Amendment to Duke Energy Corporation Retirement Benefit Equalization Plan (December 21, 2006)
Duke Energy Corporation has amended its Retirement Benefit Equalization Plan, effective December 21, 2006. The amendment adds a new section stating that, as of December 31, 2006, the plan is frozen and no further benefits or entitlements will accrue. This means participants will not earn additional benefits under this plan after that date. The amendment was approved and signed by an authorized officer of Duke Energy Corporation.
Exhibit 10.19.1
AMENDMENT TO
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION RETIREMENT BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN
(effective January 1, 1999)
The Duke Energy Corporation Retirement Benefit Equalization Plan (effective January 1, 1999) (the “Plan”) is amended, effective as of December 21, 2006, as follows:
| 1. | The Plan is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 13 at the end thereof: |
“13. Termination of Plan. Effective as of December 31, 2006, the Plan is hereby frozen such that no further benefits or entitlements shall accrue thereunder.”
This amendment has been approved and signed by an authorized officer of Duke Energy Corporation as of the date specified above.
| DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /S/ CHRISTOPHER C. ROLFE | |
| Christopher C. Rolfe | ||
| Group Executive and | ||
| Chief Administrative Officer | ||
