NEXTERA ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 21, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NEXTERA ENERGY INC (NEE)
CIK: 0000753308
Period of Report: 2012-02-16

Reporting Person: DEWHURST MORAY P (Vice Chairman & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-16	Common Stock	F	3104	$60.43	Disposed	231741	Direct
2012-02-17	Common Stock	A	15408	—	Acquired	247149	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-17	Phantom Shares	$	A	916	Acquired		Common Stock ()	Direct
2012-02-17	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$60.22	A	68840	Acquired	2022-02-17	Common Stock (68840)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2947	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock withheld by Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations on vesting of restricted stock granted February 12, 2010 and February 18, 2011.

F2: Includes a total of 27,813 shares deferred pursuant to the terms of a deferred stock grant under Issuer's Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Deferred Stock Grant"), including 262 deferred shares deemed acquired on December 15, 2011 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature under the Deferred Stock Grant. Under the terms of the Deferred Stock Grant, shares are distributable in stock at the end of the deferral period.

F3: Restricted stock grant made pursuant to Issuer's 2011 Long Term Incentive Plan, exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F4: Annual credit of phantom shares to an unfunded Supplemental Matching Contribution Account ("SMCA") for the reporting person pursuant to the NextEra Energy, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") in an amount approved on the transaction date by the Issuer's Compensation Committee, which amount is determined by dividing an amount equal to (a) certain matching contributions in excess of the limits of the Issuer's Retirement Savings Plan plus (b) theoretical earnings, by the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on the last business day of the relevant year ($60.88 in 2011). The value of the SMCA is payable in cash following the reporting person's termination of employment with the Issuer and its subsidiaries.

F5: Options to buy 22,946 shares become exercisable on February 15, 2013 and options to buy 22,947 shares become exercisable on each of February 15, 2014 and February 15, 2015.