X0303 4 2010-07-01 0000054507 WESTAR ENERGY INC /KS WR 0001406082 Lennen C. Michael 818 SW KANSAS AVENUE TOPEKA KS 66612 0 1 0 0 VP, Regulatory Affairs Common Stock, par value $5.00 2010-07-01 4 F 0 1194 21.865 D 18427 D Forfeiture of 1,194 shares for the payment of taxes upon the vesting and distribution of 3,700 restricted share units granted on 7/16/2007. The acquisition of the restricted share units was reported at the time of grant. Includes 10,625 restricted share units and performance-based restricted share units that are subject to forfeiture and 105 shares that were acquired through the reinvestment of dividends. C. Michael Lennen 2010-07-02