UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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Meeting Location

The Annual Meeting for holders as of 03/13/08 is to be held on 05/08/08 at 10:00 A.M.

at:   Energy Center-O.J. Miller Auditorium

       526 South Church Street

       Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Duke Energy

Energy Center

526 South Church Street

Charlotte, NC  28202

 

From I-77 North:

 

Take the Morehead Street exit - 10A

Turn Left onto Morehead Street

Turn Left onto Mint Street

Mint Street Parking Deck located adjacent to Bank of America Stadium

 

From I-77 South:

 

Take the I-277/John Belk Freeway/US-74/Wilkinson Blvd. exit - 9B

Merge onto I-277 N/US-74 E.

Take the Carson Blvd. exit - 1D

Stay straight to Carson Blvd.

Turn left onto Mint Street

Mint Street Parking Deck located adjacent to Bank of America Stadium

 

Free Parking available in the Mint Street Parking Deck.

 

1 - Energy Center

2 - Mint Street Parking Deck

3 - Bank of America Stadium

 


 

 

 

Voting items

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote “For All” Director nominees

 

1.

 

Election of eleven directors:

 

 

 

 

 

01)

William Barnet, III

07)

James T. Rhodes

 

 

02)

G. Alex Bernhardt, Sr.

08)

James E. Rogers

 

 

03)

Michael G. Browning

09)

Mary L. Schapiro

 

 

04)

Daniel R. DiMicco

10)

Philip R. Sharp

 

 

05)

Ann Maynard Gray

11)

Dudley S. Taft

 

 

06)

James H. Hance, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote “For” Proposals 2 and 3.

 

 

 

2.

 

Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Duke Energy Corporation's independent public accountant for 2008

 

 

 

3.

 

Approval of the amended and restated Duke Energy Corporation Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan