NISOURCE INC. — Director's Dealing 2011

Jun 3, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NISOURCE INC/DE (NI)
CIK: 0001111711
Period of Report: 2011-06-01

Reporting Person: BEERING STEVEN C DR (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-06-01	Common Stock	A	3900.082	—	Acquired	11420.3523	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	$0		Common Stock (56317.016)	56317.016	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Balance includes 83.6596 shares acquired through the NiSource Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan through May 20, 2011.

F2: The reported phantom stock units were acquired under the NiSource Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan and are to be settled upon the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service.

F3: Balance includes 628.782 stock units acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the NiSource Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan through May 20, 2011.