Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) Files An 8-K Other Events

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Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August10, 2017, Duke Energy Corporation (the “Company”) consummated the issuance and sale of the securities described below to an underwriting agreement, dated August7, 2017 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner& Smith Incorporated and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.40% Senior Notes due 2022, $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.15% Senior Notes due 2027 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.95% Senior Notes due 2047 (collectively, the “Securities”). The Securities were sold to the Underwriters at discounts to their principal amounts. The Securities were issued to an Indenture, dated as of June3, 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 Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August10, 2017 (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 are included therein, is filed as Exhibit4.1 hereto, and the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit99.1 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 Exhibit5.1 to this Form8-K for the purpose of incorporating the opinion into the Company’s Registration Statement on FormS-3, as amended, No.333-213765.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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Exhibits.

4.1

Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August10, 2017, to the indenture, dated as of June3, 2008, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

5.1

Opinion regarding validity of the Securities

23.1

Consent (included as part of Exhibit5.1)

99.1

Underwriting Agreement, dated August7, 2017, among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner& Smith Incorporated and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein


Duke Energy CORP Exhibit
EX-4.1 2 a17-18643_3ex4d1.htm EX-4.1 Exhibit 4.1       DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION   TO   THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY,…
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About Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK)

Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Energy) is an energy company. The Company’s segments include Regulated Utilities, International Energy and Commercial Portfolio. Duke Energy’s subsidiaries include its subsidiary registrants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Progress Energy, Inc.; Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Duke Energy Florida, LLC; Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. , and Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. (Duke Energy Indiana). Its Regulated Utilities segment conducts operations through Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Florida, Duke Energy Indiana and Duke Energy Ohio. Its International Energy segment operates and manages power generation facilities and engages in sales and marketing of electric power, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The Company’s Commercial Portfolio’s renewable energy includes utility-scale wind and solar generation assets which total approximately 2,400 megawatts across over 10 states from approximately 20 wind farms and over 50 commercial solar farms.