Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT
AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated December 6, 2023 (this “Supplement”), by and among each of the signatories hereto, to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 9, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), between NiSource Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement provides in Section 2.08 thereof that any bank, financial institution or other entity may extend Commitments under the Credit Agreement subject to the approval of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, by executing and delivering to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Credit Agreement in substantially the form of this Supplement; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned Augmenting Lenders were not original parties to the Credit Agreement but now desire to become parties thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:
1. Each undersigned Augmenting Lender agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the date of this Supplement, become a Lender for all purposes of the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if originally a party thereto, with a Commitment with respect to term loans of $200,000,000. Each Augmenting Lender severally agrees with each other Lender providing additional Commitments on the date hereof, if any, to make a term loan to the Borrower in Dollars in a single drawing on the date hereof, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Augmenting Lender’s additional Commitment hereunder. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.02(d) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Augmenting Lender agree that the Borrowing Request with respect to the additional Commitments hereunder may be provided upon only one (1) Business Day’s prior notice.
2. Each undersigned Augmenting Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Supplement; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and has reviewed such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Supplement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that
