XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 25, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2012-02-22

Reporting Person: Hill Clyde Riley (President and CEO, SPS)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-22	Common Stock	A	9281.640	—	Acquired	12287.350	Direct
2012-02-22	Common Stock	F	2857.276	$26.43	Disposed	9430.074	Direct
2012-02-22	Common Stock	F	559.365	$26.50	Disposed	8870.709	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	7634.814	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 90.710 shares of stock equivalent units acquired pursuant to reinvestment of phantom stock dividends.

F2: A fractional share interest was sold.

F3: Shares held in the Xcel Energy Stock Fund under the Xcel Energy 401(K) Savings Plan as of the most recent plan statement (December 31, 2011).