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: 2026-06-28 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL) CIK: 0000072903 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Burkhart Megan D CIK: 0001482556 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-06-28 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +583.728 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 23,840.616 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Retainer granted in the form of stock equivalent units payable in whole shares of common stock following termination of the reporting person's service as director and fractional units are payable at such time in cash. [F2] Of the 583.728 stock equivalent units, 486.44 were granted at a price of $82.23 per unit in lieu of the reporting person's quarterly cash retainer, and 97.288 were granted at no cost to the reporting person as a 20% premium on the amount of such retainer. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Retainer granted in the form of stock equivalent units payable in whole shares of common stock following termination of the reporting person's service as director and fractional units are payable at such time in cash. F2: Of the 583.728 stock equivalent units, 486.44 were granted at a price of $82.23 per unit in lieu of the reporting person's quarterly cash retainer, and 97.288 were granted at no cost to the reporting person as a 20% premium on the amount of such retainer. --- Signature --- /s/ Kristin L. Westlund, Attorney in Fact for Megan D. Burkhart (2026-06-30)