---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-127338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUK"
cik: "0001326160"
company_name: "Duke Energy CORP"
filed_at: "2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T10:23:02.353129+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duke Energy amends by-laws with forum selection clause favoring Delaware courts

## Summary
- New by-law designates Delaware Court of Chancery as exclusive venue for derivative, fiduciary duty, and internal-affairs claims.
- Federal district courts in Delaware become exclusive forum for Securities Act of 1933 claims.
- Board adopted the amendment on Dec 14, 2023, effective immediately.
- Purpose is to avoid costs and uncertainty of parallel litigation and inconsistent rulings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-127338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUK
- cik: 0001326160
- company_name: Duke Energy CORP
- filed_at: 2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923127338/0001104659-23-127338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923127338/tm2333093d2_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-127338
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-127338.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-127338.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Duke Energy CORP: Adopted forum selection by-law specifying Delaware Court of Chancery as exclusive forum for certain internal claims and federal district courts for Securities Act claims (effective 2023-12-14).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-14
  source text: On December 14, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Duke Energy Corporation (the “Corporation”) adopted Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”), effective immediately. The amendments adopt a forum selection by-law
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465923127338/0001104659-23-127338-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.