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INVESTOR INFORMATION
ANNUAL MEETING
The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on
Friday, May 4, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola
Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. 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, 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 Paula Waters, Vice President, Investor Relations at
504-576-4380 or pwater1@entergy.com.
SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNT INFORMATION
Computershare 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:
Computershare
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Telephone: 1-800-333-4368
www.computershare.com
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 31, 2012, there were 176,620,417 shares of Entergy
common stock outstanding. Shareholders of record totaled
35,096, and approximately 55,000 investors held Entergy stock in
“street name” through a broker.
CERTIFICATIONS
In May 2011, 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, 2011.
DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
All of Entergy’s 2011 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 2012 are:
DECLARATION DATE RECORD DATE PAYMENT DATE
January 27 February 9 March 1
April 4 May 10 June 1
July 27 August 9 September 4
October 26 November 8 December 3
Quarterly dividend payments (in cents-per-share):
QUARTER 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
1 83 83 75 75 75
2 83 83 75 75
3 83 83 75 75
4 83 83 75 75
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT/STOCK PURCHASE
Entergy offers an automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
Purchase Plan administered by Computershare. 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
Computershare 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 2011 and
2010 were as follows (in dollars):
2011 2010
QUARTER HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
1 74.50 64.72 83.09 75.25
2 70.40 65.15 84.33 71.28
3 69.14 57.60 80.80 70.35
4 74.00 62.66 77.90 68.65
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Entergy’s Sustainability Report and other information on Entergy’s
environmental policy is available on Entergy’s website at entergy.com.
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