| Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held At End of Year) |
NISOURCE INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
FORM: 5500 Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i EMPLOYER ID NO: 35-2108964, PLAN No: 005
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) As of December 31, 2025 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (a) | (b) Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party | (c) Description of Investment, Including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Collateral and Par or Maturity Value | (d) Cost** | (e) Current value | | * | NiSource Inc. | NiSource Inc. Common Stock | $ | 128,620,274 | | $ | 237,993,144 | | | * | Fidelity | Money Market Government Portfolio | 2,393,701 | | 2,393,701 | | | | Total NiSource Stock Fund | $ | 131,013,975 | | 240,386,845 | | | Vanguard | Cash Reserves Federal Money Market | | 69,805,046 | | | Vanguard | Retirement Savings Trust IV | | 22,299,151 | | | * | Fidelity | Balanced Fund | | 62,721,192 | | | * | Fidelity | Contrafund Commingled Pool | | 160,762,259 | | | PIMCO | Inflation Response Multi-Asset Fund | | 11,394,077 | | | * | Fidelity | Growth Company Commingled Pool | | 326,726,877 | | | Dodge and Cox | Stock Fund | | 15,892,110 | | | Earnest Partners | Smid Cap Core Fund | | 11,553,480 | | | Baird | Core Plus Bond Fund | | 6,694,717 | | | GQG Partners | International Equity CIT | | 51,202,986 | | | Geode Capital | Spartan Total Market Index Pool | | 234,783,134 | | | Geode Capital | Spartan Total International Index Pool | | 21,089,863 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2010 Commingled Pool | | 5,769,913 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2015 Commingled Pool | | 5,066,652 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2020 Commingled Pool | | 25,687,078 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2025 Commingled Pool | | 50,309,799 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2030 Commingled Pool | | 142,094,490 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2035 Commingled Pool | | 123,705,194 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2040 Commingled Pool | | 173,176,951 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2045 Commingled Pool | | 137,339,911 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2050 Commingled Pool | | 174,369,363 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2055 Commingled Pool | | 122,349,053 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2060 Commingled Pool | | 53,092,305 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2065 Commingled Pool | | 15,760,339 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Target Date 2070 Commingled Pool | | 1,032,999 | | | * | Fidelity | Freedom Blend Retirement Commingled Pool | | 3,626,113 | | | Vanguard | Total Bond Market Index Fund | | 46,025,905 | | | * | Various plan participants | Participant loans, with interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 10.50%, and maturity dates ranging from 2026 to 2040 | | 39,753,654 | | | Total Assets (Held at End of Year) | | $ | 2,354,471,456 | | | | | | | | * | Denotes a party-in-interest | | | | ** | Cost omitted for participant-directed investments | | | | | | | | | | | |
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