As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 1999 Registration No. 333-50537 ====================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ________________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 Registration Statement UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ________________ NIPSCO INDUSTRIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Indiana 4931 35-1719974 ------------------- --------------------- -------------------- (State or other (Primary Standard (I.R.S. employer jurisdiction of Industrial identification no.) incorporation or Classification Code organization) Number) 801 East 86th Avenue Merrillville, Indiana 46410 (219) 853-5200 (Address, including zip code, and telephone _______________ Stephen P. Adik NIPSCO Industries, Inc. 801 East 86th Avenue Merrillville, Indiana 46410 (219) 647-6012 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) WITH COPIES TO: Peter V. Fazio, Jr. Douglas W. Hawes Schiff Hardin & Waite Warren J. Ingber 6600 Sears Tower LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene Chicago, Illinois 60606 & MacRae, L.L.P. (312) 258-5500 125 West 55th Street New York, New York 10019-5389 (212) 424-8000 ________________ Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: The merger of Bay State Gas Company into the Registrant was effected on February 12, 1999. If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. /_/ ______________________________________________________________________ THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO DEREGISTER 16,196,039 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, WITHOUT PAR VALUE (INCLUDING ASSOCIATED PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS) PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED HEREBY. ______________________________________________________________________ EXPLANATORY NOTE This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed by the Registrant solely for the purpose of removing from registration 16,196,039 shares of Common Stock, without par value (including associated Preferred Share Purchase Rights) previously registered which have not been offered or sold or reserved for issuance upon the effectuation of the merger of Bay State Gas Company into the Registrant. SIGNATURES ---------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Merrillville and State of Indiana, on April 12, 1999. NIPSCO INDUSTRIES, INC. (Registrant) By /s/ Gary L. Neale --------------------------- Gary L. Neale Chairman and President PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4 HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ Gary L. Neale Chairman, President, April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Director and Principal Gary L. Neale Executive Officer /s/ Stephen P. Adik Executive Vice President, April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Principal Financial Officer Stephen P. Adik and Principal Accounting Officer Steven C. Beering* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Steven C. Beering Arthur J. Decio* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Arthur J. Decio James T. Morris* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ James T. Morris Ernestine M. Raclin* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Ernestine M. Raclin Denis E. Ribordy* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Denis E. Ribordy SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- Ian M. Rolland* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Ian M. Rolland Edmund M. Schroer* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Edmund M. Schroer John W. Thompson* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ John W. Thompson Robert J. Welsh* Director April 12, 1999 - ------------------------------ Robert J. Welsh *By /s/ Arthur A. Paquin ------------------------- Arthur A. Paquin Attorney in Fact