…US - NiSource Inc (NS) merged with Columbia Energy Group (CE), a gas utility company, to form a new holding company named NiSource Inc Holding Co (NH), for $#.### bil, including the assumption of $#.# bil in liabilities. The…

…US - Williams Cos Inc acquired Cove Point Facility Liquid Natural Gas LLP, a natural gas terminal facility, from Columbia Energy Group, for approximately $### mil.…

…US - Columbia LNG Corp, a joint venture between Columbia Gas System Inc and Potomac Electric Power, acquired the remaining ##% interest, that it did not already own, in Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership, from its joint venture partner Pepco Energy…

…NiSource Inc (NS) terminated its unsolicited hostile tender offer to acquire all the outstanding common stock of Columbia Energy Group (CEG) for an amended $## in cash per share, or a total value of $#.### bil. The offer was…

…Columbia Energy Group (CE) terminated its unsolicited challenging bid to merge with Consolidated Natural Gas Co (CN) for $#.### bil, including the assumption of $# bil in liabilities. CE offered $##.## in cash and $##.## in common…

…An investor group including Dimeling, Schreiber & Park (DSP), terminated its offer to acquire a ##% stake, or ##.# mil common shares, in Columbia Gas Systems (CGS), for $##.## per share or a total value of $### mil. Concurrently…

…Columbia Gas System planned in August, ####, to establish an employee stock option plan. Columbia said it would acquire the shares on the open market. The ESOP was pending the continuation of favorable tax treatment, a subject being debated in Congress.…

…US - Columbia Gas Systems acquired Lynchburg Gas in a stock swap transaction valued at $## mil, or about $## per share. The transaction was subject to approval by certain regulators and by the holders and directors of Lynchburg.…