{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-22-019965","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"NI","cik":"0001111711","company_name":"NISOURCE INC.","filed_at":"2022-01-27T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:05.456742+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-27T14:43:23.229001+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"NiSource CEO Joe Hamrock to retire Feb 14; Lloyd Yates named successor; two new directors appointed","bullets":["Hamrock to retire as President/CEO and director effective Feb 14, 2022; Yates appointed CEO effective same day.","Yates receives $1M base salary, $500k sign-on bonus, $4.5M LTI (80% performance-based).","Sondra Barbour appointed to board immediately; Cassandra Lee appointed effective Feb 14, 2022.","Longtime director Carolyn Woo retires effective immediately; Hamrock also leaves board.","Non-employee directors receive $255k annual retainer ($105k cash + $150k RSUs)."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-019965","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-019965.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-019965.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-019965.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522019965/0001193125-22-019965-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522019965/d65024d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-27T14:43:23.229001+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"2a99b2f99c","claim":"Lloyd Yates was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at NISOURCE INC..","evidence_excerpt":"the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Lloyd Yates as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective February 14, 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522019965/0001193125-22-019965-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"President and Chief Executive Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"37d09c0bcf","claim":"Joe Hamrock departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at NISOURCE INC..","evidence_excerpt":"Joe Hamrock, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will retire from his role as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director, effective February 14, 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522019965/0001193125-22-019965-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"President and Chief Executive Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"9939e216e7","claim":"Cassandra Lee was appointed as director at NISOURCE INC..","evidence_excerpt":"the Board also appointed Cassandra Lee as a director of the Company, effective as of February 14, 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522019965/0001193125-22-019965-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"c84e20e987","claim":"Sondra Barbour was appointed as director at NISOURCE INC..","evidence_excerpt":"the Board appointed Sondra Barbour as a director of the Company, effective immediately.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522019965/0001193125-22-019965-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"d2a3eb2363","claim":"Carolyn Woo departed as director at NISOURCE INC..","evidence_excerpt":"Dr. Carolyn Woo, whose retirement from th","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312522019965/0001193125-22-019965-index.htm","confidence":0.85,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}