Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 8, 2022, Duke Energy Corporation (the "Company") consummated the
issuance and sale of the securities described below pursuant to an underwriting
agreement, dated December 5, 2022 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), with BofA
Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, MUFG Securities Americas
Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Truist Securities, Inc., as representatives
of the several underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), pursuant to
which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $500,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company's 5.000% Senior Notes due 2025 and
$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 5.000% Senior Notes due
2027 (collectively, the "Securities"). The Securities were sold to the
Underwriters at discounts to their principal amounts. The Securities were issued
pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2008 (the "Indenture"), by and
between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (the "Trustee"), as amended and supplemented by various supplemental
indentures thereto, including the Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as
of December 8, 2022 (the "Supplemental Indenture"), between the Company and the
Trustee. The disclosure in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by the
provisions of the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, together with the forms
of global notes evidencing the Securities included therein, which is filed as
Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as
Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Such exhibits are incorporated herein by reference. Also,
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Company is
filing a legal opinion regarding the validity of the Securities as Exhibit 5.1
to this Form 8-K for the purpose of incorporating such opinion into the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-267583.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
4.1 Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2022, to
the Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2008, between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, and forms of
global notes included therein
5.1 Opinion of Robert T. Lucas III regarding validity of the Securities
23.1 Consent of Robert T. Lucas III (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
99.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated December 5, 2022, among the Company and
BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, MUFG
Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Truist
Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named
therein
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