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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SMITH MICHAEL L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VECTREN CORP [VVC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE VECTREN SQUARE, P. O. BOX 209 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2016 (Street) EVANSVILLE, IN 47708 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock

$ 0

01/01/2016

M

1,867

(1)

(1)

Common Stock

1,867

$ 0

0

D

Phantom Stock

$ 0

01/01/2016

A(2)

1,867

(3)

(3)

Common Stock

1,867

$ 0

16,872.3883

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SMITH MICHAEL L ONE VECTREN SQUARE P. O. BOX 209 EVANSVILLE, IN 47708

Signatures

/s/Ronald E. Christian		01/05/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The stock unit award was granted pursuant to the Vectren Corporation At Risk Compensation Plan (Plan) and is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan. The lifting of restrictions and forfeitability provisions are dependent upon continued service by the board member until January 1, 2016. Upon lifting of restrictions, grantee shall be paid for each stock unit award, in cash, the fair market value of one share of common stock on the date restrictions lapse, provided grantee is in compliance with the share ownership guidelines established by the board of directors. If grantee is not in compliance with the share ownership guidelines, the value of each stock unit award shall be paid in unrestricted Vectren common stock. The board of directors approved the acquisition in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
(2)	The reporting person elected to defer the stock unit award to the phantom stock account of the Vectren Corporation Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
(3)	Phantom stock units held under the non-qualified deferred compensation plan will effectively be exercised at the time amounts represented by those units are paid out under the Plan. Generally, unless provided otherwise by the participant, the payout begins with the end of the service as a member of the board. Pursuant to the non-qualified deferred compensation plan, payouts can occur for up to 15 years. Amounts held in the phantom stock accounts would be amortized over that period unless directed otherwise by the participant.

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