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AGL Resources Inc., an energy services holding company, distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Florida, Tennessee, and Maryland. The company’s Distribution Operations segment constructs, manages, and maintains intrastate natural gas pipelines and distribution facilities. As of December 31, 2012, this segment owned approximately 80,000 miles of underground distribution and transmission mains. AGL Resources Inc.’s Retail Operations segment markets natural gas and related home services, such as appliance repair and line protection plans; offers products that provide product protection and comfort services, and natural gas price risk and utility bill management services; and provides warranty protection solutions and customer move connection services for utilities. The company’s Wholesale Services segment is involved in the provision of asset management and optimization, storage, transportation, production, and peaking services; and wholesale marketing of natural gas. AGL Resources Inc.’s Midstream Operations segment engages in the natural gas storage business, which develops, acquires, and operates underground natural gas storage assets primarily in the Gulf Coast region of the United States and in northern California. The company’s Cargo Shipping segment engages in the transportation of containerized freight; provision of southbound scheduled services, interisland services, northbound shipment services, and inland transportation and cargo insurance services; and ownership and lease of marine intermodal cargo containers. This segment operates approximately 12 owned vessels and 2 chartered vessels with a container capacity of approximately 6,000 twenty-foot equivalent units. The company serves approximately 4.5 million end-use customers. AGL Resources Inc. was founded in 1856 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.