X0306 4 2016-02-16 0 0000072903 XCEL ENERGY INC XEL 0001530607 Savage Jeffrey S 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 0 1 0 0 SVP & Controller Common Stock 2016-02-16 4 A 0 173.745 0 A 4946.932 D Common Stock 2016-02-16 4 F 0 173.745 38.82 D 4773.187 D Common Stock 2221.504 I 401(k) Phantom Stock 0 2016-02-16 4 A 0 7905 38.82 A Common Stock 7905 8447.336 D A 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. This amount also includes 7.30 shares of stock acquired since the reporting person's last report pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends. Shares 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). Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one share of Xcel Energy common stock or the cash value thereof. 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"). 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. Tara M. Heine, Attorney in Fact for Jeffrey S. Savage 2016-02-18