EX-99 6 a21905b4ab.htm

Exhibit B-4(a)(b)

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(successor to Harris Trust Company of New York)

AND


STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO
(successor to Mark F. McLaughlin)



As Trustees under Entergy Louisiana, Inc.'s Mortgage and Deed of Trust
dated as of April 1, 1944



________________


Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture


Amending and Modifying the Mortgage and Deed of Trust

Dated as of November 15, 2005

SIXTY-THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2005, between ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., a corporation of the State of Louisiana (successor by merger to LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Florida), whose post office address is 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 (hereinafter sometimes called the "Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation (successor to HARRIS TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK) whose principal office is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes called "Corporate Trustee"), and STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), whose address is 63 Euclid Avenue, Massapequa, New York 11758 (said Stephen J. Giurlando being hereinafter sometimes called "Co-Trustee" and the Corporate Trustee and the Co-Trustee being hereinafter together sometimes called the "Trustees"), as Trustees under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1944 (hereinafter called the "Mortgage"), which Mortgage was executed and delivered by Louisiana Power & Light Company, a corporation of the State of Florida (hereinafter sometimes called the "Florida Company"), to secure the payment of bonds issued or to be issued under and in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage, reference to which Mortgage is hereby made, this Indenture (hereinafter called the "Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture") being supplemental thereto;

WHEREAS, Section 120 of the Mortgage provides, among other things, that the Company may cure any ambiguity contained in the Mortgage, or in any supplemental indenture, by an instrument in writing executed and acknowledged by the Company in such manner as would be necessary to entitle a conveyance of real estate to record in all of the states in which any property at the time subject to the lien of the Mortgage shall be situated; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented; and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company by appropriate Resolutions of said Board of Directors;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That the Company, in consideration of the premises and of One Dollar to it duly paid by the Trustees at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, further covenants and agrees to and with the Trustees and their successor or successors in said trust under the Mortgage as follows:



  1. AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE MORTGAGE

    1. Section 2 of Article I of the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, is hereby modified by adding definitions of "capital stock" and "common stock" before the definition of "the Company" to read as follows:
    2. "The term "capital stock" shall mean the common stock and any preferred stock and any preference stock issued by an entity."

      "The terms "Common Stock" and "common stock" shall mean the class of stock, shares or other ownership interests in the issuer thereof howsoever evidenced (including, without limitation, limited liability company membership interests) that has ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managers or trustees (or other persons performing similar functions) of the issuer, as applicable, provided that preference stock and preferred stock, even if it has such ordinary voting power, shall not be considered common stock."

    3. Section 2 of Article I of the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, is hereby modified by adding a definition of a "corporation" after the definition of "the Company" to read as follows:
    4. "The terms "Corporation" and "corporation" shall mean a corporation, association, company (including, without limitation, limited liability company) or business trust, and references to "corporate" and other derivations of "corporation" herein shall be deemed to include appropriate derivations of such entities."

    5. Section 2 of Article I of the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, is hereby modified by adding a definition of a "preference stock" and "preferred stock" after the definition of "Outstanding" to read as follows:
    6. "The terms "Preference Stock," "preference stock," "Preferred Stock" and "preferred stock" shall mean any class of stock, shares or other ownership interests in the issuer thereof howsoever evidenced (including, without limitation, limited liability company membership interests), whether with or without voting rights, that is entitled to dividends or distributions prior to the payment of dividends or distributions with respect to common stock."

    7. Section 3 of Article I of the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, is hereby modified by adding a definition of "Board of Directors" before the definition of "Resolution" to read as follows:
    8. "The term "Board of Directors" shall mean the board of directors, the board of managers or the equivalent governing body of an entity, or any committee, corporation, individual or group of individuals duly authorized to act for such entity in respect of matters relating to this Indenture."

    9. Section 84 of Article XV of the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, is hereby modified to clarify that all of the references to stockholders are deemed to include members or other owners of ownership interests in that entity and all of the references to officers and directors are deemed to include managers, trustees and other persons performing similar functions.
    10. In furtherance of the foregoing, references in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, to the corporate nature of the Company's existence shall, upon and after giving effect to a consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, or conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property, as an entirety to any corporation, as the case may be, be deemed to refer to the successor corporation.
      1. The Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall be deemed amended and modified to the extent necessary to give effect to the foregoing. Except as amended and modified hereby, the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall remain in full force and effect.



  2. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    1. Subject to the amendments provided for in this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture, the terms defined in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall, for all purposes of this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented.
    2. The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In general, each and every term and condition contained in Article XVII of the Mortgage, as heretofore amended, shall apply to and form part of this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full with such omissions, variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the same conform to the provisions of this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture.
    3. Whenever in this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture either of the parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall, subject to the provisions of Articles XVI and XVII of the Mortgage, as heretofore amended, be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants and agreements in this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company, or by or on behalf of the Trustees, or either of them, shall, subject as aforesaid, bind and inure to the respective benefits of the respective successors and assigns of such parties, whether so expressed or not.
    4. Nothing in this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the bonds and coupons Outstanding under the Mortgage, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and of the holders of the bonds and coupons Outstanding under the Mortgage.
    5. This Sixty-Third Supplemental Indenture shall be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by its President or one of its Vice Presidents, and its corporate seal to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, for and in its behalf, THE BANK OF NEW YORK, in token of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by one of its Vice Presidents or Assistant Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be attested by one of its Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents or Assistant Treasurers and STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, in token of his acceptance of the trust hereby created, has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, all as of the day and year first above written.

    ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.



    __________________________________
    Steven C. McNeal
    Vice President and Treasurer


    Attest:


    _________________________________
    Christopher T. Screen
    Assistant Secretary


    Executed, sealed and delivered by
    ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.
    in the presence of:

    _________________________________


    _________________________________

     

    THE BANK OF NEW YORK
    As Successor Corporate Trustee


    By: _______________________________
    Robert Massimillo
    Vice President


    Attest:


    _________________________________


    Executed sealed and delivered by
    THE BANK OF NEW YORK
    in the presence of:

                                                                       

                                                                       

     

    By: ______________________________
    Stephen J. Giurlando
    As Successor Co-Trustee

    Executed sealed and delivered by
    Stephen J. Giurlando
    in the presence of:

                                                                       

                                                                       

    STATE OF LOUISIANA
                                                    } ss.:
    PARISH OF ORLEANS

    On this ___ day of November, 2005, before me appeared STEVEN C. MCNEAL, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is Vice President and Treasurer of ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., and that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said STEVEN C. MCNEAL, acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

    On the ___ day of November, 2005, before me personally came STEVEN C. MCNEAL, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 7903 Winner's Circle, Mandeville, Louisiana 70448; that he is Vice President and Treasurer of ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal, that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.

    Mark Grafton Otts
    Notary Public
    Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
    My Commission is Issued for Life
    Attorney Bar Roll Number 10280

     

    STATE OF NEW YORK
                                                        } ss.:
    COUNTY OF NEW YORK

    On this _____ day of November, 2005, before me appeared robert massimillo to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK, and that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said Robert Massimillo acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

    On the _____ day of November, 2005, before me personally came Robert Massimillo, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 87 Brandis Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10312; that he is a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal, that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.

    Notary Public, State of New York
    No. __________________
    Qualified in ________ County
    Commission Expires ______________

     

    STATE OF NEW YORK
                                                        } ss.:
    COUNTY OF NEW YORK

    On this _____ of November, 2005, before me appeared STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.

    On the _____ day of November, 2005, before me personally came STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same.

    Notary Public, State of New York
    No. __________________
    Qualified in ________ County
    Commission Expires ______________

     

     

     

     

     

    ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

    (successor to Entergy Louisiana, Inc.)

    TO

    THE BANK OF NEW YORK
    (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York)

    AND


    STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO
    (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin)



    As Trustees under Entergy Louisiana, Inc.'s Mortgage and Deed of Trust
    dated as of April 1, 1944



    ________________


    Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture


    Amending and Modifying the Mortgage and Deed of Trust

    Effective as of January 1, 2006

    SIXTY-FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

    Indenture, effective as of January 1, 2006, between ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, a limited liability company of the State of Texas (hereinafter sometimes called the "Company")(successor to ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., a corporation of the State of Louisiana converted to a corporation of the State of Texas on December 31, 2005 (hereinafter sometimes called the "Louisiana Company"), which was the successor by merger to LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Florida), whose post office address is 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 , and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation (successor to HARRIS TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK) whose principal office is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes called "Corporate Trustee"), and STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), whose address is 63 Euclid Avenue, Massapequa, New York 11758 (said Stephen J. Giurlando being hereinafter sometimes called "Co-Trustee" and the Corporate Trustee and the Co-Trustee being hereinafter together sometimes called the "Trustees"), as Trustees under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1944 (hereinafter called the "Mortgage"), which Mortgage was executed and delivered by Louisiana Power & Light Company, a corporation of the State of Florida (hereinafter sometimes called the "Florida Company"), to secure the payment of bonds issued or to be issued under and in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage, reference to which Mortgage is hereby made, this Indenture (hereinafter called the "Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture") being supplemental thereto;

    WHEREAS, the Mortgage was recorded in various Parishes in the State of Louisiana, which Parishes are the same Parishes in which this Sixty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and

    WHEREAS, the Florida Company executed and delivered the following supplemental indentures:

    Designation

    Dated as of

    First Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1948

    Second Supplemental Indenture

    November 1, 1950

    Third Supplemental Indenture

    September 1, 1953

    Fourth Supplemental Indenture

    October 1, 1954

    Fifth Supplemental Indenture

    January 1, 1957

    Sixth Supplemental Indenture

    April 1, 1960

    Seventh Supplemental Indenture

    June 1, 1964

    Eighth Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1966

    Ninth Supplemental Indenture

    February 1, 1967

    Tenth Supplemental Indenture

    September 1, 1967

    Eleventh Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1968

    Twelfth Supplemental Indenture

    June 1, 1969

    Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1969

    Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture

    November 1, 1970

    Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture

    April 1, 1971

    Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture

    January 1, 1972

    Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture

    November 1, 1972

    Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture

    June 1, 1973

    Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1974

    Twentieth Supplemental Indenture

    November 1, 1974

    which supplemental indentures were recorded in various Parishes in the State of Louisiana; and

    WHEREAS, the Florida Company was merged into the Louisiana Company on February 28, 1975, and the Louisiana Company thereupon executed and delivered a Twenty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1975, pursuant to which the Louisiana Company, among other things, assumed and agreed duly and punctually to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds at the time issued and outstanding under the Mortgage, as then supplemented, in accordance with the provisions of said bonds and of any appurtenant coupons and of the Mortgage as so supplemented, and duly and punctually to observe, perform and fulfill all of the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage, as so supplemented, to be kept or performed by the Florida Company, and said Twenty-first Supplemental Indenture was recorded in various Parishes in the State of Louisiana; and

    WHEREAS, the Louisiana Company succeeded to and has been substituted for the Florida Company under the Mortgage with the same effect as if it had been named as mortgagor corporation therein; and

    WHEREAS, the Louisiana Company executed and delivered the following supplemental indentures:

    Designation

    Dated as of

    Twenty-second Supplemental Indenture

    September 1, 1975

    Twenty-third Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1976

    Twenty-fourth Supplemental Indenture

    January 1, 1978

    Twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture

    July 1, 1978

    Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture

    May 1, 1979

    Twenty-seventh Supplemental Indenture

    November 1, 1979

    Twenty-eighth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1980

    Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture

    April 1, 1981

    Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1981

    Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1983

    Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture

    September 1, 1983

    Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture

    August 1, 1984

    Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture

    November 1, 1984

    Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1984

    Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1985

    Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture

    April 1, 1986

    Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture

    November 1, 1986

    Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture

    May 1, 1988

    Fortieth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1988

    Forty-first Supplemental Indenture

    April 1, 1990

    Forty-second Supplemental Indenture

    June 1, 1991

    Forty-third Supplemental Indenture

    April 1, 1992

    Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture

    July 1, 1992

    Forty-fifth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1992

    Forty-sixth Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1993

    Forty-seventh Supplemental Indenture

    May 1, 1993

    Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture

    December 1, 1993

    Forty-ninth Supplemental Indenture

    July 1, 1994

    Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture

    September 1, 1994

    Fifty-first Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1996

    Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1998

    Fifty-third Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 1999

    Fifty-fourth Supplemental Indenture

    June 1, 1999

    Fifty-fifth Supplemental Indenture

    May 15, 2000

    Fifty-sixth Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 2002

    Fifty-seventh Supplemental Indenture

    March 1, 2004

    Fifty-eighth Supplemental Indenture

    October 1, 2004

    Fifty-ninth Supplemental Indenture

    October 15, 2004

    Sixtieth Supplemental Indenture

    May 1, 2005

    Sixty-first Supplemental Indenture

    August 1, 2005

    Sixty-second Supplemental Indenture

    October 1, 2005

    Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture

    November 15, 2005

    which supplemental indentures were recorded in various Parishes in the State of Louisiana; and

    WHEREAS, in addition to the property described in the Mortgage, as supplemented, the Louisiana Company has acquired certain other property, rights and interests in property; and

    WHEREAS, the Florida Company or the Louisiana Company has heretofore issued, in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage, as supplemented, the following series of First Mortgage Bonds:

    Series

    Principal
    Amount
      Issued  

    Principal
    Amount
    Outstanding

    3% Series due 1974

    $ 17,000,000

    None

    3 1/8% Series due 1978

    10,000,000

    None

    3% Series due 1980

    10,000,000

    None

    4% Series due 1983

    12,000,000

    None

    3 1/8% Series due 1984

    18,000,000

    None

    4 3/4% Series due 1987

    20,000,000

    None

    5% Series due 1990

    20,000,000

    None

    4 5/8% Series due 1994

    25,000,000

    None

    5 3/4% Series due 1996

    35,000,000

    None

    5 5/8% Series due 1997

    16,000,000

    None

    6 1/2% Series due September 1, 1997

    18,000,000

    None

    7 1/8% Series due 1998

    35,000,000

    None

    9 3/8% Series due 1999

    25,000,000

    None

    9 3/8% Series due 2000

    20,000,000

    None

    7 7/8% Series due 2001

    25,000,000

    None

    7 1/2% Series due 2002

    25,000,000

    None

    7 1/2% Series due November 1, 2002

    $25,000,000

    None

    8% Series due 2003

    45,000,000

    None

    8 3/4% Series due 2004

    45,000,000

    None

    9 1/2% Series due November 1, 1981

    50,000,000

    None

    9 3/8% Series due September 1, 1983

    50,000,000

    None

    8 3/4% Series due December 1, 2006

    40,000,000

    None

    9% Series due January 1, 1986

    75,000,000

    None

    10% Series due July 1, 2008

    60,000,000

    None

    10 7/8% Series due May 1, 1989

    45,000,000

    None

    13 1/2% Series due November 1, 2009

    55,000,000

    None

    15 3/4% Series due December 1, 1988

    50,000,000

    None

    16% Series due April 1, 1991

    75,000,000

    None

    16 1/4% Series due December 1, 1991

    100,000,000

    None

    12% Series due March 1, 1993

    100,000,000

    None

    13 1/4% Series due March 1, 2013

    100,000,000

    None

    13% Series due September 1, 2013

    50,000,000

    None

    16% Series due August 1, 1994

    100,000,000

    None

    14 3/4% Series due November 1, 2014

    55,000,000

    None

    15 1/4% Series due December 1, 2014

    35,000,000

    None

    14% Series due December 1, 1992

    60,000,000

    None

    14 1/4% Series due December 1, 1995

    15,000,000

    None

    10 1/2% Series due April 1, 1993

    200,000,000

    None

    10 3/8% Series due November 1, 2016

    280,000,000

    None

    Series 1988A due September 30, 1988

    13,334,000

    None

    Series 1988B due September 30, 1988

    10,000,000

    None

    Series 1988C due September 30, 1988

    6,667,000

    None

    10.36% Series due December 1, 1995

    75,000,000

    None

    10 1/8% Series due April 1, 2020

    100,000,000

    None

    Environmental Series A due June 1, 2021

    52,500,000

    None

    Environmental Series B due April 1, 2022

    20,940,000

    None

    7.74% Series due July 1, 2002

    179,000,000

    None

    8 1/2% Series due July 1, 2022

    90,000,000

    None

    Environmental Series C due December 1, 2022

    25,120,000

    None

    6.00% Series due March 1, 2000

    100,000,000

    None

    Environmental Series D due May 1, 2023

    34,364,000

    None

    Environmental Series E due December 1,2023

    25,991,667

    None

    Environmental Series F due July 1, 2024

    21,335,000

    None

    Collateral Series 1994-A, due July 2, 2017

    117,805,000

    $109,290,000

    Collateral Series 1994-B, due July 2, 2017

    58,865,000

    54,630,000

    Collateral Series 1994-C, due July 2, 2017

    31,575,000

    29,290,000

    8 3/4% Series due March 1, 2026

    115,000,000

    None

    6 1/2% Series due March 1, 2008

    115,000,000

    None

    5.80% Series due March 1, 2002

    75,000,000

    None

    Environmental Series G due June 1, 2030

    67,200,000

    67,200,000

    8 1/2% Series due June 1, 2003

    150,000,000

    None

    7.60% Series due April 1, 2032

    150,000,000

    150,000,000

    5.50% Series due April 1, 2019

    100,000,000

    100,000,000

    6.40% Series due October 1, 2034

    70,000,000

    70,000,000

    5.09% Series due November 1, 2014

    $115,000,000

    $115,000,000

    4.67% Series due June 1, 2010

    55,000,000

    55,000,000

    5.56% Series due September 1, 2015

    100,000,000

    100,000,000

    6.30% Series due September 1, 2035

    100,000,000

    100,000,000

    5.83% Series due November 1, 2010

    150,000,000

    150,000,000

    which bonds are also hereinafter sometimes called bonds of the First through Sixty-ninth Series, respectively; and

    WHEREAS, subject to the provisions thereof, Section 85 of the Mortgage permits the conveyance or transfer, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, of all or substantially all of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property as an entirety to any corporation lawfully entitled to acquire or operate the same; and

    WHEREAS, the term "corporation" is defined in the Mortgage, as amended by the Sixty-third Supplemental Indenture, to include a limited liability company; and

    WHEREAS, Section 86 of the Mortgage provides, among other things, that if the Louisiana Company shall convey or transfer, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, all or substantially all the Mortgaged and Pledged Property as an entirety, the successor corporation which shall have received a conveyance or transfer as aforesaid - upon executing with the Trustees and causing to be recorded an indenture whereby such successor corporation shall assume and agree to pay, duly and punctually, the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under the Mortgage in accordance with the provisions of said bonds and of any appurtenant coupons and of the Mortgage, and shall agree to perform and fulfill all the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage to be kept or performed by the Louisiana Company thereunder - shall succeed to and be substituted for the Louisiana Company with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named in the Mortgage, and shall have and may exercise under the Mortgage the same powers and rights as the Louisiana Company; and

    WHEREAS, Section 87 of the Mortgage provides, among other things, that if the Louisiana Company, as permitted by Section 85 of the Mortgage, shall convey or transfer, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, all or substantially all of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property as an entirety as aforesaid, neither the Mortgage nor the indenture with the Trustees to be executed and caused to be recorded by the Company as in Section 86 of the Mortgage provided, shall, unless such indenture shall otherwise provide, become or be or be required to become or be a lien upon any of the properties or franchises then owned or thereafter acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way except (a) those acquired by the Company from the Louisiana Company, and improvements, extensions and additions thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, (b) the property made and used by the Company as the basis under any of the provisions of the Mortgage, as supplemented, for the authentication and delivery of additional bonds or the withdrawal of cash or the release of property or a credit under Section 39 of the Mortgage, and (c) such franchises, repairs and additional property as may be acquired, made or constructed by the Company (1) to maintain, renew and preserve the franchises covered by this Mortgage, as supplemented, or (2) to maintain the property mortgaged and intended to be mortgaged under the Mortgage, as supplemented, as an operating system or systems in good repair, working order and condition, or (3) in rebuilding or renewal of property, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, as supplemented, damaged or destroyed, or (4) in replacement of or substitution for machinery, apparatus, equipment, frames, towers, poles, wire, pipe, tools, implements and furniture, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, as supplemented, which shall have become old, inadequate, obsolete, worn out, unfit, unadapted, unserviceable, undesirable or unnecessary for use in the operation of the property mortgaged and intended to be mortgaged under the Mortgage, as supplemented; and

    WHEREAS, on December 31, 2005, the Louisiana Company converted into a Texas corporation and has, pursuant to a Plan of Merger among the Louisiana Company, the Company, and Entergy Louisiana Properties, LLC (the "Merger Documents"), undergone a merger by division pursuant to which, among other things, all the Mortgaged and Pledged Property, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, and all of the rights, obligations and duties of the Louisiana Company under the Mortgage, have been allocated to the Company, and

    WHEREAS, the Company is lawfully entitled to acquire and operate the Mortgaged and Pledged Property, and

    WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with said Section 86 of the Mortgage the Company now desires to execute with the Trustees and to cause to be recorded an indenture of the tenor aforesaid; and

    WHEREAS, the execution, delivery and recordation by the Company of this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company by appropriate Resolutions of said Board of Directors;

    NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a limited liability company of the State of Texas (successor to Entergy Louisiana, Inc., a corporation of the State of Louisiana converted to a corporation of the State of Texas on December 31, 2005), in consideration of the premises and of One Dollar to it duly paid by the Trustees at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in further evidence of assurance of the estate, title and rights of the Trustees and in order further to secure the payment both of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the bonds from time to time issued under the Mortgage, according to their tenor and effect, and the performance of all of the provisions of the Mortgage (including any instruments supplemental thereto and any modification made as in the Mortgage provided) and of said bonds, and in compliance with, in satisfaction of and pursuant to the provisions of Sections 85 and 86 of the Mortgage, (A) hereby assumes and agrees to pay, duly and punctually, the principal of and interest on the bonds issued and now outstanding under the Mortgage, as supplemented, in accordance with the provisions of said bonds and of any appurtenant coupons and of the Mortgage, as supplemented, and agrees to duly and punctually observe, perform and fulfill all the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage, as supplemented, to be kept or performed by the Louisiana Company thereunder; and (B) hereby grants, bargains, sells, releases, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, hypothecates, affects, pledges, sets over and confirms (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 6 of the Mortgage) unto Stephen J. Giurlando and (to the extent of its legal capacity to hold the same for the purposes hereof) to The Bank of New York, as Trustees under the Mortgage, and to their successor or successors in said trust, and to said Trustees and their successors and assigns forever, (a) all of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property acquired by the Company from the Louisiana Company pursuant to the allocations in the Merger Documents, and improvements, extensions and additions thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, (b) the property made and used by the Company as the basis under any of the provisions of the Mortgage, as supplemented, for the authentication and delivery of additional bonds or the withdrawal of cash or the release of property or a credit under Section 39 of the Mortgage, and (c) such franchises, repairs and additional property as may be acquired, made or constructed by the Company (1) to maintain, renew and preserve the franchises covered by this Mortgage, as supplemented, or (2) to maintain the property mortgaged and intended to be mortgaged under the Mortgage, as supplemented, as an operating system or systems in good repair, working order and condition, or (3) in rebuilding or renewal of property, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, as supplemented, damaged or destroyed, or (4) in replacement of or substitution for machinery, apparatus, equipment, frames, towers, poles, wire, pipe, tools, implements and furniture, subject to the Lien of the Mortgage, as supplemented, which shall have become old, inadequate, obsolete, worn out, unfit, unadapted, unserviceable, undesirable or unnecessary for use in the operation of the property mortgaged and intended to be mortgaged under the Mortgage, as supplemented.

    TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and mixed, granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected, pledged, set over or confirmed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto Stephen Giurlando and (to the extent of its legal capacity to hold the same for the purposes hereof) to The Bank of New York, as Trustees, and their successors and assigns forever.

    IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, for the same purposes and upon the same terms, trusts and conditions and subject to and with the same provisos and covenants as are set forth in the Mortgage, as supplemented, this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture being supplemental thereto.

    AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED by the Company that all the terms, conditions, provisos, covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage, as supplemented, shall affect and apply to the property hereinbefore described and conveyed and to the estate, rights, obligations and duties of the Company and the Trustees and the beneficiaries of the trust with respect to said property, and to the Trustees and their successors as Trustees of said property in the same manner and with the same effect as if the said property had been owned by the Florida Company at the time of the execution of the Mortgage, and had been specifically and at length described in and conveyed to said Trustees by the Mortgage as a part of the property therein stated to be conveyed.

    The Company further covenants and agrees to and with the Trustees and their successor or successors in said trust under the Mortgage as follows:




  3. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    1. Subject to the amendments provided for in this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, the terms defined in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall, for all purposes of this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented.
    2. The Trustees hereby accept the trusts herein declared, provided, created or supplemented and agree to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein and in the Mortgage, as heretofore amended, set forth and upon the following terms and conditions:
    3. The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In general, each and every term and condition contained in Article XVII of the Mortgage, as heretofore amended, shall apply to and form part of this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full with such omissions, variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the same conform to the provisions of this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture.

    4. Whenever in this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture either of the parties hereto is named or referred to, this shall, subject to the provisions of Articles XVI and XVII of the Mortgage, as heretofore amended, be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants and agreements in this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company, or by or on behalf of the Trustees, or either of them, shall, subject as aforesaid, bind and inure to the respective benefits of the respective successors and assigns of such parties, whether so expressed or not.
    5. Nothing in this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the bonds and coupons Outstanding under the Mortgage, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and of the holders of the bonds and coupons Outstanding under the Mortgage.
    6. This Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC has caused its company name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by its President or one of its Vice Presidents, and its company seal to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, for and in its behalf, THE BANK OF NEW YORK, in token of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by one of its Vice Presidents or Assistant Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be attested by one of its Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents or Assistant Treasurers and STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, in token of his acceptance of the trust hereby created, has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, all as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC



__________________________________
Steven C. McNeal
Vice President and Treasurer

Attest:


_________________________________
Christopher T. Screen
Assistant Secretary


Executed, sealed and delivered by
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
in the presence of:

_________________________________


_________________________________

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
As Successor Corporate Trustee


By: _______________________________
Robert Massimillo
Vice President

 

Attest:


_________________________________


Executed sealed and delivered by
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
in the presence of:

                                                                   

 

                                                                   

 

By: ______________________________
Stephen J. Giurlando
As Successor Co-Trustee

 

Executed sealed and delivered by
Stephen J. Giurlando
in the presence of:

                                                                   

                                                                   

STATE OF LOUISIANA
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PARISH OF ORLEANS

On this ___ day of January, 2006, before me appeared STEVEN C. MCNEAL, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is Vice President and Treasurer of ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, and that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the company seal of said corporation and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said STEVEN C. MCNEAL, acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

On the ___ day of January, 2006, before me personally came STEVEN C. MCNEAL, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 7903 Winner's Circle, Mandeville, Louisiana 70448; that he is Vice President and Treasurer of ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such company seal, that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.

Mark Grafton Otts
Notary Public
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
My Commission is Issued for Life
Attorney Bar Roll Number 10280

STATE OF NEW YORK
                                                    } ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK

On this _____ day of January, 2006, before me appeared robert massimillo to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK, and that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said Robert Massimillo acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

On the _____ day of January, 2006, before me personally came Robert Massimillo, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 87 Brandis Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10312; that he is a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal, that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.

Notary Public, State of New York
No. __________________
Qualified in ________ County
Commission Expires ______________

STATE OF NEW YORK
                                                    } ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK

On this _____ of January, 2006, before me appeared STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.

On the _____ day of January, 2006, before me personally came STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same.

Notary Public, State of New York
No. __________________
Qualified in ________ County
Commission Expires ______________