<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-21-009160.txt : 20210303
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-21-009160
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210301
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210303
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210303

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BUSSER STEVEN P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001220871

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38515
		FILM NUMBER:		21709514

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O EVERGY, INC.
		STREET 2:		1200 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64105

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Evergy, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001711269
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				822733395
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8165562200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 MAIN STREET
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Monarch Energy Holding, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170707
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        <footnote id="F1">Award of common stock in settlement of performance share grants under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 21 shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Relinquished to the Company for withholding taxes incident to settlement of performance share grants under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan on March 1, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Relinquished to the Company for withholding taxes incident to the vesting of restricted stock on March 1, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">A restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Evergy, Inc. common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Of the total restricted stock units reported, and subject to, in general, continued employment, (i) 955 units (plus reinvested dividends related to those units) vest on March 1, 2022, (ii) 796 units (plus reinvested dividends related to those units) vest on March 3, 2023, and (iii) 1,070 units (plus reinvested dividends related to those units) vest on March 2, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Includes 37 restricted stock units acquired through reinvestment of dividends.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Executed on behalf of Steven P. Busser by Jeffrey C. DeBruin, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
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