>, that such source is not known by the recipient of the information to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with the disclosing party or any of its Representatives. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Each Party shall inform any Representatives to whom it provides Confidential Information that such information is confidential and
instruct them (i)&nbsp;to keep such Confidential Information confidential and (ii)&nbsp;not to disclose Confidential Information to any Third Party (other than those Persons to whom such Confidential Information has already been disclosed in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement). The disclosing Party shall be responsible for any breach of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.6</U> by the Person to whom the Confidential Information is disclosed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The restrictions in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.6(a)</U> shall not restrict any Member and its Affiliates from disclosing any
Confidential Information required to be disclosed under applicable securities Laws or the rules of any stock exchange on which any of their securities are traded. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.6</U> shall survive the
termination of this Agreement for a period of three (3)&nbsp;years and, with respect to each Member, shall survive for a period of three (3)&nbsp;years following the date on which such Member is no longer a Member. The provisions of this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.6</U> shall supersede the provisions of any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-disclosure</FONT> agreements entered into by the Company (or its Affiliates, including the NiSource Member) and any of the Members (or
their respective Affiliates) with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or by the PSA prior to the Effective Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.7 <U>Expenses</U>. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of
Representatives and other Advisors, incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be paid by the Party incurring such costs and expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any litigation be commenced
between the Parties or their Representatives concerning this Agreement or the rights, duties, or obligations hereunder, the Party or Parties prevailing in such proceeding shall be entitled, in addition to any other relief granted, to the reasonable
attorneys&#146; fees and other litigation costs incurred by reason of such litigation. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.8(b)</U>, during the term of this Agreement, the NiSource Member and the Company shall
cooperate with Investor Member as reasonably requested by the Investor Member in connection with any Debt Financing. Such assistance shall include (i)&nbsp;providing to Investor Member such information as may be reasonably necessary in connection
with the Debt Financing, and (ii)&nbsp;taking such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Investor Member to facilitate the consummation of any Debt Financing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding anything in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.8(a)</U> or this Agreement to the contrary, the cooperation requested by the
Investor Member pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;9.8(a)</U> shall not (i)&nbsp;unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of the NiSource Member or its Subsidiaries, or (ii)&nbsp;require the NiSource Member or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than the Company) to (A)&nbsp;pay any commitment or other similar fee, (B)&nbsp;have or incur any liability or obligation in connection with any Debt Financing, including under any agreement or any document related to any Debt
Financing, (C)&nbsp;commit to taking any action (including entering into any Contract) or to otherwise execute any document, agreement, certificate or instrument in connection with any Debt Financing or (D)&nbsp;take any action that would conflict
with, violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of or default under any Contract, this Agreement or any other document contemplated hereby or any Law or regulatory requirements. In no event shall the Company or NiSource Member be required
to provide information relating to the transactions contemplated hereby or with any other Person in connection with any possible sale or transfer of assets or equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any information subject to the attorney-client
privilege or any confidential or sensitive information, or relating to any Tax Return. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;9.9 <U>Credit Support</U>. For so
long as there are (a)&nbsp;any guarantees, credit support, letters of credit or financial assurances of a member of the Outside Group related to support obligations of the Company Group, each Member shall pay the portion equal to its Percentage
Interest of any payment or draw request on such credit support facilities on or before the applicable payment date required or (b)&nbsp;any guarantees, credit support, letters of credit or financial assurances of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries related to support obligations of a member of the Outside Group, the NiSource Member shall pay all such payments on or before the applicable payment date required. If a Member does not make a payment in accordance with the above, the
Company may issue a Capital Call Request Notice in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U> for such amount from the applicable Member. For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to make the payment in <U>clauses (a)</U>&nbsp;or <U>(b)</U>
prior to a Capital Call Request Notice shall not be an Event of Default and the failure to fund pursuant to a Capital Call Request Notice shall be treated in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U>. </P>
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MATTERS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.1 <U>Tax Classification</U>. The Parties intend that the Company be classified as a partnership for U.S.
federal income (and applicable state and local) Tax purposes. Without limiting <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8.1(a)</U>, neither the Company nor any Member shall make any election to change the tax classification of the Company or otherwise take any
action inconsistent with such intended tax classification without the consent of the Board (or its designee). </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The NiSource Member is hereby designated the &#147;Partnership Representative&#148; within the meaning of Code Section&nbsp;6223(a) of the
Company. The Partnership Representative shall, if required, designate from time to time a &#147;designated individual&#148; to act on behalf of the Partnership Representative, and such designated individual shall be subject to replacement by the
Partnership Representative in accordance with the Code and Treasury Regulations. If any state or local tax law provides for a tax matters partner, partnership representative, or person having similar rights, powers, authority, or obligations, the
Partnership Representative shall also serve in such capacity. The Partnership Representative is authorized to represent the Company before the Internal Revenue Service and any other governmental agency with jurisdiction, make all decisions regarding
permitted elections under the Code, Treasury Regulations, and other state and local tax law with respect to tax proceedings; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, the Partnership Representative shall not enter into any settlement or similar agreement
without the consent of the Board (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed). All Members (and former Members) agree to cooperate with, and to do and refrain from doing any or all things reasonably required by the
Partnership Representative in connection with the conduct of all such proceedings or to otherwise allow the Company and the Partnership Representative to comply with the partnership audit provisions of the Code, Treasury Regulations, and similar
state and local law. All Members shall cooperate in good faith to amend this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.2</U> or other provisions of this Agreement as necessary to reflect any statutory amendments or the promulgation of Treasury Regulations or
other administrative authority promulgated under the Partnership Audit Rules so as to, to the extent possible, preserve the relative rights, duties, and obligations of the Members hereunder. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
reimburse and indemnify the Partnership Representative for all third-party expenses (including legal and accounting fees), claims, liabilities, losses, and damages incurred as the Partnership Representative in connection with any examination,
administrative, or judicial proceeding, or otherwise acting in its capacity as Partnership Representative. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, each Member (including, for purposes of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.2</U>, any Person who is or becomes a Member but who for any reason ceases to be a Member)&nbsp;(i) hereby covenants to treat each item
of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit attributable to the Company in a manner consistent with the treatment of such income, gain, loss deduction, or credit on the tax return of the Company or as determined in a notice of final partnership
adjustment pursuant to Section&nbsp;6226 of the Code, (ii)&nbsp;hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from such Member&#146;s share of any tax and any penalties, interest, and additions to tax attributable to any adjustment to the
income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;6226 of the Code, and (iii)&nbsp;hereby agrees to take all other actions as the Partnership Representative may reasonably direct with respect to the Member&#146;s (or,
in respect of the Member, the Company&#146;s) tax liabilities, which shall not include filing an amended return for any &#147;reviewed year&#148; to account for all adjustments under Section&nbsp;6225(a) of the Code properly allocable to the Member
as provided in and otherwise contemplated by Section&nbsp;6225(c) of the Code and any Treasury Regulations that may be promulgated thereunder. If the Company or any other entity in which the Company holds an interest is obligated to pay any amount
to a governmental agency or body or to any other Person (or otherwise makes a payment) of any taxes arising under a federal, state, or local tax audit or other proceeding and the Partnership Representative determines that all or a portion of such
payment is specifically attributable to a Member (or former Member), then such Member (or former Member) shall reimburse the Company in full for the entire amount paid (including any interest, penalties, and expenses associated with such payment).
The obligations of a Member under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.2</U> shall survive such Member&#146;s sale or other disposition of its interests in the Company and the termination, dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the Company.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Partnership Representative (i)&nbsp;shall keep the Investor Member reasonably informed of any material tax audit, settlement or
proceeding and (ii)&nbsp;shall not settle or otherwise compromise a material tax audit, settlement or proceeding that would have a material adverse impact on the Investor Member, without the Investor Member&#146;s prior written consent (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.3 <U>Tax </U><U>Elections</U>. Except as otherwise provided by this
Agreement, all material elections and decisions required or permitted to be made by the Company under any applicable tax law shall be determined by the NiSource Member; provided however, that any election with respect to taxes that is
disproportionately materially adverse to the Investor Member shall require the Investor Member&#146;s prior consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed). The elections shall include, but not be limited to, the
following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Upon the written request of a Member, the Company may make the election under Section&nbsp;754 of the Code in accordance
with applicable regulations thereunder for the Company and each applicable Subsidiary; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) To the extent permitted under Section&nbsp;706
of the Code, to elect the calendar year as the Company&#146;s taxable year and, (i)&nbsp;for clarity, to the extent the Company is permitted to adopt the calendar year, no other year shall be adopted as the taxable year and (ii)&nbsp;to the extent
any additional filings or elections are required, to make such required filings or elections; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) To elect the accrual method of
accounting; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) To elect to amortize any organizational expenses of the Company ratably over a period of one hundred eighty
(180)&nbsp;months as permitted by Section&nbsp;709(b) of the Code, and to elect to deduct the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">start-up</FONT> expenditures of the Company as permitted by Section&nbsp;195(b) of the Code; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) If &#147;bonus depreciation&#148; is available with respect to qualified property, the NiSource Member shall make the election described
in Section&nbsp;168(k)(7) of the Code to opt out of &#147;bonus depreciation&#148; for the Taxable Year during which the placed in service date occurs. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Based upon current knowledge of the facts pertaining to the transactions contemplated by the PSA as of the Effective Date, the Company
will not report the transactions contemplated by the PSA to the IRS as a &#147;reportable transaction&#148; pursuant to Section&nbsp;6011 of the Code, the relevant Treasury Regulations and any other administrative practice or procedure; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) To the extent permitted by law, to elect to apply the de minimis safe harbor under Treasury Regulations
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.263(a)-1(f);</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) To the extent permitted under Code Section&nbsp;461(h)(3), to
elect the adoption of the exception for certain recurring items; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To the extent permitted under Code Section&nbsp;461(c), to elect to
ratably accrue real property taxes; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) To elect under Code Section&nbsp;163(j) to be treated as an excepted trade or business. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.4 <U>Cooperation</U>. The Investor Member shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, provide to the NiSource Member and its
Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries), and the NiSource Member and the Company shall, and shall cause their Affiliates to, provide to the Investor Member, in each case, such cooperation, documentation and information as any of
them reasonably may request in connection with (a)&nbsp;filing any Tax Return, amended Tax Return or claim for refund, (b) determining a liability for Taxes or (c)&nbsp;preparing for or conducting any Tax audits, examinations or other proceedings by
any taxing authority of any Governmental Body. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.5 <U>Withholding</U>. The Company may withhold and pay over to the United
States Internal Revenue Service (or any other relevant Tax authority) such amounts as it is required to withhold or pay over, pursuant to the Code or any other applicable Tax Law, on account of a Member, including in respect of distributions made
pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.3</U>, and, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any such distribution or other payment to a Member shall be net of any such withholding. To the extent that
any amounts are so withheld and paid over, such amounts shall be treated as paid to the Person(s) in respect of which such withholding was made. For all purposes under this Agreement, any amounts withheld or paid with respect to a Member pursuant to
this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.5</U> shall offset any distributions to which such Member is entitled concurrently with such withholding or payment and shall be treated as having been distributed to such Member pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.2</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.3</U> at the time such offset is made. To the extent that the cumulative amount of such withholding or payment exceeds the distributions to which such Member is entitled
concurrently with such withholding or payment, the amount of such excess shall be promptly paid to the Company by the Member on whose behalf such withholding is required to be made; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that any such payment shall not be
treated as a Capital Contribution and shall not reduce the amount that a Member is otherwise obligated to contribute to the Company. To the extent that a Member claims to be entitled to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, a withholding Tax
pursuant to an applicable income Tax treaty, or otherwise, such Member shall furnish the Company with such information and forms as such Member may be required to complete where necessary to comply with any and all Laws and regulations governing the
obligations of withholding Tax agents, and the Company shall apply such reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding Tax as reflected on such information and forms that have been provided by such Member. Each Member agrees that if any information
or form provided pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;10.5</U> expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, such Member shall update such form or information. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;10.6 <U>Certain Representations and Warranties</U>. Each Member represents and warrants that any such information and forms
furnished by such Member shall be true and accurate and agrees to indemnify the Company from any and all damages, costs and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses resulting from the
filing of inaccurate or incomplete information or forms relating to such withholding Taxes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;XI </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LIABILITY; EXCULPATION; INDEMNIFICATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.1 <U>Liability; Member Duties</U>. The debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or
otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Covered Person shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Covered Person. Each Member
acknowledges and agrees that each Member, in its capacity as a Member, may decide or determine any matter subject to the approval of such Member pursuant to any provision of this Agreement in the sole and absolute discretion of such Member, and in
making such decision or determination such Member shall have no duty, fiduciary or otherwise, to any other Member or to the Company Group, it being the intent of all Members that such Member, in its capacity as a Member, has the right to make such
determination solely on the basis of its own interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.2 <U>Exculpation</U>. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, no Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company
and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered
Person&#146;s fraud or willful misconduct. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.3 <U>Indemnification</U>. The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Director or officer of the Company, or is or was a
Director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or agent of another limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; and
experts&#146; fees), judgments, settlements, penalties and fines actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such, action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, either he or she had reasonable cause to believe such conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe
such conduct was unlawful; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, for the avoidance of doubt, this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.3</U> shall not apply with respect to any such actions between the Company and such Person or pursuant to claims under the
PSA. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.4 <U>Authorization</U>. To the extent that such present or former Director or officer of the Company has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.3</U>, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify him or her against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. Any other indemnification under <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.3</U> shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific
case, upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former Director or officer is permissible in the circumstances because such present or former Director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination shall
be made, with respect to a Person who is a Director or officer at the time of such determination, (a)&nbsp;by a majority vote of the Directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even with less than a quorum, or (b)&nbsp;if there
are no such Directors, or if such Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c)&nbsp;by the Members. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former Directors and officers, by any Person or Persons having
the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.5 <U>Reliance on Information</U>. For purposes of any
determination under <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.3</U>, a present or former Director or officer of the Company shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and have otherwise met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.3</U> if his or her action is based on the records or books of account of the Company or on information supplied to him or her by a Director or an officer of the Company in the course of his or her duties, or on the
advice of legal counsel for the Company or on information or records given or reports made to the Company by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Company. The provisions
of this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.5</U> shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a present or former Director or officer of the Company may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct
set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.3</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.6 <U>Advancement of Expenses</U>. Expenses (including reasonable
attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by the present or former Director or officer of the Company in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company as authorized in the specific case in
the same manner described in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.4</U>, upon receipt of a written affirmation of the present or former Director or officer that he or she has met the standard of conduct described in
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.3</U> and upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of him or her to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she did not meet the standard of conduct, and a determination is made
that the facts then known to those making the determination shall not preclude indemnification under this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;XI</U>. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.7 <U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Exclusive</FONT> Provisions</U>.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;XI</U> shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled. The Company hereby acknowledges that certain of its Directors and certain of its Members and the direct and indirect partners therein or owners thereof (the &#147;<U>Fund Indemnitees</U>&#148;) may have rights to indemnification,
advancement of expenses and/or insurance with respect to their service on the Board (collectively, the &#147;<U>Fund Indemnitors</U>&#148;). The Company hereby agrees: (a)&nbsp;that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the
Fund Indemnitees are primary and any obligation of the Fund Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by the Fund Indemnitees are secondary) and (b)&nbsp;that it irrevocably waives,
relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof, except to the extent that a Fund Indemnitee breaches its
undertaking to repay advanced expenses as provided in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;11.6</U>. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Fund Indemnitors on behalf of the Fund Indemnitees with respect to any claim for which the
Fund Indemnitees have sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and that the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of
recovery of the Fund Indemnitees against the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.8 <U>Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses</U>.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;XI</U> shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a Director or
officer of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;11.9
<U>Limitations</U>. Notwithstanding anything contained in this <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;XI</U> to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify any Director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal
representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;XII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;12.1 <U>Members Representations and Warranties</U>. Each Member hereby represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to the
Company and to the other Member as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Such Member is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable, with full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform all of its obligations hereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Member, and the performance by such Member of its obligations hereunder, have been
duly and validly authorized by all requisite action by such Member, and no other proceedings on the part of such Member are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Member. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Member, and, assuming that this Agreement is a valid and binding
obligation of the other Parties, this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Member, enforceable against such Member in accordance with its terms, except as limited by the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other Laws relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights or general principles of equity. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The execution and delivery by such Member of this Agreement, and the performance by such
Member of its obligations hereunder, does not (i)&nbsp;violate or breach its Organizational Documents, (ii)&nbsp;violate any applicable Law to which such Member is subject or by which any of its assets are bound, or (iii)&nbsp;result in any breach
of or constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under any Contract to which such Member is a party or by which any of its assets are bound. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Such Member is acquiring its Membership Interests (i)&nbsp;for such Member&#146;s own account and not directly or indirectly for the
account of any other Person and (ii)&nbsp;for investment and not with a view to their sale or distribution. Such Member understands that the Membership Interests have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered
pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available. Such Member understands that no public market now exists for the Membership Interests and that it is unlikely that a public market will ever exist
for the Membership Interests. Such Member understands that its investment in the Company is highly speculative in nature and is subject to a high degree of risk of loss, in whole or in part. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;XIII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MISCELLANEOUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.1 <U>Notices</U>. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices, demands and other communications to be given or
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a)&nbsp;when personally delivered, (b)&nbsp;when transmitted by electronic mail (unless if transmitted after 5:00 p.m.
Eastern time or other than on a Business Day, then on the next Business Day) to the address specified below (with confirmation of transmission), (c)&nbsp;when sent by internationally-recognized courier in which case it shall be deemed to have been
given at the time of actual recorded delivery, or (d)&nbsp;the third (3<U><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">rd</SUP></U>) Business Day following the day on which the same is sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, in each
case, to the respective Party at the number, electronic mail address or street address, as applicable, set forth below, or at such other number, electronic mail address or street address as such Party may specify by written notice to the other
Party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Notices to the Investor Member</U>: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BIP Blue Buyer L.L.C. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">345 Park
Avenue </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, NY 10154 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Legal Counsel &#150; Blackstone Infrastructure Partners; Max Wade </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">BIP-Legal@blackstone.com;</FONT> max.wade@blackstone.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">with copies to (which shall not constitute notice): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1271 Avenue of the Americas </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York, NY 10020 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: David Allinson </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: david.allinson@lw.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton&nbsp;&amp; Garrison LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1285 Avenue of the Americas </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York, NY 10019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Ravi Purohit </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: rpurohit@paulweiss.com </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NIPSCO Holdings I LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">290 W.
Nationwide Boulevard </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Columbus, OH 43215 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Shawn Anderson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Kim Cuccia, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: sanderson@nisource.com; kscuccia@nisource.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">McGuireWoods LLP </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">800 East Canal
Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richmond, Virginia 23219 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Joanne Katsantonis; Emilie McNally </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: jkatsantonis@mcguirewoods.com; emcnally@mcguirewoods.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Notices to the Company</U>: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NIPSCO Holdings II LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">290 W.
Nationwide Boulevard </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Columbus, OH 43215 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Shawn Anderson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Kim Cuccia, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: sanderson@nisource.com; kscuccia@nisource.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">McGuireWoods LLP </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">800 East Canal
Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richmond, Virginia 23219 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Joanne Katsantonis; Emilie McNally </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: jkatsantonis@mcguirewoods.com; emcnally@mcguirewoods.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.2 <U>Assignment</U>. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; <U>provided</U>, that neither Member, nor the Company, shall purport to assign or Transfer all or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement nor grant, declare, create or
dispose of any right or interest in this Agreement in whole or in part except with respect to a Transfer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and any attempted or purported assignment hereof not in accordance with the terms hereof shall
be void ab initio. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.3 <U>Waiver of Partition</U>. Each Member hereby waives any right to partition of the Company
property. </P>
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time, as and when requested by any Party and at such Party&#146;s expense, any other Party shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents and instruments and shall take, or cause to be taken, all such further or
other actions as such requesting Party may reasonably deem necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.5 <U>Third Party Beneficiaries</U>. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, nothing expressed or referred to in this
Agreement shall be construed to give any Person other than the Parties any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or with respect to this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement; <U>provided</U>, that Covered Persons are express third
party beneficiaries of <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;XI</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.6 <U>Parties in Interest;
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Recourse</FONT></U>. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Parties and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. This Agreement may only be
enforced against, and any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement may only be brought against, the Persons that are expressly named as Parties to this Agreement. Except to the extent
named as a Party to this Agreement, and then only to the extent of the specific obligations of such Parties set forth in this Agreement, no past, present or future shareholder, member, partner, manager, director, officer, employee, Affiliate
(without giving effect to the proviso set forth in the definition thereof), agent or advisor of any Party shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise or by or through theories of equity, agency, control, instrumentality,
alter ego, domination, sham, single business enterprise, piercing the veil, undercapitalization or any other attempt to avoid or disregard the entity form of any Person not a Party) for any of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements
or other obligations or liabilities of any of the Parties or for any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in no event shall this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.6</U> limit in any way or waive any rights the Company or the NiSource Member may have with respect to the Equity Commitment Letter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.7 <U>Severability</U>. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void, unenforceable or against its regulatory policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and, to the extent permitted and possible, any invalid, void or unenforceable term shall be deemed replaced by a term that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the
intention of such invalid, void or unenforceable term. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.8 <U>Construction</U>. The language used in this Agreement shall
be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Person. The headings of the sections&nbsp;and paragraphs of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall in no way restrict or otherwise modify any of the terms or provisions hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.9
<U>Complete Agreement</U>. This Agreement (including any schedules thereto), constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements or
representations by or among the Parties hereto or Affiliates thereof, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.10 <U>Amendment; Waiver</U>. Subject to <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VIII</U>, neither this Agreement nor any other
Organizational Document of the Company may be amended (whether by merger or otherwise) except in a written instrument signed by Members owning at least a majority of the Membership Interests; <U>provided</U>, that (a)&nbsp;the prior written consent
of any Member shall be required in respect of any such proposed modification, alteration, supplement or amendment that would have a material disproportionate adverse impact on that Member (in its capacity as a Member) as compared to the other
Members (in their capacity as Members) and (b)&nbsp;notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;V</U>, <U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VI</U>, </P>
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<U>Article</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;VII</U>, <U>Article VIII</U> and this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.10</U> may not be amended other than by a written instrument signed by the Investor Member. In
the event that the Company issues Membership Interests to one or more Third Parties pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1(c)</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1</U>, the Members and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend
this Agreement to the extent reasonably necessary to reflect such additional Members. Any amendment or revision to <U>Schedule 1</U> that is made by an officer solely to reflect information regarding Members or the Transfer or issuance of Membership
Interests made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall not be considered an amendment to this Agreement and shall not require any Board or Member approval. Any failure or delay on the part of any Party in exercising any power or right
hereunder shall not operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power hereunder or otherwise available at law
or in equity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.11 <U>Governing Law</U>. This Agreement, and any claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding of any
kind whatsoever, including a counterclaim, cross-claim or defense, regardless of the legal theory under which such liability or obligation may be sought to be imposed, whether sounding in contract or tort, or whether at law or in equity, or
otherwise under any legal or equitable theory, that may be based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements executed and performed entirely within such State without regards to conflicts of law principles of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction that
would cause the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware to apply. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.12 <U>Specific Performance</U>. The
Parties agree that irreparable damage, for which monetary relief, even if available, shall not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any provision of this Agreement is not performed in accordance with its specific terms or is
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that (a)&nbsp;the Parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms
and provisions hereof without proof of damages or otherwise, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement, and (b)&nbsp;the right of specific performance and other equitable relief is an integral part of
this Agreement and the business and legal understandings between the Members with respect to the Company, and without that right, none of the Members would have entered into this Agreement. The Parties acknowledge and agree that any Party pursuing
an injunction or injunctions or other Order to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.12</U> shall not be required to provide
any bond or other security in connection with any such Order. The remedies available to the Parties pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.12</U> shall be in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity,
and the election to pursue an injunction or specific performance shall not restrict, impair or otherwise limit any Party from seeking to collect or collecting damages. Each of the Parties agrees that it shall not oppose the granting of an
injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that any other Party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.13 <U>Escalation; Arbitration</U>.<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) In connection with any dispute, controversy or claim between the Members relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Members will
use their reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute within thirty (30)&nbsp;days. If the dispute has not been resolved within such thirty (30)&nbsp;day period, the Members will escalate the dispute to the respective Senior Officers, who will meet
to discuss and use their reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute. If the Members remain unable to resolve the dispute within thirty (30)&nbsp;days of the initial meeting of the Senior Officers or such later date as the Members subject to such
dispute may agree, such dispute shall be finally settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration </P>
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Association (&#147;<U>AAA</U>&#148;) utilizing its Commercial Arbitration Rules in effect as of the date the arbitration is commenced. The arbitration shall be conducted before a single
arbitrator, if the Parties can agree on the one arbitrator. If the Parties cannot agree on a single arbitrator, there shall be a panel of three arbitrators with one chosen by each Member and the third arbitrator selected by the two Members-appointed
arbitrators. If a Party fails to appoint an arbitrator within 30 days following a written request by another Party to do so or if the two party-appointed arbitrators fail to agree upon the selection of a third arbitrator, as applicable, within 30
days following their appointment, the additional arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA pursuant to its applicable procedures. Each arbitrator shall be disinterested and have at least 20 years of experience with commercial matters. The
arbitrator(s) shall have the power to award any appropriate remedy consistent with the objectives of the arbitration and subject to, and consistent with, all Laws and Orders applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, the necessity of obtaining any requisite authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Body necessary to implement the appropriate remedy). The decision of the one arbitrator or, if applicable, the majority of the three
arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the Parties (subject only to limited review as required by applicable Law). Judgment upon the award of the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise enforced in any
jurisdiction in any manner provided by applicable Law. The losing Party shall pay the prevailing Party&#146;s attorney&#146;s fees and costs and the costs associated with the arbitration, including expert fees and costs and the arbitrators&#146;
fees and costs; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that each Party shall bear its own fees and costs until the arbitrator(s) determine which, if any, Party is the prevailing Party and the amount that is due to such prevailing Party. The arbitration
proceedings shall take place in Chicago, Illinois and, for the avoidance of doubt, the arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in the English language. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) All discussions, negotiations and proceedings under this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.13</U>, and all evidence given or discovered
pursuant hereto, will be maintained in strict confidence by all Parties, except where disclosure is required by applicable Law, necessary to comply with any legal requirements of such Party or necessary or advisable in order for a Party to assert
any legal rights or remedies, including the filing of a complaint with a court or, based on the advice of counsel, such disclosure is determined to be necessary or advisable under applicable securities Laws or the rules of any stock exchange on
which any of such Party&#146;s securities are traded. Disclosure of the existence of any arbitration or of any award rendered therein may be made as part of any action in court for interim or provisional relief or to confirm or enforce such award.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Any settlement discussions occurring and negotiating positions taken by any Party in connection with the procedures under this
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.13</U> will be subject to Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The fact that the dispute resolution procedure specified in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.13</U> has been or may be invoked will
not excuse any Party from performing its obligations under this Agreement, and during the pendency of any such procedure, all Parties must continue to perform their respective obligations in good faith. In addition, in no event shall the fact that
this provision has been invoked and the pendency of the proceedings limit, suspend, delay or waive any other rights and remedies provided in this Agreement to any Member. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Notwithstanding the agreement to arbitrate contained in this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.13</U>, in the event that either Party
wishes to seek a temporary restraining order, a preliminary or temporary injunction, or other injunctive relief in connection with any claim, demand, cause of action, dispute, controversy, or other matter arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or the alleged breach thereof, whether such claim sounds in contract, tort, or otherwise, at law or in equity, under state or federal law, whether provided by statute or the common law, each Party shall have the right to pursue such injunctive
relief in court, rather than by arbitration. The Parties agree that such action for a temporary restraining order, a preliminary or temporary injunction, or other injunctive relief may be brought in the state or federal courts of Delaware, or in any
other forum in which jurisdiction is appropriate. </P>
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any Party may execute any such counterpart, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective
when each Party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Parties. The Parties agree that the delivery of this Agreement may be effected by means of an exchange of facsimile or electronically transmitted signatures. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.15 <U>Fair Market Value Determination</U>. In the event the Board makes a determination of Fair Market Value under this
Agreement, upon request by any Member, so long as a Member holds a Percentage Interest greater than 5%, within five Business Days after receiving written notice of the Board&#146;s determination in connection with any determination of Fair Market
Value of Membership Interests or other assets under this Agreement (which determination shall be provided by the Company to each Member promptly following the making thereof), the Company shall select a nationally recognized independent valuation
firm with no existing or prior business or personal relationship with any Member or any of its Affiliates in the three year period immediately preceding the date of engagement, pursuant to this <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.15</U> (the
&#147;<U>Independent Evaluator</U>&#148;) to determine such Fair Market Value. Each of the Company and the requesting Member shall submit their view of the Fair Market Value of the Membership Interests or the relevant asset(s) to the Independent
Evaluator, and each party will receive copies of all information provided to the Independent Evaluator by the other party. The final Independent Evaluator&#146;s determination of the Fair Market Value of such Membership Interests or asset(s) shall
be set forth in a detailed written report addressed to the Company and the Members within 30 days following the Company&#146;s selection of such Independent Evaluator and such determination shall be final, conclusive and binding. In rendering its
decision, the Independent Evaluator shall determine which of the positions of the Company and the requesting Member submitted to the Independent Evaluator is, in the aggregate, more accurate (which report shall include a worksheet setting forth the
material calculations used in arriving at such determination), and, based on such determination, adopt either the Fair Market Value determined by the Company or the requesting Member. Any fees and expenses of the Independent Evaluator incurred in
resolving the disputed matter(s) will be borne by the party whose positions were not adopted by the Independent Evaluator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board&#146;s determination of Fair Market Value under this Agreement shall be conclusive
and relied upon by the Members in carrying out their obligations hereunder, unless and until the Independent Evaluator determines otherwise. The pendency of this process shall not excuse the performance of any obligations of a Member hereunder.<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.16 <U>Certain Definitions</U>. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Act</U>&#148; means
the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time to time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Actual Performance Management Net Income</U>&#148;
means Net Income of NIPSCO Consolidated adjusted for income taxes computed or imputed on Net Income. For these purposes, &#147;<U>NIPSCO Consolidated</U>&#148; is defined as NIPSCO and its consolidated subsidiaries including NIPSCO Accounts
Receivable Corporation and its controlling investments in tax equity financings related to renewable projects. On an annual basis, Parent will provide to the Investor Member a schedule calculating Actual Performance Management Net Income including
supporting documentation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Advisors</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, the accountants, attorneys, consultants,
advisors, investment bankers, or other representatives of such Person. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Adjusted Capital Account</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Member, the balance
in such Member&#146;s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Allocation Year or other period, after giving effect to the following adjustments: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Add to such Capital Account the following items: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The amount, if any, that such Member is obligated to contribute to the Company upon liquidation of such Member&#146;s Interest; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) The amount that such Member is obligated to restore or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)</FONT> or the penultimate sentence of each of Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(g)(1)</FONT> and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2(i)(5).</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Subtract from such Capital Account such Member&#146;s share of the items
described in Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6).</FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)</FONT> and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in such Member&#146;s Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the Allocation Year (or other relevant period). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Affiliate</U>&#148; of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
particular Person, where &#147;control&#148; means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, Contract or otherwise; <U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that (i)&nbsp;no portfolio company of any investment fund affiliated with or advised by The Blackstone Group Inc. or Blackstone Infrastructure Partners L.P. shall be deemed to be an &#147;Affiliate&#148; of the Investor Member
(excluding the Investor&#146;s Subsidiaries) and (ii)&nbsp;no investment fund affiliated with or advised by The Blackstone Group Inc. shall be deemed an &#147;Affiliate&#148; of the Investor Member (excluding Blackstone Infrastructure Partners L.P.
together with its controlled investment vehicles). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Allocation Year</U>&#148; means (a)&nbsp;the period commencing on the
Effective Date and ending on the immediately succeeding December&nbsp;31; (b) any subsequent twelve (12)&nbsp;month period commencing on January&nbsp;1 and ending on December&nbsp;31; or (c)&nbsp;any portion of the period described in preceding
clause (a)&nbsp;or (b) for which the Company is required to allocate items of the Company income, gain, loss, deduction or credit. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Anti-Corruption Laws</U>&#148; means any Law concerning or relating to bribery or corruption imposed, administered or enforced by any
Governmental Body. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</U>&#148; means any Law concerning or relating to money laundering, any predicate
crime to money laundering or any record keeping, disclosure or reporting requirements related to money laundering imposed, administered or enforced by any Governmental Body. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Assumed Tax Liability</U>&#148; means, for any Member, the product of (a)&nbsp;such Member&#146;s allocable share of net taxable
income of the Company for such Fiscal Year (or applicable portion thereof), reduced by such Member&#146;s allocable share of cumulative net taxable loss of the Company not previously been taken into account (calculated taking into account the effect
of any basis adjustment under Code Section&nbsp;734, 743 or 754 and allocations pursuant to Code Section&nbsp;704(c)), determined as if such Member has no items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit other than through the Company, multiplied by
(b)&nbsp;the Assumed Tax Rate. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Assumed Tax Rate</U>&#148; means the highest effective combined marginal U.S.
federal, state and local income tax rate applicable to a corporation for such Fiscal Year (taking into account the character of the underlying taxable income) and the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes
(and any applicable limitations thereon). The Assumed Tax Rate shall be the same for each Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Available Cash</U>&#148;
means, for any fiscal quarter, the cash flow generated from the normal business operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in such fiscal quarter, less any amounts that the Board reasonably determines are necessary and appropriate to be retained
in order to (a)&nbsp;permit the Company and its Subsidiaries to pay their obligations as they become due in the ordinary course of business, (b)&nbsp;make all payments required or that the Board determines is appropriate under the NiSource Notes,
(c)&nbsp;maintain the Company&#146;s and its Subsidiaries&#146; target regulatory capital structure and investment grade credit metrics, (d)&nbsp;fund planned capital expenditures, (e)&nbsp;maintain an adequate level of working capital,
(f)&nbsp;maintain prudent reserves for future obligations (including contingent obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries), (g) comply with applicable Law, Order, the terms of the Company&#146;s and its Subsidiaries&#146; Indebtedness
(including making any required payments of principal or interest in satisfaction of Indebtedness), or (h)&nbsp;respond to an Emergency Situation, with the requirement of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to make upward cash distributions (on a
quarterly basis) of at least 50% of the such applicable entity&#146;s Net Income for the relevant period (but, in any case, no less than all Available Cash). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Business Day</U>&#148; means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions located in New York, New
York or Delaware are closed generally. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Capital Account</U>&#148; means the capital account maintained for each Member on the
Company&#146;s books and records in accordance with the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) To each Member&#146;s Capital Account there shall be
added (i)&nbsp;such Member&#146;s Capital Contributions, (ii)&nbsp;such Member&#146;s allocable share of Net Profits and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated to such Member pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7</U> hereof or other provisions of this Agreement, and (iii)&nbsp;the amount of any Company liabilities assumed by such Member or which are secured by any property distributed
to such Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) From each Member&#146;s Capital Account there shall be subtracted (i)&nbsp;the amount of (A)&nbsp;cash and
(B)&nbsp;the Gross Asset Value of any Company assets (other than cash) distributed to such Member pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;such Member&#146;s allocable share of Net Losses and any other items in the nature of expenses
or losses that are specially allocated to such Member pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.6</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7</U> hereof or other provisions of this Agreement, and (iii)&nbsp;liabilities of such Member assumed by the
Company or which are secured by any property contributed by such Member to the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In the event any Membership Interest is
transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred Membership Interest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of subparagraphs (a)&nbsp;and (b) above, there shall be taken into account Code
Section&nbsp;752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the
maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-1(b)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2</FONT> and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent
with such Regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Capital Contribution</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Member, the total amount of cash and the
initial Gross Asset Value of property (other than cash) contributed to the capital of the Company by such Member, whether as an initial Capital Contribution or as an additional Capital Contribution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Change in Control</U>&#148; means with respect to the applicable Party, any person or group (within the meaning of
Sections&nbsp;13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) at any time becoming the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of such Party (including through general partner
and limited partner arrangements). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Code</U>&#148; means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Company Group</U>&#148; means the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, collectively. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Company Minimum Gain</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(b)(2)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2(d)(1)</FONT> for the phrase &#147;partnership minimum gain.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Competitor</U>&#148; means any Person that is, or through its Subsidiaries is, directly involved in or competes with the Company
Business in the United States. For the avoidance of doubt, a Competitor shall not include any financial sponsors that own equity in any Person that is directly involved in the Company Business in the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Contract</U>&#148; means any written agreement, arrangement, commitment, indenture, instrument, purchase order, license or other
binding agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Covered Person</U>&#148; means any (a)&nbsp;Member, any Affiliate of a Member or any officers, directors,
shareholders, partners, members, employees, representatives or agents of a Member or their respective direct or indirect Affiliates, (b)&nbsp;Director, or (c)&nbsp;employee, officer, or agent of the Company or its Affiliates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>CPI Escalato</U>r&#148; means that certain increase calculated annually on the anniversary of the Effective Date by the percentage
increase of services measured by the consumer price index as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Debt Financing</U>&#148; means any debt financing incurred by the Investor Member or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company),
including, the incurrence of any loans or the issuance of any bonds, notes, debentures or hybrid securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Debt-to-Capital</FONT></FONT> Ratio</U>&#148; means the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">debt-to-capital</FONT></FONT> ratio of NIPSCO as calculated for
IURC purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Depreciation</U>&#148; means, for Allocation Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation,
amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable for federal income tax purposes with respect to an asset for such Allocation Year or other period, except that (a)&nbsp;with respect to an asset the Gross Asset Value of which differs from its
adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the &#147;remedial allocation method&#148; as defined in Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-3(d),</FONT>
Depreciation for such period shall be the amount of the book basis recovered for such period under the rules prescribed in Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-3(d)(2),</FONT> and (b)&nbsp;if the Gross Asset Value
of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Allocation </P>
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Year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery
deduction for such Allocation Year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such Allocation Year or
other period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Emergency Expenditure</U>&#148; means amounts required to be incurred in order to respond to an Emergency Situation or to avoid an
Emergency Situation in a manner that is consistent with general practices applicable to facilities used in the Company Business or consistent with the past operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent such expenditures are
reasonably designed to ameliorate the consequences, or an immediate threat of any of the consequences, of the issues set forth in the definition of &#147;<U>Emergency Situation</U>&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Emergency Situation</U>&#148; means, with respect to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any abnormal system condition
or abnormal situation requiring immediate action to maintain the system, frequency, loading within acceptable limits or voltage or to prevent loss of firm load, material equipment damage or tripping of system elements that would reasonably be
excepted to materially and adversely affect reliability of an electric system or any other occurrence or condition that requires immediate action to prevent or mitigate an immediate and material threat to the safety of Persons or the operational
integrity of the assets and business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any other condition or occurrence requiring prompt implementation of emergency procedures as defined by the applicable transmission grid operator, distribution or
transmitting utility. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Encumber</U>&#148; means to place a Lien against. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Equity Commitment Letter</U>&#148; means the Equity Commitment Letter dated as of the Effective Date by Blackstone Infrastructure
Partners L.P. for the benefit of the Company in the amount equal to $250,000,000 <U>minus</U> the Additional Capital Contribution Amount (as defined in the PSA) (the &#147;<U>Maximum Investor Commitment</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the definition of &#147;Excluded Membership Interests&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Excluded Membership Interests</U>&#148; means any Membership Interests or other equity interests in the Company issued in connection
with: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) any issuance to a Third Party pursuant to and in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;7.1</U>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) any arrangement approved unanimously by the Board for the return of income or capital to the Members; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) any equity split, equity dividend or any similar recapitalization; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) the commencement of any offering or registration of Membership Interests or other equity interests of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, pursuant to a registration statement filed in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;) or under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Excluded Transactions</U>&#148; means Transactions in the ordinary course of the Company Business, with respect to (i)&nbsp;tax
equity financings related to renewable projects, or (ii)&nbsp;pilot programs and similar undertakings by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Company Business. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Fair Market Value</U>&#148; means, with respect to any asset (including equity
interest), the price at which the asset would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller that are not affiliated parties, neither being under any compulsion to buy or to sell, and both having knowledge of the relevant facts and taking
into account the full useful life of the asset. In valuing Membership Interests, no consideration of any control, liquidity or minority discount or premium shall be taken into account. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in accordance
with the foregoing, subject to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;13.15</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>FERC</U>&#148; means the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission or any successor agency thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>GAAP</U>&#148; means United States generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a consistent basis during the periods involved. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Governmental Body</U>&#148; means any national, foreign, federal, regional,
state, local, municipal or other governmental authority of any nature (including any division, department, agency, commission or other regulatory body thereof) and any court or arbitral tribunal, including any governmental, quasi-governmental or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-governmental</FONT> body administering, regulating or having general oversight over electricity, power or the transmission or transportation thereof, including any regional transmission operator, independent system
operator and any market monitor thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Gross Asset Value</U>&#148; means, with respect to any asset, the asset&#146;s adjusted
basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the
Company shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of the contribution, as determined by the Board, <U>provided</U> that the initial Gross Asset Values of the assets contributed to the Company pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U> shall be as set forth on <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Gross Asset Values of all
Company assets immediately prior to the occurrence of any event described in subparagraphs (i)&nbsp;through (v) below shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the Board, as of the following times: The
Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the Board, as of the following times: (i)&nbsp;the acquisition of an additional interest in the Company by any new or
existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (ii)&nbsp;the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Property as consideration for an interest in the Company; (iii)&nbsp;the
liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);</FONT> (iv) in connection with the grant of an interest in the Company (other than a de minimis interest) as
consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Company by an existing Member acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Member acting in a partner capacity in anticipation of being a Member; and (v)&nbsp;the acquisition of
an interest in the Company upon the exercise of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compensatory</FONT> option in accordance with Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s);</FONT> <U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, adjustments pursuant to <U>clause (</U><U>i</U><U>)</U>, <U>clause (ii)</U>, and <U>clause (iv)</U><U></U>&nbsp;above shall be made only if the Board reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect
the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company; and <U>provided</U> <U>further</U>, if any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compensatory</FONT> option is outstanding, Gross Asset Values shall be adjusted in accordance with
Treasury Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(1)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2);</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to a Member shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of
distribution as determined by the Board </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Gross Asset Values of Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect
any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section&nbsp;734(b) or Code Section&nbsp;743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m);</FONT> <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subparagraph (d)&nbsp;to the extent that an adjustment pursuant to subparagraph
(b)&nbsp;above is made in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subparagraph (d). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) If the Gross Asset Value of a Company asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (a), subparagraph (b)&nbsp;or
subparagraph (d)&nbsp;above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such Company asset for purposes of computing Net Profits and Net Losses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Indebtedness</U>&#148; means indebtedness or long term debt or similar instruments as those terms are calculated or determined by
IURC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Investor Call Trigger</U>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;the Investor Member fails to fund all or any portion of its share of a
Mandatory Capital Contribution or any Additional Funding Requirement (other than a Mandatory Capital Contribution) in respect of two (2)&nbsp;events if the Investor Member indicated it would do so in its Response to Capital Call but failed to do so
within the time period specified in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U>; <U>provided</U>, that the NiSource Member shall be required to provide notice to the Investor Member immediately upon its first event of failure to fund that would trigger
this right, (ii)&nbsp;the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is equal to or less than five percent (5%), or (iii)&nbsp;the NiSource Member elects to pursue a spin off, split off or similar transaction of the Company, NIPSCO or an Affiliate;
<U>provided</U>, in the case of this <U>clause (iii)</U>, the NiSource Member may not exercise its Call Right unless the Spin Return Threshold would be satisfied in the event such contemplated transaction is consummated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Investor Consent Threshold</U>&#148; means a Percentage Interest equal to or greater than 19.9%; <U>provided</U>, that, solely in the
event the Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest is reduced in connection with issuances of Membership Interests in compliance with <U>Sections</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.1</U> or <U>7.1</U>, such reference to &#147;19.9%&#148; shall be replaced by
&#147;17.5%&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>IRR</U>&#148; means, at any time of determination, the actual annual rate of return of the Investor Member
(specified as a percentage) taking into account only the following, on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">cash-in,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">cash-out</FONT> basis: (a)&nbsp;all capital contributions actually made to the Company by or
on behalf of the Investor Member or any of its Permitted Transferees with respect to their Membership Interests on or before such date, and (b)&nbsp;all cash distributions to the Investor Member or any of its Permitted Transferees on or before such
date. For the avoidance of doubt, the IRR calculation would not include any tax payments at the Investor Member level. The IRR will be calculated using the XIRR function in the most recent version of Microsoft Excel (or if such program is no longer
available, such other software program for calculating the IRR as is reasonably determined by the Board), and will be based on the actual dates of funding of such capital contributions and the actual dates of receipt of such cash distributions and
proceeds. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>IURC</U>&#148; means the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Law</U>&#148; means any law (statutory, common or otherwise), rule, regulation, code or ordinance enacted, adopted, promulgated or
applied by any Governmental Body, including all regulatory requirements emanating from state and federal regulators of the Company Group&#146;s businesses and operations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Liens</U>&#148; means all liens, encumbrances, mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, security interests, charges, claims, proxy, voting
trust or transfer restrictions, under any stockholder or similar agreement or Organizational Document. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Maximum Investor Commitment</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the definition
of &#147;Equity Commitment Letter&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Member</U>&#148; means each of the NiSource Member and the Investor Member, and any
Person admitted as an additional member of the Company or a substitute member of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, each in its capacity as a member of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Member Nonrecourse Debt</U>&#148; has the meaning of &#147;partner nonrecourse debt&#148; as set forth in Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(b)(4).</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain</U>&#148; means an amount,
with respect to each Member Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Company Minimum Gain that would result if such Member Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(3).</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Member Nonrecourse Deductions</U>&#148; has the meaning of
&#147;partner nonrecourse deductions&#148; set forth in Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-2(i)(1)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2(i)(2).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Membership Interests</U>&#148; means membership interests of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>MOIC</U>&#148; means, as of any measurement time, with respect to any holder of Membership Interests, the number resulting from the
quotient of (i)&nbsp;the cumulative amount of distributions received by such holder (or its predecessors in interest) in respect of such Membership Interests <U>divided by</U> (ii)&nbsp;the cumulative amount of all capital contributions made to the
Company by such holder (or its predecessors in interest) in respect of such Membership Interests prior to such time or, in the case of the Investor Member, the cumulative amount of the Purchase Price (as defined in the PSA) under the PSA paid by the
Investor Member to the Parent (as defined therein). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Net Income</U>&#148; means the Net Income attributable to the applicable
entity in its consolidated GAAP income statement adjusted to (i)&nbsp;reflect <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> adjustments included in the Parent&#146;s consolidated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> reporting
associated with the applicable entity and recorded in accordance with the Parent&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> policy in effect as of the date of the income statement, and (ii)&nbsp;add
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-tax</FONT> Pension&nbsp;&amp; OPEB <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Service</FONT> Cost if it is an expense and subtract <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-tax</FONT> Pension&nbsp;&amp; OPEB <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Service</FONT> Cost in cases when this item is income. For reference, the Parent&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> policy is to that certain <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> policy
in effect as of the Effective Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>New Securities</U>&#148; means any Membership Interests or other equity interests in the
Company, other than any Excluded Membership Interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>NiSource Leadership Team</U>&#148; means any individual serving as an
officer at any Company Group. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Nonrecourse Deductions</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(b)(1)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.704-2(c).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Nonrecourse Liability</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Sections&nbsp;1.704-2(b)(3)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.752-1(a)(2).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>OFAC</U>&#148; means the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Order</U>&#148; means any order, ruling, decision, verdict, decree, writ, award, judgment, injunction, or other similar determination
or finding of any Governmental Body. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Organizational Documents</U>&#148; means, with respect to any corporation, its
articles or certificate of incorporation, memorandum or articles of association and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> or documents of similar substance; with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of association,
articles of organization or certificate of organization, formation or association and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement or documents of similar substance; with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of
limited partnership and partnership agreement or documents of similar substance; and with respect to any other entity, documents of similar substance to any of the foregoing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Outside Group</U>&#148; means the Parent and its Subsidiaries, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Partnership Audit Rules</U>&#148; means Sections&nbsp;6221 through 6241 of the Code, as enacted in Public Law 114-74, as may be
amended, including any final or temporary Regulations, other administrative guidance or case law interpreting Sections&nbsp;6221 through 6241 of the Code (and any analogous provision of state or local tax law). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Partnership Representative</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Allocation Year, the Person designated for such year as the
partnership representative for the Company pursuant to section&nbsp;6223(a) of the Code or with respect to the tax law of any state or foreign jurisdiction, as a representative pursuant to a provision of law of such state or foreign jurisdiction
corresponding to Section&nbsp;6223(a) of the Code and shall also include the Person through whom a Partnership Representative acts. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Percentage Interest</U>&#148; means, in respect of any Member, their relative ownership in the Membership Interests, expressed as a
percentage, which shall be deemed to be equal to the number of Membership Interests that such Member owns divided by the total number of Membership Interests then outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Permitted Transferee</U>&#148; means, with respect to the NiSource Member or the Investor Member, (a)&nbsp;a directly or indirectly
wholly owned Subsidiary of such Member, (b)&nbsp;an Affiliate of such Member of which such Member is, directly or indirectly, a wholly owned Subsidiary (an &#147;<U>Affiliate Parent</U>&#148;), or (c)&nbsp;an Affiliate of such Member that is a
wholly owned Subsidiary of an Affiliate Parent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Persons</U>&#148; means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited
liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a Governmental Body. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Preemptive Right Share</U>&#148; means a ratio of (a)&nbsp;the number of Membership Interests held by such Member with Preemptive
Rights, to (b)&nbsp;the total number of Membership Interests then outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of New Securities giving rise to the Preemptive Rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>President</U>&#148; means the President of NIPSCO. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Profits</U>&#148; and &#147;<U>Losses</U>&#148; mean, for each Allocation Year, an amount equal to the Company&#146;s taxable income
or loss for such Allocation Year, determined in accordance with Code Section&nbsp;703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section&nbsp;703(a)(1) shall be included in
taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Any income of the Company that is exempt from federal
income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition of &#147;Profits&#148; and &#147;Losses&#148; shall be added to such taxable income or loss; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section&nbsp;705(a)(2)(B) or treated
as Code Section&nbsp;705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i),</FONT> and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this
definition of &#147;Profits&#148; and &#147;Losses,&#148; shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In the event the
Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to <U>clause</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;(b)</U> or <U>clause (c)</U>&nbsp;of the definition of &#147;Gross Asset Value,&#148; the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if
the adjustment increases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or
Losses; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable
income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Allocation Year, computed in accordance with the definition of Depreciation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes
shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the Property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such Property differs from its Gross Asset Value; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section&nbsp;734(b) or Section&nbsp;743(b) is
required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4),</FONT> to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a
Member&#146;s interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and
shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition,
any items that are specially allocated pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7</U> or <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.8</U> shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The amounts of the items of Company income, gain, loss, or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.7</U> and <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5.8</U> shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in <U>clause (a)</U>&nbsp;through <U>clause (f)</U>&nbsp;of this definition </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Prohibited Competitor</U>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;any Competitor listed on <U>Appendix (A)</U>&nbsp;hereto, as may be updated from time
to time in accordance with <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.3(b)</U> and (ii)&nbsp;any person owned or controlled by an entity existing under the laws of a country or territory that is subject to, or a target of, any Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>PSA</U>&#148; means the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June&nbsp;17, 2023, by and among the Company, the NiSource Member and the
Investor Member (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Qualified Designee</U>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;with
respect to NiSource Member, an employee of Parent or its Affiliates that is an officer of any such entity and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to Investor Member, an employee of the Investor Member or its parent company that is an officer or comparable
position of such entity or is otherwise affiliated with such entity; <U>provided</U>, that a &#147;Qualified Designee&#148; shall not include any Person so long as such Person is (a)&nbsp;a director, officer, employee, or other Person affiliated
with a Prohibited Competitor or (b)&nbsp;any Person convicted by a court or equivalent tribunal of any felony (or equivalent crime in the applicable jurisdiction) or of any misdemeanor (or equivalent crime in the applicable jurisdiction) that
involves financial dishonesty or moral turpitude, or (c)&nbsp;any Person that would create a material reputational risk to the Company based on a good faith determination by the Board. </P>
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(i)&nbsp;an asset manager with &#147;assets under management&#148; (as such term is commonly defined in the private equity industry) of at least $5,000,000,000, (ii) a Person with its equity interests listed on a nationally recognized stock exchange
which has a market capitalization of at least $5,000,000,000 or (iii)&nbsp;a Person that based on its most recent audited balance sheet has at least $5,000,000,000 of assets, and/or in all cases, is in the good faith determination of the Board of
being financially capable of carrying out the obligations and promptly paying all liabilities as they become due and payable under and in accordance with this Agreement and such Person is not a Prohibited Competitor; <U>provided</U>, that a Person
that consummated a foreclosure pursuant to <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.2(b)</U> shall be deemed a Qualified Transferee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Qualifying Core Assets</U>&#148; means assets utilized in connection with the conduct of the Company&#146;s and its
Subsidiaries&#146; business on which the Company reasonably expects (a)&nbsp;that it or its Subsidiaries will be eligible to include in the applicable rate base, and (b)&nbsp;to earn a return through rates approved by FERC (or such other
Governmental Body that may then be applicable) that are commercially reasonable (to be determined by the Board in good faith) and are not otherwise inconsistent with applicable FERC (or such other Governmental Body, as the case may be) rate
precedent. For the avoidance of doubt, &#147;Qualifying Core Assets&#148; shall also include necessary or ancillary expenses to support such assets (including working capital). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Rate Base Amount</U>&#148; means an amount equal to the net utility plant of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as
determined based on the most recently filed FERC Form 1s for the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Representatives</U>&#148;
means the directors, officers, employees, agents and Advisors of a Party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Sanctioned Country</U>&#148; means a country or
territory that is the target of comprehensive Sanctions (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">so-called</FONT> Donetsk and Luhansk People&#146;s Republics in eastern
Ukraine). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Sanctioned Person</U>&#148; means, (a)&nbsp;any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons
maintained by a Governmental Body described in the definition of &#147;Sanctions,&#148; (b) any Person operating, organized, domiciled or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c)&nbsp;the government of, or a Governmental Body or government official of,
any Sanctioned Country or of Venezuela, or (d)&nbsp;any Person directly or indirectly owned or otherwise controlled by, acting for or on behalf of, or acting at the direction of, any such Person described in <U>clauses (a)</U>, <U>(b)</U>, or
<U>(c)</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Sanctions</U>&#148; means any trade or economic sanctions imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by
OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, His Majesty&#146;s Treasury, the United Nations, the European Union or any agency or subdivision of any of the foregoing, including any regulations, rules and executive orders issued in connection therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the definition of &#147;Excluded Membership Interests&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Senior Officers</U>&#148; means with respect to the NiSource Member, the Chief Executive Officer of the Parent, and with respect to
the Investor Member, the Global Head of Infrastructure of Blackstone Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Spin Return Threshold</U>&#148; means the Investor
Return Threshold and the MOIC Return Threshold. </P>
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majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof or any partnership, association or other entity of which a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interest is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof. For purposes of this definition, a Person is deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a partnership, limited liability
company, association or other business entity if such Person is allocated a majority of the gains or losses of such partnership, limited liability company, association or other entity or is or controls the managing director or general partner of
such partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Tag Portion</U>&#148; means an amount of
Membership Interests equal to the specified quantity of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Offered Membership Interests multiplied by Investor Member&#146;s Percentage Interest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Target Performance Management Net Income</U>&#148; means the financial model output reflected in the &#147;Net Income &#150;
Controlling Interests &#150; GAAP&#148; row of the .PDF labeled &#147;Project Blue &#150; Seller Model and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Policy.pdf&#148; and attached to an email from the Investor Member&#146;s counsel to the
NiSource Member&#146;s counsel copying Representatives of the Investor Member and the NiSource Member on December&nbsp;28, 2023 at 4:16 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Tax</U>&#148; or &#147;<U>Taxes</U>&#148; means any federal, state, local or foreign taxes, including income, gross receipts, capital
stock, capital gains, franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll, social security, unemployment, disability, real property, ad valorem/personal property, stamp, excise, occupation, sales, use, excise, transfer, value added, import, export,
alternative minimum, estimated or other tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge in the nature of a tax, including any interest, penalty or addition thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Tax Return</U>&#148; means any return, claim for refund, report, election, form, statement or information return relating to Taxes,
including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendments thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Third Party</U>&#148; means, with respect to
a Member, another Person that is not another Member or an Affiliate of a Member. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Transfer</U>&#148; shall mean, with respect to
the legal or beneficial ownership of any of a Member&#146;s Membership Interests, any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or other similar arrangement or disposal, directly or indirectly, whether voluntarily, involuntarily
or by operation of applicable Law (through a Change in Control or otherwise) including by the entry into any contract, option or other arrangement, or the granting or imposition of any Lien, that gives any Person other than the Member, whether or
not upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event, the right to acquire any Membership Interests or any interest therein, to vote any Membership Interest, or to require that any Membership Interests be transferred, directly or indirectly, whether
voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following shall constitute a Transfer: (i)&nbsp;a sale, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of equity
interests in any Member or any direct or indirect parent of such Member in which such Member represents less than 50% of the Fair Market Value of all of the assets directly or indirectly held by such Member or direct or indirect parent the equity
interests of which are being disposed, except in any such case as expressly set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.2(b)</U>, (ii) a Change in Control of the NiSource Member or indirect transfers of Membership Interests resulting solely from
acquisitions and dispositions of equity interests of Blackstone Inc., Parent or their respective Affiliates on the New York Stock Exchange, (iii)&nbsp;any direct or indirect transfer of equity interests in the Investor Member that does not result in
a Change in Control of the Investor Member, and (iv)&nbsp;as permitted under <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;6.2(b)</U>. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Section</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top">AAA</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;13.13(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Affiliate Agreements</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.14(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Affiliate Agreement Default</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.14(c)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Affiliate Agreement Default Notice</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.14(c)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Agreement</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Preamble</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Blocker Seller</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.7</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Board</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Board Observer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.13</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Call Consummation Period</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(e)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Call Exercise Price</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(e)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Call Notice</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(e)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(e)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Capital Request Funding Date</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Capital Request Notice</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Company</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Preamble</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Company Business</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;1.3(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Confidential Information</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;9.6(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(ii)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(b)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;9.3(b)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(e)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Defaulting Member</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;4.2</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Designated Alternate</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.2(e)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Drag-Along Buyer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.5(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Drag-Along Notice</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.5(b)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Drag-Along Right</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.5(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.5(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;4.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;4.3(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Excess Contribution</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(i)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;11.7</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Fund Indemnitors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;11.7</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Independent Evaluator</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;13.15</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Investor Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.2(b)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Investor Member</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Preamble</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Investor Return Thresholds</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.5(h)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Lock-Up</FONT> Period</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.1(b)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Mandatory Capital Contribution</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Measurement Period</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule 2</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">MOIC Return Threshold</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.5(h)</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.14(b)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.2(d)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Preamble</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;2.14(b)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Transferring</FONT> Member</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.3(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(b)(i)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Parent</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Preamble</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Partnership Representative</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;10.2</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Party</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Preamble</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Preemptive Right</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Preemptive Right Notice Period</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Preemptive Right Participation Notice</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;7.1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Pro Rata Request Amount</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.1(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Regulatory Allocations</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;5.7(h)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Sale Notice</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Sale Period</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule 2</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Management Termination Event</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule 2</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Management Member</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Schedule 2</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Subject Membership Interests</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.3(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Buyer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Notice</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Section&nbsp;6.4(a)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Tag-Along</FONT> Sale</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;13.18 <U>Other Definitional Provisions</U>. The following shall apply to this Agreement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Accounting terms which are not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them under GAAP. To the extent that the
definition of an accounting term defined in this Agreement is inconsistent with the meaning of such term under GAAP, the definition set forth in this Agreement shall control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The terms &#147;hereof,&#148; &#147;herein&#148; and &#147;hereunder&#148; and terms of similar import are references to this Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Section, clause, schedule and exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to sections, clauses, schedules and exhibits in or to this Agreement, unless otherwise
specified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Whenever the words &#147;include,&#148; &#147;includes&#148; or &#147;including&#148; are used in this Agreement, they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words &#147;without limitation.&#148; Where the context permits, the use of the term &#147;or&#148; shall be equivalent to the use of the term &#147;and/or.&#148; </P>
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act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded. If the last day of such period is a day other than a Business Day, the period in question shall end on the
next succeeding Business Day. In addition, notwithstanding any deadline for payment, performance, notice or election under this Agreement, if such deadline falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then the deadline for such payment, performance,
notice or election will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Words denoting any gender shall include all genders,
including the neutral gender. Where a word is defined herein, references to the singular shall include references to the plural and vice versa. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The word &#147;will&#148; will be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word &#147;shall&#148;. The words
&#147;shall,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; or &#147;agree(s)&#148; are mandatory, and &#147;may&#148; is permissive. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) All references to
&#147;$&#148; and dollars shall be deemed to refer to United States currency unless otherwise specifically provided. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) All references
to a day or days shall be deemed to refer to a calendar day or calendar days, as applicable, unless otherwise specifically provided. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)
Any reference to any Contract shall be a reference to such agreement or Contract, as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or waived. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) Any reference to any particular Code section&nbsp;or any Law shall be interpreted to include any amendment to, revision of or successor to
that section&nbsp;or Law regardless of how it is numbered or classified; <U>provided</U>, that, for the purposes of the representations and warranties contained herein, with respect to any violation of or
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance</FONT> with, or alleged violation of or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance,</FONT> with any Code section&nbsp;or Law, the reference to such Code section&nbsp;or Law means such Code
section&nbsp;or Law as in effect at the time of such violation or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance</FONT> or alleged violation or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) For all purposes of this Agreement (including the determination of a Member&#146;s Percentage Interest and its entitlement, if applicable,
to designate one or more Directors), such Member and its Permitted Transferees shall be deemed to be, and shall be treated as, one and the same Member. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Shawn Anderson</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">January&nbsp;2, 2024 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NiSource Inc. Completes
NIPSCO Minority Equity Interest Transaction </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Investment by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners affiliate (&#147;Blackstone&#148;) to acquire a 19.9% indirect <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-controlling</FONT> equity interest in NIPSCO for $2.16&nbsp;billion, with an additional equity commitment of $250&nbsp;million to fund ongoing capital requirements, strengthens NIPSCO&#146;s financial foundation and
supports sustainable long-term growth. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Blackstone invests alongside NiSource in NIPSCO to fund the energy transition and to accelerate the
reindustrialization of the Midwest. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">NiSource reaffirms commitment to Indiana and to its consolidated credit, earnings and growth commitments through
2028. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MERRILLVILLE, Ind. &#150; NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) (&#147;NiSource&#148;) today announced that it has completed the issuance of a
19.9% indirect equity interest in the company&#146;s Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (&#147;NIPSCO&#148;) subsidiary to an affiliate of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners (&#147;Blackstone Infrastructure&#148;), the dedicated
infrastructure group of Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX). <U>As previously announced</U>, through the transaction the Blackstone affiliate has acquired a 19.9% <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-controlling</FONT> equity interest in NIPSCO Holdings II
LLC, which owns all the equity interests of NIPSCO, and NiSource will own the remaining 80.1% of NIPSCO Holdings II LLC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Blackstone Infrastructure is an
active perpetual capital investor across the utility, energy transition, transportation, digital infrastructure, water and waste infrastructure sectors. Blackstone Infrastructure seeks to apply a long-term <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NiSource intends to use the capital infusion to support its fastest growing utility and its ability to serve customers, strengthen its balance sheet and fund
ongoing capital needs associated with the renewable generation transition underway. Since 2018, NIPSCO has been executing on one of the fastest transitions from coal-fired electricity in the U.S. utilities sector, targeting 0%
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coal-fired generation mix by 2028 (compared to 75% coal generation mix in 2018). Through 2030, NIPSCO expects to make significant investments in its electric generation transition, primarily
focused on installing new renewable generation to replace coal-fired generation retirements. NIPSCO also intends to support the continued growth and modernization of its gas and electric transmission and distribution systems, which will play
critical roles in the energy transition as NIPSCO continues to deliver a reliable, diverse and sustainable energy mix, bringing customer, environmental and economic benefits. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We are pleased to announce the completion of this transaction and are excited about the long-term partnership we have entered into with
Blackstone,&#148; said NiSource president and CEO, Lloyd Yates. &#147;The transaction strengthens our balance sheet, supports our financing plan and provides greater flexibility to execute on high-quality capital investments that will enhance the
safety, reliability and sustainability of our gas and electric systems for the benefit of our customers. It&#146;s important to reinforce that our commitment to Indiana remains unchanged, and we will continue to drive sustainable growth for our
stakeholders. This financing transaction will have no impact on NIPSCO&#146;s current strategic direction or on our commitment to our gas and electric customers in Indiana.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We are incredibly excited to close this transaction and to begin our long-term partnership with NiSource and NIPSCO,&#148; said Sebastien Sherman,
Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Infrastructure. &#147;This investment underscores Blackstone&#146;s commitment to decarbonization to create value for our investors and our desire to help facilitate the reindustrialization of the Midwest. We are
excited to invest behind NIPSCO, one of the fastest growing utilities in the country with one of the nation&#146;s fastest decarbonization plans. Blackstone looks forward to supporting the vital role that NIPSCO plays in communities across Northern
Indiana.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NIPSCO is Indiana&#146;s largest vertically integrated electric and gas distribution company, providing critical utility service to almost
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renewable energy projects, the majority of which are utility-owned, and intends to retire all coal-fired generation by the end of 2028. These near-term renewable and generation transition investments add to a multi-decade capital plan with the goal
to significantly grow NIPSCO&#146;s rate base through investments across gas, electric transmission and distribution and electric generation, which should drive significant continued value for NIPSCO&#146;s customers. NIPSCO operates in Indiana, one
of the most constructive utility jurisdictions in the United States, with strong support for utility-owned generation and affordable energy, and a strong economic service territory benefitting from <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on-shoring</FONT>
and migration trends as well as robust development. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lazard Freres&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC served as lead financial advisor, Goldman Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC served as
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-financial</FONT> advisor and McGuireWoods LLP served as legal counsel to NiSource. Barclays served as financial advisor and Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton&nbsp;&amp; Garrison LLP
served as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-legal</FONT> counsel to Blackstone. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation provided committed financing for the transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About NiSource </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) is one of the
largest fully-regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.3&nbsp;million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across six states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The mission of our
approximately 7,200 employees is to deliver safe, reliable energy that drives value to our customers. NiSource is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability&#151;North America Index, has been named as one of TIME Magazine&#146;s World&#146;s Best
Companies and is on Forbes list of America&#146;s Best Employers for Diversity. Learn more about NiSource&#146;s record of leadership in sustainability, investments in the communities it serves and how we live our vision to be an innovative and
trusted energy partner at <U>www.NiSource.com</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Blackstone Infrastructure Partners </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Blackstone Infrastructure Partners is an active investor across energy, transportation, digital infrastructure and water and waste infrastructure sectors. We
seek to apply a long-term <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">buy-and-hold</FONT></FONT> strategy to large-scale infrastructure assets with a focus on delivering stable, long-term capital appreciation together with a
predictable annual cash flow yield. Our approach to infrastructure investing is one that focuses on responsible stewardship and stakeholder engagement to create value for our investors and the communities we serve.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release contains &#147;forward-looking statements,&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;). Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, our business plans, strategies and
objectives, including development of our renewable energy projects, the benefits of the issuance of the indirect, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-controlling</FONT> minority equity interest, and any and all underlying assumptions and other
statements that are other than statements of historical fact. Investors and prospective investors should understand that many factors govern whether any forward-looking statement contained herein will be or can be realized. Any one of those factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Expressions of future goals and expectations and similar expressions, including &#147;may,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;would,&#148;
&#147;aims,&#148; &#147;seeks,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;estimates,&#148; &#147;predicts,&#148; &#147;potential,&#148; &#147;targets,&#148;
&#147;forecast,&#148; and &#147;continue,&#148; reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable;
however, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations discussed in this press release include, but are not limited to, our ability to execute our business plan or growth strategy, including utility infrastructure investments; potential incidents and
other operating risks associated with our business; our ability to adapt to, and manage costs related to, advances in, or failures of, technology; impacts related to our aging infrastructure; our ability to obtain sufficient insurance coverage and
whether such coverage will protect us against significant losses; the success of our electric generation strategy; construction risks and natural gas costs and supply risks; fluctuations in demand from residential and commercial customers;
fluctuations in the price of energy commodities and related transportation costs or an inability to obtain an adequate, reliable and cost-effective fuel supply to meet customer demands; the attraction and retention of a qualified, diverse workforce
and ability to maintain good labor relations; our ability to manage new initiatives and organizational changes; the actions of activist stockholders; the performance of third-party suppliers and service providers; potential cybersecurity attacks;
increased requirements and costs related to cybersecurity; any damage to our reputation; any remaining liabilities or impact related to the sale of the Massachusetts Business; the impacts of natural disasters, potential terrorist attacks or other
catastrophic events; the physical impacts of climate change and the transition to a lower carbon future; our ability to manage the financial and operational risks related to achieving our carbon emission reduction goals, including our Net Zero Goal;
our debt obligations; any changes to our credit rating or the credit rating of certain of our subsidiaries; any adverse effects related to our equity units; adverse economic and capital market conditions or increases in interest rates; inflation;
recessions; economic regulation and the impact of regulatory rate reviews; our ability to obtain expected financial or regulatory outcomes; continuing and potential future impacts from the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">COVID-19</FONT> pandemic;
economic conditions in certain industries; the reliability of customers and suppliers to fulfill their payment and contractual obligations; the ability of our subsidiaries to generate cash; pension funding obligations; potential impairments of
goodwill; the outcome of legal and regulatory proceedings, investigations, incidents, claims and litigation; potential remaining liabilities related to the Greater Lawrence Incident; compliance with applicable laws, regulations and tariffs;
compliance with environmental laws and the costs of associated liabilities; changes in taxation; and other matters set forth in Item 1, &#147;Business,&#148; Item 1A, &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and Part II, Item 7, &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion
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and matters set forth in our Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2023, June&nbsp;30, 2023 and September&nbsp;30, 2023,
some of which risks are beyond our control. In addition, the relative contributions to profitability by each business segment, and the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements relating thereto, may change over time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to, and expressly
disclaim any such obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or changes to the future results over time or otherwise, except as required by
law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Regulation G Disclosure Statement </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press
release includes financial results and guidance for NiSource with respect to net operating earnings available to common shareholders, diluted earnings per share, and funds from operations/debt, which are
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> financial measures as defined by the SEC&#146;s Regulation G. The company includes these measures because management believes they permit investors to view the company&#146;s performance using the
same tools that management uses and to better evaluate the company&#146;s ongoing business performance. With respect to such guidance, it should be noted that there will likely be a difference between these measures and their GAAP equivalents due to
various factors, including, but not limited to, fluctuations in weather, the impact of asset sales and impairments, and other unusual or infrequent items included in GAAP results. The company is not able to estimate the impact of such factors on
their GAAP equivalents and, as such, is not providing such guidance on a GAAP basis. In addition, the company is not able to provide a reconciliation of its <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> net operating earnings guidance or its
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber" />
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" />
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol" />
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName" />
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.LAB
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>ni-20231231_lab.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE
<TEXT>
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  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:to="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" />
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName" />
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:to="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" />
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<th class="tl" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div style="width: 200px;"><strong>Document and Entity Information<br></strong></div></th>
<th class="th"><div>Dec. 31, 2023</div></th>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Title of a 12(b) registered security.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b<br></p></div>
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection d1-1<br></p></div>
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Section 14a<br> -Number 240<br> -Subsection 12<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Trading symbol of an instrument as listed on an exchange.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Securities Act<br> -Number 230<br> -Section 425<br></p></div>
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