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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report: February 7, 2006

(Date of earliest event reported: February 1, 2006)

 

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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

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NORTH CAROLINA (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		1-4928 (Commission File No.)		56-0205520 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

526 South Church Street
Charlotte, North Carolina		28202-1904
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 704-594-6200

 

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

On February 1, 2006, James G. Martin and A. Max Lennon each tendered a letter to the Chairman of the registrant’s Board of Directors communicating his intent to resign from the registrant’s Board of Directors effective as of the closing of the proposed merger of the registrant with Cinergy Corp.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: February 7, 2006

 

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