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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-001699
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		17
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240105
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240105

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Duke Energy CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326160
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				202777218
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32853
		FILM NUMBER:		24515112

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 SOUTH TRYON STREET
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202-1803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-488-3853

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		STREET 1:		525 SOUTH TRYON STREET
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202-1803

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Duke Energy Holding Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050628

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Deer Holding Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050504
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Thirty-first
Supplemental Indenture<BR>
Dated as of January&nbsp;5, 2024</FONT></P>

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4.850% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027</FONT></P>

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4.850% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029</FONT></P>

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CONTENTS<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><SUP>1</SUP></B></FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">ARTICLE&nbsp;I</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">4.850% SENIOR
NOTES DUE 2027</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; width: 8%; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.01.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Establishment</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; width: 5%; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.02.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Definitions</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;2</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.03.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Payment
    of Principal and Interest</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;3</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.04.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Denominations</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;4</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.05.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Global
    Securities</U></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.06.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Redemption</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;4</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.07.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Paying
    Agent and Security Registrar</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;5</FONT></TD></TR>
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SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029</FONT> <FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT></P>



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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Establishment</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;5</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.02.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Definitions</U></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.03.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Payment
    of Principal and Interest</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;7</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.04.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Denominations</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;8</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.05.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Global
    Securities</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;8</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.06.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Redemption</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;8</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.07.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Paying
    Agent and Security Registrar</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Recitals
    by the Corporation</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;3.02.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Ratification
    and Incorporation of Original Indenture</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;3.03.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Instructions
    to Trustee</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;9</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;3.04.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><U>Executed
    in Counterparts; Electronic Signatures</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;10</FONT></TD></TR>
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4.850% Senior Notes due 2027</FONT></P>

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of Authentication</FONT></P>

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4.850% Senior Notes due 2029</FONT></P>

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of Authentication</FONT></P>

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</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture or have any bearing
upon the interpretation of any of its terms and provisions.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><B>THIS
THIRTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE</B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="background-color: White">is made as of the 5th day of January, 2024, by and
among <B>DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION</B>, a Delaware corporation, having its principal office at 525 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North
Carolina 28202-1803 (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;), and <B>The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A.)</B>, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the &ldquo;Trustee&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White"><B>WITNESSETH:</B></FONT></P>

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the Corporation has heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;3, 2008 (the &ldquo;Original Indenture&rdquo;), with
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><B>WHEREAS</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">,
the Original Indenture is incorporated herein by this reference and the Original Indenture, as it may be amended and supplemented to
the date hereof, including by this Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the &ldquo;Indenture&rdquo;;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><B>WHEREAS</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">,
under the Indenture, a new series of Securities may at any time be established in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
the terms of such series may be described by a supplemental indenture executed by the Corporation and the Trustee;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><B>WHEREAS</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">,
the Corporation hereby proposes to create under the Indenture two additional series of Securities;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><B>WHEREAS</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">,
additional Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Indenture as at the time supplemented and
modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><B>WHEREAS</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">,
all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and
binding obligation of the Corporation have been done or performed.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><B>NOW,
THEREFORE</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;I</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White"><B>4.850%
</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White">SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.01.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Establishment</U>.
There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Corporation&rsquo;s
4.850% Senior Notes due 2027 (the &ldquo;2027 Notes&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">There
are to be authenticated and delivered initially $550,000,000 principal amount of the 2027 Notes, and no further 2027 Notes shall be authenticated
and delivered except as provided by Section&nbsp;304, 305, 306, 906 or 1106 of the Original Indenture and the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;301
thereof.&nbsp; The 2027 Notes shall be issued in fully registered form without coupons.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">The
2027 Notes shall be in substantially the form set out in Exhibit&nbsp;A hereto, and the form of the Trustee&rsquo;s Certificate of Authentication
for the 2027 Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;B hereto.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Each
2027 Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.02.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Definitions</U>.
The following defined terms used in this Article&nbsp;I shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified below
for purposes of the 2027 Notes.&nbsp; Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Original Indenture.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Business
Day&rdquo; means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday that is neither a Legal Holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New
York, New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close, or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office
is closed for business.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Interest
Payment Date&rdquo; means each January&nbsp;5 and July&nbsp;5 of each year, commencing on July&nbsp;5, 2024.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Legal
Holiday&rdquo; means any day that is a legal holiday in New York, New York.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Original
Issue Date&rdquo; means January&nbsp;5, 2024.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Regular
Record Date&rdquo; means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the close of business on (i)&nbsp;the Business Day immediately
preceding such Interest Payment Date so long as all of the 2027 Notes remain in book-entry only form or (ii)&nbsp;the 15th calendar day
next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day) if any of the 2027 Notes do not remain in book-entry only form.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Stated
Maturity&rdquo; means January&nbsp;5, 2027.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&ldquo;Treasury
Rate&rdquo; means</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Corporation
in accordance with the following two paragraphs.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
Treasury Rate shall be </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">determined by the Corporation after 4:15 p.m., New York City time
(or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System),
on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such
time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated
as &ldquo;Selected Interest Rates (Daily)&mdash;H.15&rdquo; (or any successor designation or publication) (&ldquo;H.15&rdquo;) under
the caption &ldquo;U.S. government securities&mdash;Treasury constant maturities&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;Nominal&rdquo; (or any successor
caption or heading) (&ldquo;H.15 TCM&rdquo;). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Corporation shall select, as applicable:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">the
                                            yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption
                                            Date to the maturity date of the 2027 Notes (the &ldquo;Remaining Life&rdquo;); or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">if
                                            there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life,
                                            the two yields&mdash;one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately
                                            shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately
                                            longer than the Remaining Life&mdash;and shall interpolate to the maturity date of the 2027
                                            Notes on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding
                                            the result to three decimal places; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">if
                                            there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining
                                            Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining
                                            Life. For purposes of this clause, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities
                                            on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or
                                            years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">If
on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Corporation shall calculate the Treasury
Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second
business day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to,
the maturity date of the 2027 Notes. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the maturity date of the 2027 Notes,
but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the maturity date of the 2027 Notes,
one with a maturity date preceding the maturity date of the 2027 Notes and one with a maturity date following the maturity date of the
2027 Notes, the Corporation shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the maturity date of the
2027 Notes. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the maturity date of the 2027 Notes, or two or more
United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall select from among these two or
more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the
bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in
accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall
be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
Corporation&rsquo;s </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
Trustee shall </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">have no obligation or duty whatsoever to determine, or to verify our calculations
of, the redemption price.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.03.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Payment
of Principal and Interest</U>. The principal of the 2027 Notes shall be due at Stated Maturity (unless earlier redeemed).&nbsp; The unpaid
principal amount of the 2027 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.850% per annum until paid or duly provided for, such interest
to accrue from January&nbsp;5, 2024 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.&nbsp;
Interest shall be paid semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Person or Persons in whose name the 2027 Notes are
registered on the applicable Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided that interest payable at the Stated Maturity
or on a Redemption Date as provided herein shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.&nbsp; Any such interest that is
not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on such Regular Record Date and may either
be paid to the Person or Persons in whose name the 2027 Notes are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee (&ldquo;Special Record Date&rdquo;), notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of the 2027 Notes not less than ten (10)&nbsp;days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the 2027 Notes may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Original Indenture.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Payments
of interest on the 2027 Notes shall include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates.&nbsp; Interest payments
for the 2027 Notes shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.&nbsp; In the event that
any date on which interest is payable on the 2027 Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date shall
be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the
same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2027 Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.&nbsp; Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on 2027 Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder of
such Global Security. If any of the 2027 Notes are no longer represented by a Global Security, (i)&nbsp;payments of principal, premium,
if any, and interest due at the Stated Maturity or earlier redemption of such 2027 Notes shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent
upon surrender of such 2027 Notes to the Paying Agent and (ii)&nbsp;payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Corporation,
subject to such surrender where applicable, by (A)&nbsp;check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register or (B)&nbsp;wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States
as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.04.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Denominations</U>.
The 2027 Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.05.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Global
Securities</U>. The 2027 Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary
(which initially shall be The Depository Trust Company) or its nominee.&nbsp; Except under the limited circumstances described below,
2027 Notes represented by such Global Security or Global Securities shall not be exchangeable for, and shall not otherwise be issuable
as, 2027 Notes in definitive form.&nbsp; The Global Securities described in this Article&nbsp;I may not be transferred except by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or
to a successor Depositary or its nominee.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">A
Global Security representing the 2027 Notes shall be exchangeable for 2027 Notes registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary
or its nominee only if (i)&nbsp;the Depositary notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for
such Global Security and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Corporation within 90 days of receipt by the Corporation
of such notification, or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when
the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as such Depositary and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the
Corporation within 90 days </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">after it becomes aware of such cessation, (ii)&nbsp;an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the 2027 Notes and beneficial owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the 2027 Notes represented by Global Securities advise the Depositary to cease acting as Depositary, or (iii)&nbsp;the Corporation
in its sole discretion, and subject to the procedures of the Depositary, determines that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable.&nbsp;
Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for 2027 Notes registered in such names
as the Depositary shall direct.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.06.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Redemption</U>.
The Corporation may redeem the 2027 Notes, at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the option of the
Corporation, on any date (a &ldquo;Redemption Date&rdquo;), at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and
rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: (i)(a)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments
of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the Redemption Date; and (ii)&nbsp;100% of
the principal amount of the 2027 Notes to be redeemed, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the
Redemption Date.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">On
or after the date of redemption, interest will cease to accrue on the 2027 Notes or portion of the 2027 Notes redeemed. However, interest
will continue to accrue if the Corporation defaults in the payment of the amount due upon redemption.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Notice
of redemption to each Holder of the 2027 Notes shall be mailed (or, as long as the Notes of this series are represented by one or more
Book-Entry Debt Securities, transmitted in accordance with the Depository&rsquo;s standard procedures therefor) by the Corporation, or,
at the Corporation&rsquo;s request, by the Trustee, in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;1104 of the Original Indenture, at least ten
(10)&nbsp;and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
Corporation </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">shall notify the Trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption
of the 2027 Notes occurring before the maturity date of the 2027 Notes promptly after the calculation thereof. The Trustee shall not
be responsible for calculating said redemption price.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">If
less than all of the 2027 Notes are to be </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">redeemed, the 2027 Notes or portions of 2027 Notes
to be redeemed in amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof&nbsp;shall be selected for redemption in accordance
with the standard procedures of the Depositary.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
2027 Notes </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">shall not have a sinking fund.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;1.07.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Paying
Agent and Security Registrar</U>. The Trustee shall initially serve as Paying Agent with respect to the 2027 Notes, with the Place of
Payment initially being the Corporate Trust Office.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;II</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White"><B>4.850%
</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White">SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.01.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Establishment</U>.
There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Corporation&rsquo;s
4.850% Senior Notes due 2029 (the &ldquo;2029 Notes&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">There
are to be authenticated and delivered initially $550,000,000 principal amount of the 2029 Notes, and no further 2029 Notes shall be authenticated
and delivered except as provided by Section&nbsp;304, 305, 306, 906 or 1106 of the Original Indenture and the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;301
thereof.&nbsp; The 2029 Notes shall be issued in fully registered form without coupons.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">The
2029 Notes shall be in substantially the form set out in Exhibit&nbsp;C hereto, and the form of the Trustee&rsquo;s Certificate of Authentication
for the 2029 Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;D hereto.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Each
2029 Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.02.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Definitions</U>.
The following defined terms used in this Article&nbsp;II shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified below
for purposes of the 2029 Notes.&nbsp; Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Original Indenture.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Business
Day&rdquo; means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday that is neither a Legal Holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New
York, New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close, or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office
is closed for business.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Interest
Payment Date&rdquo; means each January&nbsp;5 and July&nbsp;5 of each year, commencing on July&nbsp;5, 2024.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Legal
Holiday&rdquo; means any day that is a legal holiday in New York, New York.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Original
Issue Date&rdquo; means January&nbsp;5, 2024.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Regular
Record Date&rdquo; means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the close of business on (i)&nbsp;the Business Day immediately
preceding such Interest Payment Date so long as all of the 2029 Notes remain in book-entry only form or (ii)&nbsp;the 15th calendar day
next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day) if any of the 2029 Notes do not remain in book-entry only form.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">&ldquo;Stated
Maturity&rdquo; means January&nbsp;5, 2029.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&ldquo;Treasury
Rate&rdquo; means</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Corporation
in accordance with the following two paragraphs.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Corporation after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government
securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the Redemption
Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">time
on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as &ldquo;Selected
Interest Rates (Daily)&mdash;H.15&rdquo; (or any successor designation or publication) (&ldquo;H.15&rdquo;) under the caption &ldquo;U.S.
government securities&mdash;Treasury constant maturities&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;Nominal&rdquo; (or any successor caption or heading) (&ldquo;H.15
TCM&rdquo;). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Corporation shall select, as applicable:</FONT></P>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">the
                                            yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption
                                            Date to the Par Call Date (as defined below) (the &ldquo;Remaining Life&rdquo;); or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">if
                                            there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life,
                                            the two yields&mdash;one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately
                                            shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately
                                            longer than the Remaining Life&mdash;and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line
                                            basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three
                                            decimal places; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">if
                                            there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining
                                            Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining
                                            Life. For purposes of this clause, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities
                                            on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or
                                            years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">If
on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Corporation shall calculate the Treasury
Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second
business day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to,
the Par Call Date. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States
Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date
and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Corporation shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity
date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date, or two or
more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall select from among these
two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average
of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury
Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security
shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
Corporation&rsquo;s actions and </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">determinations in determining the redemption price shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
Trustee shall have no obligation or </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">duty whatsoever to determine, or to verify our calculations
of, the redemption price.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.03.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Payment
of Principal and Interest</U>. The principal of the 2029 Notes shall be due at Stated Maturity (unless earlier redeemed).&nbsp; The unpaid
principal amount of the 2029 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.850% per annum until paid or duly provided for, such interest
to accrue from January&nbsp;5, 2024 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.&nbsp;
Interest shall be paid semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Person or Persons in whose name the 2029 Notes are
registered on the applicable Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided that interest payable at the Stated Maturity
or on a Redemption Date as provided herein shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.&nbsp; Any such interest that is
not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on such Regular Record Date and may either
be paid to the Person or Persons in whose name the 2029 Notes are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee (&ldquo;Special Record Date&rdquo;), notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of the 2029 Notes not less than ten (10)&nbsp;days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the 2029 Notes may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Original Indenture.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Payments
of interest on the 2029 Notes shall include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates.&nbsp; Interest payments
for the 2029 Notes shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.&nbsp; In the event that
any date on which interest is payable on the 2029 Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date shall
be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the
same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2029 Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.&nbsp; Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on 2029 Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder of
such Global Security. If any of the 2029 Notes are no longer represented by a Global Security, (i)&nbsp;payments of principal, premium,
if any, and interest due at the Stated Maturity or earlier redemption of such 2029 Notes shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent
upon surrender of such 2029 Notes to the Paying Agent and (ii)&nbsp;payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Corporation,
subject to such surrender where applicable, by (A)&nbsp;check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register or (B)&nbsp;wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States
as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.04.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Denominations</U>.
The 2029 Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.05.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Global
Securities</U>. The 2029 Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary
(which initially shall be The Depository Trust Company) or its nominee.&nbsp; Except under the limited circumstances described below,
2029 Notes represented by such Global Security or Global Securities shall not be exchangeable for, and shall not otherwise be issuable
as, 2029 Notes in definitive form.&nbsp; The Global Securities described in this Article&nbsp;II may not be transferred except by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or
to a successor Depositary or its nominee.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">A
Global Security representing the 2029 Notes shall be exchangeable for 2029 Notes registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary
or its nominee only if (i)&nbsp;the Depositary notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for
such Global Security and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Corporation within 90 days of receipt by the Corporation
of such notification, or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when
the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as such Depositary and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the
Corporation within 90 days </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">after it becomes aware of such cessation, (ii)&nbsp;an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the 2029 Notes and beneficial owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the 2029 Notes represented by Global Securities advise the Depositary to cease acting as Depositary, or (iii)&nbsp;the Corporation
in its sole discretion, and subject to the procedures of the Depositary, determines that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable.&nbsp;
Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for 2029 Notes registered in such names
as the Depositary shall direct.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.06.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Redemption</U>.
The Corporation may redeem the 2029 Notes prior to December&nbsp;5, 2028 (the &ldquo;Par Call Date&rdquo;), at its option, in whole or
in part, at any time and from time to time, at the option of the Corporation, on any date (a &ldquo;Redemption Date&rdquo;), at a redemption
price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: (i)(a)&nbsp;the sum
of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming
the 2029 Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the Redemption Date; and (ii)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount
of the 2029 Notes to be redeemed, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">On
or after the Par Call Date, the Corporation may redeem the 2029 Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to
time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the 2029 Notes that are due
and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date to the
Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">On
or after the date of redemption, interest will cease to accrue on the 2029 Notes or portion of the 2029 Notes redeemed. However, interest
will continue to accrue if the Corporation defaults in the payment of the amount due upon redemption.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Notice
of redemption to each Holder of the 2029 Notes shall be mailed (or, as long as the Notes of this series are represented by one or more
Book-Entry Debt Securities, transmitted in accordance with the Depository&rsquo;s standard procedures therefor) by the Corporation, or,
at the Corporation&rsquo;s request, by the Trustee, in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;1104 of the Original Indenture, at least ten
(10)&nbsp;and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption.</FONT></P>

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Corporation </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">shall notify the Trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption
of the 2029 Notes occurring before the Par Call Date promptly after the calculation thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
calculating said redemption price.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">If
less than all of the 2029 Notes are to be </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">redeemed, the 2029 Notes or portions of 2029 Notes
to be redeemed in amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof&nbsp;shall be selected for redemption in accordance
with the standard procedures of the Depositary.</FONT></P>

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2029 Notes shall not have a </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">sinking fund.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;2.07.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Paying
Agent and Security Registrar</U>. The Trustee shall initially serve as Paying Agent with respect to the 2029 Notes, with the Place of
Payment initially being the Corporate Trust Office.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;III</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase; background-color: White"><B>MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;3.01.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Recitals
by the Corporation</U>. The recitals in this Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture are made by the Corporation only and not by the Trustee,
and all of the provisions contained in the Original Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of
the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes and this Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture as fully and
with like effect as if set forth herein in full.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;3.02.&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Ratification
and Incorporation of Original Indenture</U>. As supplemented hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed,
and the Original Indenture and this Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Section&nbsp;3.03.&#9;&#8239;</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White"><U>Instructions
to Trustee</U>. The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (&ldquo;Instructions&rdquo;)
given pursuant to this Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means; provided, however, that the Corporation
shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (&ldquo;Authorized
Officers&rdquo;) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the
Corporation whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Corporation elects to give the Trustee Instructions
using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee&rsquo;s understanding of such
Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Corporation understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the
actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by
an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Corporation
shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Corporate Trustee and that the Corporation
and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes,
passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Corporation. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses
arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee&rsquo;s good faith reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding
such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Corporation agrees: (i)&nbsp;to assume all risks
arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee
acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii)&nbsp;that it is fully informed of
the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more
secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s)&nbsp;selected by the Corporation; (iii)&nbsp;that the security procedures
(if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection
in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv)&nbsp;to notify the Trustee as soon as reasonably practicable upon learning
of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures. &ldquo;Electronic Means&rdquo; shall mean the following communications
methods: e-mail, facsimile trans-mission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or
authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with
its services hereunder.</FONT></P>

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in Counterparts; Electronic Signatures</U>. This Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The words &ldquo;execution,&rdquo;
signed,&rdquo; signature,&rdquo; and words of like import in the Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted
by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, &ldquo;pdf,&rdquo; &ldquo;tif&rdquo; or &ldquo;jpg&rdquo;)
and other electronic signatures (including without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic
records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic
means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping
system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce
Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state
law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. Without limitation to the foregoing, and anything
in the Original Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, (a)&nbsp;any Officers&rsquo; Certificate, Company Order, Opinion of Counsel,
Security, certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Security, supplemental indenture or other certificate, opinion
of counsel, instrument, agreement or other document delivered pursuant to the Indenture may be executed, attested and transmitted by
any of the foregoing electronic means and formats, (b)&nbsp;all references in Section&nbsp;303 or elsewhere in the Original Indenture
to the execution, attestation or authentication of any Security or any certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any
Security by means of a manual or facsimile signature shall be deemed to include signatures that are made or transmitted by any of the
foregoing electronic means or formats, and (c)&nbsp;any requirement in Section&nbsp;303 or elsewhere in the Original Indenture that any
signature be made under a corporate seal (or facsimile thereof) shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series.</FONT></P>

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WITNESS WHEREOF</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">, each party hereto has caused this instrument to be signed in its name
and behalf by its duly authorized officer, all as of the day and year first above written.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Duke
    Energy Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">/s/ Chris R. Bauer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Chris
    R. Bauer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Title:
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Assistant
    Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">The
    Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
Ann M. Dolezal</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ann M. Dolezal</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Vice
    President</FONT></TD></TR>
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Page to Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture</I>]</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">EXHIBIT&nbsp;A</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">FORM&nbsp;OF</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">4.850% SENIOR
NOTE DUE 2027</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">CUSIP
    No.&nbsp; 26441C CB9&#8239;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">DUKE ENERGY
CORPORATION</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">4.850% SENIOR
NOTE DUE 2027</FONT></P>

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Amount:&nbsp; $</FONT></P>

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Record Date:&nbsp; </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">[Close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date so long as all of the Securities (as defined herein) of this series remain in book-entry only form] [Close of business on
the 15<SUP>th</SUP> calendar day next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day) if any of the Securities (as
defined herein) of this series do not remain in book-entry only form]</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Original
Issue Date:&nbsp; January&nbsp;5, 2024</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Stated
Maturity: January&nbsp;5, 2027</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Interest
Payment Dates:&nbsp; Semi-annually on January&nbsp;5 and July&nbsp;5 of each year, commencing on July&nbsp;5, 2024</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Interest
Rate: 4.850% per annum</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Authorized
Denomination:&nbsp; $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">Duke
Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;, which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises &#8239;&nbsp;to&#8239;&nbsp; pay &#8239;&#8239;to
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or registered assigns, the principal sum of
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DOLLARS
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on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date shown above, or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
as specified above, commencing on July&nbsp;5, 2024 and on the Stated Maturity at the rate per annum shown above until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment and at such rate on any overdue principal and on any overdue installment of
interest.&nbsp; The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (other than an
Interest Payment Date that is the Stated Maturity or a Redemption Date) will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in
whose name this 4.850% Senior Note due 2027 (this &ldquo;Security&rdquo;) is registered on the applicable Regular Record Date as
specified above next preceding such Interest Payment Date; <I>provided</I> that any interest payable at Stated Maturity or on a
Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.&nbsp; Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record
Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities
of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">which the
Securities shall be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the
Indenture.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Payments
of interest on this Security will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates.&nbsp; Interest payments
for this Security shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from January&nbsp;5,
2024 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.&nbsp; In the event that any
date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force
and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.&nbsp; &ldquo;Business Day&rdquo; means any day other than a Saturday
or Sunday that is neither a Legal Holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close, or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.&nbsp; &ldquo;Legal
Holiday&rdquo; means any day that is a legal holiday in New York, New York.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series shall be made in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.&nbsp; Payments of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Holder of such Global Security.&nbsp; If any of the Securities of this series are no longer represented by a Global
Security, (i)&nbsp;payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest due at the Stated Maturity or earlier redemption of such Securities
shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent, and (ii)&nbsp;payments of interest
shall be made, at the option of the Corporation, subject to such surrender where applicable, by (A)&nbsp;check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (B)&nbsp;wire transfer at such place and to such
account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior
to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.</FONT></P>

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Corporation may redeem this Security, in whole or in part and from time to time, at the option of the Corporation, on any date (a &ldquo;Redemption
Date&rdquo;), at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the
greater of (i)&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted
to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus
15 basis points less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the Redemption Date; and (ii)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the Securities to
be redeemed, </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding,
the Redemption Date.</FONT></P>

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purposes of the preceding paragraph, the </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">following terms have the following meanings:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White">&ldquo;Treasury
Rate&rdquo; means, with </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities, the yield determined
by the Corporation in accordance with the following two paragraphs.</FONT></P>

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Treasury Rate shall be </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">determined by the Corporation after 4:15 p.m., New York City time
(or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System),
on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such
time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated
as &ldquo;Selected Interest Rates (Daily)&mdash;H.15&rdquo; (or any successor designation or publication) (&ldquo;H.15&rdquo;) under
the caption &ldquo;U.S. government securities&mdash;Treasury constant maturities&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;Nominal&rdquo; (or any successor
caption or heading) (&ldquo;H.15 TCM&rdquo;). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Corporation shall select, as applicable:</FONT></P>

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                                            yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption
                                            Date to the maturity date of the 2027 Notes (the &ldquo;Remaining Life&rdquo;); or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">if
                                            there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life,
                                            the two yields&mdash;one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately
                                            shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately
                                            longer than the Remaining Life&mdash;and shall interpolate to the maturity date of the 2027
                                            Notes, on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding
                                            the result to three decimal places; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining
                                            Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining
                                            Life. For purposes of this clause, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities
                                            on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or
                                            years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">If
on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Corporation shall calculate the Treasury
Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second
business day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to,
the maturity date of the 2027 Notes. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the maturity date of the 2027 Notes but
there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the maturity date of the 2027 Notes,
one with a maturity date preceding the maturity date of the 2027 Notes and one with a maturity date following the maturity date of the
2027 Notes, the Corporation shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the maturity date of the
2027 Notes. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the maturity date of the 2027 Notes, or two or more
United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall select from among these two or
more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the
bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in
accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall
be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.</FONT></P>

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Corporation&rsquo;s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty whatsoever to determine, or to verify our calculations of, the redemption price.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Corporation shall notify the Trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption
of the Securities of this series occurring before the maturity date of the 2027 Notes promptly after the calculation thereof. The Trustee
shall not be responsible for calculating said redemption price.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">of any redemption by the Corporation will be mailed (or, as long as the Securities of this
series are represented by one or more Global Securities, transmitted in accordance with the Depositary&rsquo;s standard procedures therefor)
at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before any Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities of this series to be redeemed.&nbsp;
If Notice of a redemption is provided and funds are deposited as required, interest will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption
Date on the Securities of this series or portions of Securities of this series called for redemption.&nbsp; In the event that any Redemption
Date is not a Business Day, the Corporation will pay the redemption price on the next Business Day without any interest or other payment
in respect of any such delay.&nbsp; If less than all the Securities of this series are to be redeemed at the option of the Corporation,
the Securities of this series and portions of the Securities of this series in amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof shall be selected for redemption in accordance with the standard procedures of the Depositary.</FONT></P>

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the </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.</FONT></P>

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</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Securities of this series shall not have a sinking fund.</FONT></P>

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Securities of this series shall constitute the direct unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the </FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: White">Corporation
and shall rank equally in priority with the Corporation&rsquo;s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.</FONT></P>

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IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECURITY SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES
HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.</FONT></P>

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the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.</FONT></P>

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of January&nbsp;5, 2024.</FONT></P>

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    Energy Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated: January&nbsp;5, 2024</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,<BR> N.A., as Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Reverse Side of Security)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This 4.850% Senior Note due
2027 is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Corporation (the &ldquo;Securities&rdquo;), issued and issuable in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;3, 2008, as supplemented (the &ldquo;Indenture&rdquo;), between the Corporation
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee (the &ldquo;Trustee,&rdquo;
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Corporation, the Trustee
and the Holders of the Securities issued thereunder and of the terms upon which said Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.&nbsp; This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof as 4.850% Senior Notes due 2027 initially in the aggregate
principal amount of $550,000,000.&nbsp; Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared
due and payable in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture permits, with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Corporation and
the rights of the Holders of the Securities of all series affected under the Indenture at any time by the Corporation and the Trustee
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby
(voting as one class).&nbsp; The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of all series with respect to which a default under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing
(voting as one class), on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of all such series, to waive, with certain exceptions, such default
under the Indenture and its consequences.&nbsp; The Indenture also permits the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance
by the Corporation with certain provisions of the Indenture affecting such series.&nbsp; Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon
the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender
of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Corporation for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Security Registrar and duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations
and of like tenor and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.&nbsp; No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the Securities of this series and for covenant defeasance at any time of certain
covenants in the Indenture upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to due presentment of
this Security for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Corporation, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series
are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.&nbsp;
As provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same
upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Corporation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">ABBREVIATIONS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following abbreviations, when used in the
inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 60%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">TEN COM &mdash; as tenants in common</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%">UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD> ______Custodian ______
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left">&#8239;(Cust) &nbsp; &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;(Minor)</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">TEN ENT &mdash; as tenants by the entireties</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">JT TEN &mdash; as joint tenants with rights of <BR>
survivorship and not as tenants in common</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left">under Uniform Gifts to</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify">Minors
Act</P>

</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Additional abbreviations may also be used though
not on the above list.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s)&nbsp;and
transfer(s)&nbsp;unto (please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS,&nbsp;INCLUDING
POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">the within Security and all rights thereunder,
hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
agent to transfer said Security on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">Dated: &#8239;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Signature Guarantee:&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE GUARANTEE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Signatures must be guaranteed
by an &ldquo;eligible guarantor institution&rdquo; meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (&ldquo;STAMP&rdquo;) or such other &ldquo;signature guarantee program&rdquo;
as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">EXHIBIT&nbsp;B</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated: </FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,<BR> N.A., as Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">EXHIBIT&nbsp;C</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM&nbsp;OF&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">4.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2029</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CUSIP No.&nbsp; 26441C CC7&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">4.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2029</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Principal Amount:&nbsp; $</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Regular
Record Date:&nbsp; </FONT>[Close of business on the business day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date so long as all of the
Securities (as defined herein) of this series remain in book-entry only form] [Close of business on the 15<SUP>th</SUP> calendar day next
preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day) if any of the Securities (as defined herein) of this series do not
remain in book-entry only form]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Original Issue Date:&nbsp; January&nbsp;5, 2024</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Stated Maturity: January&nbsp;5, 2029</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Interest Payment Dates:&nbsp; Semi-annually on
January&nbsp;5 and July&nbsp;5 of each year, commencing on July&nbsp;5, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Interest Rate: 4.850% per annum</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Authorized Denomination:&nbsp; $2,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Duke
Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;, which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pay&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;registered assigns, the principal sum of
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DOLLARS
($&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)
on the Stated Maturity shown above and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date shown above, or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
as specified above, commencing on July&nbsp;5, 2024 and on the Stated Maturity at the rate per annum shown above until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment and at such rate on any overdue principal and on any overdue installment of
interest.&nbsp; The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (other than an
Interest Payment Date that is the Stated Maturity or a Redemption Date) will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in
whose name this 4.850% Senior Note due 2029 (this &ldquo;Security&rdquo;) is registered on the applicable Regular Record Date as
specified above next preceding such Interest Payment Date; <I>provided</I> that any interest payable at Stated Maturity or on a
Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.&nbsp; Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record
Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities
of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on </FONT>which the Securities shall be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Payments of interest on this
Security will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates.&nbsp; Interest payments for this Security
shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from January&nbsp;5, 2024
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.&nbsp; In the event that any date on
which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and
effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.&nbsp; &ldquo;Business Day&rdquo; means any day other than a Saturday
or Sunday that is neither a Legal Holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close, or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.&nbsp; &ldquo;Legal Holiday&rdquo;
means any day that is a legal holiday in New York, New York.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Payment of principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Securities of this series shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.&nbsp; Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Securities of this series represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Holder of such Global Security.&nbsp; If any of the Securities of this series are no longer represented by a Global Security, (i)&nbsp;payments
of principal, premium, if any, and interest due at the Stated Maturity or earlier redemption of such Securities shall be made at the office
of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent, and (ii)&nbsp;payments of interest shall be made, at the option
of the Corporation, subject to such surrender where applicable, by (A)&nbsp;check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (B)&nbsp;wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution
in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person
entitled thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Corporation may redeem this Security prior to December&nbsp;5, 2028 (the &ldquo;Par Call Date&rdquo;), in whole or in part and from time
to time, at the option of the Corporation, on any date (a &ldquo;Redemption Date&rdquo;), at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage
of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of (i)&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Securities matured on the
Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis
points less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the Redemption Date; and (ii)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed,
</FONT>plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">On
or after the Par Call Date, the Corporation may redeem the </FONT>Securities of this series, in whole or in part, at any time and from
time to time, at the option of the Corporation, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
purposes of the preceding paragraph, the </FONT>following terms have the following meanings:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;Treasury Rate&rdquo;
means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities, the yield determined by the Corporation in accordance with the following
two paragraphs.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Treasury Rate shall be
determined by the Corporation after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted
daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the
yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as &ldquo;Selected Interest Rates (Daily)&mdash;H.15&rdquo; (or any successor
designation or publication) (&ldquo;H.15&rdquo;) under the caption &ldquo;U.S. government securities&mdash;Treasury constant maturities&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;Nominal&rdquo;
(or any successor caption or heading) (&ldquo;H.15 TCM&rdquo;). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Corporation shall select, as applicable:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt">&bull;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date
to the Par Call Date (the &ldquo;Remaining Life&rdquo;); or</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt">&bull;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields&mdash;one
yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant
maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life&mdash;and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date, on a straight-line basis
(using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt">&bull;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life,
the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this clause, the applicable
Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years,
as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
on the third </FONT>business day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Corporation shall calculate the Treasury
Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second
business day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to,
the Par Call Date. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States
Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date
and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Corporation shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity
date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date, or two or
more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall select from among these two
or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of
the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate
in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall
be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Corporation&rsquo;s actions and </FONT>determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Trustee shall have no
obligation or duty whatsoever to determine, or to verify our calculations of, the redemption price.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
</FONT>Corporation shall notify the Trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption of the Securities of this series occurring
before the Par Call Date promptly after the calculation thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible for calculating said redemption
price.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Notice of any redemption by
the Corporation will be mailed (or, as long as the Securities of this series are represented by one or more Global Securities, transmitted
in accordance with the Depositary&rsquo;s standard procedures therefor) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before any Redemption
Date to each Holder of Securities of this series to be redeemed.&nbsp; If Notice of a redemption is provided and funds are deposited as
required, interest will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date on the Securities of this series or portions of Securities of
this series called for redemption.&nbsp; In the event that any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the Corporation will pay the redemption
price on the next Business Day without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay.&nbsp; If less than all the Securities
of this series are to be redeemed at the option of the Corporation, the Securities of this series and portions of the Securities of this
series in amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof shall be selected for redemption in accordance with the
standard procedures of the Depositary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In the event of redemption
of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series
shall not have a sinking fund.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series
shall constitute the direct unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the Corporation and shall rank equally in priority with the
Corporation&rsquo;s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO
THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECURITY SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, this Security shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation
has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of January&nbsp;5, 2024.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Duke Energy Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated: January&nbsp;5, 2024</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,<BR> N.A., as Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;</font></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Reverse Side of Security)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This 4.850% Senior Note due
2029 is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Corporation (the &ldquo;Securities&rdquo;), issued and issuable in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;3, 2008, as supplemented (the &ldquo;Indenture&rdquo;), between the Corporation
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee (the &ldquo;Trustee,&rdquo;
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Corporation, the Trustee
and the Holders of the Securities issued thereunder and of the terms upon which said Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.&nbsp; This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof as 4.850% Senior Notes due 2029 initially in the aggregate
principal amount of $550,000,000.&nbsp; Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared
due and payable in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture permits, with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Corporation and
the rights of the Holders of the Securities of all series affected under the Indenture at any time by the Corporation and the Trustee
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby
(voting as one class).&nbsp; The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of all series with respect to which a default under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing
(voting as one class), on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of all such series, to waive, with certain exceptions, such default
under the Indenture and its consequences.&nbsp; The Indenture also permits the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance
by the Corporation with certain provisions of the Indenture affecting such series.&nbsp; Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon
the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Security.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender
of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Corporation for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Security Registrar and duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations
and of like tenor and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.&nbsp; No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the Securities of this series and for covenant defeasance at any time of certain
covenants in the Indenture upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Prior to due presentment of
this Security for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Corporation, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Securities of this series
are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.&nbsp;
As provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same
upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Corporation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Security shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">ABBREVIATIONS</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following abbreviations, when used in the
inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">TEN COM &mdash; as tenants in common</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD> ______Custodian ______
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left">&#8239;(Cust) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;(Minor)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">TEN ENT &mdash; as tenants by the entireties</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">JT TEN &mdash; as joint tenants with rights of <BR>
survivorship and not as tenants in common</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left">under Uniform Gifts to</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Minors Act</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">____________________</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;(State)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Additional abbreviations may also be used though not on the above list.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s)&nbsp;and
transfer(s)&nbsp;unto (please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS,&nbsp;INCLUDING
POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">the within Security and all rights thereunder,
hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
agent to transfer said Security on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated:&#8239;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; width: 37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Signature Guarantee:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE GUARANTEE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Signatures must be guaranteed
by an &ldquo;eligible guarantor institution&rdquo; meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (&ldquo;STAMP&rdquo;) or such other &ldquo;signature guarantee program&rdquo;
as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">EXHIBIT&nbsp;D</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated: </FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,<BR> N.A., as Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">By:&#8239;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatory</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>DUKE
ENERGY BUSINESS SERVICES LLC</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">525 South Tryon Street<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803<BR>
January&nbsp;5, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Duke Energy Corporation</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">525 South Tryon Street<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1803</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Re:</FONT></TD><TD>Duke Energy Corporation<BR>
$550,000,000 4.850% Senior Notes due 2027<BR>
 $550,000,000 4.850% Senior Notes due 2029</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">I
am Deputy General Counsel of Duke Energy Business Services LLC, the service company subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), and in such capacity I have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the public offering
of </FONT>$550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&rsquo;s 4.850% Senior Notes due 2027 and $550,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Company&rsquo;s 4.850% Senior Notes due 2029 (collectively, the &ldquo;Securities&rdquo;).&nbsp; The Securities are being
issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;3, 2008 (the &ldquo;Original Indenture&rdquo;), by and between the Company and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the &ldquo;Trustee&rdquo;), as amended and supplemented by various supplemental
indentures thereto, including the Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January&nbsp;5, 2024 (the &ldquo;Supplemental Indenture&rdquo;),
between the Company and the Trustee (the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented, being referred to as the &ldquo;Indenture&rdquo;).&nbsp;
On January&nbsp;2, 2024, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the &ldquo;Underwriting Agreement&rdquo;) with Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc., and Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the &ldquo;Underwriters&rdquo;), relating to the sale by
the Company to the Underwriters of the Securities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This opinion letter is being
delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
 &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">I am a member of the bar of
the State of North Carolina and my opinions set forth herein are limited to Delaware corporate law and the laws of the State of New York
and the federal laws of the United States that, in my experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated above
and, to the extent that judicial or regulatory orders or decrees or consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings,
recordings or registrations with governmental authorities are relevant, to those required under such laws (all of the foregoing being
referred to as &ldquo;Opined on Law&rdquo;).&nbsp; I do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any jurisdiction other than
Opined on Law or as to the effect of any such non-opined law on the opinions herein stated.&nbsp; This opinion letter is limited to the
laws, including the rules&nbsp;and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof, which laws are subject to change with possible retroactive
effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In rendering the opinions
set forth herein,&nbsp;I or attorneys under my supervision (with whom I have consulted) have examined and are familiar with originals
or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of:</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-267583) of the Company relating to the Securities and other securities of the
Company filed on September&nbsp;23, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) under the Securities
Act, allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act and the information deemed to be a part of such
registration statement as of the date hereof pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B of the General Rules&nbsp;and Regulations under the Securities
Act (the &ldquo;Rules&nbsp;and Regulations&rdquo;) (such registration statement, effective upon filing with the Commission on September&nbsp;23,
2022 pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(e)&nbsp;of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations, being hereinafter referred to as the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;);</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
prospectus, dated September&nbsp;23, 2022 (the &ldquo;Base Prospectus&rdquo;) relating to the offering of securities of the Company, which
forms a part of and is included in the Registration Statement in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of
the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
preliminary prospectus supplement, dated January&nbsp;2, 2024, and the Base Prospectus, relating to the offering of the Securities in
the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
prospectus supplement, dated January&nbsp;2, 2024, and the Base Prospectus, relating to the offering of the Securities in the form filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(e)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of May&nbsp;19, 2014 and as amended on September&nbsp;11,
2019, as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(f)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, effective as of December&nbsp;14, 2023;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(g)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>an
executed copy of the Original Indenture;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(h)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>an
executed copy of the Supplemental Indenture;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>an
executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(j)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
certificates representing the Securities of each series;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(k)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
issuer free writing prospectus issued at or prior to 4:30 p.m.&nbsp;(Eastern time) on January&nbsp;2, 2024 which the Company was advised
is the time of the first contract of sale of the Securities, substantially in the form attached as Schedule C to the Underwriting Agreement
and as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Act and Section&nbsp;5(e)&nbsp;of the Underwriting
Agreement;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(l)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, on Form&nbsp;T-1, of the Trustee;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(m)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>resolutions
of the Board of Directors of the Company, adopted on May&nbsp;5, 2022, relating to the preparation and filing with the Commission of the
Registration Statement and the issuance of the Company&rsquo;s securities; and</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(n)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
written consent of the Assistant Treasurer of the Company, effective as of January&nbsp;2, 2024.</P>

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(with whom I have consulted) have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records
of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of
the Company and others, and such other documents as I or attorneys under my supervision (with whom I have consulted) have deemed necessary
or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth below.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In my examination,&nbsp;I
or attorneys under my supervision (with whom I have consulted) have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness
of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to me as facsimile, electronic, certified, conformed, or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such documents.&nbsp;
In making my examination of executed documents or documents to be executed,&nbsp;I have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the
Company had or will have the power, corporate or otherwise, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed
the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents, and,
as to parties other than the Company, the validity and binding effect on such parties.&nbsp; As to any facts material to this opinion
letter that I or attorneys under my supervision (with whom I have consulted) did not independently establish or verify, we have relied
upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials.</P>

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are subject to the following further qualifications, assumptions and limitations:</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>the
validity or enforcement of any agreements or instruments may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>I
do not express any opinion as to the applicability or effect of any fraudulent transfer, preference or similar law on any agreements or
instruments or any transactions contemplated thereby.</P>

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subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein,&nbsp;I am of the opinion that the Securities
have been duly authorized and executed by the Company, and that when duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the
Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their respective terms.</P>

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of this opinion letter with the Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to the Registration Statement through incorporation by reference of a current
report on Form&nbsp;8-K.&nbsp; I also hereby consent to the use of my name under the heading &ldquo;Legal Matters&rdquo; in the prospectus
which forms a part of the Registration Statement.&nbsp; In giving this consent,&nbsp;I do not thereby admit that I am within the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.&nbsp; This opinion letter is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and I disclaim any undertaking
to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>DUKE ENERGY <FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Corporation</FONT></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>$550,000,000
4.850% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>$550,000,000
4.850% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">TD Securities (USA) LLC&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As Representatives of the several Underwriters</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Introductory</I>.
DUKE ENERGY <FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Corporation</FONT>, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Corporation</B>&rdquo;),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell (i)&nbsp;$550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.850%
Senior Notes due 2027 (the &ldquo;<B>2027 Notes</B>&rdquo;) and (ii)&nbsp;$550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.850% Senior Notes
due 2029 (the &ldquo;<B>2029 Notes</B> &rdquo; and, together with the 2027 Notes, the &ldquo;<B>Notes</B>&rdquo;) to be issued pursuant
to the provisions of an Indenture, dated as of June&nbsp;3, 2008, (the &ldquo;<B>Original Indenture</B>&rdquo;) as supplemented from time
to time by supplemental indentures, including the Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of January&nbsp;5, 2024 (the &ldquo;<B>Supplemental
Indenture</B>&rdquo; and together with the Original Indenture, the &ldquo;<B>Indenture</B>&rdquo;), between the Corporation and The Bank
of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the &ldquo;<B>Trustee</B>&rdquo;). Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co.
LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the &ldquo;<B>Representatives</B>&rdquo;)
are acting as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (together with the Representatives, the &ldquo;<B>Underwriters</B>&rdquo;).
The Corporation understands that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions contemplated
by (i)&nbsp;this Agreement and (ii)&nbsp;the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (each
as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) (the documents referred to in the foregoing subclause (ii)&nbsp;are
referred to herein as the &ldquo;<B>Pricing Disclosure Package</B>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>&#8239;&#8239;Representations
and Warranties of the Corporation.</I> The Corporation represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">A
registration statement (No.&nbsp;333-267583), including a prospectus, relating to the Notes and certain other securities has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B>Commission</B>&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>1933
Act</B>&rdquo;). Such registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, became
effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 of the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission under the 1933
Act (the &ldquo;<B>1933 Act Regulations</B>&rdquo;), and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement has
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (if prepared, any preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Notes immediately prior to the Applicable
Time included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations
being hereinafter called a &ldquo;<B>Preliminary Prospectus</B>&rdquo;); the term &ldquo;<B>Registration Statement</B>&rdquo; means the
registration statement as deemed revised pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(1)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations on the date of such registration
statement&rsquo;s effectiveness for purposes of Section&nbsp;11 of the 1933 Act, as such section applies to the Corporation and the Underwriters
for the Notes pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(2)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations (the &ldquo;<B>Effective Date</B>&rdquo;), including all
exhibits thereto and including the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement at the
time such part of the Registration Statement became effective; the term &ldquo;<B>Base Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means the prospectus filed
with the Commission on the date hereof by the Corporation; and the term &ldquo;<B>Prospectus</B>&rdquo; means the Base Prospectus together
with the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Notes prepared in accordance with the provisions of Rule&nbsp;430B and promptly
filed after execution and delivery of this Agreement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B or Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations;
any information included in such Prospectus that was omitted from the Registration Statement at the time it became effective but that
is deemed to be a part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B is referred to as &ldquo;<B>Rule&nbsp;430B
Information</B>;&rdquo; and any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, prior to the date hereof; any reference to any amendment
or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of
such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>1934
Act</B>&rdquo;), and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to
any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Corporation filed pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the 1934 Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term &ldquo;<B>Applicable Time</B>&rdquo; means 4:05 p.m.&nbsp;(New
York City time) on the date hereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
Registration Statement, the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus specified on Schedule B hereto, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
conform, and any amendments or supplements thereto will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations; and (A)&nbsp;the Registration Statement, as of its original effective date and at each deemed effective date with
respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(2)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations, and at the Closing Date (as defined in
Section&nbsp;3), did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (B)&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of
the Applicable Time, did not, (ii)&nbsp;the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their dates, will not, and (iii)&nbsp;the
Prospectus as of the Closing Date will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the Corporation
makes no warranty or representation to the Underwriters with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Corporation by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for use in the
Registration Statement, the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Permitted Free Writing Prospectus specified on Schedule B hereto as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the
completion of the public offer and sale of the Notes or until any earlier date that the Corporation notified or notifies the
Underwriters pursuant to Section&nbsp;5(f)&nbsp;hereof did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicts with
the information (not superseded or modified as of the Effective Date) contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">At
the earliest time the Corporation or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;164(h)(2)&nbsp;of
the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Notes, the Corporation was not an &ldquo;ineligible issuer&rdquo; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the
1933 Act Regulations. The Corporation is, and was at the time of the initial filing of the Registration Statement, eligible to use Form&nbsp;S-3
under the 1933 Act.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239; <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
documents and interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (&ldquo;<B>XBRL</B>&rdquo;) incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they were
filed or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
1934 Act and the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the &ldquo;<B>1934 Act Regulations</B>&rdquo;), and, when
read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (a)&nbsp;at the time the Registration Statement became effective,
(b)&nbsp;at the Applicable Time and (c)&nbsp;on the Closing Date did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(f)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
The compliance by the Corporation with all of the provisions of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Corporation or any of its Principal Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) is a party or by
which any of them or their respective property is bound or to which any of their properties or assets is subject that would have a
material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Certificate of Incorporation</B>&rdquo;), the amended and restated By-Laws of the Corporation (the
 &ldquo;<B>By-Laws</B>&rdquo;) or any statute or any order, rule&nbsp;or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Corporation or its Principal Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that would have a
material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental
agency or body is required for the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for
the approval of the North Carolina Utilities Commission which has been received as of the date of this Agreement, the registration
under the 1933 Act of the Notes, qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>1939 Act</B>&rdquo;)
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(g)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(h)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Each
of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company,
Progress Energy,&nbsp;Inc., a North Carolina corporation, Duke Energy Progress, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, and Duke
Energy Florida, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, is a &ldquo;significant subsidiary&rdquo; of the Corporation within the meaning
of Rule&nbsp;1-02 of Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act (herein collectively referred to, along with Duke Energy Ohio,&nbsp;Inc., an Ohio
corporation and Piedmont Natural Gas Company,&nbsp;Inc., a North Carolina corporation, as the &ldquo;<B>Principal Subsidiaries</B>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The Original Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and duly qualified under the 1939 Act and
the Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized and when executed and delivered by the Corporation and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument
of the Corporation enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(j)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239; <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
Notes have been duly authorized and when executed by the Corporation and when authenticated by the Trustee, in the manner provided
in the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation,
enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally
and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and are entitled to the benefits afforded by the Indenture in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, except as set forth in paragraph (i)&nbsp;above.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(k)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022
or any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q of the Corporation or any Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K of the Corporation with
an execution or a filing date after December&nbsp;31, 2022, except to the extent that such agreement is no longer in effect or to the
extent that neither the Corporation nor any subsidiary of the Corporation is currently a party to such agreement, are all indentures,
mortgages, deeds of trust, loan agreements or other agreements or instruments that are material to the Corporation.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(l)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation is not required to be qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina
and Florida.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(m)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Any
pro forma financial statements of the Corporation and its subsidiaries and the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the Commission&rsquo;s
rules&nbsp;and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>&#8239;&#8239;Purchase,
Sale and Delivery of Notes. </I>On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the Corporation agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly,
to purchase from the Corporation, at a purchase price of (i)&nbsp;99.639% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes plus accrued interest,
if any, from January&nbsp;5, 2024 (and in the manner set forth below) and (ii)&nbsp;99.281% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes
plus accrued interest, if any, from January&nbsp;5, 2024 (and in the manner set forth below), the respective principal amounts of Notes
set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto plus the respective principal amounts of additional Notes which
each such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;8 hereof. The Underwriters hereby agree
to make a payment to the Corporation in an aggregate amount equal to $1,787,500, including in respect of expenses incurred by the Corporation
in connection with the offering of the Notes.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#8239;Payment
of the respective purchase prices for the Notes to be purchased by the Underwriters and the payment referred to above shall be made to
the Corporation by wire transfer of immediately available funds, payable to the order of the Corporation against delivery of the Notes,
in fully registered forms, to you or upon your order at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on January&nbsp;5, 2024 or such other time and
date as shall be mutually agreed upon in writing by the Corporation and the Representatives (the &ldquo;<B>Closing Date</B>&rdquo;). The
2027 Notes and the 2029 Notes shall each be delivered in the form of one or more global certificates in aggregate denominations equal
to the aggregate principal amount of the respective 2027 Notes and 2029 Notes upon original issuance and registered in the name of Cede&nbsp;&amp;
Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (&ldquo;<B>DTC</B>&rdquo;). All other documents referred to herein that are to be delivered
at the Closing Date shall be delivered at that time at the offices of Sidley Austin </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">llp</FONT>,
787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>&#8239;&#8239;Offering
by the Underwriters.</I> It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Notes for sale to the public as set forth
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>&#8239;&#8239;Covenants
of the Corporation.</I> The Corporation covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
Corporation will cause the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus to be filed pursuant to, and in compliance with, Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;of
the 1933 Act Regulations, and advise the Underwriters promptly of the filing of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement,
the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the
Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible
its lifting, if issued.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If
at any time when a prospectus relating to the Notes (or the notice referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations)
is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act any event occurs as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any
time to amend the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Corporation promptly will prepare and
file with the Commission an amendment, a supplement or an appropriate document pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which
will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such compliance.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#8239;&#8239;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
Corporation, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will timely file
all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 14 of the 1934 Act.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;Without
the prior consent of the Underwriters, the Corporation has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute
a &ldquo;free writing prospectus&rdquo; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, other than the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus; each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Corporation, it
has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute a &ldquo;free writing prospectus&rdquo; as defined
in Rule&nbsp;405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, other than the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or a free writing prospectus that is not
required to be filed by the Corporation pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (&ldquo;<B>Rule&nbsp;433</B>&rdquo;); any
such free writing prospectus (which shall include the pricing term sheet referred to in Section&nbsp;5(e)&nbsp;below), the use of which
has been consented to by the Corporation and the Underwriters, is specified on Item 3 of Schedule B and herein is called the &ldquo;<B>Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus</B>.&rdquo; The Corporation represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an &ldquo;issuer free writing prospectus,&rdquo; as defined in Rule&nbsp;433, and has complied and will comply with the
requirements of Rule&nbsp;433 applicable to the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where
required, legending and record keeping.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation agrees to prepare a pricing term sheet specifying the terms of the Notes not contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, substantially
in the form of Schedule C hereto and approved by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and to file such pricing term sheet
as an &ldquo;issuer free writing prospectus&rdquo; pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433 prior to the close of business two business days after the
date hereof.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(f)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation agrees that if at any time following the issuance of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus any event occurs as a result of
which such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information (not superseded or modified as of the Effective Date)
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing,
not misleading, the Corporation will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriters and, if requested by the Underwriters, will prepare
and furnish without charge to each Underwriter a free writing prospectus or other document, the use of which has been consented to by
the Underwriters, which will correct such conflict, statement or omission.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#8239;&#8239;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(g)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by,
the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;11(a)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#8239;&#8239;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(h)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation will furnish to you, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (four of which will include all exhibits other
than those incorporated by reference), the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such
documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as you may reasonably request.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation will arrange or cooperate in arrangements, if necessary, for the qualification of the Notes for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however,
that the Corporation shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file any general consents to service of process under
the laws of any state where it is not now so subject.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(j)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement including (i)&nbsp;the printing
and filing of the Registration Statement and the printing of this Agreement and any Blue Sky Survey, (ii)&nbsp;the preparation and printing
of certificates for the Notes, (iii)&nbsp;the issuance and delivery of the Notes as specified herein, (iv)&nbsp;the fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the qualification of the Notes under the securities laws of any jurisdiction in accordance
with the provisions of Section&nbsp;5(i)&nbsp;and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey, such fees not to exceed $7,500,
(v)&nbsp;the printing and delivery to the Underwriters, in quantities as hereinabove referred to, of copies of the Registration Statement
and any amendments thereto, of the Preliminary Prospectus, of the Prospectus, of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments
or supplements thereto, (vi)&nbsp;any fees charged by independent rating agencies for rating the Notes, (vii)&nbsp;any fees and expenses
in connection with the listing of the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange LLC, (viii)&nbsp;any filing fee required by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority,&nbsp;Inc., (ix)&nbsp;the costs of any depository arrangements for the Notes with DTC or any successor depositary
and (x)&nbsp;the costs and expenses of the Corporation relating to investor presentations on any &ldquo;road show&rdquo; undertaken in
connection with the marketing of the offering of the Notes, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of
road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior
approval of the Corporation, travel and lodging expenses of the Underwriters and officers of the Corporation and any such consultants,
and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; provided, however, the Underwriters shall reimburse a portion
of the costs and expenses referred to in this clause (x).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>&#8239;&#8239;Conditions
of the Obligations of the Underwriters. </I>The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject
to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Corporation herein, to the accuracy of the statements of officers
of the Corporation made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Corporation of its obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions precedent:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Prospectus shall have been filed by the Corporation with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;within the applicable time
period prescribed for filing by the 1933 Act Regulations and in accordance herewith and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall have
been filed by the Corporation with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by, and otherwise in
compliance with, Rule&nbsp;433.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;At
or after the Applicable Time and prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act shall have been instituted
or, to the knowledge of the Corporation or you, shall be threatened by the Commission.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;At
or after the Applicable Time and prior to the Closing Date, the rating assigned by Moody&rsquo;s Investors Service,&nbsp;Inc. or S&amp;P
Global Ratings (or any of their successors) to any debt securities or preferred stock of the Corporation as of the date of this Agreement
shall not have been lowered.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;Since
the respective most recent dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and up to the
Closing Date, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the condition of the Corporation, financial or otherwise, except
as reflected in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and, since such dates and up to the Closing Date,
there shall not have been any material transaction entered into by the Corporation other than transactions contemplated by the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and transactions in the ordinary course of business, the effect of which in your reasonable judgment
is so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Notes
on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(e)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">You
shall have received an opinion of Robert T. Lucas III,&nbsp;Esq., Deputy General Counsel of Duke Energy Business Services LLC, the service
company subsidiary of the Corporation (who in such capacity provides legal services to the Corporation), or other appropriate counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (which may include the Corporation&rsquo;s other &ldquo;in-house&rdquo; counsel), dated
the Closing Date, to the effect that:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;Each
of Duke Energy Ohio,&nbsp;Inc., Progress Energy,&nbsp;Inc. and Piedmont Natural Gas Company,&nbsp;Inc., has been duly incorporated and
is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the respective corporate power and
authority and foreign qualifications necessary to own its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. Each of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Duke Energy Indiana, LLC and Duke Energy Progress,
LLC has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of
North Carolina, the State of Florida, the State of Indiana and the State of North Carolina, respectively, and has full limited liability
company power and authority necessary to own its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;Each
of the Corporation and the Principal Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing
of its property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify, considering all such
cases in the aggregate, does not have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition or results of operations
of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#8239;&#8239;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 of the 1933 Act Regulations, and, to
the best of such counsel&rsquo;s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the 1933 Act.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#8239;&#8239;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iv)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of any legal or governmental proceedings
are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown, and such counsel does not know of any litigation or any legal or
governmental proceeding instituted or threatened against the Corporation or any of its Principal Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties that would be required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and
is not so disclosed.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(v)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(vi)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
execution, delivery and performance by the Corporation of this Agreement and the Indenture and the issue and sale of the Notes will not
violate or contravene any of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Corporation or any statute or any order,
rule&nbsp;or regulation of which such counsel is aware of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Corporation
or any of its Principal Subsidiaries or any of their respective property, nor will such action conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Corporation or any of its Principal Subsidiaries is a party or by
which any of them or their respective property is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, which affects in a material
way the Corporation&rsquo;s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(vii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in
accordance with its terms.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(viii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
Notes have been duly authorized, executed and issued by the Corporation and, when authenticated by the Trustee, in the manner provided
in the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Corporation enforceable
against the Corporation in accordance with their terms, and are entitled to the benefits afforded by the Indenture in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and the Notes.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ix)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
 &#8239;No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification is required to authorize, or for the Corporation to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Notes by the Underwriters and except as required in Condition No.&nbsp;7.6 of the order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission
dated September&nbsp;29, 2016, in Docket Nos. E-7, Sub 1100, E-2, Sub 1095, and G-9, Sub 682, which condition has been complied
with.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8239;Such counsel may state that
such counsel&rsquo;s opinions in paragraphs (vii)&nbsp;and (viii)&nbsp;above are subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally, and by general
principles of equity (whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith
and fair dealing. Such counsel shall state that nothing has come to such counsel&rsquo;s attention that has caused such counsel to believe
that each document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when filed,
was not, on its face, appropriately responsive, in all material respects, to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
Such counsel shall also state that nothing has come to such counsel&rsquo;s attention that has caused such counsel to believe that (i)&nbsp;the
Registration Statement, as of the effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(2)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act
Regulations, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii)&nbsp;the Pricing Disclosure Package at the Applicable Time contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading or (iii)&nbsp;that the Prospectus, as of its date or at the Closing Date, contained or contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Such counsel may also state that, except as otherwise expressly
provided in such opinion, such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and does not
express any opinion or belief as to (i)&nbsp;the financial statements or other financial and accounting data contained or incorporated
by reference therein or excluded therefrom, including with respect to compliance with XBRL interactive data requirements, (ii)&nbsp;the
statement of the eligibility and qualification of the Trustee included in the Registration Statement (the &ldquo;<B>Form&nbsp;T-1</B>&rdquo;)
or (iii)&nbsp;the information in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption &ldquo;Book-Entry System.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8239;In rendering the foregoing
opinion, such counsel may state that such counsel does not express any opinion concerning any law other than the law of the State of North
Carolina or, to the extent set forth in the foregoing opinions, the federal securities laws and may rely as to all matters of the laws
of the States of South Carolina, Ohio,&nbsp;Indiana and Florida on appropriate counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives,
which may include the Corporation&rsquo;s other &ldquo;in-house&rdquo; counsel). Such counsel may also state that such counsel has relied
as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Corporation and other sources believed by
such counsel to be reliable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(f)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;You
shall have received an opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel to the Corporation, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation has been duly incorporated and is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Corporation has the corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Supplemental Indenture and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iv)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Corporation and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the Trustee, is a valid and binding agreement of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its
terms.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(v)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the Corporation, and, when duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered
by the Corporation against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, the Notes will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Corporation in
accordance with their terms.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(vi)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
statements set forth (i)&nbsp;under the caption &ldquo;Description of Debt Securities&rdquo; (other than under the caption &ldquo;Global
Securities&rdquo;) that are included in the Base Prospectus and (ii)&nbsp;under the caption &ldquo;Description of the Notes&rdquo; in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes, fairly summarize such provisions in all material respects.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(vii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;The
statements set forth under the caption &ldquo;Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders,&rdquo; in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to constitute summaries of matters of United States federal
income tax law, constitute accurate and complete summaries, in all material respects, subject to the qualifications set forth therein.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(viii)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;No
Governmental Approval, which has not been obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required to authorize, or is required
for, the execution or delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Corporation or the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under
state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters. &ldquo;<B>Governmental
Approval</B>&rdquo; means any consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, qualification or registration with,
any Governmental Authority required to be made or obtained by the Corporation pursuant to Applicable Laws, other than any consent, approval,
license, authorization, validation, filing, qualification or registration that may have become applicable as a result of the involvement
of any party (other than the Corporation) in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or because of such parties&rsquo; legal or
regulatory status or because of any other facts specifically pertaining to such parties and &ldquo;<B>Governmental Authority</B>&rdquo;
means any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body of the State of North Carolina, the State of New York or
the State of Delaware or the United States of America having jurisdiction over the Corporation under Applicable Law but excluding the
North Carolina Utilities Commission, the New York State Public Service Commission and the Delaware Public Service Commission.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ix)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;The
Corporation is not and, solely after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus, will not be subject to registration and regulation as an &ldquo;investment company&rdquo; as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(x)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;The
execution and delivery by the Corporation of this Agreement and the Indenture and the consummation by the Corporation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Notes, will not (i)&nbsp;conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation or
the By-Laws, (ii)&nbsp;constitute a violation of, or a breach of or default under, the terms of any of the contracts set forth on Schedule
D hereto or (iii)&nbsp;violate or conflict with, or result in any contravention of, any Applicable Law of the State of New York or the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such counsel shall state that it does not express any opinion, however, as to whether
the execution, delivery or performance by the Corporation of this Agreement or the Indenture will constitute a violation of, or a default
under, any covenant, restriction or provision with respect to financial ratios or tests or any aspect of the financial condition or results
or operations of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. &ldquo;<B>Applicable Law</B>&rdquo; means the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware and those laws, rules&nbsp;and regulations of the States of New York and North Carolina and those federal laws,
rules&nbsp;and regulations of the United States of America, in each case that, in such counsel&rsquo;s experience, are normally applicable
to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement (other than the United States federal securities laws, state securities or
Blue Sky laws, antifraud laws and the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,&nbsp;Inc., the North
Carolina Public Utilities Act, the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the North Carolina Utilities Commission and the New York State Public
Service Commission and the New York State Public Service Law), but without such counsel having made any special investigation as to the
applicability of any specific law, rule&nbsp;or regulation.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(xi)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;The statements set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption &ldquo;Underwriting (Conflicts of
Interest),&rdquo; insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of this Agreement, fairly summarize such
provisions in all material respects.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8239;You shall also have received
a statement of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8239;(i)&nbsp;no facts have come
to such counsel&rsquo;s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that the documents filed by the Corporation under the 1934
Act and the 1934 Act Regulations that are incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement that forms a part of the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when filed, were not, on their face, appropriately responsive in all material respects
to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations (except that in each case such counsel need not express any view with
respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial and accounting information included or incorporated by reference therein
or excluded therefrom including, with respect to compliance with XBRL interactive data requirements), (ii)&nbsp;no facts have come to
such counsel&rsquo;s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that each of the Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time,
and the Prospectus, as of its date, appeared on its face, not to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements
of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations (except that in each case such counsel need not express any view with respect to the financial
statements, schedules and other financial and accounting information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom,
including with respect to compliance with XBRL interactive data requirements, or that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes
the statement of eligibility on the Form&nbsp;T-1) and (iii)&nbsp;no facts have come to such counsel&rsquo;s attention that have caused
such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus,
as of its date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
(except that in each case such counsel need not express any view with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial
and accounting information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom, or with respect to compliance with XBRL
interactive data requirements, or that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the statement of eligibility on the Form&nbsp;T-1).
Such counsel shall further state that, in addition, no facts have come to such counsel&rsquo;s attention that have caused such counsel
to believe that the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading (except that such counsel need not express any view with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial
and accounting information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom, including with respect to compliance with
XBRL interactive data requirements).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8239;In addition, such statement
shall confirm that the Prospectus has been filed with the Commission within the time period required by Rule&nbsp;424 of the 1933 Act
Regulations and any required filing of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433 of the 1933 Act Regulations has
been filed with the Commission within the time period required by Rule&nbsp;433(d)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations. Such statement shall
further state that assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Corporation set forth in Section&nbsp;2(d)&nbsp;of
this Agreement, the Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 of the 1933 Act
Regulations and, pursuant to Section&nbsp;309 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>1939 Act</B>&rdquo;), the
Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act, and that based solely on such counsel&rsquo;s review of the Commission&rsquo;s website,
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and, to such counsel&rsquo;s knowledge, no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8239;Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP may
state that its opinions in paragraphs (v)&nbsp;and (vi)&nbsp;are subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting creditors&rsquo; rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). In addition, such counsel may state that it has relied as to certain factual matters
on information obtained from public officials, officers and representatives of the Corporation and that the signatures on all documents
examined by them are genuine, assumptions which such counsel have not independently verified.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(g)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;You
shall have received a letter from Sidley Austin <FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">llp</FONT>, counsel for the Underwriters, dated
the Closing Date, with respect to such opinions and statements as you may reasonably request, and the Corporation shall have furnished
to such counsel such documents as it requests for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon such matters.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(h)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;At
or after the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i)&nbsp;a suspension or material limitation in trading
in securities generally or of the securities of the Corporation, on the New York Stock Exchange LLC; or (ii)&nbsp;a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities in New York declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial
banking services or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; or (iii)&nbsp;the outbreak or escalation of hostilities
involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified
in this subsection (h)&nbsp;in your reasonable judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or
the delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. In such event
there shall be no liability on the part of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;7 hereof and except
for the expenses to be borne by the Corporation as provided in Section&nbsp;5(j)&nbsp;hereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;You
shall have received a certificate of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
and any financial or accounting officer of the Corporation, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge
after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Corporation in this Agreement are true and
correct as of the Closing Date, that the Corporation has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that the conditions specified in Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;and Section&nbsp;6(d)&nbsp;have
been satisfied, and that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or are threatened by the Commission.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(j)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;At
the time of the execution of this Agreement, you shall have received a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
from Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, the Corporation&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm, containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountants&rsquo; &ldquo;comfort letters&rdquo; to underwriters with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, including specific references to inquiries regarding any increase in long-term debt (excluding current maturities),
decrease in net current assets (defined as current assets less current liabilities) or shareholders&rsquo; equity, change in the Corporation&rsquo;s
common stock, and decrease in operating revenues or net income for the period subsequent to the latest financial statements incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement when compared with the corresponding period from the preceding year, as of a specified date
not more than three business days prior to the date of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(k)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;At
the Closing Date, you shall have received from Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, a letter dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that
it reaffirms the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;6, except that the
specified date referred to shall be not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&#8239;The Corporation will furnish
you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>&#8239;&#8239;Indemnification.
</I>(a)&nbsp; The Corporation agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, their respective officers and directors, and each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act, as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT>&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) including the Rule&nbsp;430B Information, or the omission
or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or any issuer free
writing prospectus as defined in Rule&nbsp;433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
unless such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Corporation by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or
any amendment thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation,
commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement
or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Corporation; and</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;against
any and all expense whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened,
or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent
that any such expense is not paid under (i)&nbsp;or (ii)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;7(a).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
no case shall the Corporation be liable under this indemnity agreement with respect to any claim made against any Underwriter or any
such controlling person unless the Corporation shall be notified in writing of the nature of the claim within a reasonable time after
the assertion thereof, but failure so to notify the Corporation shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than
under Sections 7(a)&nbsp;and 7(d). The Corporation shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects,
within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to assume the defense of any suit, but if it so elects to assume the defense,
such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and approved by the Underwriter or Underwriters or controlling person or persons,
or defendant or defendants in any suit so brought, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In any such suit, any Underwriter
or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such Underwriter or such controlling person unless (i)&nbsp;the Corporation and such Underwriter shall have mutually agreed
to the employment of such counsel, or (ii)&nbsp;the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such
Underwriter or such controlling person and the Corporation and such Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by
such counsel that a conflict of interest between the Corporation and such Underwriter or such controlling person may arise and for this
reason it is not desirable for the same counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and also the indemnified party (it being understood,
however, that the Corporation shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions
in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses
of more than one separate firm of attorneys for all such Underwriters and all such controlling persons, which firm shall be designated
in writing by you). The Corporation agrees to notify you within a reasonable time of the assertion of any claim against it, any of its
officers or directors or any person who controls the Corporation within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act, in connection
with the sale of the Notes.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Each
Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation, its directors and each of the
officers of the Corporation who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Corporation within the meaning
of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act to the same extent as the indemnity contained in subsection (a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;7, but only
with respect to statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly
for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. In case any action shall be brought against the Corporation
or any person so indemnified based on the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and in respect of
which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Corporation, and
the Corporation and each person so indemnified shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriters, by the provisions of subsection
(a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;7.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure
to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;If
the indemnification provided for in this Section&nbsp;7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect
of any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (or actions in respect thereof) that would otherwise have been indemnified
under the terms of such indemnity, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Corporation on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Notes. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified
party failed to give the notice required above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Corporation on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Corporation on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as
the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Corporation bear to the total compensation received
by the Underwriters in respect of the underwriting discount as set forth in the table on the cover page&nbsp;of the Prospectus. The relative
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Corporation on the one hand or the Underwriters
on the other and the parties&rsquo; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement
or omission. The Corporation and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method
of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section&nbsp;7. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred
to above in this Section&nbsp;7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required
to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters&rsquo; obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>Default
by One or More of the Underwriters.</I> (a)&nbsp; If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the principal amount
of the 2027 Notes or the 2029 Notes, as applicable, which it has agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, you may in your discretion
arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase any or all of the 2027 Notes and/or 2029 Notes, as applicable, on the terms
contained herein. If within twenty-four hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Notes,
then the Corporation shall be entitled to a further period of twenty-four hours within which to procure another party or other parties
satisfactory to you to purchase such Notes on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the
Corporation that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Notes, or the Corporation notifies you that it has so arranged for the
purchase of such Notes, you or the Corporation shall have the right to postpone such Closing Date for a period of not more than seven
days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Corporation agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which may be required. The term &ldquo;Underwriter&rdquo; as used in this
Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section&nbsp;8 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party
to this Agreement with respect to such Notes.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you or the Corporation
as provided in subsection (a)&nbsp;above, the aggregate amount of such Notes which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-tenth of the
aggregate amount of all the Notes to be purchased at such Closing Date, then the Corporation shall have the right to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase the amounts of Notes which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Closing Date and, in addition,
to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the amounts of Notes which such Underwriter agreed
to purchase hereunder) of the Notes of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you or the Corporation
as provided in subsection (a)&nbsp;above, the aggregate amount of such Notes which remains unpurchased exceeds one-tenth of the aggregate
amount of all the Notes to be purchased at such Closing Date, or if the Corporation shall not exercise the right described in subsection
(b)&nbsp;above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase the Notes of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement
shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Corporation, except for the expenses
to be borne by the Corporation as provided in Section&nbsp;5(j)&nbsp;hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreement in Section&nbsp;7
hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>Representations
and Indemnities to Survive Delivery.</I> The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of
the Corporation or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Corporation,
or any of their respective officers or directors or any controlling person referred to in Section&nbsp;7 hereof, and will survive delivery
of and payment for the Notes.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>Reliance
on Your Acts.</I> In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the Corporation
shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the
Representatives.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>No
Fiduciary Relationship</I>. The Corporation acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this
Agreement is an arm&rsquo;s-length commercial transaction between the Corporation on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other
hand, (ii)&nbsp;in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is
and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Corporation or its shareholders, creditors, employees,
or any other party, (iii)&nbsp;no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Corporation
with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised
or is currently advising the Corporation on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Corporation with respect to the
offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv)&nbsp;the Underwriters and their respective
affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Corporation, and (v)&nbsp;the
Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby and
the Corporation has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">12.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>Recognition
of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</I>.</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
                                            the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity (as defined below) becomes subject
                                            to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime (as defined below), the transfer from
                                            such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement,
                                            will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special
                                            Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed
                                            by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
                                            the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate (as defined
                                            below) of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution
                                            Regime, Default Rights (as defined below) under this Agreement that may be exercised against
                                            such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights
                                            could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed
                                            by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">As
used in this Section&nbsp;12:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;BHC
Act Affiliate&rdquo; has the meaning assigned to the term &ldquo;affiliate&rdquo; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12
U.S.C. &sect; 1841(k).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;Covered
Entity&rdquo; means any of the following:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a
                                            &ldquo;covered entity&rdquo; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with,
                                            12 C.F.R. &sect; 252.82(b);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a
                                            &ldquo;covered bank&rdquo; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with,
                                            12 C.F.R. &sect; 47.3(b); or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a
                                            &ldquo;covered FSI&rdquo; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with,
                                            12 C.F.R. &sect; 382.2(b).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;Default
Right&rdquo; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &sect;&sect; 252.81, 47.2
or 382.1, as applicable.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&ldquo;U.S.
Special Resolution Regime&rdquo; means each of (i)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder
and (ii)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">13.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>Notices.
</I>All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed or telecopied and confirmed to Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel, Facsimile: (646) 291-1469; Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp;
Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Facsimile: (212) 507-8999; TD Securities (USA) LLC, 1 Vanderbilt Avenue, 11th Floor,
New York, New York 10017, Email: USTransactionAdvisory@tdsecurities.com, Attention: Transaction Advisory; U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.,
214 N. Tyron Street, 26th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC,
550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attn: Transaction Management, Email: tmgcapitalmarkets@wellsfargo.com,
Facsimile: (212) 214-5918; or, if sent to the Corporation, will be mailed or telecopied and confirmed to it at 525 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte,
NC 28202, (Telephone: (704) 382-5826), attention of Assistant Treasurer. Any such communications shall take effect upon receipt thereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>Business
Day.</I> As used herein, the term &ldquo;<B>business day</B>&rdquo; shall mean any day when the Commission&rsquo;s office in Washington,
D.C. is open for business.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">15.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<I>Successors.
</I>This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Corporation and their respective successors.
Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than
the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section&nbsp;7
and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of
this Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being
for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons, officers and directors
and their respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser
of Notes from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.</FONT></P>

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Electronic Signatures.</I> This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The words &ldquo;execution,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;signed,&rdquo; &ldquo;signature,&rdquo; and words of like import in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document
related to this Agreement, the Indenture or the Notes shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or
other electronic format (including, without limitation, &ldquo;pdf&rdquo;, &ldquo;tif&rdquo; or &ldquo;jpg&rdquo;) and other electronic
signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including,
without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall
be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the
New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based
on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.</FONT></P>

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Law.</I> This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.</FONT></P>

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the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, kindly sign and return to us two counterparts hereof, and upon confirmation and
acceptance by the Underwriters, this Agreement and such confirmation and acceptance will become a binding agreement between the Corporation,
on the one hand, and each of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in accordance with its terms.</FONT></P>

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<TD></TD><TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Very truly
         yours,</FONT></TD>
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<TD></TD><TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">Duke
         Energy Corporation</FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
               <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify; width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/Chris
               R. Bauer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
               <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: Chris
               R. Bauer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
               <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title: Assistant
               Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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foregoing Agreement is hereby<BR>
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.</FONT></P>



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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citigroup
    Global Markets Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Morgan
    Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">TD
    Securities (USA) LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">U.S.
    Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Wells
    Fargo Securities, LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">On
    behalf of each of the Underwriters</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citigroup
    Global Markets Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/Adam
    D. Bordner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/James Curley</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:
    Adam D. Bordner</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: James Curley</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:
    Managing Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0; padding-left: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:
    Vice President</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    Securities (USA) LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/Luiz
    Lanfredi</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/Brent
    Kreissl</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:
    Luiz Lanfredi</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: Brent Kreissl</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:
    Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title: Managing Director &nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Wells
    Fargo Securities, LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/Carolyn
    Hurley</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:
    Carolyn Hurley</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:
    Managing Director &nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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A</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Underwriter</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;Principal
    Amount <BR>
    &nbsp;of 2027 Notes </B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;Principal
    Amount <U><BR>
    </U>of 2029 Notes </B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="width: 70%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Citigroup
    Global Markets Inc.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Morgan
    Stanley &amp; Co. LLC</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">TD
    Securities (USA) LLC</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">U.S.
    Bancorp Investments, Inc.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Wells
    Fargo Securities, LLC</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">96,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">KeyBanc
    Capital Markets Inc.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">19,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">19,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Regions
    Securities LLC</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">19,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">19,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Siebert
    Williams Shank &amp; Co., LLC</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">19,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">19,250,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Cabrera
    Capital Markets LLC</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,500,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,500,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Samuel A.
    Ramirez &amp; Company, Inc.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,500,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,500,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Total</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">550,000,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">550,000,000</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE
B</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PRICING
DISCLOSURE PACKAGE</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Base
Prospectus&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement dated January&nbsp;2, 2024&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus&#8239;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Pricing
Term Sheet attached as Schedule C hereto</FONT></P>

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C</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Filed
pursuant to Rule&#8239;433&#8239;</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>January&#8239;2,
2024&#8239;</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Relating
to&#8239;</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement dated January&#8239;2, 2024&#8239;</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>to&#8239;</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Prospectus
dated September&#8239;23, 2022&#8239;</I></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Registration
Statement No.&#8239;333-267583</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Duke
Energy Corporation&#8239;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>$550,000,000
4.850% Senior Notes due 2027<BR>
$550,000,000 4.850% Senior Notes due 2029</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Pricing
Term Sheet</U></FONT></P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; width: 26%; border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Issuer:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; width: 74%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Duke
    Energy Corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Issuer</B>&rdquo;)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Trade
    Date:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January&#8239;2,
    2024</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Settlement
    Date:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">January&#8239;5,
    2024 (T+3)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Security
    Description:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.850%
    Senior Notes due 2027 (the &ldquo;<B>2027 Notes</B>&rdquo;)<BR>
    4.850% Senior Notes due 2029 (the &ldquo;<B>2029 Notes</B>&rdquo; and, together with the 2027 Notes, the &ldquo;<B>Notes</B>&rdquo;)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Principal
    Amount:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: $550,000,000<BR>
    2029 Notes: $550,000,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Interest
    Payment Dates:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Payable
    semi-annually in arrears on January&#8239;5 and July&#8239;5 of each year, beginning on July&#8239;5, 2024.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Maturity
    Date:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: January&#8239;5, 2027<BR>
    2029 Notes: January&#8239;5, 2029</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Benchmark
    Treasury:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: 4.375% due December&#8239;15, 2026<BR>
    2029 Notes: 3.750% due December&#8239;31, 2028</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Benchmark
    Treasury Yield:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: 4.104%<BR>
    2029 Notes: 3.927%</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Spread
    to Benchmark Treasury:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: +75 bps<BR>
    2029 Notes: +95 bps</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Yield
    to Maturity:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: 4.854%<BR>
    2029 Notes: 4.877%</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Coupon:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: 4.850% <BR>
    2029 Notes: 4.850%</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 26%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Price
    to the Public:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 74%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
    Notes: 99.989% per 2027 Note (plus accrued interest, if any, from January&#8239;5, 2024)<BR>
    2029 Notes: 99.881% per 2029 Note (plus accrued interest, if any, from January&#8239;5, 2024)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Redemption
    Provisions:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2027
                                            Notes: The Issuer may redeem the 2027 Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time
                                            and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount
                                            and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 189pt; text-indent: -189pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;&#9;(a)&#8239;the
    sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date
    on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate applicable to the 2027 Notes
    plus 15 basis points less (b)&#8239;interest accrued to the redemption date; and</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;&#9;100%
    of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes to be redeemed,</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">plus,
    in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2029
    Notes: Prior to December&#8239;5, 2028 (the date that is one month prior to the maturity date of the 2029 Notes (the &ldquo;<B>2029
    Par Call Date</B>&rdquo;)), the Issuer may redeem the 2029 Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to
    time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater
    of:</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 189pt; text-indent: -189pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;&#9;(a)&#8239;the
    sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date
    (assuming the 2029 Notes matured on the 2029 Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve
    30-day months) at the Treasury Rate applicable to the 2029 Notes plus 15 basis points less (b)&#8239;interest accrued to the redemption
    date; and</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&bull;&#9;100%
    of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes to be redeemed,</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">plus,
    in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 171pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#8239;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">On
or after the 2029 Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the 2029 Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to
time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon
to, but excluding, the redemption date.&#8239;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<th class="tl" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div style="width: 200px;"><strong>Cover<br></strong></div></th>
<th class="th"><div>Jan. 05, 2024</div></th>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_DocumentType', window );">Document Type</a></td>
<td class="text">8-K<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_AmendmentFlag', window );">Amendment Flag</a></td>
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<td class="text">Jan.  05,  2024<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityFileNumber', window );">Entity File Number</a></td>
<td class="text">001-32853<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName', window );">Entity Registrant Name</a></td>
<td class="text">Duke Energy Corporation<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey', window );">Entity Central Index Key</a></td>
<td class="text">0001326160<span></span>
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<td class="text">525 South Tryon Street<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown', window );">Entity Address, City or Town</a></td>
<td class="text">Charlotte<span></span>
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<td class="text">NC<span></span>
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<td class="text">704<span></span>
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<td class="text">382-3853<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<td class="text">NYSE<span></span>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Code for the postal or zip code</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode</td>
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<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
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<tr>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the state or province.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:stateOrProvinceItemType</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
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</table></div>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityCentralIndexKey</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:centralIndexKeyItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
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<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
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</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityFileNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityFileNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:fileNumberItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:edgarStateCountryItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
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</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityRegistrantName</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:employerIdItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_LocalPhoneNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Local phone number for entity.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_LocalPhoneNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_Security12bTitle">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Title of a 12(b) registered security.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_Security12bTitle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:securityTitleItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_SecurityExchangeName">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection d1-1<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_SecurityExchangeName</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:edgarExchangeCodeItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_SolicitingMaterial">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Section 14a<br> -Number 240<br> -Subsection 12<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_SolicitingMaterial</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_TradingSymbol">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Trading symbol of an instrument as listed on an exchange.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_TradingSymbol</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:tradingSymbolItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_WrittenCommunications">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Securities Act<br> -Number 230<br> -Section 425<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_WrittenCommunications</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
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