Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

ALLIANT ENERGY

Information regarding Alliant Energy’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2019 was as follows:



	(A)		(C)
	Number of securities to be	(B)	Number of securities remaining available
	issued upon exercise of	Weighted-average exercise	for future issuance under equity
	outstanding options,	price of outstanding options,	compensation plans (excluding
Plan Category	warrants and rights	warrants and rights	securities reflected in column (A))
Equity compensation plans approved by shareowners	997,970 (a)	$41.80	6,407,528 (b)
Equity compensation plans not approved by shareowners (c)	N/A	N/A	N/A (d)
	997,970	$41.80	6,407,528


(a)	Represents performance shares, performance restricted stock units and restricted stock units granted under the Amended and Restated OIP. Performance shares for the 2018 and 2017 grants may be paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock, cash, or a combination of cash and stock. Performance restricted stock units, and performance shares for the 2019 grants, are paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock. The performance share and performance restricted stock unit awards are adjusted by a performance multiplier, which ranges from zero to 200%, based on the performance criteria. The performance share and performance restricted stock unit awards included in column (A) of the table reflect an assumed payout in the form of Alliant Energy’s common stock at the maximum performance multiplier of 200% for the 2019 and 2018 grants, and at the estimated payout percentages for the 2017 grants. Also included are restricted stock units granted under the Amended and Restated OIP. Restricted stock units for the 2018 and 2017 grants may be paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock, cash, or a combination of cash and stock at the expiration of a three-year time-vesting period. Restricted stock units for the 2019 grants are paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock at the expiration of a three-year time-vesting period.

(a)

Represents performance shares, performance restricted stock units and restricted stock units granted under the Amended and Restated OIP. Performance shares for the 2018 and 2017 grants may be paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock, cash, or a combination of cash and stock. Performance restricted stock units, and performance shares for the 2019 grants, are paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock. The performance share and performance restricted stock unit awards are adjusted by a performance multiplier, which ranges from zero to 200%, based on the performance criteria. The performance share and performance restricted stock unit awards included in column (A) of the table reflect an assumed payout in the form of Alliant Energy’s common stock at the maximum performance multiplier of 200% for the 2019 and 2018 grants, and at the estimated payout percentages for the 2017 grants. Also included are restricted stock units granted under the Amended and Restated OIP. Restricted stock units for the 2018 and 2017 grants may be paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock, cash, or a combination of cash and stock at the expiration of a three-year time-vesting period. Restricted stock units for the 2019 grants are paid out in shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock at the expiration of a three-year time-vesting period.


(b)	All of the available shares under the Amended and Restated OIP may be issued as awards in the form of shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units and other stock-based or cash-based awards. As of December 31, 2019, there were performance shares and restricted stock units (performance- and time-vesting) outstanding under the Amended and Restated OIP.

(b)

All of the available shares under the Amended and Restated OIP may be issued as awards in the form of shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units and other stock-based or cash-based awards. As of December 31, 2019, there were performance shares and restricted stock units (performance- and time-vesting) outstanding under the Amended and Restated OIP.


(c)	As of December 31, 2019, there were 381,232 shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock held under the DCP, which is described in Note 13(c).



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(d)	There is no limit on the number of shares of Alliant Energy’s common stock that may be held under the DCP.

The remainder of the information required by Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference to the relevant information in the 2020 Alliant Energy Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of Alliant Energy’s fiscal year.

IPL AND WPL

None of IPL’s directors or executive officers own any shares of preferred stock in IPL. The remainder of the information required by Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference to the relevant information in the 2020 Alliant Energy Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of IPL’s and WPL’s fiscal years.

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