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Issuer:     Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK:        0001326160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-120496
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duke Energy appoints Abigail Motsinger as new CAO; Cynthia Lee to retire end of 2026
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- Cynthia S. Lee (SVP, CAO, Controller) to retire Dec 31, 2026, moving to advisor role March 1, 2026.
- Abigail L. Motsinger appointed SVP, CAO, Controller effective March 1, 2026.
- Motsinger's compensation: base salary $408,361, STI at 50% of base, LTI at 95% of base.
- Motsinger will participate in Duke Energy Executive Severance Plan as Tier I participant.
- Mike Switzer will assume Motsinger's current IR responsibilities while retaining corporate development leadership.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465925120496/0001104659-25-120496-index.htm
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