DUK-A Duke Energy Corp New

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.