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112
Investor Information
ANNUAL MEETING
The 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on
Friday, May 6
,
at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and
Convention Center, 1601 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands,
Texas. 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’s Investor Relations information line 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 website at entergy.com/investor_
relations for earnings reports, fi nancial releases, SEC fi 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 fi nancial institutions
may contact Paula Waters, Vice President, Investor Relations at
504-576-4380 or pwater1@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 notifi cations of change of address should contact:
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Telephone: 1-800-333-4368
Internet address:
https://m1.melloninvestor.com/mellonone/index.jsp
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 fi 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.
As of January 31, 2011, there were 179,037,924 shares of Entergy
common stock outstanding. Shareholders of record totaled 36,598,
and approximately 82,000 investors held Entergy stock in
“street name” through a broker.
CERTIFICATIONS
In June 2010, 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 fi led certifi 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 fi scal year ended December 31, 2010.
DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
All of Entergy’s 2010 distributions were taxable as dividend
distributions. The Board of Directors declares dividends
quarterly and sets the record and payment dates. Subject to
Board discretion, those dates for 2011 are:
DECLARATION DATE RECORD DATE PAYMENT DATE
January 28 February 10 March 1
April 6 May 12 June 1
July 29 August 11 September 1
October 28 November 10 December 1
Quarterly dividend payments (in cents-per-share):
QUARTER 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
1 83 75 75 75 54
2 83 75 75 54
3 83 75 75 75
4 83 75 75 75
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
2010 and 2009 were as follows (in dollars):
2010 2009
QUARTER HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
1 83.09 75.25 86.61 59.87
2 84.33 71.28 78.78 63.39
3 80.80 70.35 82.39 71.76
4 77.90 68.65 84.44 76.10
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Entergy’s Sustainability Report and other information on Entergy’s
environmental policy is available on Entergy’s website at
entergy.com.