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: 2026-07-29 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL) CIK: 0000072903 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Carter Peter W CIK: 0001647706 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-07-29 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +1,818.74 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 1,818.74 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Includes 0.74 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. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Includes 0.74 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. --- Signature --- /s/ Kristin L. Westlund, Attorney in Fact for Peter W. Carter (2026-07-31)