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Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries 2012
INVESTOR INFORMATION
ANNUAL MEETING
The 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on
Friday, May 3, at The Peabody Hotel, 3 Statehouse Plaza, Little
Rock, Arkansas. 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
Wells Fargo 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:
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 64874
St. Paul, MN 55164-0874
Phone: 1-855-854-1360
Internet: www.shareowneronline.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, 2013, there were 178,092,521 shares of Entergy
common stock outstanding. Shareholders of record totaled
32,959, and approximately 117,000 investors held Entergy stock in
“street name” through a broker.
CERTIFICATIONS
In May 2012, 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, 2012.
DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
All of Entergy’s 2012 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 2013 are:
DECLARATION DATE RECORD DATE PAYMENT DATE
February 1 February 14 March 1
April 17 May 9 June 3
July 26 August 8 September 3
October 25 November 7 December 2
Quarterly dividend payments (in cents-per-share):
QUARTER 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
1 83 83 83 75 75
2 83 83 83 75
3 83 83 83 75
4 83 83 83 75
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT/STOCK PURCHASE
Entergy offers an automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase
Plan administered by Wells Fargo 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
$10,000 per month for the purchase of Entergy common shares. First-
time investors may make an initial minimum purchase of $250. Contact
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services 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 2012 and
2011 were as follows (in dollars):
2012 2011
QUARTER HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
1 73.66 66.23 74.50 64.72
2 68.20 62.97 70.40 65.15
3 74.50 67.07 69.14 57.60
4 72.98 61.55 74.00 62.66
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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