UNITED STATES
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On March 21, 2025, Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Xcel Energy”), issued $350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Senior Notes, Series due March 21, 2028, and $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.60% Senior Notes, Series due April 15, 2035 (collectively, the “notes”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 18, 2025, by and among Xcel Energy and BMO Capital Markets Corp., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein. The notes are being issued pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278797). A prospectus supplement relating to the offering and sale of the notes was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2025. The notes will be governed by Xcel Energy’s Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2000, as supplemented, between Xcel Energy and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to Computershare Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, and the Supplemental Indenture No. 19, dated as of March 21, 2025.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to report as exhibits certain documents in connection with that offering and sale for incorporation by reference into the registration statement.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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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.
| Xcel Energy Inc. (a Minnesota corporation) | ||
| By | /s/ Todd Wehner | |
| Name: | Todd Wehner | |
| Title: | Vice President, Treasurer | |
Date: March 21, 2025