| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/29/2015 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. [ WEC ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 3,899.9042(1) | D | |
| Common Stock | 1,980.271(2) | I | ERSP |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Stock Option (Right to buy) | 01/03/2010 | 01/03/2017 | Common Stock | 15,460 | 23.88 | D | |
| Stock Option (Right to buy) | 01/02/2011 | 01/02/2018 | Common Stock | 15,990 | 24.02 | D | |
| Stock Option (Right to buy) | 01/04/2013 | 01/04/2020 | Common Stock | 3,230 | 24.92 | D | |
| Stock Optino (Right to buy) | 01/03/2014 | 01/03/2021 | Common Stock | 2,630 | 29.35 | D | |
| Stock Option (Right to buy) | 01/03/2015 | 01/03/2022 | Common Stock | 5,935 | 34.88 | D | |
| Stock Option (Right to buy) | 01/02/2016(3) | 01/02/2023 | Common Stock | 10,975 | 37.46 | D | |
| Stock Option (Right to buy) | 01/02/2017(3) | 01/02/2024 | Common Stock | 6,405 | 41.03 | D | |
| Stock Option (Right to buy) | 01/02/2018(3) | 01/02/2025 | Common Stock | 4,070 | 52.9 | D | |
| Phantom Stock Units | (4) | (4) | Common Stock | 5,440.491(5) | (6) | D | |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Includes shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of WEC Energy Group's ("WEC") Stock Plus Investment Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11. |
| 2. Includes shares acquired under WEC's Employee Retirement Savings Plan ("ERSP") in transactions exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c) and exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 16a-3(f)(1)(i)(B). The number of shares in the ERSP attributable to any one participant varies with the price of the Common Stock. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of June 29, 2015 |
| 3. Options vest 100% on the date indicated. |
| 4. These phantom stock units were accrued under the WEC Executive Deferred Compensation Plan ("EDCP") and are to be settled following the reporting person's retirement or other termination of employment. The reporting person may transfer these phantom stock units into an alternate investment account at any time. |
| 5. Includes phantom stock units accrued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the EDCP in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11. |
| 6. One-for-one. |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| Joshua M. Erickson, as Attorney-in-fact | 07/09/2015 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
