UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
April
26, 2010 (April 23, 2010)
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
NICOR
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Illinois
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1-7297
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36-2855175
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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1844
Ferry Road
Naperville,
Illinois 60563-9600
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(630)
305-9500
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
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Item 2.03 Creation
of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a
Registrant.
On April
23, 2010, Nicor Inc. and Northern Illinois Gas Company, the gas distribution
subsidiary of Nicor Inc., entered into a $600 million 3-year revolving credit
facility expiring in 2013. Also, Northern Illinois Gas Company
entered into a $400 million 364-day seasonal revolving credit facility expiring
in April 2011. These two syndicated revolving credit facilities
replace an existing $600 million 5-year revolver and a $550 million seasonal
revolver which were set to expire in September and May of 2010,
respectively.
The new
facilities include a total of 19 lenders and were arranged by J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities,
LLC.
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Signature
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Nicor
Inc.
Date
April 26, 2010 /s/ PAUL
C. GRACEY,
JR.
Paul
C. Gracey, Jr.
Senior Vice
President, General
Counsel and Secretary