Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. Announces Launch of Exchange Offer

HOUSTON, April 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. (NYSE: CPGX) ("CPG" or the "Company") today announced the commencement of an offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") up to $2,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's outstanding unregistered senior unsecured notes, consisting of its unregistered 2.45% senior unsecured notes due 2018, 3.30% senior unsecured notes due 2020, 4.50% senior unsecured notes due 2025 and 5.80% senior unsecured notes due 2045 (collectively, the "Original Notes") for a like amount of the relevant series of notes (the "Exchange Notes") that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The terms of the Exchange Notes are substantially identical to the relevant series of Original Notes except the Exchange Notes are registered under the Securities Act and the transfer restrictions and registration rights, and related special interest provisions, applicable to the Original Notes will not apply to the Exchange Notes.

The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on May 12, 2016, unless further extended or terminated by the Company. 

This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of such securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.  A registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the Exchange Offer was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2016.  The Exchange Offer is being made only pursuant to the Company's prospectus dated April 14, 2016, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.

Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. operates approximately 15,000 miles of strategically located interstate pipeline, gathering and processing assets extending from New York to the Gulf of Mexico, including an extensive footprint in the Marcellus and Utica shale production areas.  Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. also operates one of the nation's largest underground natural gas storage systems. Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CPGX. Additional information can be found at: www.cpg.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
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SOURCE Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.

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