0000912057-01-000201 Sample Contracts

STOCKHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of December 13, 2000 between XCEL ENERGY INC. and WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A. as Rights Agent
Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement • January 4th, 2001 • Xcel Energy Inc • Electric & other services combined • New York

STOCKHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this "Agreement"), dated as of December 13, 2000, between XCEL ENERGY INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent", which term shall include any successor Rights Agent hereunder).