SEC Form 4 · accession 0001140361-16-054042

XCEL ENERGY INC · XEL

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — SVP, Corp Secretary, Exec Svcs

Period of report

Feb 16, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Feb 18, 2016 · 9:21 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000072903

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1,F2	Feb 16, 2016	A	2,625	$0.00	A	28,710	D
Common Stock	Feb 16, 2016	F	1,486	$38.82	D	27,224	D
Common Stock^F3	holding	—	—		—	5,319	I	401(k)

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Phantom Stock^F4,F5	$0.00	Feb 16, 2016	A	10,838	A	—	—	Common Stock	10,838	11,958	D

F1A fractional share interest was settled in cash in connection with the settlement of a restricted stock unit award and the withholding of shares for taxes.
F2This amount also includes 470.86 shares of stock acquired since the reporting person's last report pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends.
F3Shares held in the Xcel Energy Stock Fund under the Xcel Energy 401(K) Savings Plan as of the most recent plan statement (February 17, 2016).
F4Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one share of Xcel Energy common stock or the cash value thereof.
F5Shares 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"). Certain of the phantom shares may be transferred by the reporting person into alternative investment accounts in the Plan beginning one year after they are credited to the reporting person's Plan account.