U-1/A 1 a14201.txt File No. 70-9893 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ______________________________________ FORM U-1 ______________________________________ AMENDMENT NO. 4 To APPLICATION-DECLARATION under THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935 ______________________________________ Entergy Corporation Entergy Arkansas, Inc. 639 Loyola Avenue 425 West Capitol Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Entergy Services, Inc. Entergy Gulf States, Inc. 639 Loyola Avenue 350 Pine Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Beaumont, Texas 77701 System Fuels, Inc. Entergy Louisiana, Inc. 350 Pine Street 4809 Jefferson Highway Beaumont, Texas 77701 New Orleans, Louisiana 70121 System Energy Resources, Inc. Entergy Mississippi, Inc. 1340 Echelon Parkway 308 East Pearl Street Jackson, Mississippi 39213 Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Entergy Operations, Inc. Entergy New Orleans, Inc. 1340 Echelon Parkway 1600 Perdido Building Jackson, Mississippi 39213 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 (Names of companies filing this statement and addresses of principal executive offices) ______________________________________ Entergy Corporation (Name of top registered holding company parent of each applicant or declarant) ______________________________________ C. John Wilder Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for each applicant or declarant 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 (Name and address of agent for service) The Commission is also requested to send copies of any communications in connection with this matter to: Mark W. Hoffman, Esq. Entergy Services, Inc. 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Item 1. Description of Proposed Transactions Paragraphs "C" and "D" of Item 1, Section VII of the Application-Declaration in this File are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows: "C. Each of the Operating Companies represents that it will not issue any security authorized in the matter, if, as a consequence of such issuance, the common equity component of the capital structure of the applicable Operating Company (on a consolidated basis) would comprise less than 30% of its total consolidated capitalization (based upon the financial statements filed with the most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K). D. Each of the Operating Companies represents that it will not issue any senior long-term debt that, if it is rated, is not rated investment grade by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating agency, except for new debt designed to refund, redeem or replace existing debt that, if voluntarily refunded, is at a lower effective after-tax cost of money, for privately placed debt or for debt authorized by the Council of the City of New Orleans or authorized by the Arkansas Public Service Commission." SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused this Amendment to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. ENTERGY CORPORATION ENERGY SERVICES, INC. ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC. ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC. ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC. ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. SYSTEM FUELS, INC. /s/ Steven C. McNeal By Steven C. McNeal Vice President and Treasurer Dated: November 29, 2001