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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-002897
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duke Energy appoints Harry Sideris as CEO effective April 1, 2025; Lynn Good retires
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- Harry Sideris, current President, appointed CEO and board member effective April 1, 2025; succeeds Lynn Good.
- Lynn Good retires after 11 years as CEO; departure not due to any disagreement with company.
- Lead Independent Director Ted Craver appointed independent Chair of the Board, also effective April 1.
- Sideris compensation: base salary $1.3M, STI 150% of base, LTI 750% of base; change-in-control severance multiplier increased to 2.99x.
- Sideris is a 29-year company veteran; succession follows a multi-year comprehensive process.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465925002897/0001104659-25-002897-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-002897

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