--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001104659-23-057738" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "DUK" cik: "0001326160" company_name: "Duke Energy CORP" filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-15T08:29:17.961088+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.4 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Duke Energy shareholders approve 2023 LTIP with 15M shares; appoints Broadridge as transfer agent ## Summary - Shareholders approved 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan, reserving 15M shares of common stock; 2015 Plan terminated. - All 14 director nominees elected with >91.8% votes cast for; say-on-pay vote passed at 92.8% support. - Advisory vote on executive compensation frequency set to annual; shareholder simple majority proposal passed (79.0% for). - Broadridge appointed transfer agent effective May 8, 2023; fee structure effective July 1, 2023. - Decarbonization committee shareholder proposal failed with 2.86% support. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001104659-23-057738 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: DUK - cik: 0001326160 - company_name: Duke Energy CORP - filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.4 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/tm2314709d1_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-057738 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-057738.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-057738.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Duke Energy CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of the vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Proposal No. 4 – Advisory vote on the frequency of the vote on executive compensation 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Votes Cast For 1 YEAR Votes Cast For 1 YEAR + 2 YEARS + 3 YEARS Votes Cast For 1 YEAR Votes Cast For 1 YEAR + 2 YEARS + 3 YEARS + ABSTAIN 488,124,736 2,738,380 11,045,932 3,839,971 97.25% 96.52% evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Duke Energy CORP shareholders approved Approval of the Duke Energy Corporation 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Proposal No. 5 – Approval of the Duke Energy Corporation 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST + ABSTAIN 462,146,284 39,345,742 4,256,993 146,449,000 92.15% 91.38% evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Duke Energy CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST + ABSTAIN 626,354,551 23,254,150 2,589,318 N/A 96.42% 96.04% evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Duke Energy CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding formation of a committee to evaluate decarbonization risk at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Proposal No. 7 – Shareholder proposal regarding formation of a committee to evaluate decarbonization risk For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST + ABSTAIN 14,287,004 484,505,880 6,956,135 146,449,000 2.86% 2.82% evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Duke Energy CORP shareholders approved Election of Director Nominees at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Proposal No. 1 – Election of Director Nominees Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST Derrick Burks 496,476,061 7,206,844 2,066,114 146,449,000 98.57% Annette K. Clayton 493,933,628 9,849,252 1,966,139 146,449,000 98.04% Theodore F. Craver, Jr. 486,483,153 17,251,351 2,014,515 146,449,000 96.58% Robert M. Davis 495,467,833 8,264,044 2,017,142 146,449,000 98.36% Caroline Dorsa 462,428,613 41,332,587 1,987,819 146,449,000 91.80% W. Roy Dunbar 490,205,278 13,491,607 2,052,134 146,449,000 97.32% Nicholas C. Fanandakis 494,877,591 8,789,330 2,082,098 146,449,000 98.25% Lynn J. Good 483,290,615 17,348,041 5,110,363 146,449,000 96.53% John T. Herron 487,141,915 16,599,139 2,007,965 146,449,000 96.70% Idalene F. Kesner 495,599,452 8,184,170 1,965,397 146,449,000 98.38% E. Marie McKee 480,498,031 23,307,148 1,943,840 146,449,000 95.37% Michael J. Pacilio 496,966,679 6,724,499 2,057,841 146,449,000 98.66% Thomas E. Skains 490,052,335 13,658,225 2,03 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Duke Energy CORP shareholders approved Shareholder proposal regarding a simple majority vote at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Proposal No. 6 – Shareholder proposal regarding a simple majority vote For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST + ABSTAIN 371,235,824 98,483,736 36,026,911 146,451,547 79.03% 73.40% evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Duke Energy CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Proposal No. 3 – Advisory vote to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST Votes Cast FOR Votes Cast FOR + AGAINST + ABSTAIN 465,266,297 36,111,421 4,371,301 146,449,000 92.80% 92.00% evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923057738/0001104659-23-057738-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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