X0306 4 2016-06-02 0 0000072903 XCEL ENERGY INC XEL 0001595056 Hudson David T 600 S. TYLER SPS TOWER AMARILLO TX 79101 0 1 0 0 President, SPS Phantom Stock 0 2016-06-02 4 A 0 14.090 41.40 A Common Stock 14.090 6148.187 D Security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis. 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"). The number of shares of phantom stock reflects both additional shares credited upon the deemed reinvestment of dividend equivalents as reported in the most recent report from the Plan administrator, as well as the number of shares reflected in such report as attributable to the reporting person in the Plan's unitized Company stock fund. Tara M. Heine, Attorney in fact for David T. Hudson 2016-06-06