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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-267287
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		15
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231031
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231031
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231031

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			XCEL ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000072903
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				410448030
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03034
		FILM NUMBER:		231365471

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		414 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55401
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6123305500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		414 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55401

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHERN STATES POWER CO /MN/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>XCEL ENERGY INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(a
Minnesota corporation) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>COMMON STOCK </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">October&nbsp;31, 2023 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">745 Seventh Avenue</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">127 Public Square</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">151 West 42nd Street, 32<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> Floor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10036</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1271 Avenue of the Americas</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One Bryant Park</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">300 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10017</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10020</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10013</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10281</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">200 West Street</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10282</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">383 Madison Avenue</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10179</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Xcel
Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), proposes to issue and sell through or to Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman
Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA </P>
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LLC, Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, each as sales agent and/or principal
(each, a &#147;<U>Manager</U>&#148; and collectively, the &#147;<U>Managers</U>&#148;), on the terms set forth in this equity distribution agreement (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;), shares of its common stock, par value $2.50 per share (the
&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $2,500,000,000 (the &#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;) on the terms set forth in Section&nbsp;2 of this Agreement. The Company agrees that whenever it determines to sell the
Shares directly to any Manager as principal, it will enter into a separate agreement (each, a &#147;<U>Terms Agreement</U>&#148;), in form and substance mutually satisfactory to such Manager and the Company, relating to such sale in accordance with
Section&nbsp;2(f) of this Agreement. The Company and the Managers understand that the aggregate gross sales price of Shares to be sold pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed $2,500,000,000 (the &#147;<U>Maximum Program Amount</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <I>Representations and Warranties</I>. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Managers that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;), and has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) an &#147;automatic shelf registration statement&#148; as defined under Rule 405 under the Act, including a
prospectus, for the registration under the Act of certain securities (the &#147;<U>Shelf Securities</U>&#148;), including the Shares, which registration statement initially became effective not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof. Such
registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-275228)</FONT> and prospectus may have been amended or supplemented from time to time prior to the date of this Agreement. Any such amendment or supplement was filed with the
Commission and any such amendment has become effective. As used in this Agreement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) &#147;Time of Sale&#148; means each
time Shares are sold pursuant to this Agreement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) &#147;Effective Date&#148; means any date as of which any part of
such registration statement relating to the Shares became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Act in accordance with the rules and regulations thereunder; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) &#147;Issuer Free Writing Prospectus&#148; means each &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 under
the Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) &#147;Disclosure Package&#148; means, as of any Time of Sale, the Prospectus (as amended and supplemented at such Time of
Sale), together with each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; </P>
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form in which it appears in the Registration Statement together with the final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, in the form in which it shall be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act (including the
base prospectus as so supplemented) and the most recent Interim Prospectus Supplement (as defined in Section&nbsp;5(b) below), if any; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) &#147;Registration Statement&#148; means, collectively, the various parts of such registration statement of the Company,
each as amended as of the Effective Date for such part, including any Prospectus, any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement and all
exhibits to such registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or
any Interim Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), on or before the date of this Agreement and, if the Company files any documents pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Shares by the Managers, which documents are deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, such filing shall constitute an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
the term &#147;Registration Statement&#148; and the &#147;Prospectus&#148; shall refer also to said Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, as supplemented by the documents so filed from and after the time said documents are filed
with the Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) As of the determination date applicable to the Registration Statement (and any amendment thereof)
and the offering contemplated hereby, the Company is a &#147;well-known seasoned issuer&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) eligible to use Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> for the offering of the Shares, including not
having been an &#147;ineligible issuer&#148; (as defined in Rule 405) at any such time or date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) No order preventing or
suspending the use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Act has been initiated or threatened by
the Commission; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) (i)&nbsp;(A) On each Effective Date, (B)&nbsp;as of each Time of Sale, (C)&nbsp;at each Settlement Date (as defined below)
and (D)&nbsp;at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares (the &#147;<U>Delivery
Period</U>&#148;), the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the respective rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and (ii)&nbsp;each of
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the Prospectus and any Interim Prospectus Supplement complies, or will comply, as of the date that such document is filed with the Commission, as of each Time of Sale, as of each Settlement Date
and at all times during the Delivery Period, in all material respects with the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any
amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the rules under the Act, and each Prospectus delivered to the Managers for use in connection with this offering was identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> under the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;(i) As of the date hereof and on each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii)&nbsp;as of each Time of Sale, the Disclosure Package will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (iii)&nbsp;as of its date and as
of any Settlement Date, the Prospectus did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; <I>provided</I> that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (A)&nbsp;that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility (Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">T-1)</FONT> under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Trustee or (B)&nbsp;the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by any Manager specifically for use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information so furnished consists of the information described in
Section&nbsp;9(g) hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and any documents so filed and
incorporated by reference subsequent to the date of this Agreement or any further amendment or supplement to the Prospectus will, when they are filed with the Commission, conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and none of such documents include or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P>
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will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior consent of the Managers; any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the
Managers are listed on Schedule I hereto; the Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act with respect to any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not, as of its
issue date at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Managers, include any information that conflicts with the information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when taken together with the information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, did not, when issued or filed pursuant to Rule 433,
and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; <I>provided</I> that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with the information furnished to the Company by any Manager expressly for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information so furnished consists of the information described in Section&nbsp;9(g) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries filed as a part of or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and fairly present the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in financial position for the periods specified, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed in such financial statements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and the Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in
which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify might permanently impair the title to property material to its operations or its right to enforce a material contract
against others or expose it to substantial liability, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a
&#147;<U>Material Adverse Effect</U>&#148;). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) Each of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, Northern
States Power Company, a Wisconsin corporation, Public Service Company of Colorado, and Southwestern Public Service Company (each a &#147;<U>Significant Subsidiary</U>&#148; and collectively, &#147;<U>Significant Subsidiaries</U>&#148;) has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be in good standing or qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
There are no other subsidiaries of the Company that would be deemed &#147;significant subsidiaries&#148; under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-02</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> under the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) Since the most recent dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been
no material adverse change in the condition of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, financial or otherwise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the issuance and delivery of the Shares, the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, and compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement did not and will not (i)&nbsp;conflict with, or result in the breach of, any of the terms,
provisions or conditions of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, as amended, or (ii)&nbsp;conflict with, or result in the breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other contract,
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is bound or to which its or their properties are subject, or (iii)&nbsp;result in the
violation of any law, statute, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or over their respective properties except, in the case of clauses (ii)&nbsp;or (iii), any such conflict, breach or violation which, if it did exist, would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Shares have been duly authorized for issuance
and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description of the Common Stock in the Disclosure
Package and Prospectus. Shareholders of the Company will have no preemptive rights with respect to the issuance of the Shares. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) No approval of, or any consent, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any regulatory
public body, state or federal, or any court having jurisdiction over the Company, is, or will be at the relevant Settlement Date, necessary in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement or the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, other than such approvals that have been obtained under the Act and approvals that may be required under state securities laws or regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(&#147;<U>FINRA</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, there are no
proceedings that are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others that are required to be described in the Disclosure Package which are not described as required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) (i)(x) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the best of the
Company&#146;s knowledge, there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company&#146;s or the Significant Subsidiaries&#146; information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data
(including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (collectively, &#147;<U>IT Systems and Data</U>&#148;) and (y)&nbsp;the Company
and the Significant Subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data, except as would not, in
the case of this clause (i), individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii)&nbsp;to the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries are presently in compliance
with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT
Systems and Data and to the commercially reasonable protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, in the case of this clause (ii), individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii)&nbsp;the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an &#147;investment company&#148; as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. </P>
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procedures designed to ensure, in its reasonable judgment, compliance by the Company, its Significant Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their capacities as such) with anti-corruption laws and applicable
economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S.
Department of State (&#147;<U>Sanctions</U>&#148;), and the Company, its Significant Subsidiaries and, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, each of the foregoing&#146;s respective officers, employees, directors and agents (in each case, in their
respective capacities as such) are in compliance with anti-corruption laws and applicable Sanctions and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in the Company being designated as a sanctioned person.
None of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any of the foregoing&#146;s respective directors, officers or employees (in their capacities as such) is a sanctioned person. The Company will not use the proceeds
from the sale of the Shares in violation of any anti-corruption law or applicable Sanctions.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <I>Sale of Common Stock.</I> On the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Managers agree that the Company may from time to time seek to sell Shares through a Manager, acting as
sales agent as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company may submit its orders to such Manager from any of the individuals listed as an
authorized representative of the Company on Schedule III hereto (the &#147;<U>Authorized Representatives</U>&#148;) by telephone (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions), or as otherwise agreed to
between the Company and such Manager, to sell all of the Shares designated to be sold by it on any Trading Day (as defined herein) which order shall be confirmed by such Manager (and accepted by the Company) by electronic mail using a form
substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;A (a &#147;<U>Transaction Confirmation</U>&#148;). The Company may sell Shares on any Trading Day through only one of the Managers, but not more than one, as provided in Section&nbsp;2(h)
hereof. As used herein, &#147;<U>Trading Day</U>&#148; shall mean any trading day on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (&#147;<U>Nasdaq</U>&#148;), other than a day on which Nasdaq is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Manager shall use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with
normal trading and sales practices to execute any Company order submitted to it hereunder to sell all of the Shares designated to be sold by it on any Trading Day and with respect to which such Manager has agreed to act as sales agent. The Shares
may be offered and sold by any method permitted by law deemed to be an &#147;at the market&#148; offering as </P>
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defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including without limitation sales made directly on Nasdaq, on any other existing trading market for the Common Stock or to or through a market maker
other than on an exchange or through an electronic communications network (such transactions are hereinafter referred to as &#147;<U>At the Market Offerings</U>&#148;), or subject to the terms set forth in Section&nbsp;2(f) of this Agreement, any
other method permitted by law, including but not limited to, privately negotiated transactions. No Manager shall have any obligation to offer or sell any Shares, and the Company acknowledges and agrees that no Manager shall have any such obligation,
in the event an offer or sale of the Shares on behalf of the Company may, in the judgment of such Manager, constitute the sale of a &#147;block&#148; under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10b-18(a)(5)</FONT> under the Exchange Act or a
&#147;distribution&#148; within the meaning of Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or such Manager reasonably believes it may be deemed to be an &#147;underwriter&#148; under the Act in a transaction that is other than by means of
ordinary brokers&#146; transactions between members of Nasdaq that qualify for delivery of a Prospectus to Nasdaq in accordance with Rule 153 under the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;(A) The Company shall not authorize the issuance and sale of, and each Manager shall not sell, any Share at a price
lower than the minimum price therefor designated by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(a) above. In addition, the Company (through an Authorized Representative) or any Manager may, upon notice to the other party hereto by telephone (confirmed
promptly by email or facsimile), suspend an offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that such suspension or termination shall not affect or impair the parties&#146; respective obligations with respect to
the Shares sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;there can be no assurance that any Manager will be successful in selling the Shares, (ii) no Manager will incur any liability or
obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Shares for any reason and (iii)&nbsp;no Manager shall be under any obligation to purchase Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) If either party has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the
Exchange Act are not satisfied with respect to the Shares, it shall promptly notify the other party and sales of the Shares under this Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive provisions have been satisfied in the judgment of each
party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Each Manager shall provide written confirmation (which may be by facsimile or email) to the Company following
the close of trading on Nasdaq each day in which Shares are sold under this Agreement setting forth (i)&nbsp;the amount of Shares sold on such day, (ii)&nbsp;the gross offering proceeds received from such sale, (iii)&nbsp;the aggregate Net Proceeds
(as defined in Section&nbsp;3 of this Agreement) to the Company and (iv)&nbsp;the commission payable by the Company to such Manager with respect to such sales. </P>
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defined below), the Company shall be deemed to have affirmed each representation and warranty contained in Section&nbsp;1 of this Agreement. Any obligation of any Manager to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf of the
Company as sales agent shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the additional
conditions specified in Section&nbsp;8 of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) If the Company wishes to issue and sell the Shares to or
through any Manager other than in an At the Market Offering (each, a &#147;<U>Placement</U>&#148;), it will notify a Manager of the proposed terms of such Placement. If such Manager wishes to accept such proposed terms (which it may decline to do
for any reason in its sole discretion) or, following discussions with the Company, wishes to accept amended terms, such Manager and the Company will enter into a Terms Agreement setting forth the terms of such Placement. In the event of a conflict
between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement will control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Each Manager hereby covenants and agrees not to make any sales of the Shares on behalf of the Company, pursuant to
Section&nbsp;2(a), other than (i)&nbsp;by means of At the Market Offerings, and (ii)&nbsp;such other sales of the Shares on behalf of the Company pursuant to a Placement under Section&nbsp;2(f) or as otherwise agreed by the Company and such Manager.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The Company agrees that any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Shares or any other
equity security of the Company shall only be effected by or through only one of the Managers on any single Trading Day, but in no event by more than one, and the Company shall in no event request that more than one Manager sell Shares on the same
day. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <I>Fees. </I>The gross sales price of any shares sold under this Agreement shall be the actual execution price of the Shares sold
by each Manager under this Agreement. The compensation to each Manager for sales of the Shares with respect to which any Manager acts as sales agent hereunder shall be up to 1.0&nbsp;% of the gross sales price of the Shares sold by such Manager
pursuant to this Agreement. The remaining proceeds, after further deduction for any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in connection with such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such
shares (the &#147;<U>Net Proceeds</U>&#148;). Each Manager shall notify the Company as promptly as practicable if any such deduction will be required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. <I>Payment, Delivery and Other Obligations.</I> Settlement for sales of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement will occur on the second (2<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP>) business day that is also a Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry practice for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">regular-way</FONT> trading) following the date on which such sales are made
(each such day, a &#147;<U>Settlement Date</U>&#148;). On each Settlement Date, the Shares sold through a Manager for settlement on such date shall be issued and delivered by the Company to such Manager against payment of the
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Net Proceeds from the sale of such Shares. Settlement for all such Shares shall be effected by free delivery of the Shares by the Company or its transfer agent to such Manager&#146;s or its
designee&#146;s account (<I>provided</I> that such Manager shall have given the Company written notice of such designee prior to the Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (DWAC) system or by
such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form, in return for payment in same day funds delivered to the
account designated by the Company. If the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), shall default on its obligation to deliver the Shares on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (i)&nbsp;hold such Manager harmless against any loss, claim,
damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or based upon such default by the Company and (ii)&nbsp;pay such Manager any commission, discount or other compensation to which it would otherwise be
entitled absent such default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. <I>Agreements of the Company</I>. The Company agrees with the Managers as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company will cause the Prospectus, in a form approved by the Managers, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act and will notify the Managers promptly of such filing. The Company will promptly advise the Managers (i)&nbsp;when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or shall have become effective, (ii)&nbsp;when any subsequent supplement
to the Prospectus (including documents deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus) has been filed and shall furnish the Managers with copies thereof, (iii)&nbsp;of any request by the Commission for any amendment of or supplement to
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv)&nbsp;of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (v)&nbsp;of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, (vi)&nbsp;of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding or examination for any such purpose or pursuant to
Section&nbsp;8A of the Act, and (vii)&nbsp;of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information. During the period
beginning upon the delivery of a Transaction Confirmation related to the sale of Shares through the Settlement Date for such Shares, the Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus (other than
(i)&nbsp;any prospectus supplement relating to the offering of Shelf Securities other than the Shares and (ii)&nbsp;annual reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> quarterly reports on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> and Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement) unless the Company has furnished to the Managers a copy for their review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Managers reasonably object. During the Delivery Period, the Company will
file all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission </P>
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pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus. Following the date hereof and during the Delivery Period, in the event of the
issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) During the Delivery Period, the Company will include in its quarterly reports on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q,</FONT> and in its annual reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> a summary detailing, for the relevant reporting period, (i)&nbsp;the aggregate number of Shares sold through the Managers
pursuant to this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;the aggregate Net Proceeds received by the Company from such sales of Shares and (iii)&nbsp;the compensation paid by the Company to the Managers with respect to such sales (or alternatively, to prepare a
prospectus supplement (each, an &#147;<U>Interim Prospectus Supplement</U>&#148;) with such summary information and, at least once a quarter and subject to Section&nbsp;5(a) above, file such Interim Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)
under the Securities Act (and within the time periods required by Rule&nbsp;424(b) and Rules&nbsp;430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act)). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If, after the date hereof and during any period beginning upon the delivery of a Transaction Confirmation related to the
sale of Shares through the Settlement Date for such Shares, any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the
Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the Company promptly, subject to paragraph (a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;5, will prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus with the Commission and
furnish to the Managers a reasonable number of copies thereof, or will make a filing with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 14 of the Exchange Act, which will correct such statement or omission or will effect such compliance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Managers a consolidated earnings statement
(which need not be audited) of the Company, for a twelve-month period beginning after the date of the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of such period, but in any event no
later than eighteen months after the &#147;effective date of the Registration Statement&#148; (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), which will satisfy the provision of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (including at the option of the Company, Rule 158). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The Company will deliver to the Managers
conformed copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and, during the Delivery Period, all amendments of and supplements to such documents,
in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Managers may reasonably request. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Without the prior written consent of the Managers, the Company has not
made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Company will promptly file all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Act and will retain as and to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Act all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the rules and regulations under the Act. If at any time after the
date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary
to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will notify the Managers and, upon their request, file such document and prepare and furnish without charge to the Managers as many copies as the Managers may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that will correct such conflict, statement or omission or effect such compliance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The Company will furnish such information, execute such instruments and take such action as may be required to qualify the
Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Managers may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares; <I>provided</I> that the Company shall
not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) For a period of two years after the date hereof, the Company will furnish (or cause to be furnished) to the Managers upon
request, copies of all reports and financial statements filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)
During any period beginning upon the delivery of a Transaction Confirmation related to the sale of Shares through the Settlement Date for such Shares, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to sell or otherwise
dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of Common Stock or warrants or
other rights to purchase the Common Stock or other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Common </P>
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Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, except for issuances pursuant to the exercise or conversion of stock options, restricted
stock or restricted stock units, or performance shares or convertible notes outstanding on the date of this Agreement, grants of employee stock options, restricted stock or restricted stock units, or performance shares pursuant to the terms of a
plan in effect on the date of this Agreement, issuances pursuant to the exercise or conversion of such stock options, restricted stock or restricted stock units, or performance shares, the filing of registration statements on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and amendments thereto in connection with such stock options, restricted stock or restricted stock units, or performance shares or the Company&#146;s employee stock purchase plans in existence on the date of
this Agreement, issuances pursuant to the dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan in place on the date of this Agreement, the issuances pursuant to any dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan that replaces the Company&#146;s current
dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan, the filing of registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> and amendments thereto in connection with such dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans and issuances of
any shares of Common Stock in accordance with this Agreement, without (A)&nbsp;giving the Managers at least three business days&#146; prior written notice specifying the nature of the proposed sale and the date of such proposed sale and (B)&nbsp;the
Managers suspending activity under this program for such period of time as requested by the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) [Reserved]. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on Nasdaq. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) In connection with the offering of the Shares, the Company will not, and will use its best efforts to cause its controlled
affiliates not to, either alone or with one or more other persons (i)&nbsp;bid for or purchase for any account in which it or any such affiliate has a beneficial interest in any Shares or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Shares or
(ii)&nbsp;make bids or purchases for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of raising the price of, the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to stabilize or manipulate, or which
constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation, of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement occurs before all the Shares have been
sold, prior to such third anniversary, the Company will file, subject to Section&nbsp;5(a), a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to permit the public offering of the Shares to continue without interruption
(references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission). </P>
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(and upon the recommencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement following the termination of a suspension of sales hereunder), and each time that (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other
than a prospectus supplement relating solely to the offering of Shelf Securities other than the Shares or a Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> unless the Managers shall otherwise reasonably request) or
(ii)&nbsp;there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other than a Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> unless the Managers shall otherwise reasonably request) (such
commencement date (and any such recommencement date, if applicable) and each such date referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;and (ii), a &#147;<U>Representation Date</U>&#148;), to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Managers forthwith a certificate
dated and delivered as of such date, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Managers, to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in Section&nbsp;8(d) of this Agreement are true and correct at the time of such
commencement, recommencement, amendment, supplement or filing, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of
delivery of such certificate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) On each Representation Date, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Managers,
dated as of such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managers, the written opinion of Ryan Long, Interim General Counsel of the Company or Amy L. Schneider, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Securities of the Company (or other
reasonably acceptable internal counsel of the Company) and Jones Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota, counsel for the Company, as described in Section&nbsp;8(b), modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and
supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) On each Representation Date, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel
to the Managers, shall furnish to the Managers a written opinion or opinion and negative assurance letter, dated as of such date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to Sections 5(q) and 5(r) above, in lieu of delivering such an opinion or negative assurance letter for dates subsequent to the
commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement such counsel may furnish the Managers with a letter (a &#147;<U>Reliance Letter</U>&#148;) to the effect that the Managers may rely on a prior opinion or negative assurance letter
delivered under Section&nbsp;5(q) or Section&nbsp;5(r), as the case may be, to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of such subsequent date). </P>
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(and upon the recommencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement following the termination of a suspension of sales hereunder) and each time that (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented to
include additional financial information, (ii)&nbsp;the Company files an annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> or quarterly report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q,</FONT> (iii)&nbsp;there is furnished with
the Commission by the Company any document which contains financial information, including any earnings release, (iv)&nbsp;there is filed with the Commission any document (other than an annual report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> or quarterly report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q)</FONT> incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which contains additional or amended financial information, or (v)&nbsp;on such
other dates as may be reasonably requested by the Managers, Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, shall deliver to the Managers the comfort letter(s) described in Section&nbsp;8(e). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t) The Company will comply with the Due Diligence Protocol attached hereto on Schedule&nbsp;II and any other due diligence
review or call reasonably requested by the Managers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u) The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of
preemptive rights, Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy its obligations hereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) The Company
consents to the Managers trading in the Common Stock for the Managers&#146; own accounts and for the accounts of their clients at the same time as sales of the Shares occur pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w) That each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase the Shares hereunder shall be deemed to be an affirmation to
the Managers that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such acceptance as though made at and as of such date, and an undertaking that such
representations and warranties will be true and correct as of the Time of Sale and the Settlement Date for the Shares relating to such acceptance as though made at and as of each of such dates (except that such representations and warranties shall
be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented relating to such Shares). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) The Company will promptly notify the Managers when the Maximum Program Amount has been sold pursuant to this Agreement.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. <I>Agreements of the Managers</I>. Each Manager agrees with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being
required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Manager that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of such Manager. </P>
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or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all costs, taxes and expenses incident
to the issue and delivery of any Shares, all fees and expenses of the Company&#146;s counsel, the reasonable fees and disbursements of Managers&#146; counsel not to exceed $125,000 (and the Managers shall not be responsible for any amounts in excess
thereof), all fees and expenses of accountants, all costs and expenses incident to the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
(including all documents incorporated by reference therein), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, all costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) incurred in connection with &#147;blue
sky&#148; qualifications, all costs and expenses of the printing and distribution of all documents in connection with the offering of the Shares, the cost of listing any Shares on Nasdaq, the fees and expenses of the transfer agent (including
related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties) and all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of any offering by FINRA. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8. <I>Conditions to the Managers&#146; Obligations</I>. The obligations of the Managers are subject to the following conditions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time
period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section&nbsp;5(a) hereof; all filings required by Rule 433 under the Act shall have been made, and no such filings shall have been made without the
consent of the Managers; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Act shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Act has been received by the Company; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Managers&#146; reasonable satisfaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) On each date specified in Section&nbsp;5(q), and on such other dates as may be reasonably requested by the Managers, the
Managers shall have received opinion letters, dated such date, of Ryan Long, Interim General Counsel of the Company or Amy L. Schneider, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Securities of the Company (or other reasonably acceptable internal
counsel of the Company), that address substantially the matters set forth in Exhibit B, and Jones Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota, counsel for the Company, that address substantially the matters set forth in Exhibit C. </P>
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may be reasonably requested by the Managers, the Managers shall have received opinions or opinions and negative assurance letters, dated such date, from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, New York, counsel for the Managers, with respect to such
matters as the Managers may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) On each date specified in Section&nbsp;5(p), the Managers shall have received a certificate of the President, Executive
Vice President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President of the Company, dated such date, as to the matters set forth in paragraphs (a)&nbsp;and (h) of this Section&nbsp;8 and to the further effect that the signers of such certificate have
examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)
the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of such date with the same effect as if made on such date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such date; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) there has been no material adverse change in the
condition of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, financial or otherwise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, from that set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, or the
Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) On each date specified in Section&nbsp;5(s), the Managers shall have received letters from
Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, independent public accountants for the Company (dated each such date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Managers) advising that (i)&nbsp;they are an independent registered public accounting firm with
respect to the Company as required by the Act and published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii)&nbsp;in their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and supplemental schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and covered by their opinion filed with the Commission under Section&nbsp;13 of the Exchange Act comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Exchange Act and the published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iii)&nbsp;that they have performed limited procedures, not constituting an audit, including a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of
the Company, a reading of the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, committees thereof, and of the shareholders of the Company since the date of the most recent audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, and on the basis of such limited review and
procedures nothing came to their attention </P>
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that caused them to believe that: (A)&nbsp;(1) any material modifications should be made to any unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or (2)&nbsp;any unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
applicable to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q;</FONT> and (B)&nbsp;with respect to the period subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
and except as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there were any adverse changes, at a specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of the letter, in the capital
stock of the Company, incurrences of long-term debt of the Company on a consolidated basis as compared to the amounts shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or, as of a specified date, there were any decreases in stockholders&#146; equity or net current assets of the Company on a consolidated basis as compared with the amounts shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet included or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or for the period from the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to such specified date
there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in operating revenues, operating income or net income of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such
letter, in which case the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the significance thereof unless said explanation is not deemed necessary by the Managers; and (iv)&nbsp;they have carried out specified procedures performed
for the purpose of comparing certain specified financial information and percentages (which is limited to financial information derived from general accounting records of the Company or, to the extent not so derived, from schedules prepared by
Company officers responsible for such accounting records) included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus with indicated amounts in the financial statements or accounting records of the
Company and (excluding any questions of legal interpretation) have found such information and percentages to be in agreement with the relevant accounting and financial information of the Company referred to in such letter in the description of the
procedures performed by them. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Disclosure Package, there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;8 which makes it impractical or inadvisable in the judgment of the
Managers to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Disclosure Package. </P>
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Agreement and (B)&nbsp;the immediately preceding Representation Date, (i)&nbsp;no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company by any &#147;nationally recognized
statistical rating organization,&#148; as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of the Exchange Act (other than downgrades of debt securities issued by or on behalf of governmental entities for the benefit of the Company solely as a
result of downgrades of ratings of any third parties insuring such debt securities) and (ii)&nbsp;no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of
the debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading and other than with respect to debt securities issued by or on behalf of governmental entities for
the benefit of the Company solely as a result of any such announcement with respect to any third parties insuring such debt securities). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Since the most recent dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus there has been no
material adverse change in the condition of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, financial or otherwise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, the effect of which is in the judgment of the Managers so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) No Manager shall have advised the Company that the Registration
Statement, Disclosure Package or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact which in the opinion of counsel for the Managers is material or omits to state a fact which in the opinion of counsel for the
Managers is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any
federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of any Settlement Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as
of any Settlement Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters
incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Managers and prior to any Settlement Date, the Company shall have furnished to the
Managers such other customary information, certificates and documents as they may reasonably request. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) The Shares shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq at or prior to
the applicable Settlement Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Common Stock shall be an &#147;actively-traded security&#148; excepted from the
requirements of Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act by subsection (c)(1) of such rule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) The Company shall
not have submitted an order to sell Shares to any Manager in an amount to the extent that the sum of (x)&nbsp;the gross sales price of Shares requested to be sold by any Manager plus (y)&nbsp;the aggregate gross sales price of shares of Common Stock
previously issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the Maximum Program Amount. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9. <I>Indemnification.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Manager, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if
any, who controls such Manager within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement (including any Interim Prospectus Supplement), the Disclosure Package, any free writing prospectus that the Company has filed (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any &#147;issuer information&#148; filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Manager furnished to the Company in writing by such Manager expressly for use therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each Manager agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers who
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above,
but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted as such fees and expenses
are incurred) that arise out of, or are </P>
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based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Manager furnished to the Company
in writing by such Manager expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including any Interim Prospectus Supplement), the Disclosure Package, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it
being understood and agreed that the only such information so furnished consists of the information described in Section&nbsp;9(g) hereof as being provided by the Managers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought
or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) above, such person (the &#147;<U>Indemnified Person</U>&#148;) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the &#147;<U>Indemnifying Person</U>&#148;) in writing; <I>provided</I> that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section&nbsp;9 except to
the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and <I>provided</I>, <I>further</I>, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section&nbsp;9. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the
Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, which may be counsel to the Indemnifying Person, to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Section&nbsp;9 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right
to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i)&nbsp;the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii)&nbsp;the
Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii)&nbsp;the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person
and the Indemnified Person and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv)&nbsp;the named
parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Manager, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such
Manager shall be </P>
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designated in writing by the Managers and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be
designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x)&nbsp;includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y)&nbsp;does not include any statement as to
or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) If the
indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a)&nbsp;and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such
paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Indemnifying Person on the one hand and the Indemnified Person on the other from the offering of the Shares or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided by clause (i)&nbsp;is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;but also the relative fault of the Indemnifying Person on the one hand and the Indemnified Person on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the applicable Manager on the other hand
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the Net Proceeds from the offering of the Shares received by the Company and the total commissions received by such Manager, bear to the aggregate gross sales price of the Shares. The
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the applicable Manager on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by such Manager expressly for use therein and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section&nbsp;9 were determined by <I>pro rata</I> allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d)&nbsp;above. The amount paid or
payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d)&nbsp;above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section&nbsp;9, in no event shall a Manager be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total commissions received
by such Manager with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Manager has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Managers&#146; obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section&nbsp;9 are several and not joint. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The remedies provided for in this Section&nbsp;9 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)
The Managers severally confirm and the Company acknowledges that the statement that the Managers will not engage in any transactions that stabilize the price of Common Stock appearing in the first sentence of the fifth paragraph in the section
entitled &#147;Plan of Distribution&#148; in the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only information concerning the Managers furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Managers specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10. <I>Effectiveness</I>. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution
and delivery hereof by the parties hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11. <I>Termination</I>. (a)&nbsp;The Company shall have the right, by giving written notice as
hereinafter specified, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that (i)&nbsp;with respect to any pending sale through any Manager for the
Company, the obligations of the Company, including, but not limited to, its obligations under Section&nbsp;4 above, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination; and (ii)&nbsp;the provisions of Section&nbsp;1,
Section&nbsp;7 and Section&nbsp;9 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each Manager, as to itself, shall have the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to terminate its own
obligations under this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time; provided, however, that this Agreement and the obligations hereunder will remain in full force and effect with respect to the other Managers that have not so terminated their
obligations. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that (i)&nbsp;with respect to any pending sale through such Manager for the Company, the obligations of the Company, including, but not limited to,
its obligations under Section&nbsp;4 above, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination; and (ii)&nbsp;the provisions of Section&nbsp;1, Section&nbsp;7 and Section&nbsp;9 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding such termination. </P>
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terminated pursuant to Section&nbsp;11(a) or (b)&nbsp;above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; <I>provided</I> that any such termination by mutual agreement or pursuant to this clause (c)&nbsp;shall in all cases be deemed to provide
that Section&nbsp;1, Section&nbsp;7 and Section&nbsp;9 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Any
termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; <I>provided</I> that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Managers or
the Company, as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Shares, such sale shall settle in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;4. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12. <I>Notices</I>. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, (i)&nbsp;if sent to the Managers, will be mailed, delivered or
transmitted and confirmed to them at Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration (Fax: (646) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">834-8133),</FONT> BMO Capital Markets Corp., 151 West 42<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> Street, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Legal Department, facsimile. (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">702-1205,</FONT> BofA Securities,&nbsp;Inc.,&nbsp;One Bryant Park,&nbsp;New York, New
York 10036, Attention:&nbsp;ATM Execution Team, email: dg.atm_execution@bofa.com with a copy to Rohan Handa (rohan.handa@bofa.com), CIBC World Market Corp., 300 Madison Avenue, 5<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor, New
York, New York 10017, Attention: Mark Siconolfi (email: mark.siconolfi.com), Citigroup&nbsp;Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel (Fax:(646) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">291-1469),</FONT>
Goldman Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Sanjeet Dewal, email:sanjeet.s.dewal@jpmorgan.com,
telephone no. (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">622-8733,</FONT> KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., 127 Public Square, 7th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Attention: Chris Malik (cmalik@key.com), Michael Jones (Michael.c.jones@key.com) and John
Salisbury (john.salisbury@key.com), telephone no. (216) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">689-3910,</FONT> Mizuho Securities USA LLC, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, fax no. (212)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">205-8400,</FONT> Attention of Equity Capital Markets Desk, Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department, MUFG
Securities Americas Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP>&nbsp;Floor, New York, New York 10020-1001, Attention: Capital Markets Group, (Fax: (646)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">434-3455),</FONT> RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, New York, New York 10281, Email: tj.opladen@rbccm.com, Attention: ECM, TD Securities (USA) LLC, 1 Vanderbilt Avenue, 11<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Equity Capital Markets (email: ustransactionadvisory@tdsecurities.com) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 500 West 33rd Street, 14<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP>&nbsp;Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department (fax no: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">214--5918);</FONT> or, (ii)&nbsp;if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered or transmitted and confirmed to it at 414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401, Attention: Paul A. Johnson, Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations (Fax: (612) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">215-5311).</FONT> </P>
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the Company and the Managers with respect to the preparation of any Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering and the sale and distribution of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i)&nbsp;each Manager has acted and will act
at arm&#146;s length and owes no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii)&nbsp;each Manager owes the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded
by this Agreement), if any, and (iii)&nbsp;each Manager may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against any Manager arising from an alleged
breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale and distribution of the Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14. <I>Applicable Law</I>. This Agreement will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15. <I>Counterparts; Electronic Signatures</I>. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall constitute a single agreement among the parties to such counterparts. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but
together signed by all, of the parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., &#147;pdf&#148; or &#147;tif&#148;) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words &#147;execution,&#148; &#147;signed,&#148; &#147;signature,&#148; and words of similar import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic or digital signatures or the keeping of records
in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same effect, validity and enforceability as manually executed signatures or a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for under applicable law, including
the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act of 1999, or any other similar state Laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16. <I>Amendment and Waiver</I>. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure
therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17. <I>Other</I>. Time
shall be of the essence for all purposes of this Agreement. As used herein, &#147;business day&#148; shall mean any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">18. <I>Waiver of Jury Trial</I>. The Company and each of the Managers hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. </P>
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(Title III of Pub. L. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">107-56</FONT> (signed into law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), the Managers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which
information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Managers to properly identify their respective clients. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20. <I>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) In the event that any Manager that is a Covered Entity (as defined below) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S.
Special Resolution Regime (as defined below), the transfer from such Manager of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the
transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In the event that any Manager that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate (as defined below) of such Agent becomes
subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights (as defined below) under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement that may be exercised against such Agent are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such
Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement or any Terms Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in this Section&nbsp;20: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;BHC Act Affiliate&#148;
has the meaning assigned to the term &#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Covered
Entity&#148; means any of the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) a &#147;covered entity&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with,
12 C.F.R. &#167; 252.82(b); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) a &#147;covered bank&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
&#167; 47.3(b); or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) a &#147;covered FSI&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;
382.2(b). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Default Right&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;&#167; 252.81,
47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. </P>
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regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="5">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul A. Johnson</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robert Stowe</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brad Pavelka</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jonathan Mir</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sanjeet Dewal</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Sanjeet Dewal</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher Malik</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Christopher Malik</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MIZUHO SECURITIES USA LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James J. Watts</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: James J. Watts</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Managing Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mauricio Dominguez</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Mauricio Dominguez</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Vice President</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Managing Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Young Kim</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Young Kim</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Managing Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brad Limpert</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Brad Limpert</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Due Diligence Protocol </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth below are guidelines for use by the Company and the Managers in connection with the Managers&#146; continuous due diligence efforts
in connection with the sale and distribution of the Shares pursuant to the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company has agreed that no sales under the Agreement will be requested or made at any time the Company is, or could be deemed to
be, in possession of material <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information with respect to the Company. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">On or immediately prior to each Representation Date, in addition to the documents provided pursuant to Sections
5(p), (q), (r) and (s)&nbsp;of the Agreement, the Managers expect to conduct a due diligence call with the appropriate business, financial, accounting and legal representatives of the Company. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">During any sales period specified in a transaction confirmation, the Managers expect to conduct a weekly
&#147;bring-down&#148; due diligence call with the appropriate business, financial, accounting and legal representatives of the Company. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing is an expression of current intent only, and shall not in any manner limit the Managers&#146; rights under the Agreement, including the
Managers&#146; right to require such additional due diligence procedures as the Managers may reasonably request pursuant to the Agreement. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Robert&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Frenzel</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[Letterhead of Manager] </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</U>, 20<U>&#8195;</U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Xcel
Energy Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">414 Nicollet Mall </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: <U>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>TRANSACTION
CONFIRMATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear <U>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</U>: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Transaction Confirmation sets forth the terms of the agreement of [&#149;] (the &#147;<B>Manager</B>&#148;) with Xcel Energy Inc. (the
&#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) relating to the issuance and sale of up to $2,500,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $2.50 per share, pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement between the Company and the Managers named
therein, dated October&nbsp;31, 2023 (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;). Unless otherwise defined below, capitalized terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meanings when used herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By countersigning or otherwise indicating in writing the Company&#146;s acceptance of this Transaction Confirmation (an &#147;<B>Acceptance</B>&#148;), the
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The transaction set forth in this Transaction Confirmation will not be binding on the Company or the Manager unless and until
the Company delivers its Acceptance; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that neither the Company nor the Manager will be bound by the terms of this Transaction Confirmation unless the Company delivers its Acceptance by<U>&#8195;&#8195;</U> a.m./p.m.
(New York time) on the date hereof <U>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</U>, 20<U>&#8195;</U>. </P>
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warranties, covenants and other terms and conditions of the Agreement, except to the extent amended or modified hereby, all of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference. Each of the representations and warranties set forth in the
Agreement shall be deemed to have been made at and as of every Time of Sale, every Settlement Date and every Representation Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the foregoing
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours,</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Amy L. Schneider</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Vice President,
Corporate Secretary and Securities</I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">414 Nicollet Mall, 401-8</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">October&nbsp;31, 2023 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Xcel
Energy Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">414 Nicollet Mall </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I am the Vice
President, Corporate Secretary and Securities of Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and, as such, I and the attorneys that I supervise have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the proposed issuance
and sale of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $2.50 per share, having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $2,500,000,000 (the &#147;Shares&#148;), through or to Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA
Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, MUFG Securities
Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, acting as sales agents (each, a &#147;Manager&#148;), in one or more public offerings from time to time, pursuant to the terms of the Equity
Distribution Agreement, dated October&nbsp;31, 2023 (the &#147;Distribution Agreement&#148;), by and between the Company and the Managers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I, or attorneys that I supervise, have examined or are otherwise familiar with the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, the Bylaws, as amended and restated, of the Company, the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-275228)</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;)
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission to effect the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), pursuant to which the Shares are to be issued, such corporate
action in connection with the issuance of the Shares (the &#147;Corporate Proceedings&#148;) as have occurred as of the date hereof and such other documents, records and instruments as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this
opinion letter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing and assumptions that follow, I am of the opinion that the Shares have been authorized by all
necessary corporate action of the Company and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Distribution Agreement against payment of the consideration therefor as provided therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing opinions assume that at the time of delivery of the Shares, the Corporate Proceedings related thereto will not have been
modified or rescinded and the issuance and sale of the Shares will not violate any issuance limitation in the Corporate Proceedings, and will otherwise comply with the Corporate Proceedings. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">October&nbsp;31, 2023 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"> Page
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of
Minnesota and the federal laws of the United States of America. The opinions herein expressed are limited to the specific issues addressed and to laws existing on the date hereof. By rendering this opinion letter, I do not undertake to advise you
with respect to any other matter or of any change in such laws or in the interpretation thereof that may occur after the date hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I
hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.01 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated the date hereof filed by the Company and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.
In giving such consent, I do not hereby admit that I am included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
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    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/nonNumeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/non-numeric" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2022/naics-2022.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2022" />
    <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" />
  <xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:appinfo>
      <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="xel-20231031_lab.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/labelLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Label Links, all" xlink:type="simple" />
      <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="xel-20231031_pre.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Presentation Links, all" xlink:type="simple" />
      <link:roleType roleURI="http://www.xcelenergy.com//20231031/taxonomy/role/DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation" id="Role_DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation">
        <link:definition>100000 - Document - Document and Entity Information</link:definition>
        <link:usedOn>link:calculationLink</link:usedOn>
        <link:usedOn>link:presentationLink</link:usedOn>
        <link:usedOn>link:definitionLink</link:usedOn>
      </link:roleType>
    </xsd:appinfo>
  </xsd:annotation>
</xsd:schema>
</XBRL>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.LAB
<SEQUENCE>5
<FILENAME>xel-20231031_lab.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE
<TEXT>
<XBRL>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii" standalone="yes"?>
<!-- DFIN - https://www.dfinsolutions.com/ -->
<!-- CTU Version: Release master Build:20221108.6 -->
<!-- Creation date: 11/1/2023 12:42:07 AM Eastern Time -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2023 Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
<link:linkbase
  xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:labelLink xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/link" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_CoverAbstract" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CoverAbstract" xlink:to="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Cover [Abstract]</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Cover [Abstract]</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:to="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Registrant Name</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Registrant Name</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:to="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Amendment Flag</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Amendment Flag</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" xlink:to="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Central Index Key</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Central Index Key</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_DocumentType" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_DocumentType" xlink:to="dei_DocumentType_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Type</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Document Type</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" xlink:to="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Period End Date</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Document Period End Date</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityFileNumber" xlink:to="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:to="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Tax Identification Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Tax Identification Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:to="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:to="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:to="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Written Communications</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Written Communications</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_SolicitingMaterial" xlink:to="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Soliciting Material</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Soliciting Material</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer" xlink:to="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre Commencement Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Pre Commencement Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" xlink:to="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_Security12bTitle" xlink:to="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Security 12b Title</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Security 12b Title</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_TradingSymbol" xlink:to="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Trading Symbol</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Trading Symbol</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_SecurityExchangeName" xlink:to="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Security Exchange Name</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Security Exchange Name</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" xlink:to="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Emerging Growth Company</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Emerging Growth Company</link:label>
  </link:labelLink>
</link:linkbase>
</XBRL>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.PRE
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>xel-20231031_pre.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE
<TEXT>
<XBRL>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii" standalone="yes"?>
<!-- DFIN - https://www.dfinsolutions.com/ -->
<!-- CTU Version: Release master Build:20221108.6 -->
<!-- Creation date: 11/1/2023 12:42:07 AM Eastern Time -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2023 Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
<link:linkbase
    xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://www.xcelenergy.com//20231031/taxonomy/role/DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation" xlink:href="xel-20231031.xsd#Role_DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation" xlink:type="simple" />
  <link:presentationLink xlink:type="extended" xlink:role="http://www.xcelenergy.com//20231031/taxonomy/role/DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation">
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_CoverAbstract" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CoverAbstract" />
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<td class="text">&#160;<span></span>
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<td class="text">XCEL ENERGY INC<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<tr class="ro">
<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey', window );">Entity Central Index Key</a></td>
<td class="text">0000072903<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_DocumentType', window );">Document Type</a></td>
<td class="text">8-K<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate', window );">Document Period End Date</a></td>
<td class="text">Oct. 31,  2023<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode', window );">Entity Incorporation State Country Code</a></td>
<td class="text">MN<span></span>
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<tr class="ro">
<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityFileNumber', window );">Entity File Number</a></td>
<td class="text">001-3034<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber', window );">Entity Tax Identification Number</a></td>
<td class="text">41-0448030<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1', window );">Entity Address, Address Line One</a></td>
<td class="text">414&#160;Nicollet&#160;Mall&#160;Minneapolis&#160;Minnesota<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown', window );">Entity Address, City or Town</a></td>
<td class="text">Minneapolis<span></span>
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<td class="text">MN<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode', window );">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</a></td>
<td class="text">55401<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_CityAreaCode', window );">City Area Code</a></td>
<td class="text">612<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_LocalPhoneNumber', window );">Local Phone Number</a></td>
<td class="text">330-5500<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_WrittenCommunications', window );">Written Communications</a></td>
<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_Security12bTitle', window );">Security 12b Title</a></td>
<td class="text">Common Stock, $2.50 par value per share<span></span>
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<td class="text">XEL<span></span>
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<tr class="ro">
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<td class="text">NASDAQ<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the XBRL content amends previously-filed or accepted submission.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>For the EDGAR submission types of Form 8-K: the date of the report, the date of the earliest event reported; for the EDGAR submission types of Form N-1A: the filing date; for all other submission types: the end of the reporting or transition period.  The format of the date is YYYY-MM-DD.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The type of document being provided (such as 10-K, 10-Q, 485BPOS, etc). The document type is limited to the same value as the supporting SEC submission type, or the word 'Other'.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 1 such as Attn, Building Name, Street Name</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the City or Town</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Code for the postal or zip code</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the state or province.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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