NiSource Announces Early Tender Results for Tender Offer

MERRILLVILLE, Ind., May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) announced today the early tender results as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, May 24, 2017 (the "Early Tender Deadline") for the previously announced cash tender offers made by its finance subsidiary, NiSource Finance Corp., for its outstanding 6.125% Notes due 2022, 6.40% Notes due 2018, 6.80% Notes due 2019 and 5.45% Notes due 2020 (collectively, the "Notes").

The principal amount of each series of Notes that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the tender offers as of the Early Tender Deadline, according to information provided by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the tender agent for the tender offers, as well as the principal amount of each series accepted for purchase, are set forth in the table below. NiSource Finance has amended the terms of the tender offers to increase the tender cap for the 6.40% Notes due 2018 from $175,000,000 to $200,922,000, the tender cap for the 6.80% Notes due 2019 from $200,000,000 to $244,883,000 and the tender cap for the 5.45% Notes due 2020 from $220,000,000 to $224,887,000.

The tender offers are made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, dated May 11, 2017, which sets forth a comprehensive description of the terms of the offers.

The total consideration to be received for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the tender offers before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase will be determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the fixed spread over the yield to maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury Security specified for the particular series of Notes on the cover page of the Offer to Purchase. The purchase price for each series of Notes will be determined based on certain quotes for the reference Treasury Securities available at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 25, 2017.

The settlement for the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn on or before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase by NiSource Finance is expected to take place on May 26, 2017 (the "Early Settlement Date"). The purchase price for Notes purchased on the Early Settlement Date will include an early tender premium of $30 per $1,000 principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date. The principal amount of each series of Notes that is purchased on the Early Settlement Date will be determined in accordance with the applicable tender caps and the proration procedures described in the Offer to Purchase.

The tender offers are scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, June 8, 2017, unless extended (the "Expiration Time"). However, as NiSource Finance intends, subject to the terms and conditions of the tender offers, to accept for purchase the maximum amount of 6.40% Notes due 2018, 6.80% Notes due 2019 and 5.45% Notes due 2020 (collectively, the "Maximum Tender Offer Notes") on the Early Settlement Date, further tenders of Maximum Tender Offer Notes prior to the Expiration Time will not be accepted for purchase. Holders of 6.125% Notes due 2022 (the "Any and All Notes") who have not already tendered their Any and All Notes may do so at any time on or prior to the Expiration Time. The purchase price for Any and All Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline and before the Expiration Time and accepted for purchase will not include the early tender premium of $30 per $1,000 principal amount. Holders will also be entitled to accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the relevant settlement date. The expected final settlement date is June 9, 2017. Withdrawal rights for Notes tendered in the tender offers expired at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 24, 2017, and tenders of Any and All Notes submitted after that time are irrevocable except in the limited circumstances where additional withdrawal rights are required by law. The tender offers are not conditioned upon any minimum amount of Notes being tendered, and the tender offers may be amended, extended, terminated or withdrawn in whole or with respect to one or more series of Notes.

NiSource Finance's obligation to accept for purchase, and to pay for, any Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted for purchase pursuant to the tender offers is conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase under the heading "Terms of the Tender Offers—Conditions to the Tender Offers." As previously announced, NiSource Finance has completed the sale of $2,000,000,000 of long-term debt securities, and the "Financing Condition" described in the Offer to Purchase has been satisfied.

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. The tender offers are being made solely pursuant to terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 134 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. are serving as Dealer Managers for the offers. Questions regarding the offers may be directed to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (866) 834-4666 (toll free) or (212) 834-3424 (collect), Barclays Capital Inc. at (800) 438-3242 (toll free) or (212)-528-7581 (collect), Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at (800) 820-1653 (toll free) or (212) 325-2476 (collect) or MUFG Securities Americas Inc. at (877) 744-4532 (toll free) or (212) 405-7481 (collect). Requests for the Offer to Purchase or the documents incorporated by reference therein may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc., which is acting as Tender and Information Agent for the tender offers, at the following telephone numbers: banks and brokers, (212) 269-5550; all others toll free at (866) 342-1635.

About NiSource
NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) is one of the largest fully-regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. Based in Merrillville, Indiana, as of December 31, 2016, NiSource had approximately 8,000 employees. NI-F

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