Filed under Rule 424(b)(3), Registration Statement No. 333-169633

 

Pricing Supplement No. 4 - Dated Wednesday, January 2, 2013 (Prospectus Dated September 29, 2010 and Prospectus Supplement Dated November 13, 2012)

 

CUSIP

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Net

 

Coupon

 

Coupon

 

Coupon

 

Maturity

 

1st Coupon

 

1st Coupon

 

Survivor’s

 

Product

 

Number

 

Principal Amount

 

Selling Price

 

Concession

 

Proceeds

 

Type

 

Rate

 

Frequency

 

Date

 

Date

 

Amount

 

Option

 

Ranking

 

26442KAD8

 

[ ]

 

100.000

%

2.000

%

[ ]

 

Fixed

 

3.100

%

Semi-Annual

 

03/15/2025

 

09/15/2013

 

$

21.01

 

Yes

 

Senior Unsecured Notes

 

 

Redemption Information: Non-Callable

 

Duke Energy Corporation

Trade Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 @ 12:00 PM ET

Duke Energy Corporation

 

Settlement Date: Friday, January 11, 2013

Duke Energy InterNotes

 

Minimum Denomination/Increments: $1,000.00/$1,000.00

Due One Year or More from Date of Issue

 

Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry only

Prospectus Supplement Dated November 13, 2012

 

DTC Number 0235 via RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.

to Prospectus Dated September 29, 2010

 

 

 

 

Agents: BofA Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Incapital, LLC, Citigroup, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

 

 

 

If the maturity date or an interest payment date for any note is not a business day (as such term is defined in the Prospectus Supplement), principal, premium, if any, and interest for that note is paid on the next business day, and no interest will accrue from, and after, the maturity date or interest payment date.

 

 

 

Investors should read this pricing supplement in conjunction with the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement.

 

 

 

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