{"url_path":"/sec/duk-pa/8-k/2026-05-13/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/0001104659-26-060251-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-060251","cik":"0001326160","ticker":"DUK","issuer_name":"Duke Energy CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/0001104659-26-060251-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001326160","primary_entity_name":"Duke Energy CORP"},"word_count":517,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07**\n**Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\n(a)Duke Energy Corporation (the “Corporation”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the\n“Annual Meeting”) on May 7, 2026.\n\n  \n\n(b)At the Annual Meeting, shareholders voted on the following items: (i) election of directors;\n(ii) ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public\naccounting firm for 2026; (iii) an advisory vote to approve the Corporation’s named executive officer compensation; and\n(iv) a management proposal regarding an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Duke Energy\nCorporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements. For more information on the proposals, see the Corporation’s\nDefinitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on March 20, 2026. Set forth are the\nfinal voting results for each of the proposals.\n\n \n\n· **Proposal No. 1 – Election of Director Nominees**\n\n \n\nDirector \nFor \nAgainst \nAbstain \nBroker\nNon-Votes \nVotes\nCast FOR\nVotes Cast FOR\n+ AGAINST \n\nDerrick Burks \n519,072,978 \n6,335,896 \n1,748,453 \n143,394,191 \n 98.79%\n\nAnnette K. Clayton \n519,917,387 \n5,631,105 \n1,608,835 \n143,394,191 \n 98.93%\n\nTheodore F. Craver, Jr. \n467,063,319 \n57,570,091 \n2,523,917 \n143,394,191 \n 89.03%\n\nRobert M. Davis \n510,791,969 \n14,539,322 \n1,826,036 \n143,394,191 \n 97.23%\n\nCaroline Dorsa \n515,516,034 \n9,974,497 \n1,666,796 \n143,394,191 \n 98.10%\n\nW. Roy Dunbar \n515,993,581 \n9,423,852 \n1,739,894 \n143,394,191 \n 98.21%\n\nNicholas C. Fanandakis \n515,070,499 \n9,532,708 \n2,554,120 \n143,394,191 \n 98.18%\n\nJeffrey B. Guldner \n520,300,390 \n5,087,962 \n1,768,975 \n143,394,191 \n 99.03%\n\nJohn T. Herron \n518,085,417 \n7,359,747 \n1,712,163 \n143,394,191 \n 98.60%\n\nIdalene F. Kesner \n514,591,964 \n10,912,897 \n1,652,466 \n143,394,191 \n 97.92%\n\nMichael J. Pacilio \n516,941,148 \n8,453,855 \n1,762,324 \n143,394,191 \n 98.39%\n\nHarry K. Sideris \n521,709,419 \n3,583,689 \n1,864,219 \n143,394,191 \n 99.32%\n\nThomas E. Skains \n500,852,867 \n23,734,150 \n2,570,310 \n143,394,191 \n 95.48%\n\nWilliam E. Webster, Jr. \n507,680,482 \n17,711,679 \n1,765,166 \n143,394,191 \n 96.63%\n\n \n\nEach director nominee was elected to the Board of Directors with the\nsupport of a majority of the votes cast.\n\n \n\n· **Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of Deloitte &\nTouche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026**\n\n \n\nFor \nAgainst \nAbstain \nBroker\nNon-Votes \nVotes\nCast FOR\nVotes Cast FOR\n+ AGAINST  \nVotes\nCast FOR\nVotes Cast FOR\n+ AGAINST\n+ ABSTAIN \n\n639,757,086 \n28,434,117 \n2,360,315 \nN/A \n 95.74% \n 95.41%\n\n \n\nThe ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Corporation’s\nindependent registered public accounting firm for 2026 received the support of a majority of the shares represented.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n· **Proposal No. 3 – Advisory vote to approve the\nCompany’s named executive officer compensation**\n\n \n\nFor \nAgainst \nAbstain \nBroker\n Non-Votes \nVotes\nCast FOR\nVotes Cast FOR\n+ AGAINST  \nVotes\nCast FOR\nVotes Cast FOR\n+ AGAINST\n+ ABSTAIN \n\n496,884,668 \n26,030,663 \n4,241,996 \n143,394,191 \n 95.02% \n 94.26%\n\n \n\nThe advisory vote to approve the Corporation’s named executive\nofficer compensation received the support of a majority of the shares represented.\n\n \n\n· **Proposal No. 4 – Management proposal regarding\nan amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Duke Energy Corporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements**\n\n \n\nFor \nAgainst \nAbstain \nBroker\n Non-Votes \nVotes\nCast FOR\nShares Outstanding \n\n516,664,589 \n7,507,137 \n2,985,601 \n143,394,191 \n 66.39%\n\n \n\nThe management proposal regarding\nan amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Duke Energy Corporation to eliminate supermajority voting requirements\nfailed to receive the required support of 80% of the shares outstanding.\n\n \n\n(c)  Not applicable.\n\n \n\n(d)  Not applicable"}