SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2024-08-06

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i07a204f9294a449fb01e025ac80b8547_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">EXHIBIT 10.2</font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">AMENDMENT TO<br>DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION <br>EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">The Duke Energy Corporation Executive Severance Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;text-decoration:underline">Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#8221;) is hereby amended, effective May 8, 2024, as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 2(u)(iii) of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%">&#8220;(iii) only with respect to Tier I Participants, both a material diminution in the Participant&#8217;s authority, duties or responsibilities and removal of the Participant from the Senior Management Committee (or any successor to that committee).&#8221;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">2. Except as explicitly set forth herein, the Plan will remain in full force and effect.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned duly authorized officers have executed this amendment as of the dates set forth below.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:216pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:216pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%"><br>By&#58; ________________________________ &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Name&#58; Lynn J. Good<br>Title&#58; Chair and Chief Executive Officer &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>Date&#58; ________________________</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:216pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%"><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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