The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board select from the non-management directors a "Lead" director whose primary responsibilities, including serving as Chair of executive sessions of the non-employee directors, are set forth in the Corporate Governance Guidelines. The guidelines are posted here to the left. Those guidelines provide that the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ("Governance Committee") is to serve as the Lead director.

Until his retirement at the 2011 annual meeting on May 11, 2011, the Chair of the Governance Committee was Robert L. Koch II. At the board meeting immediately following the annual meeting, the Board elected J. Timothy McGinley as his successor.

The Audit and Risk Management Committee ("Audit Committee") is responsible for, among other things, establishing, reviewing and updating a Code of Ethical Conduct ("Code") and ensuring that management has established a system to enforce this Code. The Code is posted on here to the left and is titled the Corporate Code of Conduct. The Code applies to employees, officers and all directors, including non-employee directors. The Audit Committee also ensures that the Company implements and follows necessary and appropriate financial reporting processes. Presently, the Chair of the Audit Committee is Michael L. Smith.

Shareholders and other parties interested in communicating directly with the Lead director, Chair of the Audit Committee or with the non-employee directors as a group may contact them by writing to:

Lead Director; Chair, Audit Committee; or  Non-Employee Directors
Vectren Corporation
P.O.Box 3144
Evansville, IN 47731-3144

Interested parties may also contact our one director who is also a member of management by writing to the address above and directing the communication to the Chief Executive Officer.