Common use of Name of the Company Clause in Contracts

Name of the Company. The Company, NiSource Inc., an Indiana corporation ("NiSource"), Columbia Energy Group, a Delaware corporation ("Columbia"), Parent Acquisition Corp., an Indiana corporation, Company Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, and NiSource Finance Corp., an Indiana corporation, have entered into the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 27, 2000, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other things, NiSource and Columbia will become wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company and the former stockholders of NiSource and Columbia will become stockholders of the Company (the "Merger"). The Merger will become effective contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company. Immediately following the Merger, NiSource will merge with and into the Company, and the Company will immediately thereafter change its name from New NiSource Inc. to NiSource Inc. Accordingly, after the Company has so changed its name, all references in this First Supplemental Indenture and in any Debentures issued under this First Supplemental Indenture to the Company's former name shall be deemed to refer to its new name, NiSource Inc.

Name of the Company. The Company, NiSource Inc., an Indiana corporation ("NiSource"), Columbia Energy Group, a Delaware corporation ("Columbia"), Parent Acquisition Corp., an Indiana corporation, Company Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, and NiSource Finance Corp., an Indiana corporation, have entered into the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 27, 2000, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other things, NiSource and Columbia will become wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company and the former stockholders of NiSource and Columbia will become stockholders of the Company (the "Merger"). The Merger will become effective contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture Agreement by the Company. Immediately following the Merger, NiSource will merge with and into the Company, and the Company will immediately thereafter change its name from New NiSource Inc. to NiSource Inc. Accordingly, after the Company has so changed its name, all references in this First Supplemental Indenture and in any Debentures issued under this First Supplemental Indenture to the Company's former name shall be deemed to refer to its new name, NiSource Inc.

Name of the Company. The Company, NiSource Inc., an Indiana corporation ("NiSource"), Columbia Energy Group, a Delaware corporation ("Columbia"), Parent Acquisition Corp., an Indiana corporation, Company Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, and NiSource Finance Corp., an Indiana corporation, have entered into the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 27, 2000, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other things, NiSource and Columbia will become wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company and the former stockholders of NiSource and Columbia will become stockholders of the Company (the "Merger"). The Merger will become effective contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture Agreement by the Company. Immediately following the Merger, NiSource will merge with and into the CompanyCompany with the Company as the survivor, and the Company will immediately thereafter change its name from New NiSource Inc. to NiSource Inc. Accordingly, after the Company has so changed its name, all references in this First Supplemental Indenture and in any Debentures issued under this First Supplemental Indenture to the Company's former name shall be deemed to refer to its new name, NiSource Inc.

Name of the Company. The Company, NiSource Inc., an Indiana corporation ("NiSource"), Columbia Energy Group, a Delaware corporation ("Columbia"), Parent Acquisition Corp., an Indiana corporation, Company Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, and NiSource Finance Corp., an Indiana corporation, have entered into the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 27, 2000, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other things, NiSource and Columbia will become wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company and the former stockholders of NiSource and Columbia will become stockholders of the Company (the "Merger"). The Merger will become effective contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company. Immediately following the Merger, NiSource will merge with and into the CompanyCompany with the Company as the survivor, and the Company will immediately thereafter change its name from New NiSource Inc. to NiSource Inc. Accordingly, after the Company has so changed its name, all references in this First Supplemental Indenture and in any Debentures issued under this First Supplemental Indenture to the Company's former name shall be deemed to refer to its new name, NiSource Inc.