UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2015

 

Commission file
number

 

Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization,
Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Telephone Number

 

IRS Employer
Identification
No.

 

 

 

 

1-32853

 

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

(a Delaware corporation)

550 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803

704-382-3853

 

20-2777218

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On November 3, 2014, Duke Energy Corporation (the “Corporation”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 5.02 disclosing the conditional appointment of Richard A. Meserve to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Corporation to be effective upon the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  Mr. Meserve’s appointment became effective on February 3, 2015.  On February 26, 2015, the Board, based on the recommendation of the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Dr. Meserve to serve as a member of the Board’s Nuclear Oversight Committee and Regulatory Policy and Operations Committee.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 3, 2015

By:

/s/ Julia S. Janson

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal

 

 

Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

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