XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL) · Insider Trading (Form 4) SEC Filing

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-05-21 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL) CIK: 0000072903 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Johnson Netha N. CIK: 0001594784 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-05-21 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +2,253.944 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 19,339.585 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Represents stock equivalent units. Each stock equivalent unit is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock. Whole stock equivalent units are payable in shares of common stock following termination of the reporting person's service as a director, and fractional units are payable at such time in cash. [F2] Includes 486.951 stock equivalent units acquired pursuant to the reinvestment of dividend equivalents. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Represents stock equivalent units. Each stock equivalent unit is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock. Whole stock equivalent units are payable in shares of common stock following termination of the reporting person's service as a director, and fractional units are payable at such time in cash. F2: Includes 486.951 stock equivalent units acquired pursuant to the reinvestment of dividend equivalents. --- Signature --- /s/ Kristin L. Westlund, Attorney in Fact for Netha N. Johnson (2026-05-22)