XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2019

Mar 5, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2019-03-01

Reporting Person: O'Connor Timothy John (SVP and CNO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2019-03-01	Common Stock	F	259.882	$54.86	Disposed	13461.881	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2019-03-01	Phantom Stock	$	I	24298.892	Disposed		Common Stock (24298.892)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	334.538	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Withholding of stock to satisfy tax withholding obligation on vesting of a previously reported award of restricted stock under the Xcel Energy Executive Annual Incentive Award Program. A fractional share interest was settled in cash in connection with the vesting of the restricted stock award and the withholding of shares for taxes.

F2: Shares held in the Xcel Energy Stock Fund under the Xcel Energy 401(k) Savings Plan as of plan statement dated March 1, 2019.

F3: Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive the cash value of one share of common stock.

F4: Shares of phantom stock become payable in accordance with the reporting person's distribution elections made pursuant to the Xcel Energy Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Subject to certain timing restrictions and other limitations based on the source of the amount deferred, the reporting person may generally transfer some or all of the balance in the Plan's Company stock account into an alternative Plan investment account.

F5: The number of shares of phantom stock reflects minor adjustments to the number of phantom shares credited to the reporting person's Company stock account due to the unitized nature of the Plan's Company stock fund.