---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-095903"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUK"
cik: "0001326160"
company_name: "Duke Energy CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-13T20:06:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-13T20:09:48.113114+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duke Energy raises $2.0B via 40M equity units at $50; 7.75% annual distribution

## Summary
- Issued 40,000,000 equity units at $50 stated amount each, raising $2.0B gross; includes 5M units from full over-allotment exercise.
- Each unit: stock purchase contract (settles Aug 1, 2029 for common stock) plus 1/40 interest in 4.85% Remarketable Senior Notes due 2032 and 2036.
- Total annual distribution 7.75% of stated amount: 2.90% contract adjustment payments plus 4.85% RSN interest.
- Underwriters: Barclays Capital, BofA Securities, Mizuho Securities; underwriting agreement dated Aug 10, 2026; closed Aug 13, 2026.
- RSNs issued under Indenture dated June 3, 2008, supplemented by Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indentures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-095903
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUK
- cik: 0001326160
- company_name: Duke Energy CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-13T20:06:33+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926095903/0001104659-26-095903-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000110465926095903/tm2623082d1_8k.htm

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