---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-219872"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NI"
cik: "0001111711"
company_name: "NISOURCE INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-12T21:20:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T21:22:51.135145+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NiSource shareholders reelect all 12 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from approximately 405M to 415M per nominee.
- Advisory 'say-on-pay' approved with 398.5M votes for (94.7% of votes cast) and 20.4M against; 25.0M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2026 approved with 419.5M votes for, 25.1M against; no broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-219872
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NI
- cik: 0001111711
- company_name: NISOURCE INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T21:20:08+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312526219872/0001193125-26-219872-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312526219872/d146179d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NISOURCE INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The number of votes cast for and against each nominee, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, were as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312526219872/0001193125-26-219872-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NISOURCE INC. shareholders approved Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation on an Advisory Basis at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Proposal 2: Approval of Named Executive Officer Compensation on an Advisory Basis. The number of votes cast for and against this matter, as well as the number of abstentions, were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 398,500,583 20,428,879 1,402,092 There were 25,018,609 broker non-votes as to Proposal 2. Proposal 2 was approved on an advisory basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312526219872/0001193125-26-219872-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NISOURCE INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026. The number of votes cast for and against this matter, as well as the number of abstentions, were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 419,507,200 25,068,686 774,277 There were no broker non-votes as to Proposal 3. Proposal 3 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111711/000119312526219872/0001193125-26-219872-index.htm

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