SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2024-10-30

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_1"></div><div style="min-height:288pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:174%">NISOURCE INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Amended and Restated Effective August 12, 2024</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:57.6pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:10.00pt"> </font></div></div></div><div id="i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:174%">TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:174%;text-decoration:underline">Page</font></div><div style="padding-left:56.1pt;padding-right:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">1.1</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</a></font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Background</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</a><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">1</a></font></div><div style="padding-left:56.1pt;padding-right:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">1.2</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</a></font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Purpose</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</a><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">1</a></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:84.25pt;padding-right:0.7pt;text-indent:-84.25pt"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#i44882c3c81f543a3b77a63b303696f03_7" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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