Evergy (EVRG) Form 4 Evergy / Charles A. Caisley ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

Caisley Charles A.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O EVERGY, INC.

1200 MAIN STREET

(Street)

KANSAS CITY MO 64105

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Evergy, Inc. [ EVRG ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP - MKTG & PA & CHIEF CO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/02/2020

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/02/2020		A		4,208(1)	A	$0	22,603(2)	D
Common Stock	03/02/2020		F		1,139(3)	D	$65.35	21,464	D
Common Stock	03/02/2020		F		392(4)	D	$65.35	21,072	D
Common Stock								60	I	By Daughter
Common Stock								419	I	By Wife

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(5)	03/03/2020		A		1,108		(6)	(6)	Common Stock	1,108	$0	7,432(7)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Award of common stock in settlement of performance share grants under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan.

2. Includes 88 shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends. In addition, the March 2019 award of 1,171 time-based restricted stock units that was previously reported in Table I has been moved to Table II.

3. Relinquished to the Company for withholding taxes incident to settlement of performance share grants under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan on March 2, 2020.

4. Relinquished to the Company for withholding taxes incident to the vesting of restricted stock on March 2, 2020.

5. A restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Evergy, Inc. common stock.

6. Of the total restricted stock units reported, and subject to, in general, continued employment, (i) 4,879 units (plus reinvested dividends related to those units) vest on June 5, 2020, (ii) 1,171 units (plus reinvested dividends related to those units) vest on March 1, 2022, and (iii) 1,108 units (plus reinvested dividends related to those units) vest on March 3, 2023.

7. Includes (i) 4,879 time-based restricted stock units granted on June 4, 2018 (plus 237 units acquired through reinvestment of dividends on those units), (ii) 1,171 time-based restricted stock units granted on March 1, 2019 (plus 37 units acquired through reinvestment of dividends on those units), and (iii) 1,108 time-based restricted stock units granted on March 3, 2020.

	Executed on behalf of Charles A. Caisley by Jeffrey C. DeBruin, attorney-in-fact	03/04/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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