Duke Energy CORP — Director's Dealing 2013

May 17, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Duke Energy CORP (DUK)
CIK: 0001326160
Period of Report: 2013-05-15

Reporting Person: ROGERS JAMES E (Director, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-15	Common Stock	M	201005	$43.50	Acquired	947482	Direct
2013-05-15	Common Stock	F	159917	$71.63	Disposed	787565	Direct
2013-05-15	Common Stock	M	367816	$49.29	Acquired	1155381	Direct
2013-05-15	Common Stock	F	308161	$71.60	Disposed	847220	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-05-15	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$43.50	M	201005	Disposed	2019-02-19	Common Stock (201005)	Direct
2013-05-15	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.29	M	367816	Disposed	2020-02-22	Common Stock (367816)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	6966	Indirect
Common Stock	164904	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Mr. Rogers exercised options and held all of the shares other than shares he forfeited in order to satisfy the exercise price and tax obligation of the transaction. As a result of the option exercise, Mr. Rogers increased his holdings in Duke Energy common stock by 100,743 shares.

F2: Converts to Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis.

F3: The reporting person was granted 1,103,448 options on February 22, 2010. The options will vest in three equal installments on January 1, 2011; January 1, 2012 and January 1, 2013.