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ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES 2008
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Investor Information
ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES 2008
ANNUAL MEETING
The 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on
Friday, May 8, at the Statehouse Convention Center, 1 Statehouse
Plaza, Little Rock, AR. The 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, financial releases, SEC filings 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 financial institutions may
contact Michele Lopiccolo, Vice President, Investor Relations at
504-576-4879 or mlopicc@entergy.com.
SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNT INFORMATION
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services is Entergy’s transfer agent,
registrar, dividend disbursing agent, and dividend reinvestment
and stock purchase plan agent. Shareholders of record with
questions about lost certificates, lost or missing dividend checks or
notifications of change of address should contact:
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Telephone: 1-800-333-4368
Internet address: www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/isd
COMMON STOCK INFORMATION
The company’s common stock is listed on the New York and Chicago
exchanges under the symbol “ETR.” The Entergy share price is
reported daily in the financial 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.
As of January 30, 2009, there were 189,450,354 shares of Entergy
common stock outstanding. Shareholders of record totaled 40,015,
and approximately 126,538 investors held Entergy stock in
“street name” through a broker.
CERTIFICATIONS
In May 2008, Entergy’s Chief Executive Officer certified to the
New York Stock Exchange that he was not aware of any violation
of the NYSE corporate governance listing standards. Also, Entergy
filed certifications 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 fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008.
DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
The entire amount of dividends paid during 2008 is taxable as
ordinary income. The Board of Directors declares dividends
quarterly and sets the record and payment dates. Subject to Board
discretion, those dates for 2009 are:
DECLARATION DATE RECORD DATE PAYMENT DATE
January 30 February 11 March 2
April 7 May 13 June 1
July 31 August 12 September 1
October 30 November 12 December 1
Quarterly dividend payments (in cents-per-share):
QUARTER 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
1 75 75 54 54 54
2 75 54 54 54
3 75 75 54 54
4 75 75 54 54
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT/STOCK PURCHASE
Entergy offers an automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
Purchase Plan administered by BNY Mellon Shareowner Services.
The 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. The 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 BNY 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
The high and low trading prices for each quarterly period in 2008
and 2007 were as follows (in dollars):
2008 2007
QUARTER HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
1 126.07 102.74 106.13 89.60
2 122.84 108.68 120.47 104.00
3 121.98 84.82 111.95 91.94
4 87.99 68.25 125.00 108.21
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Entergy’s Sustainability Report and other information on Entergy’s
environmental policy is available on Entergy’s Web site at
entergy.com.