AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of October 24, 2015 by and among DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION, FOREST SUBSIDIARY, INC. and PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY, INC.Agreement and Plan of Merger • October 26th, 2015 • Duke Energy CORP • Electric & other services combined • Delaware
Contract Type FiledOctober 26th, 2015 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 24, 2015 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Duke Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Forest Subsidiary, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”). Defined terms used herein have the respective meanings set forth in Section 8.13.