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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Xcel
Energy Inc. (the Company) held its 2018 annual meeting of shareholders on May 16, 2018. At the meeting shareholders:
•
elected all 12 directors nominated by the Board of Directors;
•
approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation as set forth in the
2018 proxy statement; and
•
ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.
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
Richard K. Davis
368,457,375
9,188,545
1,720,036
65,232,395
Ben
Fowke
369,414,424
6,256,025
3,695,506
65,232,395
Richard T. O’Brien
375,744,866
2,712,291
908,799
65,232,395
David
K. Owens
375,675,524
2,781,002
909,430
65,232,395
Christopher J. Policinski
375,622,257
2,841,933
901,766
65,232,395
James
T. Prokopanko
375,521,601
2,840,825
1,003,530
65,232,395
A. Patricia Sampson
369,401,285
7,030,747
2,933,355
65,232,964
James
J. Sheppard
375,398,818
3,043,441
923,697
65,232,395
David A. Westerlund
372,373,443
5,182,928
1,809,585
65,232,395
Kim
Williams
375,730,385
2,703,902
931,099
65,232,964
Timothy V. Wolf
374,348,022
4,076,826
941,108
65,232,395
Daniel
Yohannes
375,309,461
3,142,762
913,733
65,232,395
Proposal 2 — Advisory vote on executive compensation
Votes
For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
358,092,895
18,355,357
2,917,135
65,232,964
Proposal
3 — Proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2018
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
436,614,354
6,422,188
1,561,809
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.