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Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries 2007
Investor Information
ANNUAL MEETING
e 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on
Friday, May 2, at the New Orleans Marriott at the Convention
Center, 859 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans, LA.
e meeting will begin at 10 a.m. (CDT).
SHAREHOLDER NEWS
Entergy’s quarterly earnings results, dividend action, and other news and
information of investor interest may be obtained by calling Entergy
Shareholder Direct at 1-888-ENTERGY (368-3749). Besides hearing
recorded announcements, you can request information to be sent via
fax or mail.
Visit our investor relations Web site at entergy.com/investor_relations
for earnings reports, nancial releases, SEC lings and other investor
information, including Entergy’s Corporate Governance Guidelines,
Board Committee Charters for the Corporate Governance, Audit
and Personnel Committees and Entergy’s Code of Conduct. You can
also request and receive information via email. Printed copies of the
above are also available without charge by calling 1-888-ENTERGY or
writing to:
Entergy Corporation
Investor Relations
P.O. Box 61000
New Orleans, LA 70161
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR INQUIRIES
Securities analysts and representatives of nancial institutions may
contact Michele Lopiccolo, Vice President, Investor Relations at
504-576-4879 or [e-mail].
SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNT INFORMATION
Mellon Investor Services LLC is Entergy’s transfer agent, registrar,
dividend disbursing agent, and dividend reinvestment and stock
purchase plan agent. Shareholders of record with questions about lost
certicates, lost or missing dividend checks or notications of change
of address should contact:
Mellon Investor Services
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Telephone: [phone]
Internet address: www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/isd
COMMON STOCK INFORMATION
e company’s common stock is listed on the New York and Chicago
exchanges under the symbol “ETR.” e Entergy share price is reported
daily in the nancial press under “Entergy” in most listings of New York
Stock Exchange securities. Entergy common stock is a component of
the following indices: S&P 500, S&P Utilities Index, Philadelphia Utility
Index and the NYSE Composite Index, among others.
CERTIFICATIONS
In May 2007, Entergy’s Chief Executive Ocer certied to the New
York Stock Exchange that he was not aware of any violation of the NYSE
corporate governance listing standards. Also, Entergy led certications
regarding the quality of the company’s public disclosure, required by
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as exhibits to its Report
on Form 10-K for the scal year ended December 31, 2007.
At year-end 2007 there were 193,120,240 shares of Entergy
common stock outstanding. Shareholders of record totaled 44,568,
and approximately 84,000 investors held Entergy stock in “street name”
through a broker.
DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
e entire amount of dividends paid during 2007 is taxable as ordinary
income. e Board of Directors declares dividends quarterly and sets
the record and payment dates. Subject to Board discretion, those dates
for 2008 are:
DECLARATION DATE RECORD DATE PAYMENT DATE
January 25 February 8 March 3
April 7 May 9 June 2
July 25 August 8 September 2
October 31 November 12 December 1
Quarterly dividend payments (in cents-per-share):
QUARTER 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
1 75 54 54 54 45
2 54 54 54 45
3 75 54 54 45
4 75 54 54 54
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT/STOCK PURCHASE
Entergy oers an automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase
Plan administered by Mellon Investor Services. e plan is designed to
provide Entergy shareholders and other investors with a convenient and
economical method to purchase shares of the company’s common stock.
e plan also accommodates payments of up to $3,000 per month for
the purchase of Entergy common shares. First-time investors may make
an initial minimum purchase of $1,000. Contact Mellon by telephone or
internet for information and an enrollment form.
DIRECT REGISTRATION SYSTEM
Entergy has elected to participate in a Direct Registration System that
provides investors with an alternative method for holding shares. DRS
will permit investors to move shares between the company’s records and
the broker dealer of their choice.
ENTERGY COMMON STOCK PRICES
e high and low trading prices for each quarterly period in 2007 and
2006 were as follows (in dollars):
2007 2006
QUARTER HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
1 106.13 89.60 72.97 67.97
2 120.47 104.00 72.97 66.78
3 111.95 91.94 80.00 70.80
4 125.00 108.21 94.03 78.38
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Entergy’s Sustainability Report and other information on Entergy’s
environmental policy is available on Entergy’s Web site at
entergy.com.