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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of WEC's Stock Plus Investment Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This price is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $64.90 to $65.07, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide WEC Energy Group (&quot;WEC&quot;), any security holder of WEC, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within such range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This price is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $64.97 to $65.22, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide WEC, any security holder of WEC, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within such range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">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 July 31, 2016.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Joshua M. Erickson, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-08-02</signatureDate>
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0000783325
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.
WEC
0001542904
Martin Susan H.
231 WEST MICHIGAN STREET
MILWAUKEE
WI
53203
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Includes shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of WEC's Stock Plus Investment Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11.
This price is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $64.90 to $65.07, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide WEC Energy Group ("WEC"), any security holder of WEC, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within such range.
This price is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $64.97 to $65.22, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide WEC, any security holder of WEC, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within such range.
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 July 31, 2016.
Joshua M. Erickson, as Attorney-in-Fact
2016-08-02