FORM OF PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT Dated as of April 19, 2021 between NiSource Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association as Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities IntermediaryPurchase Contract and Pledge Agreement • April 19th, 2021 • Nisource Inc. • Electric & other services combined • New York
PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 19, 2021 between NiSource Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not individually, but acting as purchase contract agent for, and, for purposes of the Pledge created hereby, as attorney-in-fact of, the Holders from time to time of the Units (in such capacities, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, the “Purchase Contract Agent”), as collateral agent hereunder for the benefit of the Company (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), as custodial agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Custodial Agent”), as paying agent and as securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”).
