424B3

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

Pricing Supplement No 9 - Dated Tuesday, April 9, 2013 (Prospectus Dated September 29, 2010 and Prospectus Supplement Dated November 13, 2012)

 

CUSIP Number    Principal
Amount
  Selling
Price
  Gross
Concession
  Net
Proceeds
  Coupon
Type
   Coupon
Rate
  Coupon
Frequency
   Maturity
Date
   1st Coupon
Date
   1st Coupon
Amount
   Survivor’s
Option
  

Product

Ranking

26442KAJ5

   [        ]   100.000%   2.000%   [        ]   Fixed    3.000%   Quarterly    06/15/2025    06/15/2013    $4.67    Yes    Senior Unsecured Notes

 

 

Duke Energy Corporation

 

Redemption Information: Non-Callable

Duke Energy Corporation

   Trade Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 @ 12:00 PM ET    Duke Energy Corporation
   Settlement Date: Friday, April 19, 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, 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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