XCEL ENERGY INC. (a Minnesota corporation) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT FOR COMMON STOCK (PAR VALUE $2.50 PER SHARE)Xcel Energy Inc • February 27th, 2002 • Electric & other services combined • New York
Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 20,000,000 (the “Firm Shares”) and at the election of the Underwriters an aggregate of 3,000,000 additional shares (the “Option Shares”) of common stock, par value $2.50 per share, of the Company, in each case, including the associated common stock purchase rights (the “Common Stock”). The Firm Shares and the Option Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 are hereinafter collectively called the “Shares.”
