424B3

 

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

 

Pricing Supplement No. 6 - Dated Monday, March 11, 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

26442KAF3

   [ ]   100.000%   2.300%   [ ]   Fixed    3.350%   Quarterly    03/15/2027    06/15/2013    $7.82    Yes    Senior Unsecured Notes

 

Redemption Information: Non-Callable

                                         

Duke Energy Corporation

        Trade Date: Monday, March 18, 2013 @ 12:00 PM ET         Duke Energy Corporation
        Settlement Date: Thursday, March 21, 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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