UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number 001-16189
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 15, 2003
NiSource Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 001-16189 35-2108964
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) File Number) Identification No.)
801 East 86th Avenue, Merrillville, Indiana 46410
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (877) 647-5990
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NiSource Inc.
Current Report on Form 8-K
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
This Current Report on Form 8-K is to reflect the net presentation of trading
revenues under the consensus reached in October 2002 in Emerging Issues Task
Force Issue No. 02-03, "Issues Involved in Accounting for Derivative Contracts
Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk
Management Activities" (EITF No. 02-03). The changes affect the financial
statements and related notes, management's discussion and analysis, and the
selected financial data as originally reported in our Annual Report on Form
10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. Exhibit 99.1 contains
information identical to the corresponding sections of the registrants' Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, except that
all such information has been updated to the extent required to reflect the net
presentation of trading revenues under EITF No. 02-03. In addition, a subsequent
event disclosure has been added to the Notes to Financial Statements in order to
update the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for certain matters occurring subsequent
to the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2002.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
(a) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
99.1 Items 6, 7 and 8 updated from the NiSource Inc.
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
December 31, 2002.
SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: July 15, 2003 NiSource, Inc.
By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Grossman
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Name: Jeffrey W. Grossman
Title: Vice President and Controller
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