UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 26, 2018
NiSource Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-16189 | 35-2108964 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission file number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 801 East 86th Avenue Merrillville, Indiana |
46410 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 647-5990
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 26, 2018, NiSource Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Pablo A. Vegas as Executive Vice President and Chief Restoration Officer and Peter T. Disser as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
Mr. Vegas, age 45, previously served as Executive Vice President, Gas Business Segment and Chief Customer Officer since May 2017. Mr. Vegas joined the Company in May 2016 as Executive Vice President and President, Columbia Gas Group, after holding a variety of senior executive positions in the regulated utility and consulting industries, including most recently as president and chief operating officer of American Electric Power (“AEP”) Ohio from 2012 to 2016. He joined AEP in 2005, serving in leadership positions in information technology and finance. In 2008, he assumed the role of President and Chief Operating Officer for AEP Texas, overseeing distribution operations as well as safety, customer service, community affairs and regulatory functions. From 2010 to 2012, he served as AEP’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
Mr. Disser, age 50, previously served as Vice President, Internal Audit of the Company since November 2017, Vice President of Planning and Analysis of the Company from June 2015 to November 2017, and Chief Financial Officer of Northern Indiana Public Service Company (“NIPSCO”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, from 2009 to June 2015. At NIPSCO, he was responsible for all finance and accounting functions, in addition to its gas and electric supply portfolio management and dispatch, and its rates and regulatory services functions.
Neither Mr. Vegas nor Mr. Disser has entered into any material compensation plan, contract, arrangement or amendment in connection with their new appointments or has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction involving the Company required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding pursuant to which either of these persons was selected as an officer of the Company, and there is no family relationship requiring disclosure under Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On September 27, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointments of Messrs. Vegas and Disser and other organizational changes. A copy of that press release is furnished as an exhibit to this report.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued on September 27, 2018 by NiSource Inc. |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued on September 27, 2018 by NiSource Inc. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| NISOURCE INC. | ||||
| September 27, 2018 | By: | /s/ Carrie J. Hightman | ||
| Carrie J. Hightman | ||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | ||||