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
This 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.
