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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $2.50 par value per share
XEL
Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Xcel Energy Inc. (the Company) held its 2019 annual meeting of shareholders on May 15, 2019. At the meeting
shareholders:
•
elected all 13 directors nominated by the Board of Directors;
•
approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation as set forth in the 2019 proxy statement; and
•
ratified
the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2019.
Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals.
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
Name
Votes
For
Votes
Against
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Vote
Lynn Casey
378,876,937
2,341,287
917,854
62,753,808
Richard
K. Davis
371,546,430
9,244,656
1,344,992
62,753,808
Ben Fowke
375,089,592
5,813,371
1,233,116
62,753,808
Richard
T. O’Brien
378,835,599
2,321,008
979,471
62,753,808
David K. Owens
378,579,097
2,507,864
1,049,118
62,753,808
Christopher
J. Policinski
378,016,506
3,087,520
1,032,054
62,753,808
James T. Prokopanko
377,916,853
3,059,106
1,160,120
62,753,808
A.
Patricia Sampson
371,576,751
9,482,571
1,076,757
62,753,808
James J. Sheppard
378,072,242
3,037,075
1,026,762
62,753,808
David
A. Westerlund
373,701,431
7,285,749
1,148,899
62,753,808
Kim Williams
378,786,616
2,397,809
951,653
62,753,808
Timothy
V. Wolf
377,822,834
3,203,083
1,110,161
62,753,808
Daniel Yohannes
378,483,488
2,509,291
1,143,300
62,753,808
Proposal
2 — Advisory vote on executive compensation
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
363,500,353
15,932,290
2,702,849
62,754,395
Proposal
3 — Proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2019
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
437,300,789
6,180,378
1,408,719
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
