S-3

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2006.

Registration No. 333-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Texas		75-3206126
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
	446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 381-5868
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

E. Renae Conley President and Chief Executive Officer Entergy Louisiana, LLC 446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 381-5868	Steven C. McNeal Vice President and Treasurer Entergy Louisiana, LLC 20 Greenway Plaza Houston, Texas 77046 (832) 681-3137
Dawn A. Abuso, Esq. Entergy Services, Inc. 446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 339-3213	Kimberly M. Reisler Thelen Reid & Priest LLP 875 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022-6225 (212) 603-2207

(Names, addresses, including zip codes, and telephone numbers, including area codes, of agents for service)

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective when warranted by market conditions and other factors.

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If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ]

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price*	Amount of Registration Fee
First Mortgage Bonds
Debt Securities
Total	$400,000,000	$400,000,000	$41,533 (1)

* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.

(1) Prior to the filing of this registration statement, $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of securities remained registered and unsold pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-114174, which was initially filed by Entergy Louisiana, Inc. (now known as Entergy Louisiana Holdings, Inc.) on April 2, 2004. The registrant is a majority-owned subsidiary of Entergy Louisiana Holdings, Inc. The registration fee of $1,267 associated with such unsold securities has been offset against the registration fee of $42,800 associated with the securities to be registered and such unsold securities are hereby deregistered.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed.  We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective.  This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to completion
Dated _____________, 2006 PROSPECTUS

$400,000,000

First Mortgage Bonds
and
Debt Securities

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
(225) 381-5868

We -

• May periodically offer our first mortgage bonds and/or our debt securities in one or more series.
• Will determine the price and other terms of each series of securities when sold, including whether any series will be subject to redemption prior to maturity.

The First Mortgage Bonds -

• Will be secured by a mortgage that constitutes a first mortgage lien on substantially all of our property.

• Will not be listed on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market unless otherwise indicated in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

The Debt Securities -

• Will be unsecured and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt.

• Will be effectively subordinated to all of our secured debt, including our first mortgage bonds, as to the collateral pledged to support our secured debt.

• Will not be listed on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market unless otherwise indicated in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

You -

• Will receive interest payments in the amounts and on the dates specified in an accompanying prospectus supplement.

This prospectus may be used to offer and sell series of securities only if accompanied by the prospectus supplement for that series. We will provide the specific terms of these securities, including their offering prices, interest rates and maturities, in supplements to this prospectus. The supplements may also add, update or change information in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any supplements carefully before you invest.

Investing in the securities offered by this prospectus involves risks. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 2.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

We may offer these securities directly or through underwriters, agents or dealers. Each prospectus supplement will provide the terms of the plan of distribution for the related series of securities.

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Risk Factors

In considering whether to purchase the securities being offered, you should carefully consider the information we have included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In particular, you should carefully consider the information under the heading "Risk Factors" as well as the factors listed under the heading "Forward-Looking Information," in each case, contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, which is incorporated by reference herein.

About this Prospectus

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC, utilizing a "shelf" registration process. Under this shelf process, we may sell the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $400,000,000. This prospectus provides a general description of the securities being offered. Each time we sell a series of securities we will provide a prospectus supplement containing specific information about the terms of that series of securities and the related offering. It is important for you to consider the information contained in this prospectus and the related prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information" in making your investment decision.

Entergy Louisiana, LLC

We are a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Texas. As part of a restructuring involving a Texas statutory merger-by-division effective December 31, 2005, we succeeded to all of the regulated utility operations of the Louisiana corporation, Entergy Louisiana, Inc. ("ELI"), an electric public utility company providing service to customers in the State of Louisiana since 1927. We were allocated substantially all of the property and other assets of ELI, including all assets used to provide retail and wholesale electric service to ELI's customers, and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of ELI, including all of its debt securities and leases but excluding the outstanding preferred stock of ELI.

On December 31, 2005, and immediately prior to the formation of Entergy Louisiana, LLC, ELI changed its state of incorporation from Louisiana to Texas and its name to Entergy Louisiana Holdings, Inc. Upon the effectiveness of the statutory merger-by-division on December 31, 2005, Entergy Louisiana, LLC was organized and Entergy Louisiana Holdings, Inc. held all of Entergy Louisiana, LLC's common membership interests. All of the common membership interests of Entergy Louisiana, LLC continue to be held by Entergy Louisiana Holdings, Inc. and all of the common stock of Entergy Louisiana Holdings, Inc. continues to be held by Entergy Corporation.

We are therefore indirectly owned by Entergy Corporation. The other major public utilities owned by Entergy Corporation are Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc. and Entergy New Orleans, Inc. Entergy Corporation also owns all of the common stock of System Energy Resources, Inc., the principal asset of which is its interest in the Grand Gulf Electric Generating Station.

Capacity and energy from Grand Gulf are allocated among, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc. and us under a unit power sales agreement. Our allocated share of Grand Gulf's capacity and energy, together with related costs, is 14%. Payments we make under the unit power sales agreement are generally recovered through rates set by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, which regulates our electric service, rates and charges.

The information above is only a summary and is not complete. You should read the incorporated documents listed under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information" for more specific information concerning our business and affairs, including significant contingencies, significant factors and known trends, our general capital requirements, our financing plans and capabilities, and pending legal and regulatory proceedings, including the status of industry restructuring in our service areas.

Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

We have calculated ratios of earnings to fixed charges pursuant to Item 503 of SEC Regulation S-K as follows:

	Twelve Months Ended December 31,
2005	2004	2003		2002	2001
3.50	3.60		3.93	3.14	2.76

"Earnings," as defined by Regulation S-K, represent the aggregate of (1) income before the cumulative effect of an accounting change, (2) taxes based on income, (3) investment tax credit adjustments-net and (4) fixed charges.

"Fixed Charges" include interest (whether expensed or capitalized), related amortization and interest applicable to rentals charged to operating expenses.

Where You Can Find More Information

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, under the Securities Act of 1933. This prospectus is part of the registration statement, but the registration statement also contains or incorporates by reference additional information and exhibits. We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and therefore we are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our filings are available to the public on the Internet at the SEC's website located at (http://www.sec.gov). You may read and copy any document at the SEC Public Reference Room located at:

100 F Street, N.E.
Room 1580
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004.

Call the SEC at 1-800-732-0330 for more information about the public reference room and how to request documents.

The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file with the SEC, which means we can refer you to important information without restating it in this prospectus. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, and all documents that we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of the initial registration statement to which this prospectus relates and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement, along with any future filings that we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we have sold all of the securities described in this prospectus.

You may access a copy of any or all of these filings, free of charge, at our web site (http://www.entergy.com) or by writing or calling us at the following address:

Ms. Dawn A. Abuso
Assistant Secretary
Entergy Louisiana, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
(225) 339-3213

You may also direct your requests via e-mail to dabuso@entergy.com.

You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement. We have not, nor have any underwriters, dealers or agents, authorized anyone else to provide you with different information about us or the securities. We are not, nor are any underwriters, dealers or agents, making an offer of the securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement is accurate as of any other date than the date on the front of those documents or that the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus are accurate as of any date other than the date those documents were filed with the SEC. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since these dates.

Use of Proceeds

The net proceeds from the offering of the securities will be used either (a) to acquire or redeem one or more series of our outstanding securities on their stated due dates or in some cases prior to their stated due dates or (b) for other general corporate purposes. The specific purposes for the proceeds of a particular series of securities or the specific securities, if any, to be acquired or redeemed with the proceeds of a particular series of securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to that series.

Description of the First Mortgage Bonds

General

We will issue the first mortgage bonds offered by this prospectus from time to time in one or more series under one or more separate supplemental indentures to the Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of April 1, 1944 with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York, as corporate trustee), and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin, as co-trustee), and together referred to in this prospectus as trustees. This Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented, is referred to in this prospectus as the "mortgage." All first mortgage bonds issued or to be issued under the mortgage, including the first mortgage bonds offered by this prospectus, are referred to herein as "first mortgage bonds."

The statements in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement concerning the first mortgage bonds and the mortgage are not comprehensive and are subject to the detailed provisions of the mortgage. The mortgage and a form of supplemental indenture are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. You should read these documents for provisions that may be important to you. The mortgage has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. You should refer to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for provisions that apply to the first mortgage bonds. Wherever particular provisions or defined terms in the mortgage are referred to under this heading "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds," those provisions or defined terms are incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Terms of Specific Series of the First Mortgage Bonds

A prospectus supplement relating to each series of first mortgage bonds offered by this prospectus will include a description of the specific terms relating to the offering of that series. These terms will include any of the following terms that apply to that series:

1. the designation, or name, of the series of first mortgage bonds;
2. the aggregate principal amount of the series;
3. the offering price of the series;
4. the date on which the series will mature;
5. the rate or method for determining the rate at which the series will bear interest;
6. the date from which interest on the series accrues;
7. the dates on which interest on the series will be payable;
8. the prices and other terms and conditions, if any, upon which we may redeem the series prior to maturity;
9. the applicability of a dividend covenant, if any, to the series;
10. the terms of an insurance policy, if any, that will be provided for the payment of principal of and/or interest on the series; and
11. any other terms or provisions relating to that series that are not inconsistent with the mortgage.

As of February 28, 2006, we had approximately $1,008 million principal amount of first mortgage bonds outstanding.

Replacement Fund

In addition to actual expenditures for maintenance and repairs, the mortgage requires us to expend or deposit each year an amount equal to $800,000 plus 2 1/4% of net additions to the mortgaged electric, gas, steam and/or hot water utility property made after December 31, 1943 and prior to the beginning of that year. These funds are for replacements and improvements on electric, gas, steam and/or hot water utility property and certain automotive equipment subject to the lien of the mortgage. We can meet this requirement by:

1. depositing cash;
2. certifying gross property additions;
3. certifying net cash expenditures for certain automotive equipment; or
4. by taking credit for first mortgage bonds and qualified lien bonds that we have retired.

We may withdraw the cash against gross property additions or by waiver of our right to issue first mortgage bonds on the basis of retired bond credits.

We have reserved the right to amend the mortgage without any consent or other action of the holders of any series of first mortgage bonds created after February 29, 1996 to eliminate the requirements of the replacement fund under the mortgage.

Sinking or Improvement Fund

The mortgage also requires us to make annual sinking or improvement fund payments for certain outstanding series of first mortgage bonds. This amount is stated as 1% per year of the greatest amount for each of these series outstanding prior to the beginning of the year, less certain retired first mortgage bonds. Any series of first mortgage bonds that we issue under this prospectus will not be entitled to these sinking or improvement fund requirements.

Redemption and Retirement

General

The prospectus supplement for a particular series of first mortgage bonds offered by this prospectus will contain the prices and other terms and conditions, if any, for redemption of that series prior to maturity.

Special Retirement Provisions

If, during any 12-month period, we dispose of mortgaged property by order of or to any governmental authority, resulting in the receipt of $5,000,000 or more as proceeds, we, subject to certain conditions, must apply such proceeds, less certain deductions, to the retirement of outstanding first mortgage bonds. If this occurs, we may redeem the outstanding first mortgage bonds of any series that are redeemable before maturity by the application of cash deposited for this purpose at the redemption prices applicable to those first mortgage bonds. If any series of first mortgage bonds offered by this prospectus are redeemable for this purpose, the special redemption prices applicable to that series will be set forth in the prospectus supplement related to that series.

Security

The first mortgage bonds offered by this prospectus, together with all other first mortgage bonds outstanding now or in the future under the mortgage, will be secured by the mortgage. In the opinion of our counsel, the mortgage constitutes a first mortgage lien on substantially all of our property subject to:

1. leases of minor portions of our property to others for uses which, in the opinion of our counsel, do not interfere with our business;
2. leases of certain of our property that we do not use in our business; and
3. excepted encumbrances.

The mortgage does not create a lien on the following "excepted property":

1. cash and securities;
2. certain equipment, materials and supplies;
3. automobiles and other vehicles and aircraft, timber, minerals, mineral rights and royalties; and
4. receivables, contracts, leases and operating agreements.

The mortgage contains provisions that impose the lien of the mortgage on property that we acquired after the date of the mortgage, other than the excepted property, subject to pre-existing liens. However, if we consolidate or merge with, or sell substantially all of our assets to, another corporation (as defined in the mortgage), the lien created by the mortgage will generally not cover the property of the successor company, other than the property it acquires from us and improvements, replacements and additions to that property.

The mortgage also provides that the trustees have a lien on the mortgaged property to ensure the payment of their reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements and for indemnity against certain liabilities. This lien takes priority over the lien securing the first mortgage bonds.

The mortgage also contains restrictions on the issuance of bonds under prior lien mortgages.

Issuance of Additional First Mortgage Bonds

The maximum principal amount of first mortgage bonds that may be issued under the mortgage is limited to $100 billion at any time outstanding under the mortgage, subject to property additions, earnings and other limitations of the mortgage. First mortgage bonds of any series may be issued from time to time on the following bases:

1. 60% of the cost or fair value, whichever is less, of unfunded property additions after adjustments to offset retirements;
2. retirements of first mortgage bonds or qualified lien bonds; or
3. deposit of cash with the trustees.

Property additions generally include, among other things, electric, gas, steam or hot water property acquired after December 31, 1943. Securities, automobiles or other vehicles or aircraft, or property used principally for the production or gathering of natural gas may not be included as property additions.

As of February 28, 2006, we could have issued approximately $282.2 million principal amount of additional first mortgage bonds on the basis of property additions and approximately $76 million principal amount of first mortgage bonds on the basis of retired first mortgage bonds. We expect to issue the first mortgage bonds offered by this prospectus on the basis of property additions and/or on the basis of retired first mortgage bonds.

With certain exceptions in the case of clause (2) above, the issuance of additional first mortgage bonds must meet an "earnings" test. The adjusted net earnings, before interest and income taxes, for 12 consecutive months of the preceding 15 months must be at least twice the annual interest requirements on all first mortgage bonds outstanding at the time, plus the first mortgage bonds to be issued, plus all indebtedness, if any, of prior rank. The adjusted net earnings are calculated after provisions are made for retirement and depreciation of property at least equal to the replacement fund requirements for that period.

We have reserved the right to amend the mortgage without any consent or other action of the holders of any series of first mortgage bonds created after February 29, 1996, and the provision discussed in the foregoing paragraphs describing the issuance of first mortgage bonds on the basis of property additions as follows:

1. to permit the issuance of first mortgage bonds on the basis of 80% of the cost or fair value, whichever is less, of unfunded property additions after adjustments to offset retirements; and
2. to modify the net earnings test

1. to provide that the period over which we will calculate net earnings will be 12 consecutive months of the preceding 18 months,
2. to specifically permit the inclusion in net earnings of revenues collected subject to possible refund and allowances for funds used during construction, and
3. to provide for no deduction for non-recurring charges.

We have also reserved the right to amend the mortgage without any consent or other action by holders of any first mortgage bonds to include nuclear fuel, and similar or analogous devices or substances, as property additions. We have also reserved the right to amend the mortgage without any consent or other action of the holders of any first mortgage bonds created after June 30, 1978 to make any form of space satellites including solar power satellites, space stations and other analogous facilities available as property additions. Since all of the first mortgage bonds issued on or prior to June 30, 1978 have matured or have been redeemed and are no longer outstanding under the mortgage, we may exercise this right to amend the mortgage at any time.

No first mortgage bonds may be issued on the basis of property additions subject to qualified liens if the qualified lien bonds secured thereby exceed 50% of such property additions, or if the qualified lien bonds and first mortgage bonds then outstanding which have been issued against property additions subject to continuing qualified liens and certain other items would in the aggregate exceed 15% of the first mortgage bonds and qualified lien bonds outstanding.

Release and Substitution of Property

We may release property from the lien of the mortgage, without applying an earnings test, on the following bases:

1. the deposit of cash or, to a limited extent, purchase money mortgages;
2. property additions, after adjustments in certain cases to offset retirements and after making adjustments for qualified lien bonds, if any, outstanding against property additions; and
3. a waiver of the right to issue first mortgage bonds on the basis of retired bond credits.

We can withdraw cash upon the bases stated in clause (2) and/or (3) above without applying an earnings test.

If unfunded property is released, the property additions used to effect the release may become available again as credits under the mortgage and the waiver of the right to issue first mortgage bonds on the basis of retired bond credits to effect the release may cease to be effective as such a waiver. Similar provisions are in effect as to cash proceeds of such property. The mortgage also contains special provisions with respect to qualified lien bonds pledged and the disposition of moneys received on pledged prior lien bonds.

We have reserved the right to amend the mortgage without any consent or other action by the holders of any series of first mortgage bonds created after February 29, 1996

1. to permit the release of property from the lien of the mortgage in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of retired bonds that we elect to use as the basis for such release times the reciprocal of the bonding ratio in effect when such retired bonds were originally issued;
2. to permit the release of unfunded property so long as we have at least $1 in unfunded property additions remaining;
3. to remove the existing limitation on the amount of obligations secured by purchase money mortgages upon any property being released that can be used as the basis for such release;
4. to specifically provide that if we transfer all or substantially all of our property subject to the mortgage to a successor corporation (as defined in the mortgage), we would be released from all obligations under the mortgage; and
5. to change the definition of "Funded Property" to mean only property we specify with a fair value, to be determined by an independent expert, of not less than 10/8% of the sum of the amount of outstanding first mortgage bonds and retired bond credits.

Dividend Covenant

The terms of outstanding series of first mortgage bonds include our covenant to restrict our payment of cash dividends on our common stock in certain circumstances.  Any dividend covenant applicable to a series of first mortgage bonds issued and sold under this prospectus will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to that series of first mortgage bonds.  There is no assurance that the terms of future dividend covenants, if any, will be the same as those applicable to our outstanding first mortgage bonds.

Modification

Your rights as a bondholder may be modified with the consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the outstanding first mortgage bonds, and, if less than all series of first mortgage bonds are affected, the consent also of holders of 66 2/3% of the outstanding first mortgage bonds of each series affected. In general, no modification of the terms

1. of payment of principal or interest;
2. affecting the lien of the mortgage; or
3. reducing the percentage required for modification;

is effective against any bondholder without that bondholder's consent.

We have reserved the right to amend the mortgage without any consent or other action by the holders of any series of first mortgage bonds created after February 29, 1996

1. to reduce the percentage vote required to modify certain rights of the holders of the first mortgage bonds to a majority of the holders of all outstanding first mortgage bonds;
2. to provide that if a proposed change affects less than all series of outstanding first mortgage bonds, then only the consent of a majority of the first mortgage bonds of each series affected is required to make this change; and
3. to permit us to amend the mortgage without the consent of the holders of first mortgage bonds to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of the holders in any material respect.

Defaults

Defaults under the mortgage include:

1. default in the payment of principal;
2. default for 60 days in the payment of interest or installments of funds for the retirement of first mortgage bonds;
3. certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization;
4. defaults with respect to qualified lien bonds; and
5. default in other covenants for 90 days after notice.

The trustees may withhold notice of default, except in payment of principal, interest or funds for retirement of first mortgage bonds, if they determine it is in the best interests of the holders of the first mortgage bonds.

The corporate trustee or the holders of 25% of the first mortgage bonds may declare the principal and interest due and payable on default. However, a majority of the holders may annul such declaration if the default has been cured. No holder of first mortgage bonds may enforce the lien of the mortgage without giving the trustees written notice of a default and unless

1. the holders of 25% of the first mortgage bonds have requested the trustees in writing to act and offered them reasonable opportunity to act and indemnity satisfactory to them against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby; and
2. the trustees shall have failed to act.

The holders of a majority of the first mortgage bonds may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the trustees or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the trustees.

We are required to file an annual certificate with the trustees as to compliance with the provisions of the mortgage and as to the absence of a default with respect to any of the covenants in the mortgage.

Description of Debt Securities

General

The debt securities will be our direct unsecured general obligations. We will issue the debt securities offered by this prospectus from time to time in one or more series under one or more separate indentures between us and the financial institution(s) that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement, as trustee. This indenture or indentures are collectively referred to in this prospectus as the "indenture."

The following description summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities offered by this prospectus. This summary is not complete and should be read together with the prospectus supplement describing the specific terms of the debt securities. The form of the indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. You should read the indenture for provisions that may be important to you. The indenture will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. You should refer to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for provisions that apply to the debt securities. Whenever particular provisions or defined terms in the indenture are referred to under this heading "Description of Debt Securities," those provisions or defined terms are incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

The debt securities will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. As of February 28, 2006, we did not have any unsecured and unsubordinated debt outstanding that would have ranked equally with the debt securities.

The debt securities will be effectively subordinated to all of our secured debt, including our first mortgage bonds. As of February 28, 2006, we had approximately $1,093 million principal amount of secured debt outstanding.

Terms of Specific Series of the Debt Securities

A prospectus supplement relating to each series of debt securities offered by this prospectus will include a description of the specific terms relating to the offering of that series. These terms will include any of the following terms that apply to that series:

1. the title of the debt securities;
2. the total principal amount of the debt securities;
3. the date or dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable or how the date or dates will be determined;
4. the rate or rates at which the debt securities will bear interest, or how the rate or rates will be determined, the date or dates from which any such interest will accrue, the interest payment dates for the debt securities and the regular record dates for interest payments;
5. the percentage, if less than 100%, of the principal amount of the debt securities that will be payable if the maturity of the debt securities is accelerated;
6. any period or periods within which, or any date or dates on which, and the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, we may redeem the debt securities at our option and any restrictions on those redemptions;
7. any sinking fund or other provisions or options held by holders of debt securities that would obligate us to repurchase or otherwise redeem the debt securities;
8. any changes or additions to the events of default under the indenture or changes or additions to our covenants under the indenture;
9. if the debt securities will be issued in denominations other than $1,000;
10. if payments on the debt securities may be made in a currency or currencies other than United States dollars;
11. any collateral, security, assurance or guarantee for the debt securities; and
12. any other terms of the debt securities not inconsistent with the terms of the indenture.

The indenture does not limit the principal amount of debt securities that we may issue under the indenture.

We may sell debt securities at a discount below their principal amount. We may describe in the applicable prospectus supplement United States federal income tax considerations applicable to debt securities sold at an original issue discount. In addition, we may describe in the applicable prospectus supplement important United States federal income tax or other tax considerations applicable to any debt securities denominated or payable in a currency or currency unit other than United States dollars.

Except as we may otherwise describe in the applicable prospectus supplement, the covenants contained in the indenture will not afford holders of debt securities protection in the event of a highly-leveraged or similar transaction involving us or in the event of a change of control.

Payment and Paying Agents

Except as we may otherwise provide in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will pay interest, if any, on each debt security payable on each interest payment date to the person in whose name that debt security is registered as of the close of business on the regular record date for that interest payment date. However, interest payable at maturity will be paid to the person to whom the principal is paid. If there has been a default in the payment of interest on any debt security, the defaulted interest may be paid to the holder of such debt security as of the close of business on a date to be fixed by the trustee between 10 and 15 days prior to the date proposed by us for payment of such defaulted interest or in any other manner permitted by any securities exchange on which that debt security may be listed, if the trustee finds it practicable.

Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities at maturity will be payable upon presentation of the debt securities at the corporate trust office of the trustee in The City of New York, as our paying agent. We may change the place of payment on the debt securities, may appoint one or more additional paying agents, including us, and may remove any paying agent, all at our discretion.

As long as the debt securities are registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or its nominee, as described under the heading "Book-Entry Only Securities," payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made to DTC for subsequent disbursement to beneficial owners of the debt securities.

Registration and Transfer

Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, and subject to restrictions related to the issuance of debt securities through DTC's book-entry system, the transfer of debt securities may be registered, and debt securities may be exchanged for other debt securities of the same series or tranche, of authorized denominations and with the same terms and principal amount, at the corporate trust office of the trustee in The City of New York. We may change the place for registration of transfer and exchange of the debt securities and may designate additional places for registration and exchange. Unless we otherwise provide in the applicable prospectus supplement, no service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities. However, we may require payment to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed. We will not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of transfer of, or the exchange of, (1) any debt secu rity during the 15 days prior to giving any notice of redemption or (2) any debt security selected for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any debt security being redeemed in part.

Satisfaction and Discharge

Subject to certain conditions, we will be discharged from our obligations on the debt securities of a particular series if we deposit with the trustee sufficient cash or government securities to pay the principal, interest, any premium and any other sums when due on the stated maturity date or a redemption date of that series of debt securities.

The indenture will be deemed satisfied and discharged when no debt securities remain outstanding and when we have paid all other sums payable by us under the indenture.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

Under the terms of the indenture, we may not consolidate with or merge into any other entity or convey, or transfer or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless:

1. the surviving or successor entity is organized and validly existing under the laws of any domestic jurisdiction and it expressly assumes our payment obligations on all outstanding debt securities and our obligations under the indenture;
2. immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
3. we shall have delivered to the trustee an officer's certificate and an opinion of counsel as provided in the indenture.

Upon the consummation of any such transaction, the surviving entity or successor entity will succeed to our rights and powers under the indenture and, except in the case of a lease, we shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the indenture and the outstanding debt securities. So long as we comply with the conditions in clauses (2) and (3) above, the terms of the indenture do not preclude us from being a party to a merger in which we are the surviving entity.

Events of Default

"Event of default", when used in the indenture with respect to any series of debt securities, means any of the following:

1. failure to pay interest on any debt security of that series for 60 days after it is due;
2. failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any debt security of that series when due;
3. failure to perform any other covenant in the indenture, other than a covenant that does not relate to that series of debt securities, that continues for 60 days after we receive written notice from the trustee, or after we and the trustee receive a written notice from the holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series; however, the trustee or the trustee and the holders of that principal amount of debt securities of that series can agree to an extension of the 60 day period and such an agreement to extend will be automatically deemed to occur if we are diligently pursuing action to correct the default;
4. events in bankruptcy, insolvency or our reorganization specified in the indenture; or
5. any other event of default specified for that series of debt securities.

An event of default for a particular series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an event of default for any other series of debt securities issued under the indenture. The trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of any default, except default in the payment of principal, premium or interest, if it considers the withholding of notice to be in the interests of holders.

Remedies

Acceleration of Maturity

If an event of default for any series of debt securities occurs and continues, then either the trustee or the holders of at least 33% in principal amount of that series may declare the entire principal amount of all the debt securities of that series, together with accrued interest, to be due and payable immediately. However, if the event of default is applicable to more than one series of debt securities under the indenture, only the trustee or holders of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all affected series, voting as one class, and not the holders of any one series, may make that declaration of acceleration.

At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the debt securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained, the event of default giving rise to that declaration of acceleration will be considered waived, and that declaration and its consequences will be considered rescinded and annulled, if:

1. we have paid or deposited with the trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

1. all overdue interest on all debt securities of that series;
2. the principal of and premium, if any, on any debt securities of that series which have otherwise become due and interest that is currently due;
3. interest on overdue interest; and
4. all amounts due to the trustee under the indenture; and

2. any other event of default with respect to the debt securities of that series has been cured or waived as provided in the indenture.

However, no such waiver or recission and annulment shall extend to or shall effect any subsequent default or impair any related right.

There is no automatic acceleration, even in the event of our bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.

Right to Direct Proceedings

Other than its duties in case of an event of default, the trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the holders, unless the holders offer the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. If they provide this reasonable security or indemnity, the holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of debt securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any power conferred upon the trustee. However, if the event of default relates to more than one series of debt securities, only the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all affected series, voting as one class, will have the right to give this direction and not the holders of any one series. The trustee is not obligated to comply with directions that conflict with law or other provisions of the indenture.

Limitation on Right to Institute Proceedings

No holder of debt securities of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding under the indenture, or any remedy under the indenture, unless:

1. the holder has previously given to the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default;
2. the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all series in respect of which an event of default shall have occurred and be continuing have made a written request to the trustee, and have offered reasonable indemnity to the trustee to institute proceedings; and
3. the trustee has failed to institute any proceeding for 60 days after that notice, request and offer of indemnity.

However, these limitations do not apply to a suit by a holder of a debt security for payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on that debt security on or after the applicable due date.

Annual Notice to Trustee

We will provide to the trustee an annual statement by an appropriate officer as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under the indenture.

Modification and Waiver

Without the consent of any holder of debt securities, we may enter into one or more supplemental indentures for any of the following purposes:

1. to evidence the assumption by any permitted successor of our covenants in the indenture and in the debt securities;
2. to add additional covenants or to surrender any of our rights or powers under the indenture;
3. to add additional events of default;
4. to change or eliminate any provision of the indenture or to add any new provision to the indenture; provided, however, if the change, elimination or addition will adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of any series in any material respect, the change, elimination or addition will become effective only:

1. when the consent of the holders of debt securities of that series has been obtained in accordance with the indenture; or
2. when no debt securities of the affected series remain outstanding under the indenture;

5. to provide collateral security for all but not part of the debt securities;
6. to establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series as permitted by the indenture;
7. to provide for the authentication and delivery of bearer securities and coupons attached thereto;
8. to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment of a successor trustee;
9. to provide for the procedures required for use of a non-certificated system of registration for the debt securities of all or any series;
10. to change any place where principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be payable, debt securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices to us may be served; or
11. to cure any ambiguity or inconsistency or to make any other change to the provisions or to add other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the indenture; provided that the action does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of any series in any material respect.

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of all series then outstanding may waive our compliance with some restrictive provisions of the indenture. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may waive any past default under the indenture with respect to that series, except a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest and certain covenants and provisions of the indenture that cannot be modified or be amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security of the series affected.

If the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date of the indenture in such a way as to require changes to the indenture, the indenture will be deemed to be amended so as to conform to that amendment to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. We and the trustee may, without the consent of any holders, enter into one or more supplemental indentures to evidence that amendment.

The consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of all series then outstanding, voting as one class, is required for all other modifications to the indenture. However, if less than all of the series of debt securities outstanding are directly affected by a proposed supplemental indenture, then the consent only of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all series that are directly affected, voting as one class, will be required. No supplemental indenture may:

1. change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any debt security, or reduce the principal amount of any debt security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or reduce the amount of principal that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, or change the currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity of any debt security, without the consent of the holder of that debt security;
2. reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of the indenture or any default thereunder and its consequences, or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of all the holders of the series; or
3. modify some of the provisions of the indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of certain covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the debt securities of any series, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby.

A supplemental indenture which changes the indenture solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of debt securities, or modifies the rights of the holders of debt securities of one or more series, will not affect the rights under the indenture of the holders of the debt securities of any other series.

The indenture provides that debt securities owned by us or anyone else required to make payment on the debt securities shall be disregarded and considered not to be outstanding in determining whether the required holders have given a request or consent.

We may fix in advance a record date to determine the required number of holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other such act of the holders, but we shall have no obligation to do so. If we fix a record date, that request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act of the holders may be given before or after that record date, but only the holders of record at the close of business on that record date will be considered holders for the purposes of determining whether holders of the required percentage of the outstanding debt securities have authorized or agreed or consented to the request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act of the holders. For that purpose, the outstanding debt securities shall be computed as of the record date. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other act of a holder will bind every future holder of the same debt s ecurities and the holder of every debt security issued upon the registration of transfer of or in exchange of those debt securities. A transferee will be bound by acts of the trustee or us in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of that action is made upon the debt security.

Resignation of Trustee

A trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice to us or may be removed at any time by act of the holders of a majority in principal amount of all series of debt securities then outstanding delivered to the trustee and us. No resignation or removal of a trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee will be effective until the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee. So long as no event of default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an event of default has occurred and is continuing and except with respect to a trustee appointed by act of the holders, if we have delivered to the trustee a resolution of our board of directors appointing a successor trustee and such successor has accepted the appointment in accordance with the terms of the respective indenture, the trustee will be deemed to have resigned and the successor will be deemed to have been appointed as trustee in accordance with the indenture.

Notices

Notices to holders of debt securities will be given by mail to the addresses of such holders as they appear in the security register under the indenture.

Title

We, the trustee, and any of our agents or any agent of the trustee, may treat the person in whose name debt securities are registered as the absolute owner thereof, whether or not the debt securities may be overdue, for the purpose of making payments and for all other purposes irrespective of notice to the contrary.

Governing Law

Each indenture and the debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Book-Entry Only Securities

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, The Depository Trust Company will act as securities depository for the securities offered through this prospectus. The securities will be issued as fully registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co., the partnership nominee of DTC or such other name as may be registered by an authorized representative of DTC. One or more fully registered security certificates will be issued for each issue of the securities, in the aggregate principal amount of such issue, and will be deposited with DTC or its custodian.

DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for United States and foreign equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments from countries that DTC participants ("Direct Participants") deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between the accounts of Direct Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of security certificates. Direct Participants inclu de both United States and foreign securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation ("DTCC"). DTCC is, in turn, owned by a number of Direct Participants of DTC and members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, Government Securities Clearing Corporation, MBS Clearing Corporation, and Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation, all of which clearing corporations are subsidiaries of DTCC, as well as by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to other entities such as both United States and foreign securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants" and, together with Direct Participants, the "Participants"). The DTC rules applicable to its Participants are on file with the SEC.

Purchases of securities under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the securities on the records of DTC. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each security ("Beneficial Owner") is in turn to be recorded on the records of the Direct Participant or the Indirect Participant. Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchases. Beneficial Owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct Participant or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct Participants and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in securities, exc ept in the event that use of the book-entry system for the securities is discontinued.

To facilitate subsequent transfers, all securities deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of Cede & Co., the partnership nominee of DTC, or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the securities; the records of DTC reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such securities are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct Participants and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Beneficial Owners of securities may wish to take certain steps to augment the transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect to the securities, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults, and proposed amendments to the mortgage or the indenture, as appropriate. For example, Beneficial Owners of securities may wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the securities for their benefit has agreed to obtain and to transmit notices to Beneficial Owners. In the alternative, Beneficial Owners may wish to provide their names and addresses to the corporate trustee or the trustee, as appropriate, and request that copies of notices be provided directly to them.

Redemption notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all the securities within an issue are being redeemed, the practice of DTC is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. nor any other DTC nominee will consent or vote with respect to securities unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an omnibus proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns the consenting or voting rights of Cede & Co. to those Direct Participants to whose accounts securities are credited on the record date, identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy.

Redemption proceeds, principal payments, interest payments, and any premium payments on the securities will be made to Cede & Co. or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The practice of DTC is to credit the accounts of Direct Participants, upon the receipt by DTC of funds and corresponding detail information from us or the corporate trustee or the trustee, as appropriate, on the payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on the records of DTC. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practice, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name," and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC or its nominee, the corporate trustee or the trustee, any underwriters or dealers or agents, or us, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, principal, interest, and any premium on the securities to Cede & Co. or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC is the responsibility of either the corporate trustee or the trustee, as appropriate, or us, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct Participants and Indirect Participants.

A Beneficial Owner shall give notice to elect to have its securities purchased or tendered, through its Participant, to the tender or remarketing agent and shall effect delivery of such securities by causing the Direct Participant to transfer the interest of the Participant in the securities, on the records of DTC, to the tender or remarketing agent. The requirement for physical delivery of securities in connection with an optional tender or a mandatory purchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the securities are transferred by Direct Participants on the records of DTC and followed by a book-entry credit of tendered securities to the DTC account of the tender or remarketing agent.

DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to the applicable trustee or us. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not obtained, securities certificates are required to be printed and delivered.

We may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through DTC or a successor securities depository. In that event, security certificates will be printed and delivered.

The information in this section concerning DTC and its book-entry system has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.

Experts

The financial statements, the related financial statement schedule, and management's report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference (which reports (1) express an unqualified opinion on the financial statements and financial statement schedule and include an explanatory paragraph referring to the Company's change in 2003 in the method of accounting for asset retirement obligations, (2) express an unqualified opinion on management's assessment regarding the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and (3) express an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting), and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report s of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

Legality

The legality of the securities will be passed upon for us by Dawn A. Abuso, Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities, of Entergy Services, Inc., Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, New York, New York, and Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, Austin, Texas. Certain legal matters with respect to the securities will be passed on for any underwriters, dealers or agents by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, New York. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP regularly represents us and our affiliates in connection with various matters. Matters pertaining to New York law will be passed upon by Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, New York, New York, matters pertaining to Louisiana law will be passed upon by Dawn A. Abuso, Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities, of Entergy Services, Inc., and matters pertaining to Texas law will be passed upon by Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, Austin, Texas.

All matters pertaining to franchises, titles to property and the lien of the indenture under Louisiana law will be passed upon for us by Dawn A. Abuso, Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities, of Entergy Services, Inc., and all matters pertaining to our organization and certain matters with respect to the lien of the indenture under Texas law will be passed upon for us by Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation.

The statements in this prospectus as to matters of law and legal conclusions made under "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds - Security," have been reviewed by Dawn A. Abuso, Esq. and Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, and are set forth herein in reliance upon the opinion of said counsel, and upon their authority as experts.

Plan of Distribution

Methods and Terms of Sale

We may use a variety of methods to sell the securities including:

1. through one or more underwriters or dealers;
2. directly to one or more purchasers;
3. through one or more agents; or
4. through a combination of any such methods of sale.

The prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of the securities will set forth the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

1. the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents and any syndicate of underwriters;
2. the initial public offering price;
3. any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters' compensation;
4. the proceeds we receive from that sale; and
5. any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid by any underwriters to dealers.

Underwriters

If we sell the securities through underwriters, they will acquire the securities for their own account and may resell them from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The underwriters for a particular underwritten offering of securities will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement and, if an underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter or underwriters will be named on the cover page of the applicable prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of securities, the underwriters may receive compensation from us or from purchasers in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase securities will be subject to certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities of a particular series if any are purchased. However, the underwriters may purchase less than all of the securities of a particular series should certain circumstances involving a default of one or more underwriters occur.

The initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers by any underwriters may be changed from time to time.

Stabilizing Transactions

Underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions and syndicate covering transactions in accordance with Rule 104 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. These stabilizing transactions and syndicate covering transactions may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be if such transactions had not occurred.

Agents

If we sell the securities through agents, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the name of any agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities as well as any commissions we will pay to them. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

Related Transactions

Underwriters, dealers and agents (or their affiliates) may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or our affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

Indemnification

We will agree to indemnify any underwriters, dealers, agents or purchasers and their controlling persons against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.

Listing

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the securities will not be listed on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market. No assurance can be given that any broker-dealer will make a market in any series of the securities and, in any event, no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the securities.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

		Initial Sale		Each Additional Sale
Filing Fees-Securities and Exchange Commission:
Registration Statement	$	41,533	$	N/A
*Rating Agencies' fees		126,000		75,000
*Trustees' fees		4,000		4,000
*Fees of Company's Outside Legal Counsel:
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP		35,500		25,500
Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation		5,000		3,000
*Fees of Entergy Services, Inc.		35,000		25,000
*Accounting fees		20,000		15,000
*Printing and engraving costs		25,000		15,000
*Miscellaneous expenses (including blue-sky expenses)		20,000		15,000
*Total Expenses	$	312,033	$	177,500

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* Estimated

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

We have insurance covering expenditures that might arise in connection with our lawful indemnification of our directors and officers for certain of their liabilities and expenses. Our directors and officers also have insurance that insures them against certain other liabilities and expenses. The limited liability company laws of Texas permit indemnification of directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and under our Articles of Organization and Regulations, our officers and directors may generally be indemnified to the full extent of such laws.

Item 16. List of Exhibits.*

1(a)	-	Form of Underwriting Agreement for the First Mortgage Bonds.
****1(b)	-	Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Debt Securities.
**4(a)	-	Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended by sixty-four Supplemental Indentures (filed, respectively, as the exhibits and in the file numbers
		indicated: 7(d) in 2-5317 (Mortgage); 7(b) in 2-7408 (First); 7(c) in 2-8636 (Second); 4(b)-3 in 2-10412 (Third); 4(b)-4 in 2-12264 (Fourth); 2(b)-5 in 2-12936 (Fifth); D in 70-3862 (Sixth); 2(b)-7 in 2-22340 (Seventh); 2(c) in 2-24429 (Eighth); 4(c)-9 in 2-25801 (Ninth); 4(c)-10 in 2-26911 (Tenth); 2(c) in 2-28123 (Eleventh); 2(c) in 2-34659 (Twelfth); C to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-4793 (Thirteenth); 2(b)-2 in 2-38378 (Fourteenth); 2(b)-2 in 2-39437 (Fifteenth); 2(b)-2 in 2-42523 (Sixteenth); C to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5242 (Seventeenth); C to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5330 (Eighteenth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5449 (Nineteenth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5550 (Twentieth); A-6(a) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5598 (Twenty-first); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5711 (Twenty-second); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5919 (Twenty-third); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6102 (Twenty-fourth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6169 (Twenty-fifth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6278 (Tw enty-sixth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6355 (Twenty-seventh); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6508 (Twenty-eighth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6556 (Twenty-ninth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6635 (Thirtieth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6834 (Thirty-first); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6886 (Thirty-second); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6993 (Thirty-third); C-2 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6993 (Thirty-fourth); C-3 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6993 (Thirty-fifth); A-2(a) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7166 (Thirty-sixth); A-2(a) in 70-7226 (Thirty-seventh); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7270 (Thirty-eighth); 4(a) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended June 30, 1988 in File 1-8474 (Thirty-ninth); A-2(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7553 (Fortieth); A-2(d) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7553 (Forty-first); A-3(a) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-second); A-3(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-third); A-2(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty - -fourth); A-3(c) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-fifth); A-2(c) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-sixth); A-3(d) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-seventh); A-3(e) to Rule 24 Certificate dated December 21, 1993, in File No. 70-7822 (Forty-eighth); A-3(e) to Rule 24 Certificate dated August 1, 1994, in File No. 70-7822 (Forty-ninth); A-4(c) to Rule 24 Certificate dated September 1994 in File No. 70-7653 (Fiftieth); A-2(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 4, 1996 in File No. 70-8487 (Fifty-first); A-2(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 3, 1998 in File No. 70-9141 (Fifty-second); A-2(b) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 9, 1999 in File No. 70-9141 (Fifty-third); A-3(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated July 9, 1999 in File No. 70-9141 (Fifty-fourth); A-2(c)to Rule 24 Certificate dated June 2, 2000 in 70-9141 (Fifty-fifth); A-2(d) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 4, 2002 in 70-9141 (Fifty-sixth); A-3(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated March 30, 2004 in 70-10086 (Fifty-seventh); A-3(b) to R ule 24 Certificate dated October 15, 2004 in 70-10086 (Fifty-eighth); A-3(c) to Rule 24 Certificate dated October 26, 2004 in 70-10086 (Fifty-ninth); A-3(d) to Rule 24 Certificate dated May 18, 2005 in 70-10086 (Sixtieth); A-3(e) to Rule 24 Certificate dated August 25, 2005 in 70-10086 (Sixty-first); A-3(f) to Rule 24 Certificate dated October 31, 2005 in 70-10086 (Sixty-second); B-4(i) to Rule 24 Certificate dated January 10, 2006 in 70-10086 (Sixty-third); and B-4(ii) to Rule 24 Certificate dated January 10, 2006 in 70-10086 (Sixty-fourth)).
4(b)	-	Form of Supplemental Indenture for the First Mortgage Bonds.
4(c)	-	Form of Indenture for Debt Securities.
4(d)	-	Form of Officer's Certificate for Debt Securities.
5(a)	-	Opinion of Dawn A. Abuso, Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., as to the legality of the securities being registered.
5(b)	-	Opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, New York counsel for the Company, as to the legality of the securities being registered.
5(c)	-	Opinion of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, Austin, Texas, Texas counsel for the Company, as to the legality of the securities being registered.
**12	-	Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges (filed as Exhibit 12(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).
23(a)	-	Consent of Dawn A. Abuso, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5(a) hereto).
23(b)	-	Consent of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP (included in Exhibit 5(b) hereto).
23(c)	-	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24	-	Power of Attorney (included herein at page S-1).
25(a)	-	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of The Bank of New York, Corporate Trustee under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust.
25(b)	-	Form T-2 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Stephen J. Giurlando, Co-Trustee under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust.
***25(c)	-	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of the Trustee under the Indenture for Debt Securities.

* ** ***

Reference is made to a duplicate list of exhibits being filed as part of this Registration Statement, which will, in accordance with Item 102 of Regulation S-T of the SEC, immediately precede the exhibits being physically filed with this Registration Statement. Incorporated herein by reference as indicated. To be filed by amendment or pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

****

To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(1) of Regulation S-K of the SEC.

Item 17. Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is a part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be a part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415 (a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however , that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, that in a primary offering of securities of the registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

1. any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
2. any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the registrant or used or referred to by the registrant;
3. the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the registrant; and

(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the registrant to the purchaser.

(6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(7) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(8) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(9) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(10) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 23rd day of March, 2006.

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
By:	/s/ Steven C. McNeal
	Steven C. McNeal
	Vice President and Treasurer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints Nathan E. Langston, Steven C. McNeal, and Frank Williford, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ E. Renae Conley	Chairman of the Board, President	March 23, 2006
E. Renae Conley	and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jay A. Lewis	Vice President	March 23, 2006
Jay A. Lewis	and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Nathan E. Langston	Senior Vice President and	March 23, 2006
Nathan E. Langston	Chief Accounting Officer
	(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Leo P. Denault	Director	March 23, 2006
Leo P. Denault
/s/ Mark T. Savoff	Director	March 23, 2006
Mark T. Savoff
/s/ Richard J. Smith	Director	March 23, 2006
Richard J. Smith

Item 16. List of Exhibits.*

(a)		-	Form of Underwriting Agreement for the First Mortgage Bonds.
***1(b)		-	Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Debt Securities.
*4(a)		-	Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended by sixty-four Supplemental Indentures (filed, respectively, as the exhibits and in the file numbers
			indicated: 7(d) in 2-5317 (Mortgage); 7(b) in 2-7408 (First); 7(c) in 2-8636 (Second); 4(b)-3 in 2-10412 (Third); 4(b)-4 in 2-12264 (Fourth); 2(b)-5 in 2-12936 (Fifth); D in 70-3862 (Sixth); 2(b)-7 in 2-22340 (Seventh); 2(c) in 2-24429 (Eighth); 4(c)-9 in 2-25801 (Ninth); 4(c)-10 in 2-26911 (Tenth); 2(c) in 2-28123 (Eleventh); 2(c) in 2-34659 (Twelfth); C to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-4793 (Thirteenth); 2(b)-2 in 2-38378 (Fourteenth); 2(b)-2 in 2-39437 (Fifteenth); 2(b)-2 in 2-42523 (Sixteenth); C to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5242 (Seventeenth); C to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5330 (Eighteenth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5449 (Nineteenth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5550 (Twentieth); A-6(a) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5598 (Twenty-first); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5711 (Twenty-second); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-5919 (Twenty-third); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6102 (Twenty-fourth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6169 (Twenty-fifth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6278 (Tw enty-sixth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6355 (Twenty-seventh); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6508 (Twenty-eighth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6556 (Twenty-ninth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6635 (Thirtieth); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6834 (Thirty-first); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6886 (Thirty-second); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6993 (Thirty-third); C-2 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6993 (Thirty-fourth); C-3 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-6993 (Thirty-fifth); A-2(a) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7166 (Thirty-sixth); A-2(a) in 70-7226 (Thirty-seventh); C-1 to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7270 (Thirty-eighth); 4(a) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended June 30, 1988 in File 1-8474 (Thirty-ninth); A-2(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7553 (Fortieth); A-2(d) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7553 (Forty-first); A-3(a) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-second); A-3(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-third); A-2(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty - -fourth); A-3(c) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-fifth); A-2(c) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-sixth); A-3(d) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7822 (Forty-seventh); A-3(e) to Rule 24 Certificate dated December 21, 1993, in File No. 70-7822 (Forty-eighth); A-3(e) to Rule 24 Certificate dated August 1, 1994, in File No. 70-7822 (Forty-ninth); A-4(c) to Rule 24 Certificate dated September 1994 in File No. 70-7653 (Fiftieth); A-2(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 4, 1996 in File No. 70-8487 (Fifty-first) A-2(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 3, 1998 in File No. 70-9141 (Fifty-second); A-2(b) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 9, 1999 in File No. 70-9141 (Fifty-third); A-3(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated July 9, 1999 in File No. 70-9141 (Fifty-fourth); A-2(c)to Rule 24 Certificate dated June 2, 2000 in 70-9141 (fifty-fifth); A-2(d) to Rule 24 Certificate dated April 4, 2002 in 70-9141 (Fifty-sixth); A-3(a) to Rule 24 Certificate dated March 30, 2004 in 70-10086 (Fifty-seventh); A-3(b) to Ru le 24 Certificate dated October 15, 2004 in 70-10086 (Fifty-eighth); A-3(c) to Rule 24 Certificate dated October 26, 2004 in 70-10086 (Fifty-ninth); A-3(d) to Rule 24 Certificate dated May 18, 2005 in 70-10086 (Sixtieth); A-3(e) to Rule 24 Certificate dated August 25, 2005 in 70-10086 (Sixty-first); A-3(f) to Rule 24 Certificate dated October 31, 2005 in 70-10086 (Sixty-second); B-4(i) to Rule 24 Certificate dated January 10, 2006 in 70-10086 (Sixty-third); and B-4(ii) to Rule 24 Certificate dated January 10, 2006 in 70-10086 (Sixty-fourth)).
4(b)		-	Form of Supplemental Indenture for the First Mortgage Bonds.
4(c)		-	Form of Indenture for Debt Securities.
4(d)		-	Form of Officer's Certificate for Debt Securities.
5(a)		-	Opinion of Dawn A. Abuso, Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., as to the legality of the securities being registered.
5(b)		-	Opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, New York counsel for the Company, as to the legality of the securities being registered.
5(c)		-	Opinion of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, Austin, Texas, Texas counsel for the Company, as to the legality of the securities being registered.
*12		-	Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges (filed as Exhibit 12(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).
23(a)		-	Consent of Dawn A. Abuso, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5(a) hereto).
23(b)		-	Consent of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP (included in Exhibit 5(b) hereto).
23(c)		-	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24		-	Power of Attorney (included herein at page S-1).
25(a)		-	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of The Bank of New York, Corporate Trustee under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust.
25(b)		-	Form T-2 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Stephen J. Giurlando, Co-Trustee under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust.
**25(c)		-	Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of the Trustee under the Indenture for Debt Securities.
*	Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
**	To be filed by amendment or pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
***	To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a current report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(1) of Regulation S-K of the SEC.

EX-1

Exhibit 1(a)

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

$[________]
First Mortgage Bonds
[___]% Series due [________], [20__]

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[________], [20__]

[Name(s) of Underwriter(s)]
[Address(es) of Lead Underwriter(s)]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell severally to the underwriters set forth in Schedule I attached hereto (the "Underwriters," which term, when the context permits, shall also include any underwriters substituted as hereinafter in Section 11 provided), for whom [________] and [________], are acting as representatives (the "Representatives"), an aggregate of $[________] principal amount of the Company's First Mortgage Bonds, [___]% Series due [________], [20__] (the "Bonds") in accordance with the terms set f orth in this Underwriting Agreement (this "Underwriting Agreement").

1. Purchase and Sale. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company shall issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each Underwriter shall purchase from the Company, at the time and place herein specified, severally and not jointly, the Bonds at [___]% of the principal amount thereof, in the principal amount set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I attached hereto.
2. Description of Bonds. The Bonds shall be issued under and pursuant to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1944, with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee, and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee (the "Co-Trustee and, together with the Corporate Trustee, the "Trustees"), as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented by the [_________] Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [________], [20__] (the "Supplemental Indenture"). Said Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amended and supplemented is hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage." The Bonds and the Supplemental Indenture shall have the terms and provisions described in the Disclosure Pack age (as defined herein), provided that subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date (as defined herein) the form of the Supplemental Indenture may be amended by mutual agreement between the Company and the Underwriters.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the several Underwriters, and covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters, that:
   1. The Company is duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas and has the necessary limited liability company power and authority to conduct the business that is described in the Disclosure Package as conducting and to own and operate the properties owned and operated by it in such business and is in good standing and duly qualified to conduct such business as a foreign limited liability company in the State of Louisiana.
   2. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- [______]) for the registration of $400,000,000 aggregate offering price of the Company's securities, including the Bonds, under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") ($[_______] of which securities remain unsold as of the date hereof), and such registration statement has become effective. The Company qualifies for use of Form S-3 for the registration of the Bonds, and the Bonds are registered under the Securities Act. At the time of filing such registration statement and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an "ineligible issuer" (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act). The prospectus forming a part of such registration statement, at the time such registration statement (or the most recent amendment thereto filed prior to the Applicable Time (as de fined below)) initially became effective, including all documents incorporated by reference therein at that time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, is hereinafter referred to as the "Basic Prospectus." In the event that (i) the Basic Prospectus shall have been amended, revised or supplemented (but excluding any amendments, revisions or supplements to the Basic Prospectus relating solely to securities of the Company other than the Bonds) prior to the Applicable Time, including without limitation by any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering and sale of the Bonds that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) under the Securities Act, or (ii) the Company shall have filed documents pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") after the time su ch registration statement (or the most recent amendment thereto filed prior to the Applicable Time) became effective and prior to the Applicable Time (but excluding documents incorporated therein by reference relating solely to securities of the Company other than the Bonds), which are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, the term "Basic Prospectus" as used herein shall also mean such prospectus as so amended, revised or supplemented and reflecting such incorporation by reference. The various parts of such registration statement, in the form in which such parts became effective and as such parts may have been amended by all amendments thereto as of the Applicable Time (including, for these purposes, as an amendment, any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus), and including any information omitted from such registration statement at the time such part of such registration statement became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act are hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement." The Basic Prospectus as it shall be supplemented to reflect the terms of the offering and sale of the Bonds by a prospectus supplement (dated the date hereof (together with the Basic Prospectus, the "Prospectus Supplement")), to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act ("Rule 424(b)") is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus."
   3. (i) After the Applicable Time and during the time specified in Section 6(e) hereof, the Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any suppl ement to the Prospectus (except any amendment or supplement relating solely to securities of the Company other than the Bonds) or the Disclosure Package, and (ii) between the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, the Company will not file any document that is to be incorporated by reference in, or any supplement to, the Basic Prospectus, in either case, without prior notice to the Underwriters and to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP ("Counsel for the Underwriters"), or any such amendment or supplement to which the Underwriters or said Counsel shall reasonably object on legal grounds in writing. For purposes of this Underwriting Agreement, any document that is filed with the Commission after the Applicable Time and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package (except documents incorporated by reference relating solely to securities of the Company other than the Bonds) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 shall be deemed a supplement to the Prospec tus or the Disclosure Package.
   4. The Registration Statement, as of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the Mortgage, at such time, and the Basic Prospectus, when delivered to the Underwriters for their use in marketing the Bonds, fully complied, and the Prospectus, at the time it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Date, as it may then be amended or supplemented, will fully comply, in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursua nt to said rules and regulations did or will be deemed to comply therewith. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, on the date filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, fully complied or will fully comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said rules and regulations did or will be deemed to comply therewith. No such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission's close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Underwriting Agreement except as set forth on Part C of Schedule II hereto or such other documents as were delivered to you prior to the date of this Underwriting Agreement. The Registration Statement did not, as of t he latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the time that the Basic Prospectus was delivered to the Underwriters for their use in marketing the Bonds, the Basic Prospectus did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the time the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Date, the Prospectus, as it may then be amended or supplemented, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and, on said dates and at such times, the documents then incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, when taken together with the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as it may then be amended or supplemented, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing representations and warranties in this paragraph (d) shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus, as they may be then amended or supplemented (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof), or to any statements in or omissions from the statements of eligibility of the Trustees on Form T-1 and Form T-2, as they may then be amended, under the Trust Indenture Act filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement (the "Statements of Eligibility").
   5. The Disclosure Package, and each electronic roadshow, if any, identified in Part B of Schedule II hereto, when taken together with the Disclosure Package, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and the documents then incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, when taken together with the Disclosure Package, do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use in connect ion with the preparation of the Disclosure Package (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof). For purposes hereof, (i) "Disclosure Package" shall mean (x) the Basic Prospectus as amended or supplemented immediately prior to [__:__ .m. EST (__:__ .m. Central)] on the date of this Underwriting Agreement (the time at which the Underwriters and the Company agreed upon the pricing terms set forth in the final pricing term sheet attached as Annex A to Schedule II to this Underwriting Agreement) (the "Applicable Time") and (y) the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Part A of Schedule II hereto, (ii) "Issuer Free Writing Prospectus" shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, and (iii) "Free Writing Prospectus" shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 und er the Securities Act.
   6. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written inf ormation furnished to the Company by the Underwriters on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Disclosure Package (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof)
   7. The issuance and sale of the Bonds and the fulfillment of the terms of this Underwriting Agreement will not result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Mortgage or any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is now a party.
   8. Except as set forth in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package, the Company possesses adequate franchises, licenses, permits, and other rights to conduct its business and operations as now conducted, without any known conflicts with the rights of others which could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
   9. The Company maintains (x) systems of internal controls and processes sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (y) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act).
4. Offering. The Company is advised by the Underwriters that they propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Bonds as soon after the effectiveness of this Underwriting Agreement as in their judgment is advisable. 9; The Company is further advised by the Underwriters that the Bonds will be offered to the public at the initial public offering price specified in the Prospectus Supplement plus accrued interest thereon, if any, from the Closing Date.
5. Time and Place of Closing,; Delivery of the Bonds. Delivery of the Bonds and payment o f the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be made at the offices of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, 875 Third Avenue, New York, New York, at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on [________], [20__], or at such other time on the same or such other day as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representatives, or as may be established in accordance with Section 11 hereof. The hour and date of such delivery and payment are herein called the "Closing Date."

   The Bonds shall be delivered to the Underwriters in book-entry only form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company in New York, New York. The certificate for the Bonds shall be in the form of one typewritten global bond in fully registered form, in the ag gregate principal amount of the Bonds, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company. The Company agrees to make the Bonds available to the Underwriters for checking not later than 2:30 P.M., New York time, on the last business day preceding the Closing Date at such place as may be agreed upon between the Underwriters and the Company, or at such other time and/or date as may be agreed upon between the Underwriters and the Company.

6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
   1. Not later than the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Underwriters a conformed copy of the Registration Statement in the form that it or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto became effective, certified by an officer of the Company to be in such form.
   2. The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the final terms of the Bonds and the offering thereof, in a form approved by the Representatives and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act within the time required by such Rule.
   3. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters as many copies of the Prospectus (and any amendments or supplements thereto) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
   4. The Company will cause the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) under the Securities Act) and will advise the Representatives, promptly of the issuance of any stop order under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus or the institution of any proceedings therefor or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of which the Company shall have received notice. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to secure the prompt removal thereof if issued.
   5. During such period of time as the Underwriters are required by law to deliver a prospectus (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) after this Underwriting Agreement has become effective, if any event relating to or affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be advised by the Underwriters in writing, shall occur which in the Company's opinion should be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package in order to make the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package not misleading in the light of the circumstances when it is delivered (inclu ding in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) to a purchaser of the Bonds, the Company will amend or supplement the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package by either (i) preparing and filing with the Commission and furnishing to the Underwriters a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or amendments to the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, or (ii) making an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act which will supplement or amend the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, so that, as supplemented or amended, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Pro spectus (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) or the Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading. Unless such event relates solely to the activities of the Underwriters (in which case the Underwriters shall assume the expense of preparing any such amendment or supplement), the expenses of complying with this Section 6 (e) shall be borne by the Company until the expiration of nine months from the time of effectiveness of this Underwriting Agreement, and such expenses shall be borne by the Underwriters thereafter.
   6. The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earning statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning after the "effective date of the registration statement" within the meaning of Rule 158 under the Securities Act, which earning statement shall be in such form, and be made generally available to security holders in such a manner, as to meet the requirements of the last paragraph of Section 11 (a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
   7. At any time within six months of the date hereof, the Company will furnish such proper information as may be lawfully required by, and will otherwise cooperate in qualifying the Bonds for offer and sale under, the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably designate, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities, to file any consents to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction, or to meet any other requirements deemed by the Company to be unduly burdensome.
   8. The Company will, except as herein provided, pay all fees, expenses and taxes (except transfer taxes) in connection with the offering of the Bonds, including with respect to (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, (ii) the printing, issuance and delivery of the Bonds and the preparation, execution, printing and recordation of the Supplemental Indenture, (iii) legal counsel relating to the qualification of the Bonds under the blue sky laws of various jurisdictions in an amount not to exceed $3,500, (iv) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of reasonable quantities of copies of the Registration Statement, the preliminary (and any supplemental) blue sky survey, the Basic Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 6, (v) the rating of the Bonds by one or more nationally recognized statistical rating agencies, and (vi) filings or other notices (if any) with or to, as the case may be, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") in connection with its review of the terms of the offering. Except as provided above, the Company shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Underwriters, except that, if this Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 7, 8 or 12 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for (A) the reasonable fees and expenses of Counsel for the Underwriters, whose fees and expenses the Underwriters agree to pay in any other event, and (B) reasonable out--of--pocket expenses in an aggregate amount not exceeding $15,000, incurred in contemplation of the performance of this Underwriting Agreement. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits.
   9. The Company will not sell any additional first mortgage bonds without the consent of the Representatives until the earlier to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the date of the termination of the fixed price offering restrictions applicable to the Underwriters. The Underwriters agree to notify the Company of such termination if it occurs prior to the Closing Date.
   10. As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, the Company will make all recordings, registrations and filings necessary to perfect and preserve the lien of the Mortgage and the rights under the Supplemental Indenture, and the Company will use its best efforts to cause to be furnished to the Underwriters a supplemental opinion of counsel for the Company, a ddressed to the Underwriters, stating that all such recordings, registrations and filings have been made.
   11. The Company agrees that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Bonds that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Securities Act, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses identified in Parts A and B of Schedule II he reto and any electronic road show identified in Part B of Schedule II hereto. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a "Permitted Free Writing Prospectus." The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including, if applicable, in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
7. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations.

The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Bonds shall be subject to the accuracy on the date hereof and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties made herein on the part of the Company and of any certificates furnished by the Company on the Closing Date and to the following conditions:

1. The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) prior to 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the second business day following the date of this Underwriting Agreement, or such other time and date as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriters.; and the final term sheet contemplated by Section 6(b) hereto and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433.
2. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, shall be in effect at or prior to the Closing Date; no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Se curities Act against the Company or relating to the offering of the Bonds shall be pending before, or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, threatened by, the Commission on the Closing Date; and the Underwriters shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company, to the effect that, as of the Closing Date, no such stop order has been or is in effect and that no proceedings for such purposes are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.
3. At the Closing Date, there shall have been issued and there shall be in full force and effect, to the extent legally required for the issuance and sale of the Bonds, one or more orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds on the terms set forth in, or contemplated by, this Underwriting Agreement.
4. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received from Clark, Thomas & Winters, [________], Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., and Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, opinions, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibits A, B and C hereto, respectively, (i) with such changes therein as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriters with the approval of Counsel for the Underwriters, and (ii) if the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall be supplemented after being fur nished to the Underwriters for use in offering the Bonds, prior to the Closing Date, with changes therein to reflect such supplementation.
5. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received from Counsel for the Underwriters an opinion, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto, with such changes therein as may be necessary to reflect any supplementation of the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus prior to the Closing Date.
6. On or prior to the date this Underwriting Agreement became effective, the Underwriters shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company's independent registered public accountants (the "Accountants"), a letter dated the date hereof and addressed to the Underwriters to the effect that (i) they are independent registered publi c accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder; (ii) in their opinion, the financial statements and financial statement schedules audited by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder; (iii) on the basis of performing the procedures specified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim financial information as described in SAS No. 100, Interim Financial Information, on the latest unaudited financial statements, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Pro spectus, a reading of the latest available interim unaudited financial statements of the Company, the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Executive Committee thereof, if any, other committees thereof specified therein and the stockholder of the Company, since December 31, [___] to a specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of such letter, and inquiries of officers of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters (it being understood that the foregoing procedures do not constitute an audit made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and they would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the comments made in such letter and, accordingly, that the Accountants make no representations as to the sufficiency of such procedures for the purposes of the Underwriters), nothing has come to their attention which caused them to believe that, to the extent applicable, (A) the unaudited financial statements of the Company (if any) included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; (B) any material modifications should be made to said unaudited financial statements for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (C) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by the Accountants and at a subsequent specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of the letter, there was any change in the capital stock of the Company, increa se in long-term debt of the Company, or decrease in its net current assets or stockholders' equity, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the most recent balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except in all instances for changes, increases or decreases which the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur, for declarations of dividends, for the repayment or redemption of long-term debt, for the amortization of premium on long-term debt, for any increases in long-term debt in respect of previously issued pollution control, solid waste disposal or industrial development revenue bonds, or for changes, increases or decreases as set forth in such letter, identifying the same and specifying the amo unt thereof; and (D) for the period from the closing date of the most recent income statement incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by the Accountants, there were any decreases, as compared to the corresponding period in the preceding year, in operating revenues, operating income or net income, except in all instances for decreases that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or decreases as set forth in such letter, identifying the same and specifying the amount thereof; and (iv) stating that they have compared specific dollar amounts, percentages of revenues and earnings and other financial information pertaining to the Company (x) set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (y) set forth in documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as specified in Exhibit D hereto, in each case, to the extent that such amounts, numbers, percentages and information may be derived from the general accounting records of the Company, and excluding any questions requiring an interpretation by legal counsel, with the results obtained from the application of specified readings, inquiries and other appropriate procedures (which procedures do not constitute an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) set forth in such letter, and found them to be in agreement.
7. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company, to the effect that (i) as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and correct, (ii) the Company has performed and complied with all agreements and conditions in this Underwriting Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) since the most recent date as of which information is given in the Prospectus, as it may then be amended or supplemented, there has not been any material adverse change in the business, property or financial condition of the Company and there has not been any material transaction entered into by the Company, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business, in each case other than as referred to in, or contemplated by, the Prospectus, as it may then be amended or supplemented.
8. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received duly executed counterparts of the Supplemental Indenture.
9. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received from the Accountants a letter, dated the Closi ng Date, confirming, as of a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date, the statements contained in the letter delivered pursuant to Section 7(f) hereof.
10. Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, no default (or an event which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a default) under the Mortgage (as defined therein) shall have occurred.
11. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received from the Company evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters that the Bonds have received ratings of at least [___] from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and at least [___] from Standard & Poor's Ratings Ser vices.
12. Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, neither Moody's Investors Service, Inc. nor Standard & Poor's Ratings Services shall have lowered its rating of any of the Company's outstanding first mortgage bonds in any respect.
13. Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, no event shall have occurred with respect to or otherwise affecting the Company, which, in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives, materially impairs the investment quality of the Bonds.
14. All legal matters in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Counsel for the Underwriters.
15. The Company shall furnish the Underwriters with additional conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as may be reasonably requested.
 

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled, this Underwriting Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives at any time on or prior to the Closing Date upon notice thereof to the Company. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (h) of Section 6 and in Section 10 hereof.

8. Conditions of Company's Obligations. The obligations of the Company hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions:
   1. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be in effect at or prior to the Closing Date, and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or relating to the offering of the Bonds shall be pending before, or threatened by, the Commission on the Closing Date.
   2. At the Closing Date, there shall have been issued and there shall be in full force and effect, to the extent legally required for the issuance and sale of the Bonds, one or more orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds on the terms set forth in, or contemplated by, this Underwriting Agreement.

   In case any of the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled, this Underwriting Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date upon notice thereof to the Representatives. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (h) of Section 6 and in Section 10 hereof.

   3. Indemnification.
   1. The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person who controls each Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which each Underwriter or any or all of them may become subject under the Securities Act or any other statute or common law and shall reimburse each Underwriter and any such controlling person for any legal or other expenses (including to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) incurred by them in connection with investigating any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, as each may be amended or supplemented, in the Disclosure Package or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph shall not apply to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arising out of, or based upon, any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any such omission or alleged omission, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished herein or in writing to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any thereof or the Disclosure Package (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof) or arising out of, or based upon, statements in or omissions from the Statements of Eligibility; and provided further, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter, or to the benefit of any person controlling such Underwriter, on account of any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arising from the sale of the Bonds to any person in respect of the Basic Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each as may be then supplemented or amended, furnished by such Underwriter to a person to whom any of the Bonds were sold (excluding in all cases, however, any document then incorporated by reference therein), insofar as such indemnity relates to any untrue or misleading statement or omission made in such Basic Prosp ectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if a copy of a supplement or amendment to such Basic Prospectus, or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (excluding in all cases, however, any document then incorporated by reference therein) (i) is furnished on a timely basis by the Company to the Underwriter, (ii) is required to have been conveyed to such person by or on behalf of such Underwriter, at or prior to the Applicable Time, but was not so conveyed (which conveyance may be oral (if permitted by law) or written) by or on behalf of such Underwriter and (iii) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action.
   2. Each Underwriter shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person who controls the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all l osses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act or any other statute or common law and shall reimburse each of them for any legal or other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) incurred by them in connection with investigating any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in connection with defending any action, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospe ctus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in the Disclosure Package or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case, if, but only if, such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished herein or in writing to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or the Disclosure Package. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in [_______________] in the Prospectus Supplement constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in t he Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.
   3. In case any action shall be brought, based upon the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, against any party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the preceding paragraphs, such party (hereinafter called the indemnified party) shall promptly notify the party or parties against whom indemnity shall be sought hereunder (hereinafter called the indemnifying party) in writing, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action or, if it so elects, to assume (in conjunction with any other indemnifying party) the defense thereof, including the e mployment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses. If the indemnifying party shall elect not to assume the defense of any such action, the indemnifying party shall reimburse the indemnified party for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by such indemnified party. Such indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action in which the defense has been assumed by the indemnifying party and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying party or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include each of such indemnified party and the indemnifying party and such indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that a conflict of interest between the indemnifying party and such indemnified party may arise and for this reason it is not desirable for the same counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for such indemnified party (plus any local counsel retained by such indemnified party in its reasonable judgment)). The indemnified party shall be reimbursed for all such fees and expenses as they are incurred. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its consent, but if any such action is settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment for the plai ntiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity has or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding.
   4. If the indemnification provided for under subsections (a) or (b) in this Section 9 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each ind emnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters from the offering of the Bonds or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) to the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus Supplement. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by any of the Underwriters and such parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

   The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable to an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Bonds underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9(d) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

   4. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. Any other provision of this Underwriting Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 9 of, and the representations and warranties and other agreements of the Company contained in, this Underwriting Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers, or any person referred to in Section 9 hereof and (ii) acceptance of and payment for the Bonds, and (b) the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 9 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any termination of this Underwriting Agreement.
   5. Default of Unde rwriters. If any Underwriter shall fail or refuse (otherwise than for some reason sufficient to justify, in accordance with the terms hereof, the cancellation or termination of its obligations hereunder) to purchase and pay for the principal amount of Bonds that it has agreed to purchase and pay for hereunder, and the aggregate principal amount of Bonds that such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, the other Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the Bonds that such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed or refused to purchase; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Bonds that such Underwriter has agreed to purch ase pursuant to Schedule I hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 11 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Bonds without written consent of such Underwriter. If such Underwriter shall fail or refuse to purchase Bonds and the aggregate principal amount of Bonds with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, the Company shall have the right (a) to require the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase and pay for the respective principal amount of Bonds that they had severally agreed to purchase hereunder, and, in addition, the principal amount of Bonds that the defaulting Underwriter shall have so f ailed to purchase up to a principal amount thereof equal to one-ninth of the respective principal amount of Bonds that such non-defaulting Underwriters have otherwise agreed to purchase hereunder, and/or (b) to procure one or more other members of the NASD (or, if not members of the NASD, who are foreign banks, dealers or institutions not registered under the Exchange Act and who agree in making sales to comply with the NASD's Conduct Rules), to purchase, upon the terms herein set forth, the principal amount of Bonds that such defaulting Underwriter had agreed to purchase, or that portion thereof that the remaining Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase pursuant to the foregoing clause (a). In the event the Company shall exercise its rights under clause (a) and/or (b) above, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Underwriters within 24 hours (excluding any Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday) of the time when the Company learns of the failure or refusal of any Underwriter to purchase and pay for its respective principal amount of Bonds, and thereupon the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding three business days, as the Company shall determine. In the event the Company shall be entitled to but shall not elect (within the time period specified above) to exercise its rights under clause (a) and/or (b), the Company shall be deemed to have elected to terminate this Underwriting Agreement. In the absence of such election by the Company, this Underwriting Agreement will, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the non-defaulting Underwriters, terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting party except as otherwise provided in paragraph (h) of Section 6 and in Section 10 hereof. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default under this Underwriting Agreement.
   6. Termination. This Underwriting Agreement shall be subject to termination by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or limited on the New York Stock Exchange by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the Commission or other governmental authority, (ii) minimum or maximum ranges for prices shall have been generally established on the New York Stock Exchange by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the Commission or other governmental authority, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearing services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) there shall have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any calamity or crisis that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse, or (v) any material adverse change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere shall have occurred and (b) in the case of any of the events specified in clauses (a)(i) through (v), such event singly or together with any other such event makes it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to market the Bonds. This Underwriting Agreement shall also be subject to termination, upon notice by the Representatives, as provided above, if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the subject matter of any amendment or supplement (prepared by the Company) to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (except for information relating solely to the manner of public offering of the Bonds or to the activity of the Underwriters or to the terms of any securities of the Company other than the Bonds) filed or issued after the Applicable Time by the Company shall have materially impaired the marketability of the Bonds. Any termination hereof, pursuant to this Section 12, shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (h) of Section 6 and in Section 10 hereof.
   7. Miscellaneous. THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEM ENT SHALL, PURSUANT TO NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1401, BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT MIGHT CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. This Underwriting Agreement shall become effective when a fully executed copy hereof is delivered to the Representatives by the Company. This Underwriting Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. This Underwriting Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each of the Company, the Underwriters and, with respect to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, each director, officer and other person referred to in Section 9 hereof, and their respective successors. < /A> Should any part of this Underwriting Agreement for any reason be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of any remaining portion, which remaining portion shall remain in full force and effect as if this Underwriting Agreement had been executed with the invalid portion thereof eliminated. Nothing herein is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any provision in this Underwriting Agreement. The term "successor" as used in this Underwriting Agreement shall not include any purchaser, as such, of any Bonds from the Underwriters.
   8. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if to the Underwriters, shall be mailed or delivered to [________] and [________], as representative s of the Underwriters, at the addresses set forth at the beginning of this Underwriting Agreement, to the attention of [________] (fax: ________]) in the case of [________] and to the attention of [________] (fax: [________]) in the case of [________], or, if to the Company, shall be mailed or delivered to it at 4809 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson Louisiana 70121 Attention: Treasurer, or, if to Entergy Services, Inc., shall be mailed or delivered to it at 20 E. Greenway Plaza, T-GNWY-5, Houston, TX 77046, Attention: Treasurer.
   9. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the Underwriters are acting as principals and not as agents or fiduciaries of the Company and (b) its engagement of the Under writers in connection with the issuance of the Bonds is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgment in connection with the issuance of the Bonds (irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or are currently advising the Company on related or other matters). Nothing in this Section is intended to modify in any way the Underwriters' obligations expressly set forth in this Underwriting Agreement.
   10. Integration.
   This Underwriting Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Very truly yours,

Entergy Louisiana, LLC

By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:

Accepted as of the date first above written:

[Name(s) of Underwriter(s)]

By: [________]

By:

Name:
Title:

By: [________]

By:

Name:
Title:

SCHEDULE I



Entergy Louisiana, LLC
$[________] First Mortgage Bonds
[___]% Series due [________], [20__]


Name of Underwriters	Principal Amount of Bonds
[___________]	$[________]
[___________]	[________]
[___________]	[________]
TOTAL	$ [________]

SCHEDULE II

Part A - Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package

Part B - Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Disclosure Package

Part C - Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference

EXHIBIT A

[Letterhead of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation]

[________], [20__]

[Name(s) of Underwriter(s)]
[Address(es) of Lead Underwriter(s)]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We, together with [________], Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc. and Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, have acted as Texas counsel to Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the issuance and sale to you, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement effective [________], [20__] (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company and you, of $[________] aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds [___]% Series due [________], [20__] (the "Bonds"), issued pursuant to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1944 (the "Mortgage and Deed of Trust"), with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee (the "Corporate Trustee"), and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee (the "Co-Trustee"), as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented by the [________] Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [________], [20__] (the "Supplemental Indenture") (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amended and supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage"). This opinion is rendered to you at the request of the Company. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

In our capacity as Texas counsel to the Company, we have either participated in the preparation of or have examined and are familiar with: (a) the Company's Articles of Organization and the Company's Regulations; (b) the Underwriting Agreement; (c) the Mortgage and Deed of Trust and the Supplemental Indenture; (d) a UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendment (amending Financing Statement No. 06-0006008202) to be filed with the Secretary of State of Texas, naming the Company as Debtor and the Corporate Trustee and the Co-Trustee as Secured Parties (the "Financing Statement"); (e) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package; and (f) the records of various corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, issuance, and sale of the Bonds by the Company and the execution and delivery by the Company of the Supplemental Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement. We have also examined or caused to be examined such other documents and have satisfied ourselves as to such other matters as we have deemed necessary in order to render this opinion. We have not examined the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and we have relied upon a certificate of the Corporate Trustee as to the authentication and delivery thereof.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the legal capacity of natural persons, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our examination of documents and instruments executed or to be executed by persons other than the Company, we have assumed that each such other person had the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform fully its obligations thereunder, the due authorization by each such other person for the execution, delivery, and performance thereof by such person, and the due execution and delivery by or on behalf of such person of each such document and instrument. In the case of any such other person that is not a natural person, we have also assumed, insofar as it is relevant to the opinions set forth below, that each such other person is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such other person was created and is duly qualified and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon the ability of such other person to execute, deliver, and/or perform such other person's obligations under any such document or instrument. We have further assumed that each document, instrument, agreement, record, and certificate reviewed by us for purposes of rendering the opinions expressed below has not been amended by oral agreement, conduct, or course of dealing of the parties thereto, although we have no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could give rise to such amendment.

As to questions of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon statements in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package and upon certificates and representations of officers of the Company (including but not limited to those contained in the Underwriting Agreement and the Mortgage and certificates delivered at the closing of the sale of the Bonds) and appropriate public officials without independent verification of such matters except as otherwise described herein.

Whenever our opinions herein with respect to the existence or absence of facts are stated to be to our knowledge or awareness, we intend to signify that no information has come to our attention in the preparation of this opinion letter that would give us actual knowledge that would contradict such opinions. However, except to the extent necessary in order to give the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of such facts, and no inference as to knowledge of the existence or absence of such facts (except to the extent necessary in order to give the opinions hereinafter expressed) should be assumed.

Subject to the foregoing and to the further exceptions, assumptions, and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

(1) The Company is duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas and has the necessary limited liability company power and authority to conduct the business that it is described as conducting in the Prospectus and to own and operate the properties owned and operated by it in such business and is duly qualified to conduct such business in the State of Texas.

(2) The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and is a legal, valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by (i) the laws of the State of Texas, where the Company is organized, affecting the remedies for the enforcement of the security provided for therein, which laws do not, in our opinion, make inadequate the remedies necessary for the realization of the benefits of such security, (ii) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which any proc eeding therefor may be brought.

(3) The Bonds have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and are legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and are entitled to the benefit of the security afforded by the Mortgage.

(4) Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, the filing of the Financing Statement in the office of the Secretary of State of Texas, covering the Article 9 Property (as defined below) described in the Mortgage as subject to the lien thereof, and the filing of continuation statements within six months prior to the expiration of each five year period from the date of filing of the original financing statement the Financing Statement amends, are the only recordings, filings, rerecordings, and refilings in the State of Texas required by law in order to perfect and maintain the security interest created by the Mortgage in any of the Article 9 Property described therein as subject thereto; as a result of the recordings and filings referred to above, the Financing Statement constitutes a first perfected security interest in all Article 9 Property specifically described in the granting clauses of the Mortgage and described in the Financing Statement (and not excepted from the lien of the Mortgage by the provisions thereof or released under the terms of the Mortgage), in each case subject to no liens, charges, or encumbrances, other than minor defects and encumbrances customarily found in properties of like size and character that do not materially impair the use of such properties by the Company and Excepted Encumbrances, as defined in the Mortgage, subject, however, to liens, defects, and encumbrances, if any, existing or placed thereon at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company. Assuming that the provisions of the Mortgage and the descriptions in the Financing Statement are effective to extend the lien thereof to all Article 9 Properties and interests in Article 9 Properties which the Company may acquire after the date of the Mortgage and which are of the type referred to in the Mortgage and the Financing Statement as intended to be mortgaged thereby when acquired, and that the lien of the Mortgage and the Financing Statement will extend to all such Article 9 Properties and intere sts in Article 9 Properties, the Financing Statement will constitute a valid first perfected security interest in all such after-acquired Article 9 Properties and interests in Article 9 Properties (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances, as defined in the Mortgage, and to liens, defects, and encumbrances, if any, existing or placed thereon at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company and except as may be limited by bankruptcy law) without the execution and delivery of any supplemental indenture or other instrument specifically extending the lien of the Mortgage or the Financing Statement to such after-acquired Article 9 Properties and interests in Article 9 Properties, other than the filing of the continuation statements within six months prior to the expiration of each five year period from the date of original filing with respect to the financing statements as more specifically described above. For purposes of this opinion letter, the term "Article 9 Property" means personal property of the Company in which a security interest may be perfected solely by filing a financing statement with the Secretary of State of Texas under Article 9 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code. We note that it will be necessary to properly record the Financing Statement with the Secretary of the State of Texas and for the Financing Statement to be properly indexed before the security interest created by the Supplemental Indenture in any of the Article 9 Property becomes perfected and effective as to and enforceable against third parties.

(5) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company.

(6) The issuance and sale by the Company of the Bonds and the execution, delivery, and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the Mortgage (a) will not violate any provision of the Company's Articles of Organization or the Company's Regulations; (b) will not violate any provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance on or security interest in (except as contemplated by the Mortgage) any of the assets of the Company located in Texas pursuant to the provisions of any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, or other undertaking known to us (having made due inquiry with respect thereto) to which the Company is a party or which purports to be binding upon the Company or upon any of its assets, and (c) will not violate any provision of any Texas law or regulation applicable to the Company or, to the best of our knowledge (having made due inquiry with respect thereto), any provision of any order, writ, judgment, or decree of any governmental instrumentality applicable to the Company in Texas (except that various consents of, and filings with, governmental authorities may be required to be obtained or made, as the case may be, in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of Texas).

(7) No approval, authorization, consent, or other order of any Texas governmental body (other than in connection with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of Texas) is legally required to permit the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or to permit the performance by the Company of its obligations with respect to the Bonds or under the Mortgage and the Underwriting Agreement.

The opinions above are subject to the following assumptions:

(a) The Mortgage and Deed of Trust and all supplemental indentures thereto (other than the Supplemental Indenture) were duly authorized and delivered on behalf of the Company or its predecessors for value.

(b) The Mortgage and Deed of Trust and all supplemental indentures thereto (expressly including the Supplemental Indenture) and all UCC-1 Financing Statements and UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendments filed against the Company or its predecessors pursuant to the Mortgage were (or in the case of the Supplemental Indenture, will be) duly and properly recorded and indexed.

(c) The UCC searches attached hereto as Exhibit A are correct and complete in all respects and accurately describe all security interests in effect against the Company, the names searched in Louisiana are the correct names and the filing offices searched in Louisiana are the correct filing offices, and no financing statements have been filed against the Company between the date of the searches attached hereto and the effective date of this opinion letter.

(d) The Financing Statement adequately and completely describes the collateral intended to be covered thereby.

We express no opinion with respect to the applicability of or compliance with any federal or state securities or blue sky laws or regulations. We further express no opinion with respect to usury. We further express no opinion as to the status of title of any property of the Company.

We have examined the portions of the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package that are stated therein to have been made on our authority, and we believe such information to be correct. We have examined the opinions of even date herewith rendered to you by Thelen Reid & Priest LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and concur in the conclusions expressed therein insofar as they involve questions of Texas law.

We are admitted to practice law in the State of Texas and this opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Texas. As to all matters of New York law and Louisiana law, we have relied (without independent inquiry), with your approval, upon the opinions of even date herewith of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP of New York, New York and [_________], Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., respectively.

The opinion set forth above is solely for your benefit in connection with the Underwriting Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder, and it may not be relied upon in any manner by any other person or for any other purpose, without our prior written consent, except that [_____________], Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP may rely on this opinion as to all matters of Texas law in rendering their opinions required to be delivered under the Underwriting Agreement.

Very truly yours,

CLARK, THOMAS & WINTERS, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

EXHIBIT B

[Letterhead of Entergy Services, Inc.]

[________], [20__]

[Name(s) of Underwriter(s)]
[Address(es) of Lead Underwriter(s)]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I, together with Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, of New York, New York and Clark, Thomas & Winters, have acted as counsel for Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the issuance and sale to you, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement effective [________], [20__] (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company and you, of $[________] aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds [___]% Series due [________], [20__] (the "Bonds"), issued pursuant to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1944, with The Bank of Ne w York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee (the "Corporate Trustee"), and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented by the [________] Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [________], [20__] (the "Supplemental Indenture") (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amended and supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage"). This opinion is rendered to you at the request of the Company. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

In my capacity as such counsel, I have either participated in the preparation of or have examined and are familiar with: (a) the Company's Articles of Organization and the Company's Regulations ; (b) the Underwriting Agreement; (c) the Mortgage; (d) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package; (e) the records of various corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company and the execution and delivery by the Company of the Supplemental Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement; and (f) the proceedings before and the orders entered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act relating to the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company. I have also examined or caused to be examined such other documents and have satisfied myself as to such other matters as I have deemed necessary in order to render this opinion. I have not examined the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and I have relied upon a certificate of the Corporate Trustee as to the authentication and delivery thereof. In my examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the legal capacity of natural persons, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

In making my examination of documents and instruments executed or to be executed by persons other than the Company, I have assumed that each such other person had the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform fully its obligations thereunder, the due authorization by each such other person for the execution, delivery and performance thereof by such person, and the due execution and delivery by or on behalf of such person of each such document and instrument. In the case of any such other person that is not a natural person, I have also assumed, insofar as it is relevant to the opinions set forth below, that each such other person is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such other person was created, and is duly qualified and in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon the ability of such other pers on to execute, deliver and/or perform such other person's obligations under any such document or instrument. I have further assumed that each document, instrument, agreement, record and certificate reviewed by me for purposes of rendering the opinions expressed below has not been amended by oral agreement, conduct or course of dealing of the parties thereto, although I have no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could give rise to such amendment.

As to questions of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, I have relied upon statements in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package and upon certificates and representations of officers of the Company (including but not limited to those contained in the Underwriting Agreement and the Mortgage and certificates delivered at the closing of the sale of the Bonds) and appropriate public officials without independent verification of such matters except as otherwise described herein.

Whenever my opinions herein with respect to the existence or absence of facts are stated to be to my knowledge or awareness, I intend to signify that no information has come to my attention or the attention of any other attorneys acting for or on behalf of the Company or any of its affiliates that have participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the Mortgage, in the preparation of the Registration Statement and, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package or in the preparation of this opinion letter that would give me, or them, actual knowledge that would contradict such opinions. However, except to the extent necessary in order to give the opinions hereinafter expressed, neither I nor they have undertaken any independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of such facts, and no inference as to knowledge of the existence or absence of such facts (except to the extent necessary in order to give the opinions hereinafter expressed) should be assumed.

My opinion in paragraph (1) below, insofar as it relates to the good standing of the Company under Texas and Louisiana law, is given exclusively in reliance upon a certification of the Secretary of State of Texas and a certification of the Secretary of State of Louisiana, upon which I believe I am justified in relying. Copies of such certifications have been provided to you.

In rendering the opinion set forth in paragraph (2) below, I have relied upon reports and/or opinions by counsel who historically acted on behalf of the Company in real estate transactions and transactions involving the Mortgage and in whom I have confidence, title reports prepared in connection with the procurement of title insurance policies on certain property of the Company, and information from officers of the Company responsible for the acquisition of real property and maintenance of records with respect thereto, which I believe to be satisfactory in form and scope and which I have no reason to believe are inaccurate in any material respect. I have not, for purposes of rendering such opinion, conducted an independent examination or investigation of official title records (or abstracts thereof) with respect to property (i) acquired by the Company prior to the date of the most recent report and/or opinions of counsel, (ii) as to which title insurance has been obtaine d or (iii) the aggregate purchase price of which was not material.

Subject to the foregoing and to the further exceptions and qualifications set forth below, I am of the opinion that:

(1) The Company is duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas and has the necessary limited liability company power and authority to conduct the business that it is described as conducting in the Prospectus and to own and operate the properties owned and operated by it in such business and is duly qualified to conduct such business in the State of Texas and is in good standing and duly qualified to conduct such business as a foreign corporation in the State of Louisiana.

(2) The Company has good and sufficient title to the properties described as owned by it in and as subject to the lien of the Mortgage (except properties released under the terms of the Mortgage), subject only to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in the Mortgage and to minor defects and encumbrances customarily found in properties of like size and character that do not materially impair the use of such properties by the Company. The description of such properties set forth in the Mortgage is adequate to constitute the Mortgage as a lien thereon; and subject to paragraph (3) hereof, the Mortgage, subject only to such minor defects and Excepted Encumbrances, constitutes a valid, direct and first mortgage lien upon said properties, which include substantially all of the permanent physical properties and franchises of the Company (other than those expressly excepted in the Mortgage). All permanent physical properties and franchises (other than those expressly excep ted in the Mortgage) acquired by the Company after the date of the Supplemental Indenture will, upon such acquisition, become subject to the lien of the Mortgage, subject, however, to such Excepted Encumbrances and to liens, if any, existing or placed thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company and except as may be limited by bankruptcy law.

(3) It will be necessary to record the Supplemental Indenture in all the Parishes in Louisiana in which the Company owns property and to file a UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendment (amending Financing Statement No. 06-0006008202) with the Secretary of State of Texas, naming the Company as Debtor and the Corporate Trustee and the Co-Trustee as Secured Parties (the "Financing Statement") in the office of the Secretary of State of Texas, to include the Supplemental Indenture before the liens created by the Supplemental Indenture become effective as to and enforceable against third parties. Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, the filing of the Financing Statement, and the filing of continuation statements within six months prior to the expiration of each five year period from the date of filing of the original financing statement the Financing Statement amends, are the only recordings, filings, rerecordings, and refilings in the State of Texas requir ed by law in order to perfect and maintain the security interest created by the Mortgage in any of the Article 9 Property described therein as subject thereto; as a result of the recordings and filings referred to above, the Financing Statement constitutes a first perfected security interest in all Article 9 Property specifically described in the granting clauses of the Mortgage and described in the Financing Statement (and not excepted from the lien of the Mortgage by the provisions thereof or released under the terms of the Mortgage), in each case subject to no liens, charges, or encumbrances, other than minor defects and encumbrances customarily found in properties of like size and character that do not materially impair the use of such properties by the Company and Excepted Encumbrances, as defined in the Mortgage, subject, however, to liens, defects, and encumbrances, if any, existing or placed thereon at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company. Assuming that the provisions of the Mortgage and t he descriptions in the Financing Statement are effective to extend the lien thereof to all Article 9 Properties and interests in Article 9 Properties which the Company may acquire after the date of the Mortgage and which are of the type referred to in the Mortgage and the Financing Statement as intended to be mortgaged thereby when acquired, and that the lien of the Mortgage and the Financing Statement will extend to all such Article 9 Properties and interests in Article 9 Properties, the Financing Statement will constitute a valid first perfected security interest in all such after-acquired Article 9 Properties and interests in Article 9 Properties (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances, as defined in the Mortgage, and to liens, defects, and encumbrances, if any, existing or placed thereon at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company and except as may be limited by bankruptcy law) without the execution and delivery of any supplemental indenture or other instrument specifically extending the lien o f the Mortgage or the Financing Statement to such after-acquired Article 9 Properties and interests in Article 9 Properties, other than the filing of the continuation statements within six months prior to the expiration of each five year period from the date of original filing with respect to the financing statements as more specifically described above. For purposes of this opinion letter, the term "Article 9 Property" means personal property of the Company in which a security interest may be perfected solely by filing a financing statement with the Secretary of State of Texas under Article 9 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code. I note that it will be necessary to properly record the Financing Statement with the Secretary of the State of Texas and for the Financing Statement to be properly indexed before the security interest created by the Supplemental Indenture in any of the Article 9 Property becomes perfected and effective as to and enforceable against third parties.

(4) The Mortgage has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, is a legal, valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by (i) the laws of the State of Louisiana, where the property covered thereby is located, and the laws of the State of Texas, where the Company is organized, affecting the remedies for the enforcement of the security provided for therein, which laws do not, in my opinion, make inadequate the remedies necessary for the realization of the benefits of such security, (ii) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) concepts of materiality, reasona bleness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; and is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and no proceedings to suspend such qualification have been instituted or, to my knowledge, threatened by the Commission.

(5) The Bonds have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and are entitled to the benefit of the security afforded by the Mortgage.

(6) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Bonds" and "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds," insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the documents referred to therein, or of the benefits purported to be afforded by such documents (including, without limitation, the lien of the Mortgage), constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such documents and of such benefits in all material respects.

(7) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(8) Except as to the financial statements and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, upon which I do not express an opinion, the Registration Statement, as of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and (except with respect to the Statements of Eligibility upon which I do not express an opinion) the Trust Indenture Act, and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to sai d instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply therewith; and, with respect to the documents or portions thereof filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, such documents or portions thereof (except as to the financial statements and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, upon which I do not express an opinion), on the date filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply therewith; the Registration Statement has become, and on the date hereof is, effective under the Securities Act; and, to the best of my k nowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending or threatened under Section 8(d) of the Securities Act.

(9) One or more appropriate orders have been entered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company; to the best of my knowledge, said order or orders are in full force and effect; no further approval, authorization, consent or other order of any governmental body (other than under the Securities Act or the Trust Indenture Act, which have been duly obtained, or in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction) is legally required to permit the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; and no further approval, authorization, consent or other order of any gov ernmental body is legally required to permit the performance by the Company of its obligations with respect to the Bonds or under the Mortgage and the Underwriting Agreement.

(10) The issuance and sale by the Company of the Bonds and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the Mortgage (a) will not violate any provision of the Company's Articles of Organization and the Company's Regulations; (b) will not violate any provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on or security interest in (except as contemplated by the Mortgage) any of the assets of the Company pursuant to the provisions of, any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or other undertaking known to me (having made due inquiry with respect thereto) to which the Company is a party or which purports to be binding upon the Company or upon any of its assets, and (c) will not violate any provision of any law or regulat ion applicable to the Company or, to the best of my knowledge (having made due inquiry with respect thereto), any provision of any order, writ, judgment or decree of any governmental instrumentality applicable to the Company (except that various consents of, and filings with, governmental authorities may be required to be obtained or made, as the case may be, in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction).

In connection with the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, I have had discussions with certain of the officers, employees, and representatives of the Company and Entergy Services, Inc., with other counsel for the Company, and with the independent registered public accountants of the Company who audited certain of the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. My examination of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the above-mentioned discussions did not disclose to me any information which gives me reason to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, as of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) that the Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. I do not express any opinion or belief as to (i) the financial statements or other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, (ii) the Statements of Eligibility or (iii) the information contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption "Book-Entry Only Securities."

I have examined the opinions of even date herewith rendered to you by Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and concur in the conclusions expressed therein insofar as they involve questions of Louisiana law.

With respect to the opinions set forth in paragraphs (4) and (5) above, I call the attention of the Underwriters to the fact that the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder impose certain licensing and other requirements upon persons (such as the Trustees or other purchasers pursuant to the remedial provisions of the Mortgage) who seek to acquire, possess or use nuclear production facilities.

I am a member of the Bar of the State of Louisiana, and this opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Louisiana, Texas and New York and the United States of America. As to all matters of Texas and New York law, I have relied (without independent inquiry), with your approval, in the case of Texas law, upon the opinion of even date herewith addressed to you of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, of Austin, Texas and, in the case of New York law, upon the opinion of even date herewith addressed to you of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP of New York, New York.

The opinion set forth above is solely for your benefit in connection with the Underwriting Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder and it may not be relied upon in any manner by any other person or for any other purpose, without my prior written consent, except that Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP may rely on this opinion as to all matters of Louisiana law in rendering their opinions required to be delivered under the Underwriting Agreement.

Very truly yours,

EXHIBIT C

[Letterhead of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP]

[________], [20__]

[Name(s) of Underwriter(s)]
[Address(es) of Lead Underwriter(s)]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We, together with [________], Esq., Senior Counsel -- Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc. and Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, have acted as counsel for Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the issuance and sale to you, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement effective [________], [20__] (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company and you, of $[________] aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds [___]% Series due [________], [20__] (the "Bonds"), issued pursuant to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1944, with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee (the "Corporate Trustee"), and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. M cLaughlin), as Co-Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented by the [________] Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [________], [20__] (the "Supplemental Indenture") (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amended and supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage"). This opinion is rendered to you at the request of the Company. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

In our capacity as such counsel, we have either participated in the preparation of or have examined and are familiar with: (a) the Company's Articles of Organization and the Company's Regulations; (b) the Underwriting Agreement; (c) the Mortgage; (d) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package; (e) the records of various corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company and the execution and delivery by the Company of the Supplemental Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement; and (f) the proceedings before and the orders entered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act relating to the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company. We have also examined or caused to be examined such other documents and have satisfied ourselves as to such other matters as we have deemed necessary in order to render this opinion. As to questions of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon representations and certifications of officers of the Company (including but not limited to those contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Underwriting Agreement and the Mortgage and certificates delivered at the closing of the sale of the Bonds) and appropriate public officials without independent verification of such matters except as otherwise described herein. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to the originals of the documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We have not examined the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, an d we have relied upon a certificate of the Corporate Trustee as to the authentication and delivery thereof.

Subject to the foregoing and to the further exceptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

(1) The Mortgage has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, is a legal, valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by (i) the laws of the State of Louisiana, where the property covered thereby is located, and the laws of the State of Texas, where the Company is organized, affecting the remedies for the enforcement of the security provided for therein, (ii) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of t he court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; and is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and no proceedings to suspend such qualification have been instituted or, to our knowledge, threatened by the Commission.

(2) The Bonds have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought ; and are entitled to the benefit of the security afforded by the Mortgage.

(3) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Bonds" and "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds," insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the documents referred to therein, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such documents in all material respects.

(4) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(5) Except as to the financial statements and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, upon which we do not express an opinion, the Registration Statement, as of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and (except with respect to the Statements of Eligibility, upon which we do not express an opinion) the Trust Indenture Act, and the applicable instructions, rules and regulation s of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply therewith; and, with respect to the documents or portions thereof filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, such documents or portions thereof (except as to the financial statements and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, upon which we do not express an opinion), on the date filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply therewith; the Registration Statement has become, and on the date hereof is, effective under the Securities Act; and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending or threatened under Section 8(d) of the Securities Act.

(6) One or more appropriate orders have been entered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company; to the best of our knowledge, said order or orders are in full force and effect; no further approval, authorization, consent or other order of any governmental body (other than under the Securities Act or the Trust Indenture Act, which have been duly obtained, or in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction) is legally required to permit the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; and no further approval, authorization, consent or other order of any governmental body is legally required to permit the performance by the Company of its obligations with respect to the Bonds or under the Mortgage and the Underwriting Agreement.

In passing upon the forms of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, we necessarily assume the correctness, completeness and fairness of the statements made by the Company and information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and take no responsibility therefor, except insofar as such statements relate to us and as set forth in paragraph (3) above. In connection with the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, we have had discussions with certain officers, employees and representatives of the Company and Entergy Services, Inc., with other counsel for the Company, including Clark, Thomas & Winters, Texas counsel to the Company, and with the independent registered public accountants of the Company who audited certain of the finan cial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement., the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Our examination of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and our discussions did not disclose to us any information which gives us reason to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, as of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) that the Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. We do not express any opinion or belief as to (i) the financial statements or other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, (ii) the Statements of Eligibility or (iii) the information contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption "Book-Entry Only Securities".

With respect to the opinions set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) above, we call your attention to the fact that the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder impose certain licensing and other requirements upon persons (such as the Trustees under the Mortgage or other purchasers pursuant to the remedial provisions of the Mortgage) who seek to acquire, possess or use nuclear production facilities.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of New York, Louisiana and Texas and the United States of America. As to all matters of Louisiana and Texas law, we have relied (without independent inquiry) upon the opinions of even date herewith addressed to you by [______________], Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., and Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, respectively. We have not examined into and are not expressing an opinion upon matters relating to incorporation of the Company, titles to property, franchises or the lien of the Mortgage.

The opinion set forth above is solely for your benefit in connection with the Underwriting Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder and it may not be relied upon in any manner by any other person or for any other purpose, without our prior written consent, except that [______________], Esq., Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc. and Clark, Thomas & Winters may rely on this opinion as to all matters of New York law in rendering their opinions required to be delivered under the Underwriting Agreement.

Very truly yours,

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP

EXHIBIT D

[Letterhead of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP]

[________], [20__]

[Name(s) of Underwriter(s)]
[Address(es) of Lead Underwriter(s)]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as your counsel in connection with the issuance and sale by Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, (the "Company"), of $[________] aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds [___]% Series due [________], [20__] (the "Bonds"), issued pursuant to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of April 1, 1944, with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee (the "Corporate Trustee"), and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented by the [________] Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [________], [20__] (the "Supplemental Indenture") (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amended and supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage"), pursuant to the Und erwriting Agreement between you and the Company effective [________], [20__] (the "Underwriting Agreement"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

We are members of the New York Bar and, for purposes of this opinion, do not hold ourselves out as experts on the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York and the United States of America. We have, with your consent, relied (without independent inquiry) upon an opinion of even date herewith addressed to you by [________], Senior Counsel - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., as to all matters of Louisiana law related to this opinion and by Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, Texas counsel to the Company, as to all matters of Texas law related to this opinion.

We have reviewed, and have relied as to matters of fact material to this opinion upon, the documents delivered to you at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, and we have reviewed such other documents and have satisfied ourselves as to such other matters as we have deemed necessary in order to enable us to render this opinion. As to such matters of fact material to this opinion, we have also relied upon representations and certifications of the Company in such documents and in the Underwriting Agreement, and upon statements in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. In such review, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to the originals of the documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such documents and all documents submitted to us as orig inals and the correctness of all statements of fact contained in all such original documents. We have not reviewed the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and we have relied upon a certificate of the Corporate Trustee as to the authentication and delivery thereof and as to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture. We express no opinion or belief as to matters relating to, titles to property, franchises, and the nature, extent and priority of the lien purported to be created by the Mortgage or the recordation or perfection of such lien. We have assumed, without independent verification, the validity and accuracy of all certificates and opinions delivered under the Mortgage in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds. No opinion is expressed regarding compliance with covenants in any agree ment to which the Company or any of its affiliates is a party, or in any regulatory order pertaining to the Company or any of its affiliates, incorporating calculations of a financial or accounting nature.

Subject to the foregoing and to the further exceptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

(1) The Mortgage has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and is a legal, valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by (i) the laws of the State of Louisiana, where the property covered thereby is located, and the laws of the State of Texas, where the Company is organized, affecting the remedies for the enforcement of the security purported to be provided for therein, (ii) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; and, to the best of our knowledge, the Mortgage is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and no proceedings to suspend such qualification have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

(2) The Bonds have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and are entitled to the benefit of the security purported to be afforded by the Mortgage.

(3) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Bonds" and "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds,", insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the documents referred to therein, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such documents in all material respects.

(4) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(5) Appropriate orders have been entered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Federal Power Act, authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company, and, to the best of our knowledge, such orders are in full force and effect; and no further approval, authorization, consent or other order of any governmental body (other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction, upon which we do not pass, or under the Securities Act or the Trust Indenture Act) is legally required to permit the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

(6) Except in each case as to the financial statements and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, upon which we do not pass, the Registration Statement, as of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and (except with respect to the Statements of Eligibility, upon which we do not pass) the Trust Indenture Act, and the applicable instructions, rules and re gulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply therewith; with respect to the documents or portions thereof filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, such documents or portions thereof (except as to the financial statements and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, upon which we do not pass), on the date filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply therewith. In passing upon the forms of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and the documents or portions thereof filed with the Com mission by the Company and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, we have assumed that the statements included or incorporated by reference therein are correct and complete.

To the best of our knowledge, the Registration Statement has become, and on the date hereof is, effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending or threatened under Section 8(d) of the Securities Act.

In connection with the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, we have had discussions with certain officers, employees and representatives of the Company and Entergy Services, Inc., with counsel for the Company, with your representatives and with the independent registered public accountants of the Company who audited certain of the financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. While we reviewed certain corporate records and documents and statements of officers and other representatives of the Company as to the existence and consequences of certain factual and other matters, the primary purpose of our professional engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters, legal matters not gover ned by New York law or United States federal law or financial or quantitative information. Therefore, we are not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except to the extent expressly set forth in paragraph (3) above) and have not made an independent check or verification thereof. Our review of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the above-mentioned discussions did not disclose to us any information that gives us reason to bel ieve that (i) the Registration Statement, as of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Bonds became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date hereof , contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. We do not express any belief as to (i) the financial statements and other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or (ii) the Statements of Eligibility.

We call your attention to the fact that, (i) with respect to the opinions set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) above, the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder impose certain licensing and other requirements upon persons (such as the Trustees under the Mortgage or other purchasers pursuant to the remedial provisions of the Mortgage) who seek to acquire, possess or use nuclear production facilities, and (ii) Section 42 of the Mortgage provides that the Company will promptly record and file the Supplemental Indenture in such manner and in such places as may be required by law in order to fully preserve and protect the security of the bondholders and all rights of the Trustees.

This opinion is furnished only to you in connection with the transaction contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and is solely for your benefit. This opinion is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose or relied upon by any other person for any purpose without our prior written consent (including by any person that acquires Bonds from you).

Very truly yours,

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

EXHIBIT E

ITEMS CONTAINED IN EXCHANGE ACT DOCUMENTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(f)(iv) OF THE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
FOR INCLUSION IN THE LETTER OF THE ACCOUNTANTS
REFERRED TO THEREIN

EX-4 3 a033064b.htm

Exhibit 4(b)

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
(successor to Entergy Louisiana, Inc.)


TO

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

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


________________


[____________] Supplemental Indenture


Providing among other things for

First Mortgage Bonds, [____%] Series due [_____________]
([_____________] Series)


Dated as of [_______________20__]

[_______________________] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Indenture, dated as of [________________], 20__, 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 446 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802, 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 "[________________] 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 [_______________________] Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and

WHEREAS, by the Mortgage, the Florida Company covenanted that it would execute and deliver such supplemental indenture or indentures and such further instruments and do such further acts as might be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of the Mortgage and to make subject to the lien of the Mortgage any property thereafter acquired and intended to be subject to the lien thereof; 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 has 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 Fifty-seventh Supplemental Indenture	March 1, 2002 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% 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, on December 31, 2005, the Louisiana Company converted into a Texas corporation and has, pursuant to a Plan of Merger executed by the Louisiana Company pursuant to which the Company and Entergy Louisiana Properties, LLC were created (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 executed and delivered a Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2006, pursuant to which the 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 Louisiana Company, and said Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture was recorded in various Parishes in the State of Louisiana; and

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

WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Mortgage provides that the form of each series of bonds (other than the First Series) issued thereunder and of the coupons to be attached to coupon bonds of such series shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and that the form of such series, as established by said Board of Directors, shall specify the descriptive title of the bonds and various other terms thereof, and may also contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Mortgage as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, cause to be inserted therein expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which such bonds are to be issued and/or secured under the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, Section 120 of the Mortgage provides, among other things, that any power, privilege or right expressly or impliedly reserved to or in any way conferred upon the Company by any provision of the Mortgage, whether such power, privilege or right is in any way restricted or is unrestricted, may be in whole or in part waived or surrendered or subjected to any restriction if at the time unrestricted or to additional restrictions if already restricted, and the Company may enter into any further covenants, limitations or restrictions for the benefit of any one or more series of bonds issued thereunder, or the Company may cure any ambiguity contained therein, or in any supplemental indenture, or may establish the terms and provisions of any series of bonds (other than the First Series) 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 tim e subject to the lien of the Mortgage shall be situated; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to create a new series of bonds and to add to its covenants and agreements contained in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, certain other covenants and agreements to be observed by it and to alter and amend in certain respects the covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented; and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery by the Company of this [_________________] Supplemental Indenture, and the terms of the bonds of the [_______________] Series, hereinafter referred to, 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 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, 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 the provisions of the Mortgage (including any instruments supplemental thereto and any modification made as in the Mortgage provided) and of said bonds, 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 purpose 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, all of the property now owned by the Company and specifically described in the Mortgage, as supplemented, and all the following described properties of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, namely:

PARAGRAPH ONE

The Electric Generating Plants, Plant Sites and Stations, and all ownership interests therein, of the Company, including all electric works, power houses, buildings, pipe lines and structures owned by the Company and all land of the Company on which the same are situated and all of the Company's lands, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, servitudes, prescriptions, and easements, rights-of-way, permits, privileges, licenses, poles, wires, machinery, implements, equipment and appurtenances, forming a part of said plants, sites or stations, or any of them, or used or enjoyed, or capable of being used or enjoyed in conjunction with any of said power plants, sites, stations, lands and property.

PARAGRAPH TWO

The Electric Substations, Switching Stations, Microwave installations and UHF-VHF installations of the Company, and the Sites therefor, including all buildings, structures, towers, poles, all equipment, appliances and devices for transforming, converting, switching, transmitting and distributing electric energy, and for communications, and the lands of the Company on which the same are situated, and all of the Company's lands, rights, ways, servitudes, prescriptions, easements, rights-of-way, machinery, equipment, appliances, devices, licenses and appurtenances forming a part of said substations, switching stations, microwave installations or UHF-VHF installations, or any of them, or used or enjoyed or capable of being used or enjoyed in conjunction with any of them.

PARAGRAPH THREE

All and Singular the Miscellaneous Lands and Real Estate or Rights and Interests therein of the Company now owned, or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, hereafter acquired during the existence of this trust.

PARAGRAPH FOUR

The Electric Transmission Lines of the Company, including the structures, towers, poles, wires, cables, switch racks, conductors, transformers, pole type substations, insulators and all appliances, devices and equipment used or useful in connection with said transmission lines and systems, and all other property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part thereof or appertaining thereto, together with all rights-of-way, easements, prescriptions, servitudes, permits, privileges, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof, through, over, under or upon any public streets or highways or other lands, public or private.

PARAGRAPH FIVE

The Electric Submarine Cables of the Company, including the wires, cables, switch racks, conductors, conduits, transformers, substations, insulators and all appliances, devices and equipment used or useful in connection with said submarine cables, and all other property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part thereof or appertaining thereto, together with all rights-of-way, easements, prescriptions, servitudes, permits, privileges, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof.

And also all extensions, replacements, branches, taps, developments and improvements of said submarine cables, or any of them, and all other submarine cables owned by the Company wherever situated, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and/or constructed, as well as all of the Company's rights-of-way, easements, permits, privileges, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage.

PARAGRAPH SIX

The Electric Distribution Lines and Systems of the Company, including the structures, towers, poles, wires, insulators and appurtenances, appliances, conductors, conduits, cables, transformers, meters, regulator stations and regulators, accessories, devices and equipment and all of the Company's other property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part of or used, occupied or enjoyed in connection with or in anywise appertaining to said distribution lines and systems, together with all of the Company's rights-of-way, easements, permits, prescriptions, privileges, municipal or other franchises, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof, through, over, under, or upon any public streets or highways, public or private lands, including all additions, improvements or replacements to all of the distribution systems located in the municipalities and parishes set forth in the Mortgage and in the First through Sixty-fourth Supplemen tal Indentures.

And also all branches, extensions, improvements and developments of or appertaining to or connected with said distribution lines, systems or any of them, and all other distribution systems of the Company and parts and portions thereof, wherever situated, whether connected or not connected with any of the foregoing systems and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, as well as all of the Company's rights-of-way, easements, privileges, prescriptions, permits, municipal or other franchises, consents and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof or any part or portion thereof, through, over, under or upon any public streets or highways or public or private lands, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage.

PARAGRAPH SEVEN

The certain franchises, privileges, permits, grants and consents for the construction, operation and maintenance of electric systems in, on and under streets, alleys, highways, roads, and public grounds, areas and rights-of-way, and/or for the supply and sale of electricity, and all rights incident thereto, which were granted by the governing bodies of the respective municipalities, parishes and public authorities in the State of Louisiana.

Also all other franchises, privileges, permits, grants and consents owned or hereafter acquired by the Company for the construction, operation and maintenance of electric systems in, on or under streets, alleys, highways, roads, and public grounds, areas and rights-of-way and/or for the supply and sale of electricity and all rights incident thereto, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage.

All other property, real, personal and mixed, acquired by the Company after the date of the execution and delivery of the Mortgage, in addition to property covered by the First through Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indentures (except any herein or in the Mortgage or in said Supplemental Indentures expressly excepted), now owned or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, hereafter acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) and wheresoever situated, including (without in anywise limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the same the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general description contained in this [ ] Supplemental Indenture) all lands, power sites, flowage rights, water rights, water locations, water appropriations, ditches, flumes, reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, raceways, dams, dam sites, aqueducts and all other rights or means for appropriating, conveying, storing and supplying water; all rights-of-way and roads; all plants for the generation of electricity by steam, water and/or other power; all power houses, gas plants, street lighting systems, standards and other equipment incidental thereto, telephone, radio and television systems, air-conditioning systems and equipment incidental thereto, water works, water systems, steam heat and hot water plants, substations, lines, service and supply systems, bridges, culverts, tracks, ice or refrigeration plants and equipment, offices, buildings and other structures and the equipment thereof; all machinery, engines, boilers, dynamos, electric, gas and other machines, regulators, meters, transformers, generators, motors, electrical, gas and mechanical appliances, conduits, cables, water, steam heat, gas or other pipes, gas mains and pipes, service pipes, fittings, valves and connections, pole and transmission lines, wires, cables, tools, implements, apparatus, furniture and chattels; all municipal and other franchises, consents, o r permits; all lines for the transmission and distribution of electric current, gas, steam heat or water for any purpose, including towers, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, ducts and all apparatus for use in connection therewith; all real estate, lands, easements, servitudes, licenses, permits, franchises, privileges, rights-of-way and other rights in or relating to real estate or the occupancy of the same and (except as herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or enjoyed in connection with any property hereinbefore or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, described.

TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, prescriptions, servitudes and appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 57 of the Mortgage) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and interest and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid property and franchises and every part and parcel thereof.

IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, all the property, rights and franchises acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) after the date hereof (except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted), shall be and are as fully granted and conveyed hereby and as fully embraced within the lien hereof and the lien of the Mortgage, as if such property, rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and were specifically described herein and conveyed hereby.

PROVIDED THAT the following are not and are not intended to be now or hereafter granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected, pledged, set over or confirmed hereunder and are hereby expressly excepted from the lien and operation of this [ ] Supplemental Indenture and from the lien and operation of the Mortgage, namely: (1) cash, shares of stock, bonds, notes and other obligations and other securities not hereafter specifically pledged, paid, deposited, delivered or held under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (2) merchandise, equipment, materials or supplies held for the purpose of sale in the usual course of business and fuel, oil and similar materials and supplies consumable in the operation of any properties of the Company; rolling stock, buses, motor coaches, automobiles and other vehicles and all aircraft; (3) bills, notes and accounts receivable, judgments, demands and choses in action, and all contracts, le ases and operating agreements not specifically pledged under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (4) the last day of the term of any lease or leasehold which may hereafter become subject to the lien of the Mortgage; (5) electric energy, gas, ice, and other materials or products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of its business; all timber, minerals, mineral rights and royalties; (6) the Company's franchise to be a corporation; and (7) any property heretofore released pursuant to any provisions of the Mortgage and not heretofore disposed of by the Company; provided, however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the lien and operation of the Mortgage in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so excepted in the event and as of the date that either or both of the Trustees or their successor or successors in said trust or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take p ossession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner provided in Article XIII of the Mortgage by reason of the occurrence of a Default as defined in Section 65 thereof.

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 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, respectively, 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 [ ] 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 said property had been owned by the 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:

1. 
   
   [__________________] SERIES BONDS

   1. There shall be a series of bonds designated "[_____%] Series due [_____________]" (herein sometimes called the "[_______________] Series"), each of which shall also bear the descriptive title "First Mortgage Bond", and the form thereof, which shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, shall contain suitable provisions with respect to the matters hereinafter in this Section specified. Bonds of the [______________] Series (which shall be initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $[______________________]) shall be dated as in Section 10 of the Mortgage provided, shall mature on [______________], shall be issued as fully registered bonds in any integral multiple or multiples of One Thousand Dollars, and shall bear interest at the rate of [_____%] per annum, the first interest payment to be made on [____________], 20__, for the period from [______________, 20__] to [_______________, 20__] with subsequent interest p ayments payable semi-annually on [____________] and [____________] of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), the principal of and interest on each said bond to be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.

   Interest on the bonds of the [_______________] Series will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity of any bond of the [_________________] Series shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect, and in the same amount, as if made on the corresponding Interest Payment Date or redemption date, or at maturity, as the case may be, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day. "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the corporate trust office of the Corporate Trustee is closed for business.

   So long as all of the bonds of the [_______________] Series are held by The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, or a successor thereof, the record date for the payment of interest on the bonds of the [____________________] Series shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the corresponding Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that the record date for the payment of interest which is paid after such Interest Payment Date, shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such interest is paid. Interest on the bonds of the [_____________] Series shall be paid to the Person in whose name such bonds of the [__________________] Series are registered at the close of business on the record date for the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

   The Company reserves the right to establish, at any time, by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a form of coupon bond, and of appurtenant coupons, for the [_________________] Series and to provide for exchangeability of such coupon bonds with the bonds of said Series issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate provisions for such purpose.

   (I) The bonds of the [__________________] Series shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon notice, as provided in Section 52 of the Mortgage, mailed not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, (a) at any time prior to [_____________, 20__], at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such bonds of the Sixty-third Series to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of (x) the present value of the payment on [______________, 20__] of the principal amount of such bonds of the [_____________] Series to be redeemed plus (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest on such bonds of the [__________________] Series to be redeemed to [____________, 20__] (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the redemption date), discounted (for purposes of determining such present values) to the redemption date on a semi-an nual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus [ ]%, and (ii) at any time on or after [_________________, 20__], prior to maturity of the bonds of the [________________] Series, at a redemption price equal to [ ]% of the principal amount of such bonds of the [_____________________] Series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

   As used herein, the following defined terms shall have the respective meanings specified unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

   The term "Adjusted Treasury Rate" shall mean, with respect to any redemption date:

   (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after [________________, 20__], yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

   (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date for the Adjusted Treasury Rate or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

   The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.

   The term "Comparable Treasury Issue" shall mean the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to [_______________, 20__] that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to ,[_____________, 20__].

   The term "Comparable Treasury Price" shall mean, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

   The term "Independent Investment Banker" shall mean one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the Company appoints to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time, or, if any of such firms is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

   The term "Reference Treasury Dealer" shall mean (i) [___________________________________], and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Independent Investment Banker after consultation with the Company.

   The term "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" shall mean, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

   (II) At the option of the registered owner, any bonds of the [____________________] Series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the [________________] Series of other authorized denominations.

   Bonds of the [______________________] Series shall be transferable, upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly executed by the registered owner or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

   Upon any exchange or transfer of bonds of the [_________________] Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge, as provided in Section 12 of the Mortgage, but the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto for any exchange or transfer of bonds of said Series.

2. 
   
   [DIVIDEND COVENANT

1. The Company covenants that, so long as any of the bonds of the [_________________________] Series are Outstanding, it will not declare any dividends on its Common Stock (other than (a) a dividend payable solely in shares of its Common Stock, or (b) a dividend payable in cash in cases where, concurrently with the payment of such dividend, an amount in cash equal to such dividend is received by the Company as a capital contribution or as the proceeds of the issue and sale of shares of its Common Stock) or make any distribution on outstanding shares of its Common Stock or purchase or otherwise acquire for value any outstanding shares of its Common Stock (otherwise than in exchange for or out of the proceeds from the sale of other shares of its Common Stock) if, after such dividend, distribution, purchase or acquisition, the aggregate amount of such dividends, distributions, purchases and acquisitions paid or made subsequent to [_______________, 20__] (other than any dividend declared by the Company on or before [_______________, 20__] for payment on or before [_______________, 20__] exceeds (without giving effect to (i) any of such dividends, distributions, purchases or acquisitions, or (ii) any net transfers from earned surplus to stated capital accounts) the sum of (a) the aggregate amount credited subsequent to [_______________, 20__], to earned surplus, (b) $345,000,000 and (c) such additional amounts as shall be authorized or approved, upon application by the Company, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

For the purposes of this Section 1, the aggregate amount credited subsequent to [_______________, 20__], to earned surplus shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices after making provision for dividends upon any preferred stock of the Company accumulated subsequent to such date, but in such determination there shall not be considered charges to earned surplus applicable to the period prior to [_______________, 20__] including, but not limited to, charges to earned surplus for write-offs or write-downs of book values of assets owned by the Company on [_______________, 20__].]

3. 
   
   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

1. The holders of the bonds of the [___________________] Series shall be deemed to have consented and agreed that the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of the bonds of the [_______________] Series entitled to consent to any amendment or supplement to the Mortgage or the waiver of any provision thereof or any act to be performed thereunder. If a record date is fixed, those persons who were holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
2. Subject to any amendments provided for in this [_________________] Supplemental Indenture, the terms defined in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall, for all purposes of this [____________________] Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented.
3. So long as any bonds of the [_______________________] Series shall remain Outstanding, in each Net Earning Certificate made pursuant to Section 7 of the Mortgage there shall be included in operating expenses for the twelve (12) months period with respect to which such certificate is made an amount, if any (not otherwise included), equal to the provisions for amortization of any amounts included in utility plant acquisition adjustment accounts for such period.
4. So long as any bonds of the [_________________] Series shall remain Outstanding, subdivision (2) of Section 7 of the Mortgage is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words "provided, further, that the amount so included in such operating expenses in lieu of the amounts actually appropriated out of income for retirement of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property used primarily and principal ly in the electric, gas, steam and/or hot water utility business and the Company's automotive equipment used in the operation of such property shall not be less than the amounts so actually appropriated out of income".
5. 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:

The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this [________________] 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 [________________] 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 [________________] Supplemental Indenture.

6. Whenever in this [____________________] 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 [_________________] 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.
7. Nothing in this [__________________] 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 [______________] Supplemental Indenture or any coven ant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this [_________________] 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.
8. It is the intention and it is hereby agreed that, so far as concerns that portion of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property situated within the State of Louisiana, the general language of conveyance contained in this [________________] Supplemental Indenture is intended and shall be construed as words of hypothecation and not of conveyance, and that, so far as the said Louisiana property is concerned, this [______________________] Supplemental Indenture shall be considered as an act of mortgage and pledge under the laws of the State of Louisiana, and the Trustees herein named are named as mortgagee and pledgee in trust for the benefit of themsel ves and of all present and future holders of bonds and coupons issued and to be issued under the Mortgage, and are irrevocably appointed special agents and representatives of the holders of the bonds and coupons issued and to be issued under the Mortgage and vested with full power in their behalf to effect and enforce the mortgage and pledge hereby constituted for their benefit, or otherwise to act as herein provided for.
9. This [________________________] 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 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, LLC



__________________________________

[__________________________]

[__________________________]

Attest:


_________________________________
Assistant Secretary


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

_________________________________


_________________________________

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
As Successor Corporate Trustee


By: _______________________________

[________________________]
[________________________]

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 [__]^th day of [________], 20__, before me appeared [_____________________], to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is [_________________] of ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, 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 [_________________________], acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

On the [__]^th day of [___________], 20__, before me personally came [___________________], to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at [_______________________________________________]; that he is [_________________________] 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 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
                                                } ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK

On this _____ day of [_____________], 20__, before me appeared [________________________] to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a [__________________] 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 [____________________] acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

On the _____ day of [_________], 20__, before me personally came [_______________________], to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at [___________________________]; that he is a [__________________] 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

COUNTY of NEW YORK

On this day of [____________], 20__, 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 [__________], 20__, 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
County of , State of &#
My Commission is Issued for Life

EX-4 4 a033064c.htm

Exhibit 4(c)

__________________________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

TO

_________________________

Trustee

_________

Indenture

(For Unsecured Debt Securities)

Dated as of ______________, _____

__________________________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939

an Indenture, dated as of ______________________, _____

Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section
310	(a)(1)	909
	(a)(2)	909
	(a)(3)	914
	(a)(4)	Not Applicable
	(b)	908
		910
311	(a)	913
	(b)	913
	(c)	913
312	(a)	1001
	(b)	1001
	(c)	1001
313	(a)	1002
	(b)	1002
	(c)	1002
314	(a)	1002
	(a)(4)	606
	(b)	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)	102
	(c)(2)	102
	(c)(3)	Not Applicable
	(d)	Not Applicable
	(e)	102
315	(a)	901
		903
	(b)	902
	(c)	901
	(d)	901
	(e)	814
316	(a)	812
		813
	(a)(1)(A)	802
		812
	(a)(1)(B)	813
	(a)(2)	Not Applicable
	(b)	808
317	(a)(1)	803
	(a)(2)	804
	(b)	603
318	(a)	107

INDENTURE, dated as of _________________, between ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas (herein called the Company), having its principal office at 446 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802, and _______________________________________, a _____________________, having its principal corporate trust office at ______________________________, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").

RECITAL OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued in one or more series as contemplated herein; and all acts necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company have been performed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in Article One of this Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

1. Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

   1. Definitions.

      For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

      1. the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
      2. all terms used herein without definition which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
      3. all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date of such computation or, at the election of the Company from time to time, at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture; provided, however, that in determining generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the Com pany, the Company shall, to the extent required, conform to any order, rule or regulation of any administrative agency, regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; and
      4. the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

      Certain terms, used principally in Article Nine, are defined in that Article.

      2. "Act", when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
      3. "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
      4. "Authenticating Agent" means any Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate one or more series of Securities.
      5. "Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, or any other duly authorized officer of the Company.
      6. "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture.
      7. "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
      8. "Business Day", when used with respect to a Place of Payment or any other particular location specified in the Securities or this Indenture, means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or other location are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed, except as may be otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301.
      9. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body, if any, performing such duties at such time.
      10. "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
      11. "Company Request or Company Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
      12. "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture is located at ____________________________________.
      13. "Corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint stock company or business trust.
      14. "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
      15. "Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802. "Interest" with respect to a Discount Security means interest, if any, borne by such Security at a Stated Interest Rate.
      16. "Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
      17. "Eligible Obligations" means:
          1. with respect to Securities denominated in Dollars, Government Obligations; or
          2. with respect to Securities denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, such other obligations or instruments as shall be specified with respect to such Securities, as contemplated by Section 301.
      18. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 801.
      19. "Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States or of any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia or of any county, municipality or other political subdivision of any thereof, or any department, agency, authority or other instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
      20. "Government Obligations" means:
          1. direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States and entitled to the benefit of the full faith and credit thereof; and
          2. certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clause (a) above or in any specific interest or principal payments due in respect thereof; provided, however, that the custodian of such obligations or specific interest or principal payments shall be a bank or trust company (which may include the Trustee or any Paying Agent) subject to Federal or state supervision or examination with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000; and provided, further, that except as may be otherwise required by law, such custodian shall be obligated to pay to the holders of such certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments the full amount received by such custodian in respect of such obligations or speci fic payments and shall not be permitted to make any deduction therefrom.
      21. "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
      22. "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and delivered and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
      23. "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
      24. "Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in such Security or in this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon call for redemption or otherwise.
      25. "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
      26. "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee.
      27. "Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
          1. Securities theretofore canceled or delivered to the Security Registrar for cancellation;
          2. Securities deemed to have been paid in accordance with Section 701; and
          3. Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it and the Company that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser or purchasers in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

          provided, however, that in determining whether or not the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, or the Outstanding Securities of any series or Tranche, have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether or not a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities,

          (x) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor (unless the Company, such Affiliate or such obligor owns all Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, or all Outstanding Securities of each such series and each such Tranche, as the case may be, determined without regard to this clause (x)) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded; provided, however, that Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor; and

          (y) the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802;

          provided, further, that, in the case of any Security the principal of which is payable from time to time without presentment or surrender, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding at any time for all purposes of this Indenture shall be the original principal amount thereof less the aggregate amount of principal thereof theretofore paid.

      28. "Paying Agent" means any Person, including the Company, authorized by the Company to pay the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
      29. "Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time any or all of the specific terms of which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities.
      30. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust or unincorporated organization or any Governmental Authority.
      31. "Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series, or Tranche thereof, means the place or places, specified as contemplated by Section 301, at which, subject to Section 602, principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series or Tranche are payable.
      32. "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed (to the extent lawful) to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
      33. "Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
      34. "Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
      35. "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
      36. "Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 311.
      37. "Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
      38. "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
      39. "Security Register and Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
      40. "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
      41. "Stated Interest Rate" means a rate (whether fixed or variable) at which an obligation by its terms is stated to bear simple interest. Any calculation or other determination to be made under this Indenture by reference to the Stated Interest Rate on a Security shall be made without regard to the effective interest cost to the Company of such Security and without regard to the Stated Interest Rate on, or the effective cost to the Company of, any other indebtedness in respect of which the Company's obligations are evidenced or secured in whole or in part by such Security.
      42. "Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any obligation or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date on which the principal of such obligation or such installment of principal or interest is stated to be due and payable (without regard to any provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension ).
      43. "Tranche" means a group of Securities which (a) are of the same series and (b) have identical terms except as to principal amount and/or date of issuance.
      44. "Trust Indenture Act" means, as of any time, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor statute, as in effect at such time.
      45. "Trustee" means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
      46. "United States" means the United States of America, its Territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its political jurisdiction.
2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

   Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

   Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

   1. a statement that each Person signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
   2. a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
   3. a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, such Person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
   4. a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

   In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

   Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such Officer's Certificate or opinion are based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

   Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

   Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and effect as if originally filed in the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or dates required with respect to the document or instrument for which it is substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if any such corrective document or instrument indicates that action has been taken by or at the request of the Company which could not have been taken had the original document or instrument not contained such error or omission, the action so taken shall not be invalidated or otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be and remain in full force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the authority of such defective document or instrument shall nevertheless be the valid obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid.

4. Acts of Holders.
   1. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing or, alternatively, may be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Thirteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are her ein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 901) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
   2. The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof or may be proved in any other manner which the Trustee and the Company deem sufficient. Where such execut ion is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
   3. The principal amount (except as otherwise contemplated in clause (y) of the proviso to the definition of Outstanding) and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
   4. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act of a Holder shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
   5. Until such time as written instruments shall have been delivered to the Trustee with respect to the requisite percentage of prin cipal amount of Securities for the action contemplated by such instruments, any such instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Holder may be revoked with respect to any or all of such Securities by written notice by such Holder or any subsequent Holder, proven in the manner in which such instrument was proven.
   6. Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, authenticated and delivered after any Act of Holders may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any action taken by such Act of Holders. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to such action may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.
   7. If the Company shall solicit from Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of the record date.
5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.

   Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company, or the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and delivered personally to an officer or other responsible employee of the addressee, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct written electronic means to such telephone number or other electronic communications address as the parties hereto shall from time to time designate, or transmitted by registered mail, charges prepaid, to the applicable address set opposite such party's name below or to such other address as either party hereto may from time to time designate:

   If to the Trustee, to:

   Attention:
   Telephone:
   Telecopy:

   If to the Company, to:

   Entergy Louisiana, LLC
   446 North Boulevard
   Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
   Attention:
   Telephone:
   Telecopy:

   Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct written electronic means, on the date of transmission, and if transmitted by registered mail, on the date of receipt.

6. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.

   Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given, and shall be deemed given, to Holders if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.

   In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.

   Any notice required by this Indenture may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event otherwise to be specified therein, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

   If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by, or is otherwise governed by, any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such other provision shall control; and if any provision hereof otherwise conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control.

8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

   The Article and Section headings in this Indenture and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

9. Successors and Assigns.

   All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

10. Separability Clause.

    In case any provision in this Indenture or the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

11. Benefits of Indenture.

    Nothing in this Indenture or the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

12. Governing Law.

    This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent that the law of any other jurisdiction shall be mandatorily applicable.

13. Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or in the Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate which establishes the terms of the Securities of such series or Tranche, which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day.

2. Security Forms

   1. Forms Generally.

      The definitive Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form or forms thereof established in the indenture supplemental hereto establishing such series or in a Board Resolution establishing such series, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form or forms of Securities of any series are established in a Board Resolution or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution, such Board Resolution and Officer's Certificate, if any, shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons. The definitive Securities shall be produced in such manner as shall be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

   2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.

   The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth below:

   This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

   _________________________________
   as Trustee

   By: _____________________________
   Authorized Officer

3. The Securities

   1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

      The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

      The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Prior to the authentication and delivery of Securities of any series there shall be established by specification in a supplemental indenture or in a Board Resolution, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental indenture or a Board Resolution:

      1. the title of the Securities of such series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from Securities of all other series);
      2. any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 406 or 1206 and, except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
      3. the Person or Persons (without specific identification) to whom interest on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable on any Interest Payment Date, if other than the Persons in whose names such Securities (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
      4. the date o r dates on which the principal of the Securities of such series or any Tranche thereof, is payable or any formulary or other method or other means by which such date or dates shall be determined, by reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise (without regard to any provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension);
      5. the rate or rates at which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall bear interest, if any (including the rate or rates at which overdue principal shall bear interest, if different from the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest prior to Maturity, and, if applicable, the rate or rates at which overdue premium or interest shall bear interest, if any), or any formulary or other method or other means by which such rate or rates shall be determined, by reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise; the date or dates from whic h such interest shall accrue; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on such Securities on any Interest Payment Date; and the basis of computation of interest, if other than as provided in Section 310;
      6. the place or places at which or methods by which (1) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) registration of transfer of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be effected, (3) exchanges of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be effected and (4) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be served; the Security Registrar for such series; and if such is the case, that the principal of such Securities shall be payable without presentment or surrender thereof;
      7. the period or periods within w hich, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and any restrictions on such redemptions, including but not limited to a restriction on a partial redemption by the Company of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, resulting in delisting of such Securities from any national exchange;
      8. the obligation or obligations, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, pursuant to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and applicable exceptions to the requirements of Section 404 in the case of mandatory redemption or redemption at the option of the Holder;
      9. the denominations in which Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
      10. the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable (if other than in Dollars);
      11. if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
      12. if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, or are to be payable at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in securities or other property, the type and amount of such securities or other property, or the formulary or other method or other means by which such amount shall be determined, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, any such election may be made;
      13. if the amount payable in respect of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be determined with reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside this Indenture, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined to the extent not established pursuant to clause (e) of this paragraph;
      14. if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802;
      15. any E vents of Default, in addition to those specified in Section 801, with respect to the Securities of such series, and any covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, in addition to those set forth in Article Six;
      16. the terms, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person;
      17. the obligations or instruments, if any, which shall be considered to be Eligible Obligations in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, and any additional or alternative provisions for the reinstatement of the Company's indebtedness in respect of such Securities after the satisfaction and discharge thereof as provided in Section 701;
      18. if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be issu ed in global form, (i) any limitations on the rights of the Holder or Holders of such Securities to transfer or exchange the same or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof, (ii) any limitations on the rights of the Holder or Holders thereof to obtain certificates therefor in definitive form in lieu of temporary form and (iii) any and all other matters incidental to such Securities;
      19. if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be issuable as bearer securities, any and all matters incidental thereto which are not specifically addressed in a supplemental indenture as contemplated by clause (g) of Section 1201;
      20. to the extent not established pursuant to clause (r) of this paragraph, any limitations on the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such Series, or any Tranche thereof, to transfer or exchange such Securities or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof; and if a service charge will be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, the amount or terms thereof;
      21. any exceptions to Section 113, or variation in the definition of Business Day, with respect to the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof;
      22. any collateral security, assurance or guarantee for the Securities of such series; and
      23. any other terms of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.

      With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the indenture supplemental hereto or the Board Resolution which establishes such series, or the Officer's Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, as the case may be, may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company or its agents in accordance with procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by the clause (b) of Section 303.

   2. Denominations.

      Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

   3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

      Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer and may have the corporate seal of the Company affixed thereto or reproduced thereon attested by any other Authorized Officer. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

      Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at the time of execution Authorized Officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

      The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of a series, for original issue, at one time or from time to time in accordance with the Company Order referred to below, upon receipt by the Trustee of:

      1. the instrument or instruments establishing the form or forms and terms of such series, as provided in Sections 201 and 301;
      2. a Company Order requesting the authentication and delivery of such Securities and, to the extent that the terms of such Securities shall not have been established in an indenture supplemental hereto or in a Board Resolution, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, all as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301, either (i) establishing such terms or (ii) in the case of Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, specifying procedures, acceptable to the Trustee, by which such terms are to be established (which procedures may provide, to the extent acceptable to the Trustee, for authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or any agent or agents thereof, which oral instructions are to be promptly confirmed electronically or in writing), in either case in accor dance with the instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above;
      3. the Securities of such series, executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer;
      4. an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
      1. the form or forms of such Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
      2. the terms of such Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
      3. such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by this Indenture, and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

      provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication of such Securities (provided that such Opinion of Counsel addresses the authentication and delivery of all Securities of such series) and that in lieu of the opinions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above Counsel may opine that:

      (x) when the terms of such Securities shall have been established pursuant to a Company Order or Orders or pursuant to such procedures (acceptable to the Trustee) as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order or Orders, all as contemplated by and in accordance with the instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above, such terms will have been duly authorized by the Company and will have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

      (y) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and the Company Order or Orders or specified procedures referred to in paragraph (x) above and issued and delivered by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

      With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series unless and until such opinion or other documents have been superseded or revoked or expire by their terms. In connection with the authentication and delivery of Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that the Company's instructions to authenticate and deliver such Securities do not violate any rules, regulations or orders of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company.

      If the form or terms of the Securities of any series have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate as permitted by Sections 201 or 301, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, no Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or its agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder to the Company, or any Person acting on its behalf, but shall never have been issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits hereof.

   4. Temporary Securities.

      Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities; provided, however, that temporary Securities need not recite specific redemption, sinking fund, conversion or exchange provisions.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, after the preparation of definitive Securities of such series or Tranche, the temporary Securities of such series or Tranche shall be exchangeable, without charge to the Holder thereof, for definitive Securities of such series or Tranche upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment for such Securities. Upon such surrender of temporary Securities, the Company shall, except as aforesaid, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

      Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder.

   5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

      The Company shall cause to be kept in each office designated pursuant to Section 602, with respect to the Securities of each series or any Tranche thereof, a register (all registers kept in accordance with this Section being collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities of such series or Tranche and the registration of transfer thereof. The Company shall designate one Person to maintain the Security Register for the Securities of each series on a consolidated basis, and such Person is referred to herein, with respect to such series, as the "Security Registrar." Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may designate one or more of its offices as an office in which a register with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be maintained, and the Company may designate itself the Security Registrar with respect to one or more of such series. The Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee and the Company at all reasonable times.

      Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of such series or Tranche at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment for such series or Tranche, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

      Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, any Security of such series or Tranche may be exchanged at the option of the Holder, for one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

      All Securities delivered upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

      Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed or shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar, as the case may be, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 406 or 1206 not involving any transfer.

      The Company shall not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of transfer of or the exchange of (a) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of such series or Tranche called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

   6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

      If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and Tranche, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

      If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the ownership of and the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security is held by a Person purporting to be the owner of such Security, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and Tranche, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

      Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

      Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone other than the Holder of such new Security, and any such new Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series duly issued hereunder.

      The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

   7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

      Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the related Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

      1. The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a date (herein called a "Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Spec ial Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall promptly cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date.
      2. The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

      Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

   8. Persons Deemed Owners.

      The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

   9. Cancellation by Security Registrar.

      All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Security Registrar, be delivered to the Security Registrar and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Security Registrar. The Company may at any time deliver to the Security Registrar for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever or which the Company shall not have issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Security Registrar. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Security Registrar shall be disposed of in accordance with a Company Order delivered to the Security Registrar and the Trustee, and the Security Registrar shall promptly deliver a certificate of disposition to the Trustee and the Company unless, by a Company Order, similarly delivered, the Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it. The Security Registrar shall promptly deliver evidence of any cancellation of a Security in accordance with this Section 309 to the Trustee and the Company.

   10. Computation of Interest.

       Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and with respect to any period shorter than a full month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period.

   11. Payment to Be in Proper Currency.

   In the case of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, denominated in any currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency (the "Required Currency"), except as otherwise specified with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 301, the obligation of the Company to make any payment of the principal thereof, or the premium or interest thereon, shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the Trustee, in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee timely holding the full amount of the Required Currency then due and payable. If any such tender or recovery is in a currency other than the Required Currency, the Trustee may take such actions as it considers appropriate to exchange such currency for the Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange, including without limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate fluctuation, shall be borne by the Company, the Company shall remain fully liable for any shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor except in the case of its negligence or willful misconduct.

4. Redemption of Securities

   1. Applicability of Article.

      Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series or Tranche) in accordance with this Article.

   2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

      The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate. The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

   3. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.

      If less than all the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Security Registrar from the Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche not previously called for redemption, by such method as shall be provided for any particular series, or, in the absence of any such provision, by such method of random selection as the Security Registrar shall deem fair and appropriate and which may, in any case, provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or Tranche or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series or Tranche of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or Tranche; provided, however, that if, as indicated in an Officer's Certificate, the Company shall have offered to purchase all or any principal amount of the S ecurities then Outstanding of any series, or any Tranche thereof, and less than all of such Securities as to which such offer was made shall have been tendered to the Company for such purchase, the Security Registrar, if so directed by Company Order, shall select for redemption all or any principal amount of such Securities which have not been so tendered.

      The Security Registrar shall promptly notify the Company and the Trustee in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected to be redeemed in part, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

      For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

   4. Notice of Redemption.

      Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.

      All notices of redemption shall state:

      1. the Redemption Date,
      2. the Redemption Price (if known),
      3. if less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be redeemed and the portion of the principal amount of any Security to be redeemed in part,
      4. that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
      5. the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, unless it shall have been specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities that such surrender shall not be required,
      6. that the redemption is for a sinking or other fund, if such is the case, and
      7. such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or app ropriate.
      8. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in accordance with Section 301, with respect to any notice of redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of such notice, such Securities shall be deemed to have been paid in accordance with Section 701, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Paying Agent or Agents for such Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and that if such money shall not have been so received such notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is not so received, the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption was not required to be made, and the Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities otherwise to have been redeemed shall promptly return to the Holders thereof any of such Securities which had been surrendered for payment upon such redemption.

      Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of a condition for redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Security Registrar in the name and at the expense of the Company. Notice of mandatory redemption of Securities shall be given by the Security Registrar in the name and at the expense of the Company.

   5. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

      Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, and the conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the Securities or portions thereof so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption, the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities or portions thereof, if interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Security or portion thereof shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that no such surrender shall be a condition to such payment if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security; and provided, further, that except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security, any installment of interest on any Security the Stated Maturity of which installment is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holder of such Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the related Regular Record Date according to the terms of such Security and subject to the provisions of Section 307.

   6. Securities Redeemed in Part.

   Upon the surrender of any Security which is to be redeemed only in part at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Tranche, of any authorized denomination requested by such Holder and of like tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

5. Sinking Funds

   1. Applicability of Article.

      The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series or Tranche.

      The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 502. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of the series or Tranche in respect of which it was made as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

   2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

      The Company (a) may deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities (other than any previously called for redemption) of a series or Tranche in respect of which a mandatory sinking fund payment is to be made and (b) may apply as a credit Securities of such series or Tranche which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of such mandatory sinking fund payment; provided, however, that no Securities shall be applied in satisfaction of a mandatory sinking fund payment if such Securities shall have been previously so applied. Securities so applied shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shal l be reduced accordingly.

   3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

      Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate specifying:

      1. the amount of the next succeeding mandatory sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche;
      2. the amount, if any, of the optional sinking fund payment to be made together with such mandatory sinking fund payment;
      3. the aggregate sinking fund payment;
      4. the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which is to be satisfied by the payment of cash; and
      5. the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of such series or Tranche pursuant to Section 502 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited, and the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered.

   If the Company shall not deliver such Officer's Certificate, the next succeeding sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche shall be made entirely in cash in the amount of the mandatory sinking fund payment. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 403 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 404. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 405 and 406.

6. Covenants

   1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

      The Company shall pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of each series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

   2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

      The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for the Securities of each series, or any Tranche thereof, an office or agency where payment of such Securities shall be made, where the registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities may be effected and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such office or agency and prompt notice to the Holders of any such change in the manner specified in Section 106. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, payment of such Securities shall be made, registration of transfer or exchange thereof may be effected and notices and demands in respect thereof may be served at the Cor porate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes in any such event.

      The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, for any or all of the foregoing purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such series or Tranche, no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes in each Place of Payment for such Securities in accordance with the requirements set forth above. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and prompt notice to the Holders in the manner specified in Section 106, of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

      Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any office or agency required by this Section may be maintained at an office of the Company, in which event the Company shall perform all functions to be performed at such office or agency.

   3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

      If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any of such Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and premium or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor on such Securities) to make any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Securities.

      Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities, deposit with such Paying Agents sums sufficient (without duplication) to pay the principal and premium or interest so becoming due, such sums to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by it so to act.

      The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, other than the Company or the Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:

      1. hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
      2. give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor upon such Securities) to make any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Securities; and
      3. at any time during the continuance of any such failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (b), upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent and furnish to the Trustee such information as it possesses regarding the names and addresses of the Persons entitled to such sums.

      The Company may at any time pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent and, if so stated in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

      Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust; and, upon such payment or discharge, the Holder of such Security shall, as an unsecured general creditor and not as a Holder of an Outstanding Security, look only to the Company for payment of the amount so due and payable and remaining unpaid, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment to the Company, may at the expense of the Company cause to be mailed, on one occasion only, notice to such Holder that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Company.

   4. Legal Existence.

      Subject to the rights of the Company under Article Eleven, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

   5. Maintenance of Properties.

      The Company shall cause (or, with respect to property owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) all its properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and shall cause (or, with respect to property owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as, in the judgment of the Company, may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing, or causing the discontinuance of, the operation and maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business.

   6. Annual Officer's Certificate as to Compliance.

      Not later than __________________ in each year, commencing _______________, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate which need not comply with Section 102, executed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, as to such officer's knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture, such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

   7. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

   The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in (a) Section 602 or any additional covenant or restriction specified with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, as contemplated by Section 301 if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches with respect to which compliance with Section 602 or such additional covenant or restriction is to be omitted, considered as one class, shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition and (b) Section 604, 605 or Article Eleven if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities Outstanding under this Indenture shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition; but, in the case of (a) or (b), no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

7. Satisfaction and Discharge

   1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities.

      Any Security or Securities, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, and the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged, if there shall have been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust:

      1. money in an amount which shall be sufficient, or
      2. in the case of a deposit made prior to the Maturity of such Securities or portions thereof, Eligible Obligations, which shall not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment thereof at the option of the issuer thereof, the principal of and the interest on which when due, without any regard to reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with the money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, shall be sufficient, or
      3. a combination of (a) or (b) which shall be sufficient,

      to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on or prior to Maturity; provided, however, that in the case of the provision for payment or redemption of less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche, such Securities or portions thereof shall have been selected by the Security Registrar as provided herein and, in the case of a redemption, the notice requisite to the validity of such redemption shall have been given or irrevocable authority shall have been given by the Company to the Trustee to give such notice, under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee; and provided, further, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and such Paying Agent:

      (x) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of such Securities, a Company Order stating that the money and Eligible Obligations deposited in accordance with this Section shall be held in trust, as provided in Section 703;

      (y) if Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited, an Opinion of Counsel that the obligations so deposited constitute Eligible Obligations and do not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment at the option of the issuer thereof, and an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Company, to the effect that the requirements set forth in clause (b) above have been satisfied; and

      (z) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of such Securities, an Officer's Certificate stating the Company's intention that, upon delivery of such Officer's Certificate, its indebtedness in respect of such Securities or portions thereof will have been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section.

      Upon the deposit of money or Eligible Obligations, or both, in accordance with this Section, together with the documents required by clauses (x), (y) and (z) above, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Request, acknowledge in writing that the Security or Securities or portions thereof with respect to which such deposit was made are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture and that the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof has been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section. In the event that all of the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph shall have been satisfied in respect of any Securities or portions thereof except that, for any reason, the Officer's Certificate specified in clause (z) shall not have been delivered, such Securities or portions thereof shall nevertheless be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, and the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof shall nevertheless be no longer entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or of any of the covenants of the Company under Article Six (except the covenants contained in Sections 602 and 603) or any other covenants made in respect of such Securities or portions thereof as contemplated by Section 301, but the indebtedness of the Company in respect of such Securities or portions thereof shall not be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged prior to Maturity for any other purpose, and the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof shall continue to be entitled to look to the Company for payment of the indebtedness represented thereby; and, upon Company Request, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing that such Securities or portions thereof are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture.

      If payment at Stated Maturity of less than all of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is to be provided for in the manner and with the effect provided in this Section, the Security Registrar shall select such Securities, or portions of principal amount thereof, in the manner specified by Section 403 for selection for redemption of less than all the Securities of a series or Tranche.

      In the event that Securities which shall be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, in respect of which the Company's indebtedness shall have been satisfied and discharged, all as provided in this Section do not mature and are not to be redeemed within the 60 day period commencing with the date of the deposit of moneys or Eligible Obligations, as aforesaid, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, give a notice, in the same manner as a notice of redemption with respect to such Securities, to the Holders of such Securities to the effect that such deposit has been made and the effect thereof.

      Notwithstanding that any Securities shall be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee in respect of such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 503 (as to notice of redemption), 602, 603, 907 and 915 and this Article Seven shall survive.

      The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee or any Paying Agent with which Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited as provided in this Section against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against such Eligible Obligations or the principal or interest received in respect of such Eligible Obligations, including, but not limited to, any such tax payable by any entity deemed, for tax purposes, to have been created as a result of such deposit.

      Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) if, at any time after a Security would be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof would be deemed to have been satisfied or discharged, pursuant to this Section (without regard to the provisions of this paragraph), the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall be required to return the money or Eligible Obligations, or combination thereof, deposited with it as aforesaid to the Company or its representative under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, such Security shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been paid and any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof shall retroactively be deemed not to have been effected, and such Security shall be deemed to remain Outstanding and (b) any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect of any Security shall be subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 603.

   2. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

      This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter expressly provided), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

      1. no Securities remain Outstanding hereunder; and
      2. the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;

      provided, however, that if, in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 701, any Security, previously deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, shall be deemed retroactively not to have been so paid, this Indenture shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been satisfied and discharged, as aforesaid, and to remain in full force and effect, and the Company shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Trustee shall reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the same.

      Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 503 (as to notice of redemption), 602, 603, 907 and 915 and this Article Seven shall survive.

      Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in this Section, the Trustee shall assign, transfer and turn over to the Company, subject to the lien provided by Section 907, any and all money, securities and other property then held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities other than money and Eligible Obligations held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 703.

   3. Application of Trust Money.

   Neither the Eligible Obligations nor the money deposited pursuant to Section 701, nor the principal or interest payments on any such Eligible Obligations, shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities or portions of principal amount thereof in respect of which such deposit was made, all subject, however, to the provisions of Section 603; provided, however, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default any cash received from such principal or interest payments on such Eligible Obligations, if not then needed for such purpose, shall, to the extent practicable and upon Company Request and delivery to the Trustee of the documents referred to in clause (y) of Section 701, be invested in Eligible Obligations of the type described in clause (b) in the first paragraph of Section 701 maturing at such times and in such amounts as shall be sufficient, together with any other moneys and the principal of and interest on any other Eligible Obligations then held by the Trustee to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on and prior to the Maturity thereof, and interest earned from such reinvestment shall be paid over to the Company as received, free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture except the lien provided by Section 907; and provided, further, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, any moneys held in accordance with this Section on the Maturity of all such Securities in excess of the amount required to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due on such Securities shall be paid over to the Company free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture except the lien provided by Section 907; and provided, further, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, moneys to be paid over to the Company pursuant to this Section shall be held until such Event of Default shall have been waived or cured.

8. Events of Default; Remedies

   1. Events of Default.

      "Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing:

      1. failure to pay interest, if any, on any Security of such series within sixty (60) days after the same becomes due and payable; or
      2. failure to pay the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of such series when due and payable; or
      3. failure to perform or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series) for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Not ice of Default" hereunder, unless the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of Securities of such series not less than the principal amount of Securities the Holders of which gave such notice, as the case may be, shall agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of such principal amount of Securities of such series, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed to an extension of such period if corrective action is initiated by the Company within such period and is being diligently pursued; or
      4. the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (1) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (2) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition by one or more Pe rsons other than the Company seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official for the Company or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order shall have remained unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
      5. the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in a case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the authorization of such action by the Board of Directors; or
      6. any other Event of Default specified with respect to Securities of such series.
   2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

      If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof as contemplated by Section 301) of all of the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon receipt by the Company of notice of such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount), together with premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any thereon, shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one series of Securities, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, may make such declaration of acceleration, and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of such series.

      At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series shall have been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due shall have been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Event or Events of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if

      1. the Company shall have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
      1. all overdue interest on all Securities of such series;
      2. the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
      3. to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
      4. all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907;

      and

      2. any other Event or Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 813.

      No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

   3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

      If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 801 shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the series with respect to which such Event of Default shall have occurred, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on premium, if any, and on any overdue principal and interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907.

      If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

      If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

   4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

      In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

      1. to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
      2. to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

      and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amounts due it under Section 907.

      Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

   5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

      All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

   6. Application of Money Collected.

      Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money shall have been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

      1. To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 907;
      2. To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively; and
      3. To the payment of any surplus then remaining to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled thereto.
   7. Limitation on Suits.

      No Holder shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

      1. such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
      2. the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
      3. such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
      4. the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceeding; and
      5. no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggreg ate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class;

      it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

   8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
      Premium and Interest.

      Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

   9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

      If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, and Trustee and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

   10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

       Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

   11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

       No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

   12. Control by Holders of Securities.

       If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in respect of a series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, shall have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of such series; and provided, further, that

       1. such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and could not involve the Trustee in personal liability in circumstances where indemnity would not, in the Trustee's sole discretion, be adequate, and
       2. the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
   13. Waiver of Past Defaults.

       The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

       1. in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security of such series, or
       2. in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Section 1202 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

       Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any and all Events of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

   14. Undertaking for Costs.

       The Company and the Trustee agree, and each Holder by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which su ch suit may be brought, considered as one class, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

   15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

   The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

9. The Trustee

   1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
      1. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series,
      1. the Trustee undertakes to perform, with respect to Securities of such series, such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
      2. in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
      2. In case an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall exercise, with respect to Securities of such series, such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
      3. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that
      1. this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;
      2. the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
      3. the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any one or more series, as provided herein, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
      4. no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the ex ercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
      4. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
   2. Notice of Defaults.

      The Trustee shall give notice of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent required to do so by the Trust Indenture Act, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 801(c), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 75 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.

   3. Certain Rights of Trustee.

      Subject to the provisions of Section 901 and to the applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

      1. the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
      2. any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, or as otherwise expressly provided herein, and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
      3. whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
      4. the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
      5. the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
      6. the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further i nquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall (subject to applicable legal requirements) be entitled to examine, during normal business hours, the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
      7. the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
      8. the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of the Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities.
   4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

      The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the Trustee's certificates of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

   5. May Hold Securities.

      Each of the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 908 and 913, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

   6. Money Held in Trust.

      Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on or investment of any money received by it hereunder except as expressly provided herein or otherwise agreed with, and for the sole benefit of, the Company.

   7. Compensation and Reimbursement.

      The Company shall

      1. pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
      2. except as otherwise expressly provided herein, reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except to the extent that any such expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith; and
      3. indemnify the Trustee and hold it harmless from and against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder, inclu ding the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith.

      As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such other than property and funds held in trust under Section 703 (except as otherwise provided in Section 703). "Trustee" for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

   8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

      If the Trustee shall have or acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and with the effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and to the extent permitted thereby, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any series, shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest arising from its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any other series.

   9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

      There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be

      1. a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, or
      2. if and to the extent permitted by the Commission by rule, regulation or order upon application, a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign government, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or the Dollar equivalent of the applicable foreign currency and subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees,

      and, in either case, qualified and eligible under this Article and the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of such supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

   10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
       1. No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 911.
       2. The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 911 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
       3. The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
       4. If at any time:
       1. the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 908 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months, or
       2. the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 909 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
       3. the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

       then, in any such case, (x) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or (y) subject to Section 814, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

       5. If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause (other than as contemplated in clause (y) in subsection (d) of this Section), with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 911. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 911, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 911, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
       6. So long as no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and except with respect to a Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, if the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) a Board Resolution appointing a successor Trustee, effective as of a date specified therein, and (ii) an instrument of acceptance of such appointment, effective as of such date, by such successor Trustee in accordance with Section 911, the Trustee shall be deemed to have resigned as contemplated in subsection (b) of this Section, the successor Trustee shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Company pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section and such appointment shall be deemed to have been accepted as contemplated in Section 911, all as of such date, and all other provisions of this Section and Section 911 shall be applicable to such resignation, appointment and acceptance except to the extent inconsistent with this subsection (f).
       7. The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each re moval of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its corporate trust office.
   11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
       1. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of all series, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of all sums owed to it, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
       2. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Sec urities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (3) shall ad d to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon pay ment of all sums owed to it, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
       3. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any instruments which fully vest in and confirm to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
       4. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
   12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

       Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

   13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

       If the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities (other than by reason of a relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), the Trustee shall be subject to any and all applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or such other obligor. For purposes of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act:

       1. the term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand;
       2. the term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurri ng of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
   14. Co-trustees and Separate Trustees.

       At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company and the Trustee shall have power to appoint, and, upon the written request of the Trustee or of the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, the Company shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Trustee, or to act as separate trustee, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Company does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or if an Event of Default shall hav e occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.

       Should any written instrument or instruments from the Company be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed to more fully confirm to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company.

       Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following conditions:

       1. the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered, and all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised solely, by the Trustee;
       2. the rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed either by the Trustee or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee;
       3. the Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the concurrence of the Company, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section, and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall have power to accept the resi gnation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Company. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall join with the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section;
       4. no co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Trustee, or any other such trustee hereunder; and
       5. any Act of Holders delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
   15. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

   The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or Tranche thereof, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series or Tranche issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and s hall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

   Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

   An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

   The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, in accordance with, and subject to the provisions of Section 907.

   The provisions of Sections 308, 904 and 905 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.

   If an appointment with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series or Tranche may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:

   This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

   As Trustee

   By ___________________________
   As Authenticating
   Agent

   By ____________________________
   Authorized Signatory

   If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint, in accordance with this Section and in accordance with such procedures as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.

10. Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company

    1. Lists of Holders.

       Semiannually, not later than _______ and ___________ in each year, commencing _______________, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee information as to the names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall preserve such information and similar information received by it in any other capacity and afford to the Holders access to information so preserved by it, all to such extent, if any, and in such manner as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

    2. Reports by Trustee and Company.

    Not later than _____________ in each year, commencing _______________, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders and the Commission a report, dated as of the next preceding _______________, with respect to any events and other matters described in Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, in such manner and to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders, the Commission and each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed, and the Company shall file with the Trustee (within 30 days after filing with the Commission in the case of reports which pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act must be filed with the Commission and furnished to the Trustee) and transmit to the Holders, such other information, reports and other documents, if any, at such times and in such manner, as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the listing of any Securities on any securities exchange.

11. Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Other Transfer

    1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

       The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey or otherwise transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless

       1. the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
       2. immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness for borrowed money which becomes an obligation of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company at the time of such transaction, no Event of Def ault, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
       3. the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, or other transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with.
    2. Successor Person Substituted.

    Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other Person or any conveyance, or other transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 1101, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities Outstanding hereunder.

12. Supplemental Indentures

    1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

       Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

       1. to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities, all as provided in Article Eleven; or
       2. to add one or more covenants of the Company or other provisions for the benefit of all Holders or for the benefit of the Holders of, or to remain in effect only so long as there shall be Outstanding, Securities of one or more specified series, or one or more specified Tranches thereof, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
       3. to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities Outstanding hereunder; or
       4. to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture or to add any new provision to this Indenture; provided, however, that if such change, elimination or addition shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche Outstanding on the date of such indenture su pplemental hereto in any material respect, such change, elimination or addition shall become effective with respect to such series or Tranche only pursuant to the provisions of Section 1202 hereof or when no Security of such series or Tranche remains Outstanding; or
       5. to provide collateral security for all but not part of the Securities; or
       6. to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series or Tranche as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301; or
       7. to provide for the authentication and delivery of bearer securities and coupons appertaining thereto representing interest, if any, thereon and for the procedures for the registration, exchange and replacement thereof and for the giving of notice to, and the solicitation of the vote or consent of, the holders thereof, and for any and all other matters incidental thereto; or
       8. to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a separate or successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 911(b); or
       9. to provide for the procedures required to permit the Company to utilize, at its option, a non-certificated system of registration for all, or any series or Tranche of, the Securities; or
       10. to change any place or places where (1) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for registration of transfer, (3) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for exchange and (4) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be served; or
       11. to cure any ambiguity, to correct or sup plement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other changes to the provisions hereof or to add other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such other changes or additions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche in any material respect.

       Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture or at any time thereafter shall be amended and

       (x) if any such amendment shall require one or more changes to any provisions hereof or the inclusion herein of any additional provisions, or shall by operation of law be deemed to effect such changes or incorporate such provisions by reference or otherwise, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended so as to conform to such amendment to the Trust Indenture Act, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to effect or evidence such changes or additional provisions; or

       (y) if any such amendment shall permit one or more changes to, or the elimination of, any provisions hereof which, at the date of the execution and delivery hereof or at any time thereafter, are required by the Trust Indenture Act to be contained herein, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended to effect such changes or elimination, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to evidence such amendment hereof.

    2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

       With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then Outstanding under this Indenture, considered as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture; provided, however, that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding hereunder and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Secur ities of any series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that no such supplemental indenture shall:

       1. change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon (or the amount of any installment of interest thereon) or change the method of calculating such rate or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802, or change the coin or currency (or other property), in which any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity of any Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), without, in any such case, the consent of the Holder of such Security, or
       2. reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any ser ies or any Tranche thereof, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with any provision of this Indenture or of any default hereunder and its consequences, or reduce the requirements of Section 1304 for quorum or voting, without, in any such case, the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security of such series or Tranche, or
       3. modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 607 or Section 813 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or except to increase the percentages in principal amount referred to in this Section or such other Sections or to provide that other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the "Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 911(b) and 1201(h).

       A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or of one or more Tranches thereof, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series or Tranches with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series or Tranche.

       It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. A waiver by a Holder of such Holder's right to consent under this Section shall be deemed to be a consent of such Holder.

    3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

       In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 901) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or otherwise.

    4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

       Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article may restate this Indenture in its entirety, and, upon the execution and delivery thereof, any such restatement shall supersede this Indenture as theretofore in effect for all purposes.

    5. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.

       Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

    6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

       Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.

    7. Modification Without Supplemental Indenture.

    If the terms of any particular series of Securities shall have been established in a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution as contemplated by Section 301, and not in an indenture supplemental hereto, additions to, changes in or the elimination of any of such terms may be effected by means of a supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate, as the case may be, delivered to, and accepted by, the Trustee; provided, however, that such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall not be accepted by the Trustee or otherwise be effective unless all conditions set forth in this Indenture which would be required to be satisfied if such additions, changes or elimination were contained in a supplemental indenture shall have been appropriately satisfied. Upon the acceptance thereof by the Trustee, any such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall be deemed to be a "supplemental indenture" for purpo ses of Section 1204 and 1206.

13. Meetings of Holders; Action Without Meeting

    1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.

       A meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series or Tranches.

    2. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
       1. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall determine, or, with the approval of the Company, at any other place. Notice of every such meeting, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
       2. If the Trustee shall have been requested to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, by the Company or by the Holders of 33% in aggregate principal amount of all of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in such other place as shall be determined or approved by the Company, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
       3. Any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches are present in person or by proxy and if representatives of the Company and the Trustee are present, or if noti ce is waived in writing before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, or by such of them as are not present at the meeting in person or by proxy, and by the Company and the Trustee.
    3. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

       To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, a Person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches, or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to attend any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

    4. Quorum; Action.

       The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which a meeting shall have been called as hereinbefore provided, considered as one class, shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within one hour of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series and Tra nches, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Except as provided by Section 1305(e), notice of the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for more than 30 days shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a) not less than ten days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches which shall constitute a quorum.

       Except as limited by Section 1202, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been called, considered as one class; provided, however, that, except as so limited, any resolution with respect to any action which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class.

       Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been held, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

    5. Attendance at Meetings; Determination of Voting Rights;
       Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
       1. Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities may be in person or by proxy; and, to the extent permitted by law, any such proxy shall remain in effect and be binding upon any future Holder of the Securities with respect to which it was given unless and until specifically revoked by the Holder or future Holder of such Securities before being voted.
       2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of such Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in th e manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
       3. The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class.
       4. At any meeting each Holder or proxy shall be entitle d to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or proxy.
       5. Any meeting duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
    6. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

       The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities, of the series and Tranches with respect to which the meeting shall have been called, held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports of all votes cast at the meeting. A record of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notic e of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

    7. Action Without Meeting.

    In lieu of a vote of Holders at a meeting as hereinbefore contemplated in this Article, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be made, given or taken by Holders by written instruments as provided in Section 104.

14. Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors

    1. Liability Solely Corporate.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities, or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Securities are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company or of an y predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or indirectly through the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or to be implied herefrom or therefrom, and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.

_________________________

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

By:

Trustee

By: 9;

STATE OF _____________________ )
                                                                ) ss.:
COUNTY OF ___________________ )

On the _____ day of _________, _____, before me personally came _________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the _________________________ of Entergy Louisiana LLC, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing 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 authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

Notary Public

STATE OF _____________________ )
                                                                ) ss.:
COUNTY OF ___________________ )

On the _____ day of ____________, _____, before me personally came _________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a _________________ of ______________________________, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing 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 authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

Notary Public

EX-4 5 a033064d.htm

Exhibit 4(d)

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE

Creating the ____% Debentures, Series due ________

____________, the ___________________________________ of Entergy Louisiana, LLC (the "Company"), pursuant to the authority granted in the accompanying Board Resolutions (all capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein but are defined in the Indenture referred to below, shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture), and Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, does hereby certify to ____________________ (the "Trustee"), as Trustee under the Indenture of the Company (For Unsecured Debt Securities) dated as of ____________ (the "Indenture") that:

1. The securities of the ______ series to be issued under the Indenture shall be designated "_____% Debentures, Series due _________" (the "Debentures of the _____ Series"), and shall be issued in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

2. The Debentures of the _____ Series shall mature and the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on ______, ____;

3. The Debentures of the _____ Series shall bear interest as provided in the form thereof set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

4. Each installment of interest on a Debenture of the _____ Series shall be payable as provided in the form thereof set forth as Exhibit A hereto;

5. Registration and registration of transfers and exchanges in respect of the Debentures of the _____ Series may be effected at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York. Notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debentures of the _____ Series may be served at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York. The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee will initially be the agency of the Company for such payment, registration and registration of transfers and exchanges and service of notices and demands and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer's Certificates, any such office or agency and such agent. The Trustee will be the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Debentures of the _____ Series;

6. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any given Interest Payment Date with respect to the Debentures of the _____ Series shall be the __th day prior to such Interest Payment Date;

7. [Redemption provisions will be inserted]

8. No service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of the Debentures of the _____ Series; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the exchange or transfer;

9. If the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Debentures of the _____ Series, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer's Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer's Certificate, either:

(A)  an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of the Debentures of the _____ Series, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Debentures of the _____ Series or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof; or

(B)  an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as a result of a change in law occurring after the date of this certificate, the Holders of such Debentures of the _____ Series, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected;

[11. The Debentures of the _____ Series will be initially issued in global form registered in the name of Cede & Co. (as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York). The Debentures of the _____ Series in global form shall bear the depository legend in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The Debentures of the _____ Series in global form will contain restrictions on transfer, substantially as described in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.]

12. The Debentures of the _____ Series shall have such other terms and provisions as are provided in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

13. The undersigned has read all of the covenants and conditions contained in the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Debentures of the _____ Series and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto and in respect of which this certificate is made;

14. The statements contained in this certificate are based upon the familiarity of the undersigned with the Indenture, the documents accompanying this certificate, and upon discussions by the undersigned with officers and employees of the Company familiar with the matters set forth herein;

15. In the opinion of the undersigned, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion whether or not such covenants and conditions have been complied with; and

16. In the opinion of the undersigned, such conditions and covenants and conditions precedent, if any (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) to the authentication and delivery of the Debentures of the _____ Series requested in the accompanying Company Order No. __ have been complied with.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Officer's Certificate this ____ day of ______, ____ in New York, New York.

Exhibit A

Exhibit A

[Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Entergy Louisiana, LLC or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]

No._______________

Cusip No.__________

[FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE]

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.

_____% DEBENTURES, SERIES DUE _________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, herein referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

or registered assigns, the principal sum of ____________________ Dollars on ____________ and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually on ______ and ______ of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date") at the rate of ______% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including __________, to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date, and thereafter will accrue from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. No interest will accrue on the Securities with respect to the day on which the Securities mature. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date. The interest s o payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the __th day preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date"). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and up on such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, the State of New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, interest on this Security may be paid by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto, as such address shall appear on the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed in New York, New York.

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

By:_______________________________________

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

The Bank of New York, as Trustee

By:_______________________________________
                        Authorized Signatory

[FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE]

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture (for Unsecured Debt Securities), dated as of _____, ____ (herein, together with any amendments thereto, called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, including the Board Resolutions and Officer's Certificate filed with the Trustee on _________, ____ creating the series designated on the face hereof, for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and de livered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

[Redemption provisions will be inserted]

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing a direction inconsiste nt with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor and of authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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Entergy Services, Inc.
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Tel: 225-339-3213
Fax: 225-339-3221
e-mail: dabuso@entergy.com

Dawn A. Abuso
Senior Counsel
Legal Services Department

Exhibit 5(a)

March 23, 2006

Entergy Louisiana, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel for Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for the registration of $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds of the Company (the "Bonds") and Debt Securities of the Company (the "Debt Securities"), each to be issued in one or more new series, and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Mortgage and Deed of Trust of the Company dated as of April 1, 1944, with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee, and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as proposed to be further amended and supplemented (the "Mortgage"), under whic h the Bonds are to be issued, and of the Indenture for Unsecured Debt Securities (the "Indenture") between the Company and a trustee named therein (the "Indenture Trustee") under which the Debt Securities are to be issued.

Subject to the qualifications hereinafter expressed, I am of the opinion that (1) the Bonds, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefit of the security in Louisiana afforded by the Mortgage and (2) the Debt Securities, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company.

For purposes of the opinion expressed above, I have assumed (1) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with appropriate action with regard to the issuance of the Bonds and the Debt Securities, respectively, by and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any other applicable regulatory body, (2) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of and in accordance with the terms set by the Company's Board of Directors, or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof, and (3) that the Indenture will be executed and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of (a) the Company's Board of Directors or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof and (b) the Indenture Trustee.

I have reviewed the statements in the Registration Statement under the caption "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds - Security," and such statements as to matters of Louisiana law and legal conclusions under Louisiana law that are made in the Registration Statement on my authority as an expert. Insofar as such statements relate to matters of Louisiana law and legal conclusions under Louisiana law, they are true and correct and fairly describe the matters covered thereby and there are no omissions in such statements of any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements not misleading.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Louisiana, Texas and New York and of the United States of America. To the extent that my opinion relates to or is dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of New York, I have relied upon the opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(b) to the Registration Statement. To the extent that my opinion relates to or is dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Texas, I have relied upon the opinion of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(c) to the Registration Statement.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5(a) to the Registration Statement and to the references to me in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus contained therein. In giving the foregoing consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Dawn A. Abuso

Dawn A. Abuso
Senior Counsel -
Corporate and Securities

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EXHIBIT 5(b)

March 23, 2006

Entergy Louisiana, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, including the exhibits thereto, which Entergy Louisiana, LLC (the "Company") proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or shortly after the date hereof, for (I) the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of (a) its First Mortgage Bonds (the "Bonds") and/or (b) its Debt Securities (the "Debt Securities"); such Bonds to be issued in one or more new series, under the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as April 1, 1944, with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee, and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amen ded and supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage"), and such Debt Securities to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture for Debt Securities (the "Indenture") between the Company and a trustee named therein (the "Indenture Trustee"); and (II) the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Mortgage and the Indenture.

Subject to the qualifications hereinafter expressed, we are of the opinion that the Bonds and the Debt Securities, each when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company.

For purposes of the opinions set forth above, we have assumed, as applicable to the respective securities, (I) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of and in accordance with the terms set by the Company's Board of Directors, or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof, (II) that the Indenture will be executed and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of (a) the Company's Board of Directors or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof and (b) the Indenture Trustee, and (III) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with appropriate action with regard to the issuance of the Bonds and the Debt Securities, respectively, by and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any other applicable regulatory body.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of New York, Louisiana and Texas and of the United States of America. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Louisiana, we have relied upon the opinion of Dawn A. Abuso, Senior Counsel - - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., which is being filed as Exhibit 5(a) to the Registration Statement. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Texas, we have relied upon the opinion of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Association, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(c) to the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5(b) to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm, as counsel, in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus contained therein. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP

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Exhibit 5(c)

March 23, 2006

Entergy Louisiana, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as local Texas counsel for Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for the registration of $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds of the Company (the "Bonds") and Debt Securities of the Company (the "Debt Securities"), each to be issued in one or more new series, and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Mortgage and Deed of Trust of the Company dated as of April 1, 1944, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as proposed to be further amended and supplemented (the "Mortgage"), under which the Bonds are to be issued, and of the Indenture for Unsecured Debt Securities of the Company under which the Debt Securities are to be issue d (the "Indenture").

We, as your special Texas counsel, have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials, and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion. As to certain factual matters material to the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have relied, where such reliance is reasonable, upon representations contained in certificates of the Company or its officers and/or directors, on certificates of public officials, and on representations made by the Company in the Registration Statement.

Subject to the qualifications hereinafter expressed, we are of the following opinions:

(1) The Company is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Texas.

(2) The Bonds, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefit of the security in Texas afforded by the Mortgage.

(3) The Debt Securities, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company.

For purposes of the opinions expressed above, we have assumed (a) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with appropriate action with regard to the issuance of the Bonds and the Debt Securities, respectively, by and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any other applicable regulatory body, (b) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of and in accordance with the terms set by the Board of Directors of the Company or, if applicable, the Executive Committee thereof, and (c) that the Indenture will be executed and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of (i) the Company's Board of Directors or, if applicable, the Executive Committee thereof and (ii) the Indenture Trustee named therein.

We have reviewed the statements in the Registration Statement under the caption "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds - Security," and such statements as to matters of Texas law and legal conclusions under Texas law as are made in the Registration Statement on our authority as experts. Insofar as such statements relate to matters of Texas law and legal conclusions under Texas law, they are true and correct and fairly describe the matters covered thereby, and there are no omissions in such statements of any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements not misleading.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Texas, Louisiana, and New York and of the United States of America. To the extent that our opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of New York, we have relied upon the opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(b) to the Registration Statement. To the extent that our opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of Louisiana, we have relied upon the opinion of Dawn A. Abuso, Senior Counsel - - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., which is being filed as Exhibit 5(a) to the Registration Statement.

We express no opinion except as explicitly provided herein, and our opinions are based as of the date hereof and are based, in each case, upon existing laws and regulations effective as of the date hereof and assume the application of such laws and regulations to events that may occur after the date of this letter. We undertake no obligation (a) to advise you of changes that may come to our attention or that become effective after the date hereof or (b) to withdraw, reissue, or supplement the opinions expressed herein as a result of any subsequent change to relevant facts or applicable law or any discovery by us that any assumption or factual conclusion set forth in this letter was incorrect as of the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5(c) to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus contained therein. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

This opinion is rendered to you solely in connection with the above-described matters. This opinion may not be relied on by you for any other purpose or relied on or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Clark, Thomas & Winters, A Professional Corporation

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Exhibit 23(c)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated March 9, 2006, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Entergy Louisiana, LLC, (which reports express unqualified opinions and include an explanatory paragraph regarding the change in 2003 in the method of accounting for asset retirement obligations) and management's report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Entergy Louisiana, LLC for the year ended December 31, 2005 and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
March 23, 2006

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Exhibit 25(a)

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FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |__|

___________________________

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

New York (State of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	13-5160382 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. (Address of principal executive offices)	10286 (Zip code)

___________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Texas (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	75-3206126 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Address of principal executive offices)	70802 (Zip code)

___________________________

First Mortgage Bonds
(Title of the indenture securities)

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1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York	One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York	33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association	New York, New York 10005

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-106702.)

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 16th day of March, 2006.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

By: /S/ BEATA HRYNIEWICKA
Name: BEATA HRYNIEWICKA
Title: ASSISTANT TREASURER

Exhibit 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2005, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

ASSETS	Dollar Amounts In Thousands
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin	$3,361,000
Interest-bearing balances	7,528,000
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities	1,977,000
Available-for-sale securities	22,664,000
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Federal funds sold in domestic offices	809,000
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	309,000
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale	0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income	33,263,000
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses	408,000
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance 9;	32,855,000
Trading assets	5,625,000
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)	821,000
Other real estate owned	0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies	283,000
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding9;	117,000
Intangible assets:
Goodwill 9;	2,138,000
Other intangible assets 9;	764,000
Other assets 9;	6,617,000
Total assets 9;	$85,868,000
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices 9;	$38,100,000
Noninterest-bearing9;	18,123,000
Interest-bearing 9;	19,977,000
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs9;	27,218,000
Noninterest-bearing9;	383,000
Interest-bearing 9;	26,835,000
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices	844,000
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	118,000
Trading liabilities 9;	2,555,000
Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	1,327,000
Not applicable
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding9;	119,000
Subordinated notes and debentures 9;	1,955,000
Other liabilities 9;	5,119,000
Total liabilities 9;	$77,355,000
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries	139,000
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock 9;	1,135,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) 9;	2,097,000
Retained earnings 9;	5,256,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income	-114,000
Other equity capital components	0
Total equity capital 9;	8,374,000
Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital 9;	$85,868,000

I, Thomas J. Mastro, Executive Vice President and Comptroller of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas J. Mastro,
Executive Vice President and Comptroller

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

Thomas A. Renyi
Gerald L. Hassell Directors

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Exhibit 25(b)

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FORM T-2

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF AN
INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |__|

___________________________

Stephen J. Giurlando
(Name of trustee)

###-##-####
(Social Security Number) 101 Barclay Street, 8E
New York, New York 10286
(Business address: street,
city state and zip code)

___________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Texas (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	75-3206126 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Address of principal executive offices)	70802 (Zip code)

___________________________

First Mortgage Bonds
(Title of the indenture securities)

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1. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None. (see Note on page 3.)

2. Trusteeships under other indentures.

If the trustee is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the obligor are outstanding, file a copy of each such indenture as an exhibit and furnish the following information:

(a) Title of the securities outstanding under each such other indenture.

Not applicable.

(b) A brief statement of the facts relied upon by the trustee as a basis for the claim that no conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b)(1) of the Act arises as a result of the trusteeship under such other indenture, including a statement as to how the indenture securities will rank as compared with the securities issued under such other indenture.

Not applicable.

11. List of Exhibits.

None.

NOTE

Inasmuch as this Form T-2 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 1, the answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.

Item 1 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an amendment to this Form T-2.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, I, Stephen J. Giurlando have signed this statement of eligibility in The City of New York and State of New York, on the 21st day of March, 2006.

/S/ STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO
Name: STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO

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EX-4

Exhibit 4(b)

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
(successor to Entergy Louisiana, Inc.)

TO

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

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


________________


[____________] Supplemental Indenture


Providing among other things for

First Mortgage Bonds, [____%] Series due [_____________]
([_____________] Series)


Dated as of [_______________20__]

[_______________________] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Indenture, dated as of [________________], 20__, 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 446 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802, 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 "[________________] 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 [_______________________] Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and

WHEREAS, by the Mortgage, the Florida Company covenanted that it would execute and deliver such supplemental indenture or indentures and such further instruments and do such further acts as might be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of the Mortgage and to make subject to the lien of the Mortgage any property thereafter acquired and intended to be subject to the lien thereof; 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 has 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 Fifty-seventh Supplemental Indenture	March 1, 2002 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% 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, on December 31, 2005, the Louisiana Company converted into a Texas corporation and has, pursuant to a Plan of Merger executed by the Louisiana Company pursuant to which the Company and Entergy Louisiana Properties, LLC were created (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 executed and delivered a Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2006, pursuant to which the 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 Louisiana Company, and said Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indenture was recorded in various Parishes in the State of Louisiana; and

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

WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Mortgage provides that the form of each series of bonds (other than the First Series) issued thereunder and of the coupons to be attached to coupon bonds of such series shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and that the form of such series, as established by said Board of Directors, shall specify the descriptive title of the bonds and various other terms thereof, and may also contain such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Mortgage as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, cause to be inserted therein expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which such bonds are to be issued and/or secured under the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, Section 120 of the Mortgage provides, among other things, that any power, privilege or right expressly or impliedly reserved to or in any way conferred upon the Company by any provision of the Mortgage, whether such power, privilege or right is in any way restricted or is unrestricted, may be in whole or in part waived or surrendered or subjected to any restriction if at the time unrestricted or to additional restrictions if already restricted, and the Company may enter into any further covenants, limitations or restrictions for the benefit of any one or more series of bonds issued thereunder, or the Company may cure any ambiguity contained therein, or in any supplemental indenture, or may establish the terms and provisions of any series of bonds (other than the First Series) 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 tim e subject to the lien of the Mortgage shall be situated; and

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to create a new series of bonds and to add to its covenants and agreements contained in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, certain other covenants and agreements to be observed by it and to alter and amend in certain respects the covenants and provisions contained in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented; and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery by the Company of this [_________________] Supplemental Indenture, and the terms of the bonds of the [_______________] Series, hereinafter referred to, 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 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, 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 the provisions of the Mortgage (including any instruments supplemental thereto and any modification made as in the Mortgage provided) and of said bonds, 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 purpose 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, all of the property now owned by the Company and specifically described in the Mortgage, as supplemented, and all the following described properties of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, namely:

PARAGRAPH ONE

The Electric Generating Plants, Plant Sites and Stations, and all ownership interests therein, of the Company, including all electric works, power houses, buildings, pipe lines and structures owned by the Company and all land of the Company on which the same are situated and all of the Company's lands, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, servitudes, prescriptions, and easements, rights-of-way, permits, privileges, licenses, poles, wires, machinery, implements, equipment and appurtenances, forming a part of said plants, sites or stations, or any of them, or used or enjoyed, or capable of being used or enjoyed in conjunction with any of said power plants, sites, stations, lands and property.

PARAGRAPH TWO

The Electric Substations, Switching Stations, Microwave installations and UHF-VHF installations of the Company, and the Sites therefor, including all buildings, structures, towers, poles, all equipment, appliances and devices for transforming, converting, switching, transmitting and distributing electric energy, and for communications, and the lands of the Company on which the same are situated, and all of the Company's lands, rights, ways, servitudes, prescriptions, easements, rights-of-way, machinery, equipment, appliances, devices, licenses and appurtenances forming a part of said substations, switching stations, microwave installations or UHF-VHF installations, or any of them, or used or enjoyed or capable of being used or enjoyed in conjunction with any of them.

PARAGRAPH THREE

All and Singular the Miscellaneous Lands and Real Estate or Rights and Interests therein of the Company now owned, or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, hereafter acquired during the existence of this trust.

PARAGRAPH FOUR

The Electric Transmission Lines of the Company, including the structures, towers, poles, wires, cables, switch racks, conductors, transformers, pole type substations, insulators and all appliances, devices and equipment used or useful in connection with said transmission lines and systems, and all other property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part thereof or appertaining thereto, together with all rights-of-way, easements, prescriptions, servitudes, permits, privileges, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof, through, over, under or upon any public streets or highways or other lands, public or private.

PARAGRAPH FIVE

The Electric Submarine Cables of the Company, including the wires, cables, switch racks, conductors, conduits, transformers, substations, insulators and all appliances, devices and equipment used or useful in connection with said submarine cables, and all other property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part thereof or appertaining thereto, together with all rights-of-way, easements, prescriptions, servitudes, permits, privileges, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof.

And also all extensions, replacements, branches, taps, developments and improvements of said submarine cables, or any of them, and all other submarine cables owned by the Company wherever situated, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and/or constructed, as well as all of the Company's rights-of-way, easements, permits, privileges, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage.

PARAGRAPH SIX

The Electric Distribution Lines and Systems of the Company, including the structures, towers, poles, wires, insulators and appurtenances, appliances, conductors, conduits, cables, transformers, meters, regulator stations and regulators, accessories, devices and equipment and all of the Company's other property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part of or used, occupied or enjoyed in connection with or in anywise appertaining to said distribution lines and systems, together with all of the Company's rights-of-way, easements, permits, prescriptions, privileges, municipal or other franchises, licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof, through, over, under, or upon any public streets or highways, public or private lands, including all additions, improvements or replacements to all of the distribution systems located in the municipalities and parishes set forth in the Mortgage and in the First through Sixty-fourth Supplemen tal Indentures.

And also all branches, extensions, improvements and developments of or appertaining to or connected with said distribution lines, systems or any of them, and all other distribution systems of the Company and parts and portions thereof, wherever situated, whether connected or not connected with any of the foregoing systems and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, as well as all of the Company's rights-of-way, easements, privileges, prescriptions, permits, municipal or other franchises, consents and rights for or relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof or any part or portion thereof, through, over, under or upon any public streets or highways or public or private lands, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage.

PARAGRAPH SEVEN

The certain franchises, privileges, permits, grants and consents for the construction, operation and maintenance of electric systems in, on and under streets, alleys, highways, roads, and public grounds, areas and rights-of-way, and/or for the supply and sale of electricity, and all rights incident thereto, which were granted by the governing bodies of the respective municipalities, parishes and public authorities in the State of Louisiana.

Also all other franchises, privileges, permits, grants and consents owned or hereafter acquired by the Company for the construction, operation and maintenance of electric systems in, on or under streets, alleys, highways, roads, and public grounds, areas and rights-of-way and/or for the supply and sale of electricity and all rights incident thereto, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage.

All other property, real, personal and mixed, acquired by the Company after the date of the execution and delivery of the Mortgage, in addition to property covered by the First through Sixty-fourth Supplemental Indentures (except any herein or in the Mortgage or in said Supplemental Indentures expressly excepted), now owned or, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, hereafter acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) and wheresoever situated, including (without in anywise limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the same the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general description contained in this [ ] Supplemental Indenture) all lands, power sites, flowage rights, water rights, water locations, water appropriations, ditches, flumes, reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, raceways, dams, dam sites, aqueducts and all other rights or means for appropriating, conveying, storing and supplying water; all rights-of-way and roads; all plants for the generation of electricity by steam, water and/or other power; all power houses, gas plants, street lighting systems, standards and other equipment incidental thereto, telephone, radio and television systems, air-conditioning systems and equipment incidental thereto, water works, water systems, steam heat and hot water plants, substations, lines, service and supply systems, bridges, culverts, tracks, ice or refrigeration plants and equipment, offices, buildings and other structures and the equipment thereof; all machinery, engines, boilers, dynamos, electric, gas and other machines, regulators, meters, transformers, generators, motors, electrical, gas and mechanical appliances, conduits, cables, water, steam heat, gas or other pipes, gas mains and pipes, service pipes, fittings, valves and connections, pole and transmission lines, wires, cables, tools, implements, apparatus, furniture and chattels; all municipal and other franchises, consents, o r permits; all lines for the transmission and distribution of electric current, gas, steam heat or water for any purpose, including towers, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, ducts and all apparatus for use in connection therewith; all real estate, lands, easements, servitudes, licenses, permits, franchises, privileges, rights-of-way and other rights in or relating to real estate or the occupancy of the same and (except as herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or enjoyed in connection with any property hereinbefore or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, described.

TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, prescriptions, servitudes and appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 57 of the Mortgage) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and interest and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid property and franchises and every part and parcel thereof.

IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that, subject to the provisions of Section 87 of the Mortgage, all the property, rights and franchises acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) after the date hereof (except any herein or in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted), shall be and are as fully granted and conveyed hereby and as fully embraced within the lien hereof and the lien of the Mortgage, as if such property, rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and were specifically described herein and conveyed hereby.

PROVIDED THAT the following are not and are not intended to be now or hereafter granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected, pledged, set over or confirmed hereunder and are hereby expressly excepted from the lien and operation of this [ ] Supplemental Indenture and from the lien and operation of the Mortgage, namely: (1) cash, shares of stock, bonds, notes and other obligations and other securities not hereafter specifically pledged, paid, deposited, delivered or held under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (2) merchandise, equipment, materials or supplies held for the purpose of sale in the usual course of business and fuel, oil and similar materials and supplies consumable in the operation of any properties of the Company; rolling stock, buses, motor coaches, automobiles and other vehicles and all aircraft; (3) bills, notes and accounts receivable, judgments, demands and choses in action, and all contracts, le ases and operating agreements not specifically pledged under the Mortgage or covenanted so to be; (4) the last day of the term of any lease or leasehold which may hereafter become subject to the lien of the Mortgage; (5) electric energy, gas, ice, and other materials or products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of its business; all timber, minerals, mineral rights and royalties; (6) the Company's franchise to be a corporation; and (7) any property heretofore released pursuant to any provisions of the Mortgage and not heretofore disposed of by the Company; provided, however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the lien and operation of the Mortgage in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so excepted in the event and as of the date that either or both of the Trustees or their successor or successors in said trust or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take p ossession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner provided in Article XIII of the Mortgage by reason of the occurrence of a Default as defined in Section 65 thereof.

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 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, respectively, 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 [ ] 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 said property had been owned by the 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:

1. 
   
   [__________________] SERIES BONDS

   1. There shall be a series of bonds designated "[_____%] Series due [_____________]" (herein sometimes called the "[_______________] Series"), each of which shall also bear the descriptive title "First Mortgage Bond", and the form thereof, which shall be established by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, shall contain suitable provisions with respect to the matters hereinafter in this Section specified. Bonds of the [______________] Series (which shall be initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $[______________________]) shall be dated as in Section 10 of the Mortgage provided, shall mature on [______________], shall be issued as fully registered bonds in any integral multiple or multiples of One Thousand Dollars, and shall bear interest at the rate of [_____%] per annum, the first interest payment to be made on [____________], 20__, for the period from [______________, 20__] to [_______________, 20__] with subsequent interest p ayments payable semi-annually on [____________] and [____________] of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), the principal of and interest on each said bond to be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.

   Interest on the bonds of the [_______________] Series will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity of any bond of the [_________________] Series shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect, and in the same amount, as if made on the corresponding Interest Payment Date or redemption date, or at maturity, as the case may be, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day. "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the corporate trust office of the Corporate Trustee is closed for business.

   So long as all of the bonds of the [_______________] Series are held by The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, or a successor thereof, the record date for the payment of interest on the bonds of the [____________________] Series shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the corresponding Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that the record date for the payment of interest which is paid after such Interest Payment Date, shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such interest is paid. Interest on the bonds of the [_____________] Series shall be paid to the Person in whose name such bonds of the [__________________] Series are registered at the close of business on the record date for the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

   The Company reserves the right to establish, at any time, by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a form of coupon bond, and of appurtenant coupons, for the [_________________] Series and to provide for exchangeability of such coupon bonds with the bonds of said Series issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate provisions for such purpose.

   (I) The bonds of the [__________________] Series shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon notice, as provided in Section 52 of the Mortgage, mailed not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, (a) at any time prior to [_____________, 20__], at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such bonds of the Sixty-third Series to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of (x) the present value of the payment on [______________, 20__] of the principal amount of such bonds of the [_____________] Series to be redeemed plus (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest on such bonds of the [__________________] Series to be redeemed to [____________, 20__] (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the redemption date), discounted (for purposes of determining such present values) to the redemption date on a semi-an nual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus [ ]%, and (ii) at any time on or after [_________________, 20__], prior to maturity of the bonds of the [________________] Series, at a redemption price equal to [ ]% of the principal amount of such bonds of the [_____________________] Series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

   As used herein, the following defined terms shall have the respective meanings specified unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

   The term "Adjusted Treasury Rate" shall mean, with respect to any redemption date:

   (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after [________________, 20__], yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

   (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date for the Adjusted Treasury Rate or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

   The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.

   The term "Comparable Treasury Issue" shall mean the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to [_______________, 20__] that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to ,[_____________, 20__].

   The term "Comparable Treasury Price" shall mean, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

   The term "Independent Investment Banker" shall mean one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the Company appoints to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time, or, if any of such firms is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

   The term "Reference Treasury Dealer" shall mean (i) [___________________________________], and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Independent Investment Banker after consultation with the Company.

   The term "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" shall mean, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

   (II) At the option of the registered owner, any bonds of the [____________________] Series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the [________________] Series of other authorized denominations.

   Bonds of the [______________________] Series shall be transferable, upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly executed by the registered owner or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

   Upon any exchange or transfer of bonds of the [_________________] Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge, as provided in Section 12 of the Mortgage, but the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto for any exchange or transfer of bonds of said Series.

2. 
   
   [DIVIDEND COVENANT

1. The Company covenants that, so long as any of the bonds of the [_________________________] Series are Outstanding, it will not declare any dividends on its Common Stock (other than (a) a dividend payable solely in shares of its Common Stock, or (b) a dividend payable in cash in cases where, concurrently with the payment of such dividend, an amount in cash equal to such dividend is received by the Company as a capital contribution or as the proceeds of the issue and sale of shares of its Common Stock) or make any distribution on outstanding shares of its Common Stock or purchase or otherwise acquire for value any outstanding shares of its Common Stock (otherwise than in exchange for or out of the proceeds from the sale of other shares of its Common Stock) if, after such dividend, distribution, purchase or acquisition, the aggregate amount of such dividends, distributions, purchases and acquisitions paid or made subsequent to [_______________, 20__] (other than any dividend declared by the Company on or before [_______________, 20__] for payment on or before [_______________, 20__] exceeds (without giving effect to (i) any of such dividends, distributions, purchases or acquisitions, or (ii) any net transfers from earned surplus to stated capital accounts) the sum of (a) the aggregate amount credited subsequent to [_______________, 20__], to earned surplus, (b) $345,000,000 and (c) such additional amounts as shall be authorized or approved, upon application by the Company, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

For the purposes of this Section 1, the aggregate amount credited subsequent to [_______________, 20__], to earned surplus shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices after making provision for dividends upon any preferred stock of the Company accumulated subsequent to such date, but in such determination there shall not be considered charges to earned surplus applicable to the period prior to [_______________, 20__] including, but not limited to, charges to earned surplus for write-offs or write-downs of book values of assets owned by the Company on [_______________, 20__].]

3. 
   
   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

1. The holders of the bonds of the [___________________] Series shall be deemed to have consented and agreed that the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of the bonds of the [_______________] Series entitled to consent to any amendment or supplement to the Mortgage or the waiver of any provision thereof or any act to be performed thereunder. If a record date is fixed, those persons who were holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
2. Subject to any amendments provided for in this [_________________] Supplemental Indenture, the terms defined in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented, shall, for all purposes of this [____________________] Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings specified in the Mortgage, as heretofore supplemented.
3. So long as any bonds of the [_______________________] Series shall remain Outstanding, in each Net Earning Certificate made pursuant to Section 7 of the Mortgage there shall be included in operating expenses for the twelve (12) months period with respect to which such certificate is made an amount, if any (not otherwise included), equal to the provisions for amortization of any amounts included in utility plant acquisition adjustment accounts for such period.
4. So long as any bonds of the [_________________] Series shall remain Outstanding, subdivision (2) of Section 7 of the Mortgage is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words "provided, further, that the amount so included in such operating expenses in lieu of the amounts actually appropriated out of income for retirement of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property used primarily and principal ly in the electric, gas, steam and/or hot water utility business and the Company's automotive equipment used in the operation of such property shall not be less than the amounts so actually appropriated out of income".
5. 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:

The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this [________________] 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 [________________] 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 [________________] Supplemental Indenture.

6. Whenever in this [____________________] 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 [_________________] 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.
7. Nothing in this [__________________] 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 [______________] Supplemental Indenture or any coven ant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all the covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this [_________________] 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.
8. It is the intention and it is hereby agreed that, so far as concerns that portion of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property situated within the State of Louisiana, the general language of conveyance contained in this [________________] Supplemental Indenture is intended and shall be construed as words of hypothecation and not of conveyance, and that, so far as the said Louisiana property is concerned, this [______________________] Supplemental Indenture shall be considered as an act of mortgage and pledge under the laws of the State of Louisiana, and the Trustees herein named are named as mortgagee and pledgee in trust for the benefit of themsel ves and of all present and future holders of bonds and coupons issued and to be issued under the Mortgage, and are irrevocably appointed special agents and representatives of the holders of the bonds and coupons issued and to be issued under the Mortgage and vested with full power in their behalf to effect and enforce the mortgage and pledge hereby constituted for their benefit, or otherwise to act as herein provided for.
9. This [________________________] 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 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, LLC



__________________________________

[__________________________]

[__________________________]

Attest:


_________________________________
Assistant Secretary


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

_________________________________


_________________________________

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
As Successor Corporate Trustee


By: _______________________________

[________________________]
[________________________]

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 [__]^th day of [________], 20__, before me appeared [_____________________], to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is [_________________] of ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, 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 [_________________________], acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

On the [__]^th day of [___________], 20__, before me personally came [___________________], to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at [_______________________________________________]; that he is [_________________________] 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 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
                                                } ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK

On this _____ day of [_____________], 20__, before me appeared [________________________] to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a [__________________] 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 [____________________] acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

On the _____ day of [_________], 20__, before me personally came [_______________________], to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at [___________________________]; that he is a [__________________] 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

COUNTY of NEW YORK

On this day of [____________], 20__, 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 [__________], 20__, 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
County of , State of &#
My Commission is Issued for Life

EX-4

Exhibit 4(c)

__________________________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

TO

_________________________

Trustee

_________

Indenture

(For Unsecured Debt Securities)

Dated as of ______________, _____

__________________________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939

an Indenture, dated as of ______________________, _____

Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section
310	(a)(1)	909
	(a)(2)	909
	(a)(3)	914
	(a)(4)	Not Applicable
	(b)	908
		910
311	(a)	913
	(b)	913
	(c)	913
312	(a)	1001
	(b)	1001
	(c)	1001
313	(a)	1002
	(b)	1002
	(c)	1002
314	(a)	1002
	(a)(4)	606
	(b)	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)	102
	(c)(2)	102
	(c)(3)	Not Applicable
	(d)	Not Applicable
	(e)	102
315	(a)	901
		903
	(b)	902
	(c)	901
	(d)	901
	(e)	814
316	(a)	812
		813
	(a)(1)(A)	802
		812
	(a)(1)(B)	813
	(a)(2)	Not Applicable
	(b)	808
317	(a)(1)	803
	(a)(2)	804
	(b)	603
318	(a)	107

INDENTURE, dated as of _________________, between ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas (herein called the Company), having its principal office at 446 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802, and _______________________________________, a _____________________, having its principal corporate trust office at ______________________________, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").

RECITAL OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued in one or more series as contemplated herein; and all acts necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company have been performed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in Article One of this Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

1. Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

   1. Definitions.

      For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

      1. the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
      2. all terms used herein without definition which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
      3. all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date of such computation or, at the election of the Company from time to time, at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture; provided, however, that in determining generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the Com pany, the Company shall, to the extent required, conform to any order, rule or regulation of any administrative agency, regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; and
      4. the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

      Certain terms, used principally in Article Nine, are defined in that Article.

      2. "Act", when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
      3. "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
      4. "Authenticating Agent" means any Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate one or more series of Securities.
      5. "Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, or any other duly authorized officer of the Company.
      6. "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture.
      7. "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
      8. "Business Day", when used with respect to a Place of Payment or any other particular location specified in the Securities or this Indenture, means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or other location are generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed, except as may be otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301.
      9. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body, if any, performing such duties at such time.
      10. "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
      11. "Company Request or Company Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
      12. "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture is located at ____________________________________.
      13. "Corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint stock company or business trust.
      14. "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
      15. "Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802. "Interest" with respect to a Discount Security means interest, if any, borne by such Security at a Stated Interest Rate.
      16. "Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
      17. "Eligible Obligations" means:
          1. with respect to Securities denominated in Dollars, Government Obligations; or
          2. with respect to Securities denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, such other obligations or instruments as shall be specified with respect to such Securities, as contemplated by Section 301.
      18. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 801.
      19. "Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States or of any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia or of any county, municipality or other political subdivision of any thereof, or any department, agency, authority or other instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
      20. "Government Obligations" means:
          1. direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States and entitled to the benefit of the full faith and credit thereof; and
          2. certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clause (a) above or in any specific interest or principal payments due in respect thereof; provided, however, that the custodian of such obligations or specific interest or principal payments shall be a bank or trust company (which may include the Trustee or any Paying Agent) subject to Federal or state supervision or examination with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000; and provided, further, that except as may be otherwise required by law, such custodian shall be obligated to pay to the holders of such certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments the full amount received by such custodian in respect of such obligations or speci fic payments and shall not be permitted to make any deduction therefrom.
      21. "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
      22. "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and delivered and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
      23. "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
      24. "Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in such Security or in this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon call for redemption or otherwise.
      25. "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
      26. "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee.
      27. "Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
          1. Securities theretofore canceled or delivered to the Security Registrar for cancellation;
          2. Securities deemed to have been paid in accordance with Section 701; and
          3. Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it and the Company that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser or purchasers in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

          provided, however, that in determining whether or not the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, or the Outstanding Securities of any series or Tranche, have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether or not a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities,

          (x) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor (unless the Company, such Affiliate or such obligor owns all Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, or all Outstanding Securities of each such series and each such Tranche, as the case may be, determined without regard to this clause (x)) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded; provided, however, that Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor; and

          (y) the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802;

          provided, further, that, in the case of any Security the principal of which is payable from time to time without presentment or surrender, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding at any time for all purposes of this Indenture shall be the original principal amount thereof less the aggregate amount of principal thereof theretofore paid.

      28. "Paying Agent" means any Person, including the Company, authorized by the Company to pay the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
      29. "Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time any or all of the specific terms of which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities.
      30. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust or unincorporated organization or any Governmental Authority.
      31. "Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series, or Tranche thereof, means the place or places, specified as contemplated by Section 301, at which, subject to Section 602, principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series or Tranche are payable.
      32. "Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed (to the extent lawful) to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
      33. "Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
      34. "Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
      35. "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
      36. "Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 311.
      37. "Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
      38. "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
      39. "Security Register and Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
      40. "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
      41. "Stated Interest Rate" means a rate (whether fixed or variable) at which an obligation by its terms is stated to bear simple interest. Any calculation or other determination to be made under this Indenture by reference to the Stated Interest Rate on a Security shall be made without regard to the effective interest cost to the Company of such Security and without regard to the Stated Interest Rate on, or the effective cost to the Company of, any other indebtedness in respect of which the Company's obligations are evidenced or secured in whole or in part by such Security.
      42. "Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any obligation or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date on which the principal of such obligation or such installment of principal or interest is stated to be due and payable (without regard to any provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension ).
      43. "Tranche" means a group of Securities which (a) are of the same series and (b) have identical terms except as to principal amount and/or date of issuance.
      44. "Trust Indenture Act" means, as of any time, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor statute, as in effect at such time.
      45. "Trustee" means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
      46. "United States" means the United States of America, its Territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its political jurisdiction.

2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

   Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

   Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

   1. a statement that each Person signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
   2. a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
   3. a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, such Person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
   4. a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

   In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

   Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such Officer's Certificate or opinion are based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

   Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

   Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and effect as if originally filed in the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or dates required with respect to the document or instrument for which it is substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if any such corrective document or instrument indicates that action has been taken by or at the request of the Company which could not have been taken had the original document or instrument not contained such error or omission, the action so taken shall not be invalidated or otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be and remain in full force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the authority of such defective document or instrument shall nevertheless be the valid obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid.

4. Acts of Holders.
   1. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing or, alternatively, may be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Thirteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are her ein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 901) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
   2. The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof or may be proved in any other manner which the Trustee and the Company deem sufficient. Where such execut ion is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
   3. The principal amount (except as otherwise contemplated in clause (y) of the proviso to the definition of Outstanding) and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
   4. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act of a Holder shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
   5. Until such time as written instruments shall have been delivered to the Trustee with respect to the requisite percentage of prin cipal amount of Securities for the action contemplated by such instruments, any such instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Holder may be revoked with respect to any or all of such Securities by written notice by such Holder or any subsequent Holder, proven in the manner in which such instrument was proven.
   6. Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, authenticated and delivered after any Act of Holders may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any action taken by such Act of Holders. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to such action may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.
   7. If the Company shall solicit from Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of the record date.
5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.

   Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company, or the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and delivered personally to an officer or other responsible employee of the addressee, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct written electronic means to such telephone number or other electronic communications address as the parties hereto shall from time to time designate, or transmitted by registered mail, charges prepaid, to the applicable address set opposite such party's name below or to such other address as either party hereto may from time to time designate:

   If to the Trustee, to:

   Attention:
   Telephone:
   Telecopy:

   If to the Company, to:

   Entergy Louisiana, LLC
   446 North Boulevard
   Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
   Attention:
   Telephone:
   Telecopy:

   Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct written electronic means, on the date of transmission, and if transmitted by registered mail, on the date of receipt.

6. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.

   Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given, and shall be deemed given, to Holders if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.

   In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.

   Any notice required by this Indenture may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event otherwise to be specified therein, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

   If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by, or is otherwise governed by, any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such other provision shall control; and if any provision hereof otherwise conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control.

8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

   The Article and Section headings in this Indenture and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

9. Successors and Assigns.

   All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

10. Separability Clause.

    In case any provision in this Indenture or the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

11. Benefits of Indenture.

    Nothing in this Indenture or the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

12. Governing Law.

    This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent that the law of any other jurisdiction shall be mandatorily applicable.

13. Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or in the Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate which establishes the terms of the Securities of such series or Tranche, which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day.

2. Security Forms

   1. Forms Generally.

      The definitive Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form or forms thereof established in the indenture supplemental hereto establishing such series or in a Board Resolution establishing such series, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form or forms of Securities of any series are established in a Board Resolution or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution, such Board Resolution and Officer's Certificate, if any, shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons. The definitive Securities shall be produced in such manner as shall be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

   2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.

   The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth below:

   This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

   _________________________________
   as Trustee

   By: _____________________________
   Authorized Officer

3. The Securities

   1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

      The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

      The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Prior to the authentication and delivery of Securities of any series there shall be established by specification in a supplemental indenture or in a Board Resolution, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental indenture or a Board Resolution:

      1. the title of the Securities of such series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from Securities of all other series);
      2. any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 406 or 1206 and, except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
      3. the Person or Persons (without specific identification) to whom interest on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable on any Interest Payment Date, if other than the Persons in whose names such Securities (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
      4. the date o r dates on which the principal of the Securities of such series or any Tranche thereof, is payable or any formulary or other method or other means by which such date or dates shall be determined, by reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise (without regard to any provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension);
      5. the rate or rates at which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall bear interest, if any (including the rate or rates at which overdue principal shall bear interest, if different from the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest prior to Maturity, and, if applicable, the rate or rates at which overdue premium or interest shall bear interest, if any), or any formulary or other method or other means by which such rate or rates shall be determined, by reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise; the date or dates from whic h such interest shall accrue; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on such Securities on any Interest Payment Date; and the basis of computation of interest, if other than as provided in Section 310;
      6. the place or places at which or methods by which (1) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) registration of transfer of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be effected, (3) exchanges of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be effected and (4) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be served; the Security Registrar for such series; and if such is the case, that the principal of such Securities shall be payable without presentment or surrender thereof;
      7. the period or periods within w hich, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and any restrictions on such redemptions, including but not limited to a restriction on a partial redemption by the Company of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, resulting in delisting of such Securities from any national exchange;
      8. the obligation or obligations, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, pursuant to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and applicable exceptions to the requirements of Section 404 in the case of mandatory redemption or redemption at the option of the Holder;
      9. the denominations in which Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
      10. the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable (if other than in Dollars);
      11. if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
      12. if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, or are to be payable at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in securities or other property, the type and amount of such securities or other property, or the formulary or other method or other means by which such amount shall be determined, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, any such election may be made;
      13. if the amount payable in respect of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be determined with reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside this Indenture, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined to the extent not established pursuant to clause (e) of this paragraph;
      14. if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802;
      15. any E vents of Default, in addition to those specified in Section 801, with respect to the Securities of such series, and any covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, in addition to those set forth in Article Six;
      16. the terms, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person;
      17. the obligations or instruments, if any, which shall be considered to be Eligible Obligations in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, and any additional or alternative provisions for the reinstatement of the Company's indebtedness in respect of such Securities after the satisfaction and discharge thereof as provided in Section 701;
      18. if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be issu ed in global form, (i) any limitations on the rights of the Holder or Holders of such Securities to transfer or exchange the same or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof, (ii) any limitations on the rights of the Holder or Holders thereof to obtain certificates therefor in definitive form in lieu of temporary form and (iii) any and all other matters incidental to such Securities;
      19. if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be issuable as bearer securities, any and all matters incidental thereto which are not specifically addressed in a supplemental indenture as contemplated by clause (g) of Section 1201;
      20. to the extent not established pursuant to clause (r) of this paragraph, any limitations on the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such Series, or any Tranche thereof, to transfer or exchange such Securities or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof; and if a service charge will be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, the amount or terms thereof;
      21. any exceptions to Section 113, or variation in the definition of Business Day, with respect to the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof;
      22. any collateral security, assurance or guarantee for the Securities of such series; and
      23. any other terms of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.

      With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the indenture supplemental hereto or the Board Resolution which establishes such series, or the Officer's Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, as the case may be, may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company or its agents in accordance with procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by the clause (b) of Section 303.

   2. Denominations.

      Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

   3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

      Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer and may have the corporate seal of the Company affixed thereto or reproduced thereon attested by any other Authorized Officer. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

      Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at the time of execution Authorized Officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

      The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of a series, for original issue, at one time or from time to time in accordance with the Company Order referred to below, upon receipt by the Trustee of:

      1. the instrument or instruments establishing the form or forms and terms of such series, as provided in Sections 201 and 301;
      2. a Company Order requesting the authentication and delivery of such Securities and, to the extent that the terms of such Securities shall not have been established in an indenture supplemental hereto or in a Board Resolution, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, all as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301, either (i) establishing such terms or (ii) in the case of Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, specifying procedures, acceptable to the Trustee, by which such terms are to be established (which procedures may provide, to the extent acceptable to the Trustee, for authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or any agent or agents thereof, which oral instructions are to be promptly confirmed electronically or in writing), in either case in accor dance with the instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above;
      3. the Securities of such series, executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer;
      4. an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
      1. the form or forms of such Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
      2. the terms of such Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
      3. such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by this Indenture, and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

      provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication of such Securities (provided that such Opinion of Counsel addresses the authentication and delivery of all Securities of such series) and that in lieu of the opinions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above Counsel may opine that:

      (x) when the terms of such Securities shall have been established pursuant to a Company Order or Orders or pursuant to such procedures (acceptable to the Trustee) as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order or Orders, all as contemplated by and in accordance with the instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above, such terms will have been duly authorized by the Company and will have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

      (y) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and the Company Order or Orders or specified procedures referred to in paragraph (x) above and issued and delivered by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

      With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series unless and until such opinion or other documents have been superseded or revoked or expire by their terms. In connection with the authentication and delivery of Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that the Company's instructions to authenticate and deliver such Securities do not violate any rules, regulations or orders of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company.

      If the form or terms of the Securities of any series have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate as permitted by Sections 201 or 301, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, no Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or its agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder to the Company, or any Person acting on its behalf, but shall never have been issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits hereof.

   4. Temporary Securities.

      Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities; provided, however, that temporary Securities need not recite specific redemption, sinking fund, conversion or exchange provisions.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, after the preparation of definitive Securities of such series or Tranche, the temporary Securities of such series or Tranche shall be exchangeable, without charge to the Holder thereof, for definitive Securities of such series or Tranche upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment for such Securities. Upon such surrender of temporary Securities, the Company shall, except as aforesaid, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

      Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder.

   5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

      The Company shall cause to be kept in each office designated pursuant to Section 602, with respect to the Securities of each series or any Tranche thereof, a register (all registers kept in accordance with this Section being collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities of such series or Tranche and the registration of transfer thereof. The Company shall designate one Person to maintain the Security Register for the Securities of each series on a consolidated basis, and such Person is referred to herein, with respect to such series, as the "Security Registrar." Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may designate one or more of its offices as an office in which a register with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be maintained, and the Company may designate itself the Security Registrar with respect to one or more of such series. The Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee and the Company at all reasonable times.

      Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of such series or Tranche at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment for such series or Tranche, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

      Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, any Security of such series or Tranche may be exchanged at the option of the Holder, for one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

      All Securities delivered upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

      Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed or shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar, as the case may be, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 406 or 1206 not involving any transfer.

      The Company shall not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of transfer of or the exchange of (a) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of such series or Tranche called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

   6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

      If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and Tranche, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

      If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the ownership of and the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security is held by a Person purporting to be the owner of such Security, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and Tranche, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

      Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

      Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone other than the Holder of such new Security, and any such new Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series duly issued hereunder.

      The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

   7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

      Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

      Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the related Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

      1. The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a date (herein called a "Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Spec ial Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall promptly cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date.
      2. The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

      Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

   8. Persons Deemed Owners.

      The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

   9. Cancellation by Security Registrar.

      All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Security Registrar, be delivered to the Security Registrar and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Security Registrar. The Company may at any time deliver to the Security Registrar for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever or which the Company shall not have issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Security Registrar. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Security Registrar shall be disposed of in accordance with a Company Order delivered to the Security Registrar and the Trustee, and the Security Registrar shall promptly deliver a certificate of disposition to the Trustee and the Company unless, by a Company Order, similarly delivered, the Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it. The Security Registrar shall promptly deliver evidence of any cancellation of a Security in accordance with this Section 309 to the Trustee and the Company.

   10. Computation of Interest.

       Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and with respect to any period shorter than a full month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period.

   11. Payment to Be in Proper Currency.

   In the case of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, denominated in any currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency (the "Required Currency"), except as otherwise specified with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 301, the obligation of the Company to make any payment of the principal thereof, or the premium or interest thereon, shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the Trustee, in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee timely holding the full amount of the Required Currency then due and payable. If any such tender or recovery is in a currency other than the Required Currency, the Trustee may take such actions as it considers appropriate to exchange such currency for the Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange, including without limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate fluctuation, shall be borne by the Company, the Company shall remain fully liable for any shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor except in the case of its negligence or willful misconduct.

4. Redemption of Securities

   1. Applicability of Article.

      Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series or Tranche) in accordance with this Article.

   2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

      The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate. The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

   3. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.

      If less than all the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Security Registrar from the Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche not previously called for redemption, by such method as shall be provided for any particular series, or, in the absence of any such provision, by such method of random selection as the Security Registrar shall deem fair and appropriate and which may, in any case, provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or Tranche or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series or Tranche of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or Tranche; provided, however, that if, as indicated in an Officer's Certificate, the Company shall have offered to purchase all or any principal amount of the S ecurities then Outstanding of any series, or any Tranche thereof, and less than all of such Securities as to which such offer was made shall have been tendered to the Company for such purchase, the Security Registrar, if so directed by Company Order, shall select for redemption all or any principal amount of such Securities which have not been so tendered.

      The Security Registrar shall promptly notify the Company and the Trustee in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected to be redeemed in part, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

      For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

   4. Notice of Redemption.

      Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.

      All notices of redemption shall state:

      1. the Redemption Date,
      2. the Redemption Price (if known),
      3. if less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be redeemed and the portion of the principal amount of any Security to be redeemed in part,
      4. that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
      5. the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, unless it shall have been specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities that such surrender shall not be required,
      6. that the redemption is for a sinking or other fund, if such is the case, and
      7. such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or app ropriate.
      8. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in accordance with Section 301, with respect to any notice of redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of such notice, such Securities shall be deemed to have been paid in accordance with Section 701, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Paying Agent or Agents for such Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and that if such money shall not have been so received such notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is not so received, the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption was not required to be made, and the Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities otherwise to have been redeemed shall promptly return to the Holders thereof any of such Securities which had been surrendered for payment upon such redemption.

      Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of a condition for redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Security Registrar in the name and at the expense of the Company. Notice of mandatory redemption of Securities shall be given by the Security Registrar in the name and at the expense of the Company.

   5. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

      Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, and the conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the Securities or portions thereof so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption, the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities or portions thereof, if interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Security or portion thereof shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that no such surrender shall be a condition to such payment if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security; and provided, further, that except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security, any installment of interest on any Security the Stated Maturity of which installment is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holder of such Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the related Regular Record Date according to the terms of such Security and subject to the provisions of Section 307.

   6. Securities Redeemed in Part.

   Upon the surrender of any Security which is to be redeemed only in part at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Tranche, of any authorized denomination requested by such Holder and of like tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

5. Sinking Funds

   1. Applicability of Article.

      The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series or Tranche.

      The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 502. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of the series or Tranche in respect of which it was made as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

   2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

      The Company (a) may deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities (other than any previously called for redemption) of a series or Tranche in respect of which a mandatory sinking fund payment is to be made and (b) may apply as a credit Securities of such series or Tranche which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of such mandatory sinking fund payment; provided, however, that no Securities shall be applied in satisfaction of a mandatory sinking fund payment if such Securities shall have been previously so applied. Securities so applied shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shal l be reduced accordingly.

   3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

      Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate specifying:

      1. the amount of the next succeeding mandatory sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche;
      2. the amount, if any, of the optional sinking fund payment to be made together with such mandatory sinking fund payment;
      3. the aggregate sinking fund payment;
      4. the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which is to be satisfied by the payment of cash; and
      5. the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of such series or Tranche pursuant to Section 502 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited, and the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered.

   If the Company shall not deliver such Officer's Certificate, the next succeeding sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche shall be made entirely in cash in the amount of the mandatory sinking fund payment. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 403 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 404. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 405 and 406.

6. Covenants

   1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

      The Company shall pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of each series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

   2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

      The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for the Securities of each series, or any Tranche thereof, an office or agency where payment of such Securities shall be made, where the registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities may be effected and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such office or agency and prompt notice to the Holders of any such change in the manner specified in Section 106. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, payment of such Securities shall be made, registration of transfer or exchange thereof may be effected and notices and demands in respect thereof may be served at the Cor porate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes in any such event.

      The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, for any or all of the foregoing purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such series or Tranche, no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes in each Place of Payment for such Securities in accordance with the requirements set forth above. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and prompt notice to the Holders in the manner specified in Section 106, of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

      Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any office or agency required by this Section may be maintained at an office of the Company, in which event the Company shall perform all functions to be performed at such office or agency.

   3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

      If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any of such Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and premium or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor on such Securities) to make any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Securities.

      Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities, deposit with such Paying Agents sums sufficient (without duplication) to pay the principal and premium or interest so becoming due, such sums to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by it so to act.

      The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, other than the Company or the Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:

      1. hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
      2. give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor upon such Securities) to make any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Securities; and
      3. at any time during the continuance of any such failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (b), upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent and furnish to the Trustee such information as it possesses regarding the names and addresses of the Persons entitled to such sums.

      The Company may at any time pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent and, if so stated in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of Article Seven; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

      Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust; and, upon such payment or discharge, the Holder of such Security shall, as an unsecured general creditor and not as a Holder of an Outstanding Security, look only to the Company for payment of the amount so due and payable and remaining unpaid, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment to the Company, may at the expense of the Company cause to be mailed, on one occasion only, notice to such Holder that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Company.

   4. Legal Existence.

      Subject to the rights of the Company under Article Eleven, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

   5. Maintenance of Properties.

      The Company shall cause (or, with respect to property owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) all its properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and shall cause (or, with respect to property owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as, in the judgment of the Company, may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing, or causing the discontinuance of, the operation and maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business.

   6. Annual Officer's Certificate as to Compliance.

      Not later than __________________ in each year, commencing _______________, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate which need not comply with Section 102, executed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, as to such officer's knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture, such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

   7. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

   The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in (a) Section 602 or any additional covenant or restriction specified with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, as contemplated by Section 301 if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches with respect to which compliance with Section 602 or such additional covenant or restriction is to be omitted, considered as one class, shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition and (b) Section 604, 605 or Article Eleven if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities Outstanding under this Indenture shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition; but, in the case of (a) or (b), no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

7. Satisfaction and Discharge

   1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities.

      Any Security or Securities, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, and the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged, if there shall have been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust:

      1. money in an amount which shall be sufficient, or
      2. in the case of a deposit made prior to the Maturity of such Securities or portions thereof, Eligible Obligations, which shall not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment thereof at the option of the issuer thereof, the principal of and the interest on which when due, without any regard to reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with the money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, shall be sufficient, or
      3. a combination of (a) or (b) which shall be sufficient,

      to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on or prior to Maturity; provided, however, that in the case of the provision for payment or redemption of less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche, such Securities or portions thereof shall have been selected by the Security Registrar as provided herein and, in the case of a redemption, the notice requisite to the validity of such redemption shall have been given or irrevocable authority shall have been given by the Company to the Trustee to give such notice, under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee; and provided, further, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and such Paying Agent:

      (x) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of such Securities, a Company Order stating that the money and Eligible Obligations deposited in accordance with this Section shall be held in trust, as provided in Section 703;

      (y) if Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited, an Opinion of Counsel that the obligations so deposited constitute Eligible Obligations and do not contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment at the option of the issuer thereof, and an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Company, to the effect that the requirements set forth in clause (b) above have been satisfied; and

      (z) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of such Securities, an Officer's Certificate stating the Company's intention that, upon delivery of such Officer's Certificate, its indebtedness in respect of such Securities or portions thereof will have been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section.

      Upon the deposit of money or Eligible Obligations, or both, in accordance with this Section, together with the documents required by clauses (x), (y) and (z) above, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Request, acknowledge in writing that the Security or Securities or portions thereof with respect to which such deposit was made are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture and that the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof has been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section. In the event that all of the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph shall have been satisfied in respect of any Securities or portions thereof except that, for any reason, the Officer's Certificate specified in clause (z) shall not have been delivered, such Securities or portions thereof shall nevertheless be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, and the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof shall nevertheless be no longer entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or of any of the covenants of the Company under Article Six (except the covenants contained in Sections 602 and 603) or any other covenants made in respect of such Securities or portions thereof as contemplated by Section 301, but the indebtedness of the Company in respect of such Securities or portions thereof shall not be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged prior to Maturity for any other purpose, and the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof shall continue to be entitled to look to the Company for payment of the indebtedness represented thereby; and, upon Company Request, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing that such Securities or portions thereof are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture.

      If payment at Stated Maturity of less than all of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is to be provided for in the manner and with the effect provided in this Section, the Security Registrar shall select such Securities, or portions of principal amount thereof, in the manner specified by Section 403 for selection for redemption of less than all the Securities of a series or Tranche.

      In the event that Securities which shall be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, in respect of which the Company's indebtedness shall have been satisfied and discharged, all as provided in this Section do not mature and are not to be redeemed within the 60 day period commencing with the date of the deposit of moneys or Eligible Obligations, as aforesaid, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, give a notice, in the same manner as a notice of redemption with respect to such Securities, to the Holders of such Securities to the effect that such deposit has been made and the effect thereof.

      Notwithstanding that any Securities shall be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee in respect of such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 503 (as to notice of redemption), 602, 603, 907 and 915 and this Article Seven shall survive.

      The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee or any Paying Agent with which Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited as provided in this Section against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against such Eligible Obligations or the principal or interest received in respect of such Eligible Obligations, including, but not limited to, any such tax payable by any entity deemed, for tax purposes, to have been created as a result of such deposit.

      Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) if, at any time after a Security would be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof would be deemed to have been satisfied or discharged, pursuant to this Section (without regard to the provisions of this paragraph), the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall be required to return the money or Eligible Obligations, or combination thereof, deposited with it as aforesaid to the Company or its representative under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, such Security shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been paid and any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof shall retroactively be deemed not to have been effected, and such Security shall be deemed to remain Outstanding and (b) any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect of any Security shall be subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 603.

   2. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

      This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter expressly provided), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

      1. no Securities remain Outstanding hereunder; and
      2. the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;

      provided, however, that if, in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 701, any Security, previously deemed to have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, shall be deemed retroactively not to have been so paid, this Indenture shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been satisfied and discharged, as aforesaid, and to remain in full force and effect, and the Company shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Trustee shall reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the same.

      Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 503 (as to notice of redemption), 602, 603, 907 and 915 and this Article Seven shall survive.

      Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in this Section, the Trustee shall assign, transfer and turn over to the Company, subject to the lien provided by Section 907, any and all money, securities and other property then held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities other than money and Eligible Obligations held by the Trustee pursuant to Section 703.

   3. Application of Trust Money.

   Neither the Eligible Obligations nor the money deposited pursuant to Section 701, nor the principal or interest payments on any such Eligible Obligations, shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities or portions of principal amount thereof in respect of which such deposit was made, all subject, however, to the provisions of Section 603; provided, however, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default any cash received from such principal or interest payments on such Eligible Obligations, if not then needed for such purpose, shall, to the extent practicable and upon Company Request and delivery to the Trustee of the documents referred to in clause (y) of Section 701, be invested in Eligible Obligations of the type described in clause (b) in the first paragraph of Section 701 maturing at such times and in such amounts as shall be sufficient, together with any other moneys and the principal of and interest on any other Eligible Obligations then held by the Trustee to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on and prior to the Maturity thereof, and interest earned from such reinvestment shall be paid over to the Company as received, free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture except the lien provided by Section 907; and provided, further, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, any moneys held in accordance with this Section on the Maturity of all such Securities in excess of the amount required to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due on such Securities shall be paid over to the Company free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture except the lien provided by Section 907; and provided, further, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, moneys to be paid over to the Company pursuant to this Section shall be held until such Event of Default shall have been waived or cured.

8. Events of Default; Remedies

   1. Events of Default.

      "Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing:

      1. failure to pay interest, if any, on any Security of such series within sixty (60) days after the same becomes due and payable; or
      2. failure to pay the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security of such series when due and payable; or
      3. failure to perform or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series) for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Not ice of Default" hereunder, unless the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of Securities of such series not less than the principal amount of Securities the Holders of which gave such notice, as the case may be, shall agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of such principal amount of Securities of such series, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed to an extension of such period if corrective action is initiated by the Company within such period and is being diligently pursued; or
      4. the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (1) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (2) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition by one or more Pe rsons other than the Company seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official for the Company or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order shall have remained unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
      5. the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in a case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the authorization of such action by the Board of Directors; or
      6. any other Event of Default specified with respect to Securities of such series.
   2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

      If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof as contemplated by Section 301) of all of the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon receipt by the Company of notice of such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount), together with premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any thereon, shall become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one series of Securities, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, may make such declaration of acceleration, and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of such series.

      At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series shall have been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due shall have been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Event or Events of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if

      1. the Company shall have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
      1. all overdue interest on all Securities of such series;
      2. the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
      3. to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
      4. all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907;

      and

      2. any other Event or Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 813.

      No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

   3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

      If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 801 shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the series with respect to which such Event of Default shall have occurred, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on premium, if any, and on any overdue principal and interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907.

      If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

      If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

   4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

      In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

      1. to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
      2. to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

      and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amounts due it under Section 907.

      Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

   5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

      All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

   6. Application of Money Collected.

      Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money shall have been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

      1. To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 907;
      2. To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively; and
      3. To the payment of any surplus then remaining to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled thereto.
   7. Limitation on Suits.

      No Holder shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

      1. such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
      2. the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
      3. such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
      4. the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceeding; and
      5. no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggreg ate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class;

      it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

   8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
      Premium and Interest.

      Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

   9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

      If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, and Trustee and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

   10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

       Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

   11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

       No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

   12. Control by Holders of Securities.

       If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in respect of a series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, shall have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of such series; and provided, further, that

       1. such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and could not involve the Trustee in personal liability in circumstances where indemnity would not, in the Trustee's sole discretion, be adequate, and
       2. the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
   13. Waiver of Past Defaults.

       The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

       1. in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security of such series, or
       2. in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Section 1202 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

       Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any and all Events of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

   14. Undertaking for Costs.

       The Company and the Trustee agree, and each Holder by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which su ch suit may be brought, considered as one class, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

   15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

   The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

9. The Trustee

   1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
      1. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series,
      1. the Trustee undertakes to perform, with respect to Securities of such series, such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
      2. in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
      2. In case an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall exercise, with respect to Securities of such series, such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
      3. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that
      1. this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;
      2. the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
      3. the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any one or more series, as provided herein, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
      4. no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the ex ercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
      4. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
   2. Notice of Defaults.

      The Trustee shall give notice of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent required to do so by the Trust Indenture Act, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 801(c), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 75 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.

   3. Certain Rights of Trustee.

      Subject to the provisions of Section 901 and to the applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:

      1. the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
      2. any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, or as otherwise expressly provided herein, and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
      3. whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
      4. the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
      5. the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
      6. the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further i nquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall (subject to applicable legal requirements) be entitled to examine, during normal business hours, the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
      7. the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
      8. the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of the Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities.
   4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

      The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the Trustee's certificates of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

   5. May Hold Securities.

      Each of the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 908 and 913, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

   6. Money Held in Trust.

      Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on or investment of any money received by it hereunder except as expressly provided herein or otherwise agreed with, and for the sole benefit of, the Company.

   7. Compensation and Reimbursement.

      The Company shall

      1. pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
      2. except as otherwise expressly provided herein, reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except to the extent that any such expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith; and
      3. indemnify the Trustee and hold it harmless from and against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder, inclu ding the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith.

      As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such other than property and funds held in trust under Section 703 (except as otherwise provided in Section 703). "Trustee" for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

   8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

      If the Trustee shall have or acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and with the effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and to the extent permitted thereby, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any series, shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest arising from its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of any other series.

   9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

      There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be

      1. a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, or
      2. if and to the extent permitted by the Commission by rule, regulation or order upon application, a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign government, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or the Dollar equivalent of the applicable foreign currency and subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees,

      and, in either case, qualified and eligible under this Article and the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of such supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

   10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
       1. No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 911.
       2. The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 911 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
       3. The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
       4. If at any time:
       1. the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 908 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months, or
       2. the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 909 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
       3. the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

       then, in any such case, (x) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or (y) subject to Section 814, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

       5. If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause (other than as contemplated in clause (y) in subsection (d) of this Section), with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 911. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 911, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 911, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
       6. So long as no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and except with respect to a Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, if the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) a Board Resolution appointing a successor Trustee, effective as of a date specified therein, and (ii) an instrument of acceptance of such appointment, effective as of such date, by such successor Trustee in accordance with Section 911, the Trustee shall be deemed to have resigned as contemplated in subsection (b) of this Section, the successor Trustee shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Company pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section and such appointment shall be deemed to have been accepted as contemplated in Section 911, all as of such date, and all other provisions of this Section and Section 911 shall be applicable to such resignation, appointment and acceptance except to the extent inconsistent with this subsection (f).
       7. The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each re moval of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its corporate trust office.
   11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
       1. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of all series, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of all sums owed to it, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
       2. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Sec urities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (3) shall ad d to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon pay ment of all sums owed to it, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
       3. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any instruments which fully vest in and confirm to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
       4. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
   12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

       Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

   13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

       If the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities (other than by reason of a relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), the Trustee shall be subject to any and all applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or such other obligor. For purposes of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act:

       1. the term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand;
       2. the term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurri ng of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
   14. Co-trustees and Separate Trustees.

       At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company and the Trustee shall have power to appoint, and, upon the written request of the Trustee or of the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, the Company shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Trustee, or to act as separate trustee, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section. If the Company does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or if an Event of Default shall hav e occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.

       Should any written instrument or instruments from the Company be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed to more fully confirm to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company.

       Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following conditions:

       1. the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered, and all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised solely, by the Trustee;
       2. the rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed upon the Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed either by the Trustee or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee;
       3. the Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with the concurrence of the Company, may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section, and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall have power to accept the resi gnation of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Company. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall join with the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section;
       4. no co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Trustee, or any other such trustee hereunder; and
       5. any Act of Holders delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
   15. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

   The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or Tranche thereof, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series or Tranche issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and s hall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

   Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

   An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

   The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, in accordance with, and subject to the provisions of Section 907.

   The provisions of Sections 308, 904 and 905 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.

   If an appointment with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series or Tranche may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:

   This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

   As Trustee

   By ___________________________
   As Authenticating
   Agent

   By ____________________________
   Authorized Signatory

   If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint, in accordance with this Section and in accordance with such procedures as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.

10. Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company

    1. Lists of Holders.

       Semiannually, not later than _______ and ___________ in each year, commencing _______________, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee information as to the names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall preserve such information and similar information received by it in any other capacity and afford to the Holders access to information so preserved by it, all to such extent, if any, and in such manner as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

    2. Reports by Trustee and Company.

    Not later than _____________ in each year, commencing _______________, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders and the Commission a report, dated as of the next preceding _______________, with respect to any events and other matters described in Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, in such manner and to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders, the Commission and each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed, and the Company shall file with the Trustee (within 30 days after filing with the Commission in the case of reports which pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act must be filed with the Commission and furnished to the Trustee) and transmit to the Holders, such other information, reports and other documents, if any, at such times and in such manner, as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the listing of any Securities on any securities exchange.

11. Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Other Transfer

    1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

       The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey or otherwise transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless

       1. the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
       2. immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness for borrowed money which becomes an obligation of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company at the time of such transaction, no Event of Def ault, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
       3. the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, or other transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with.
    2. Successor Person Substituted.

    Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other Person or any conveyance, or other transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 1101, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities Outstanding hereunder.

12. Supplemental Indentures

    1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

       Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

       1. to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities, all as provided in Article Eleven; or
       2. to add one or more covenants of the Company or other provisions for the benefit of all Holders or for the benefit of the Holders of, or to remain in effect only so long as there shall be Outstanding, Securities of one or more specified series, or one or more specified Tranches thereof, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
       3. to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities Outstanding hereunder; or
       4. to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture or to add any new provision to this Indenture; provided, however, that if such change, elimination or addition shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche Outstanding on the date of such indenture su pplemental hereto in any material respect, such change, elimination or addition shall become effective with respect to such series or Tranche only pursuant to the provisions of Section 1202 hereof or when no Security of such series or Tranche remains Outstanding; or
       5. to provide collateral security for all but not part of the Securities; or
       6. to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series or Tranche as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301; or
       7. to provide for the authentication and delivery of bearer securities and coupons appertaining thereto representing interest, if any, thereon and for the procedures for the registration, exchange and replacement thereof and for the giving of notice to, and the solicitation of the vote or consent of, the holders thereof, and for any and all other matters incidental thereto; or
       8. to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a separate or successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 911(b); or
       9. to provide for the procedures required to permit the Company to utilize, at its option, a non-certificated system of registration for all, or any series or Tranche of, the Securities; or
       10. to change any place or places where (1) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for registration of transfer, (3) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for exchange and (4) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be served; or
       11. to cure any ambiguity, to correct or sup plement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other changes to the provisions hereof or to add other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such other changes or additions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche in any material respect.

       Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture or at any time thereafter shall be amended and

       (x) if any such amendment shall require one or more changes to any provisions hereof or the inclusion herein of any additional provisions, or shall by operation of law be deemed to effect such changes or incorporate such provisions by reference or otherwise, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended so as to conform to such amendment to the Trust Indenture Act, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to effect or evidence such changes or additional provisions; or

       (y) if any such amendment shall permit one or more changes to, or the elimination of, any provisions hereof which, at the date of the execution and delivery hereof or at any time thereafter, are required by the Trust Indenture Act to be contained herein, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended to effect such changes or elimination, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to evidence such amendment hereof.

    2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

       With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then Outstanding under this Indenture, considered as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture; provided, however, that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding hereunder and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Secur ities of any series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that no such supplemental indenture shall:

       1. change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon (or the amount of any installment of interest thereon) or change the method of calculating such rate or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802, or change the coin or currency (or other property), in which any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity of any Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), without, in any such case, the consent of the Holder of such Security, or
       2. reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any ser ies or any Tranche thereof, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with any provision of this Indenture or of any default hereunder and its consequences, or reduce the requirements of Section 1304 for quorum or voting, without, in any such case, the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security of such series or Tranche, or
       3. modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 607 or Section 813 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or except to increase the percentages in principal amount referred to in this Section or such other Sections or to provide that other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the "Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 911(b) and 1201(h).

       A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or of one or more Tranches thereof, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series or Tranches with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series or Tranche.

       It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. A waiver by a Holder of such Holder's right to consent under this Section shall be deemed to be a consent of such Holder.

    3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

       In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 901) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or otherwise.

    4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

       Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article may restate this Indenture in its entirety, and, upon the execution and delivery thereof, any such restatement shall supersede this Indenture as theretofore in effect for all purposes.

    5. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.

       Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

    6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

       Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.

    7. Modification Without Supplemental Indenture.

    If the terms of any particular series of Securities shall have been established in a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution as contemplated by Section 301, and not in an indenture supplemental hereto, additions to, changes in or the elimination of any of such terms may be effected by means of a supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate, as the case may be, delivered to, and accepted by, the Trustee; provided, however, that such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall not be accepted by the Trustee or otherwise be effective unless all conditions set forth in this Indenture which would be required to be satisfied if such additions, changes or elimination were contained in a supplemental indenture shall have been appropriately satisfied. Upon the acceptance thereof by the Trustee, any such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall be deemed to be a "supplemental indenture" for purpo ses of Section 1204 and 1206.

13. Meetings of Holders; Action Without Meeting

    1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.

       A meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series or Tranches.

    2. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
       1. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall determine, or, with the approval of the Company, at any other place. Notice of every such meeting, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
       2. If the Trustee shall have been requested to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, by the Company or by the Holders of 33% in aggregate principal amount of all of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in such other place as shall be determined or approved by the Company, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
       3. Any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches are present in person or by proxy and if representatives of the Company and the Trustee are present, or if noti ce is waived in writing before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, or by such of them as are not present at the meeting in person or by proxy, and by the Company and the Trustee.
    3. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

       To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, a Person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches, or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to attend any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

    4. Quorum; Action.

       The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which a meeting shall have been called as hereinbefore provided, considered as one class, shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within one hour of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series and Tra nches, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Except as provided by Section 1305(e), notice of the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for more than 30 days shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a) not less than ten days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches which shall constitute a quorum.

       Except as limited by Section 1202, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been called, considered as one class; provided, however, that, except as so limited, any resolution with respect to any action which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class, may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class.

       Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been held, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

    5. Attendance at Meetings; Determination of Voting Rights;
       Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
       1. Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities may be in person or by proxy; and, to the extent permitted by law, any such proxy shall remain in effect and be binding upon any future Holder of the Securities with respect to which it was given unless and until specifically revoked by the Holder or future Holder of such Securities before being voted.
       2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of such Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in th e manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
       3. The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class.
       4. At any meeting each Holder or proxy shall be entitle d to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or proxy.
       5. Any meeting duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
    6. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

       The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities, of the series and Tranches with respect to which the meeting shall have been called, held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports of all votes cast at the meeting. A record of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notic e of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

    7. Action Without Meeting.

    In lieu of a vote of Holders at a meeting as hereinbefore contemplated in this Article, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be made, given or taken by Holders by written instruments as provided in Section 104.

14. Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors

    1. Liability Solely Corporate.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities, or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Securities are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company or of an y predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or indirectly through the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or to be implied herefrom or therefrom, and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.

_________________________

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

By:

Trustee

By: 9;

STATE OF _____________________ )
                                                                ) ss.:
COUNTY OF ___________________ )

On the _____ day of _________, _____, before me personally came _________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the _________________________ of Entergy Louisiana LLC, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing 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 authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

Notary Public

STATE OF _____________________ )
                                                                ) ss.:
COUNTY OF ___________________ )

On the _____ day of ____________, _____, before me personally came _________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a _________________ of ______________________________, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing 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 authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

Notary Public

EX-4

Exhibit 4(d)

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE

Creating the ____% Debentures, Series due ________

____________, the ___________________________________ of Entergy Louisiana, LLC (the "Company"), pursuant to the authority granted in the accompanying Board Resolutions (all capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein but are defined in the Indenture referred to below, shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture), and Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture, does hereby certify to ____________________ (the "Trustee"), as Trustee under the Indenture of the Company (For Unsecured Debt Securities) dated as of ____________ (the "Indenture") that:

1. The securities of the ______ series to be issued under the Indenture shall be designated "_____% Debentures, Series due _________" (the "Debentures of the _____ Series"), and shall be issued in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

2. The Debentures of the _____ Series shall mature and the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on ______, ____;

3. The Debentures of the _____ Series shall bear interest as provided in the form thereof set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

4. Each installment of interest on a Debenture of the _____ Series shall be payable as provided in the form thereof set forth as Exhibit A hereto;

5. Registration and registration of transfers and exchanges in respect of the Debentures of the _____ Series may be effected at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York. Notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debentures of the _____ Series may be served at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York. The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee will initially be the agency of the Company for such payment, registration and registration of transfers and exchanges and service of notices and demands and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer's Certificates, any such office or agency and such agent. The Trustee will be the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Debentures of the _____ Series;

6. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any given Interest Payment Date with respect to the Debentures of the _____ Series shall be the __th day prior to such Interest Payment Date;

7. [Redemption provisions will be inserted]

8. No service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of the Debentures of the _____ Series; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the exchange or transfer;

9. If the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Debentures of the _____ Series, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer's Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer's Certificate, either:

(A)  an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of the Debentures of the _____ Series, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Debentures of the _____ Series or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof; or

(B)  an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as a result of a change in law occurring after the date of this certificate, the Holders of such Debentures of the _____ Series, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected;

[11. The Debentures of the _____ Series will be initially issued in global form registered in the name of Cede & Co. (as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York). The Debentures of the _____ Series in global form shall bear the depository legend in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The Debentures of the _____ Series in global form will contain restrictions on transfer, substantially as described in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.]

12. The Debentures of the _____ Series shall have such other terms and provisions as are provided in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto;

13. The undersigned has read all of the covenants and conditions contained in the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Debentures of the _____ Series and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto and in respect of which this certificate is made;

14. The statements contained in this certificate are based upon the familiarity of the undersigned with the Indenture, the documents accompanying this certificate, and upon discussions by the undersigned with officers and employees of the Company familiar with the matters set forth herein;

15. In the opinion of the undersigned, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion whether or not such covenants and conditions have been complied with; and

16. In the opinion of the undersigned, such conditions and covenants and conditions precedent, if any (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) to the authentication and delivery of the Debentures of the _____ Series requested in the accompanying Company Order No. __ have been complied with.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Officer's Certificate this ____ day of ______, ____ in New York, New York.

Exhibit A

Exhibit A

[Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Entergy Louisiana, LLC or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]

No._______________

Cusip No.__________

[FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE]

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.

_____% DEBENTURES, SERIES DUE _________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, herein referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), for value received, hereby promises to pay to

or registered assigns, the principal sum of ____________________ Dollars on ____________ and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually on ______ and ______ of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date") at the rate of ______% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including __________, to and excluding the first Interest Payment Date, and thereafter will accrue from and including the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. No interest will accrue on the Securities with respect to the day on which the Securities mature. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date. The interest s o payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the __th day preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date"). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and up on such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, the State of New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, interest on this Security may be paid by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto, as such address shall appear on the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed in New York, New York.

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC

By:_______________________________________

[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

The Bank of New York, as Trustee

By:_______________________________________
                        Authorized Signatory

[FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE]

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture (for Unsecured Debt Securities), dated as of _____, ____ (herein, together with any amendments thereto, called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture, including the Board Resolutions and Officer's Certificate filed with the Trustee on _________, ____ creating the series designated on the face hereof, for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and de livered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

[Redemption provisions will be inserted]

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing a direction inconsiste nt with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor and of authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

EX-5

Entergy Services, Inc.
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Tel: 225-339-3213
Fax: 225-339-3221
e-mail: dabuso@entergy.com

Dawn A. Abuso
Senior Counsel
Legal Services Department

Exhibit 5(a)

March 23, 2006

Entergy Louisiana, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel for Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for the registration of $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds of the Company (the "Bonds") and Debt Securities of the Company (the "Debt Securities"), each to be issued in one or more new series, and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Mortgage and Deed of Trust of the Company dated as of April 1, 1944, with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee, and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as proposed to be further amended and supplemented (the "Mortgage"), under whic h the Bonds are to be issued, and of the Indenture for Unsecured Debt Securities (the "Indenture") between the Company and a trustee named therein (the "Indenture Trustee") under which the Debt Securities are to be issued.

Subject to the qualifications hereinafter expressed, I am of the opinion that (1) the Bonds, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefit of the security in Louisiana afforded by the Mortgage and (2) the Debt Securities, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company.

For purposes of the opinion expressed above, I have assumed (1) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with appropriate action with regard to the issuance of the Bonds and the Debt Securities, respectively, by and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any other applicable regulatory body, (2) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of and in accordance with the terms set by the Company's Board of Directors, or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof, and (3) that the Indenture will be executed and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of (a) the Company's Board of Directors or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof and (b) the Indenture Trustee.

I have reviewed the statements in the Registration Statement under the caption "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds - Security," and such statements as to matters of Louisiana law and legal conclusions under Louisiana law that are made in the Registration Statement on my authority as an expert. Insofar as such statements relate to matters of Louisiana law and legal conclusions under Louisiana law, they are true and correct and fairly describe the matters covered thereby and there are no omissions in such statements of any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements not misleading.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Louisiana, Texas and New York and of the United States of America. To the extent that my opinion relates to or is dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of New York, I have relied upon the opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(b) to the Registration Statement. To the extent that my opinion relates to or is dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Texas, I have relied upon the opinion of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Corporation, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(c) to the Registration Statement.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5(a) to the Registration Statement and to the references to me in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus contained therein. In giving the foregoing consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Dawn A. Abuso

Dawn A. Abuso
Senior Counsel -
Corporate and Securities

EX-5

EXHIBIT 5(b)

March 23, 2006

Entergy Louisiana, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, including the exhibits thereto, which Entergy Louisiana, LLC (the "Company") proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or shortly after the date hereof, for (I) the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of (a) its First Mortgage Bonds (the "Bonds") and/or (b) its Debt Securities (the "Debt Securities"); such Bonds to be issued in one or more new series, under the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as April 1, 1944, with The Bank of New York (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), as Corporate Trustee, and Stephen J. Giurlando (successor to Mark F. McLaughlin), as Co-Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amen ded and supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage"), and such Debt Securities to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture for Debt Securities (the "Indenture") between the Company and a trustee named therein (the "Indenture Trustee"); and (II) the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Mortgage and the Indenture.

Subject to the qualifications hereinafter expressed, we are of the opinion that the Bonds and the Debt Securities, each when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company.

For purposes of the opinions set forth above, we have assumed, as applicable to the respective securities, (I) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of and in accordance with the terms set by the Company's Board of Directors, or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof, (II) that the Indenture will be executed and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of (a) the Company's Board of Directors or, when authorized, the Executive Committee thereof and (b) the Indenture Trustee, and (III) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with appropriate action with regard to the issuance of the Bonds and the Debt Securities, respectively, by and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any other applicable regulatory body.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of New York, Louisiana and Texas and of the United States of America. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Louisiana, we have relied upon the opinion of Dawn A. Abuso, Senior Counsel - - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., which is being filed as Exhibit 5(a) to the Registration Statement. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Texas, we have relied upon the opinion of Clark, Thomas & Winters, a Professional Association, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(c) to the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5(b) to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm, as counsel, in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus contained therein. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP

EX-5

Exhibit 5(c)

March 23, 2006

Entergy Louisiana, LLC
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as local Texas counsel for Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the "Company"), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for the registration of $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds of the Company (the "Bonds") and Debt Securities of the Company (the "Debt Securities"), each to be issued in one or more new series, and for the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Mortgage and Deed of Trust of the Company dated as of April 1, 1944, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as proposed to be further amended and supplemented (the "Mortgage"), under which the Bonds are to be issued, and of the Indenture for Unsecured Debt Securities of the Company under which the Debt Securities are to be issue d (the "Indenture").

We, as your special Texas counsel, have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials, and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion. As to certain factual matters material to the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have relied, where such reliance is reasonable, upon representations contained in certificates of the Company or its officers and/or directors, on certificates of public officials, and on representations made by the Company in the Registration Statement.

Subject to the qualifications hereinafter expressed, we are of the following opinions:

(1) The Company is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Texas.

(2) The Bonds, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefit of the security in Texas afforded by the Mortgage.

(3) The Debt Securities, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company.

For purposes of the opinions expressed above, we have assumed (a) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with appropriate action with regard to the issuance of the Bonds and the Debt Securities, respectively, by and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any other applicable regulatory body, (b) that the Bonds and the Debt Securities each will be issued and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of and in accordance with the terms set by the Board of Directors of the Company or, if applicable, the Executive Committee thereof, and (c) that the Indenture will be executed and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of (i) the Company's Board of Directors or, if applicable, the Executive Committee thereof and (ii) the Indenture Trustee named therein.

We have reviewed the statements in the Registration Statement under the caption "Description of the First Mortgage Bonds - Security," and such statements as to matters of Texas law and legal conclusions under Texas law as are made in the Registration Statement on our authority as experts. Insofar as such statements relate to matters of Texas law and legal conclusions under Texas law, they are true and correct and fairly describe the matters covered thereby, and there are no omissions in such statements of any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements not misleading.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Texas, Louisiana, and New York and of the United States of America. To the extent that our opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of New York, we have relied upon the opinion of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5(b) to the Registration Statement. To the extent that our opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of Louisiana, we have relied upon the opinion of Dawn A. Abuso, Senior Counsel - - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services, Inc., which is being filed as Exhibit 5(a) to the Registration Statement.

We express no opinion except as explicitly provided herein, and our opinions are based as of the date hereof and are based, in each case, upon existing laws and regulations effective as of the date hereof and assume the application of such laws and regulations to events that may occur after the date of this letter. We undertake no obligation (a) to advise you of changes that may come to our attention or that become effective after the date hereof or (b) to withdraw, reissue, or supplement the opinions expressed herein as a result of any subsequent change to relevant facts or applicable law or any discovery by us that any assumption or factual conclusion set forth in this letter was incorrect as of the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5(c) to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus contained therein. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

This opinion is rendered to you solely in connection with the above-described matters. This opinion may not be relied on by you for any other purpose or relied on or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Clark, Thomas & Winters, A Professional Corporation

EX-23

Exhibit 23(c)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated March 9, 2006, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Entergy Louisiana, LLC, (which reports express unqualified opinions and include an explanatory paragraph regarding the change in 2003 in the method of accounting for asset retirement obligations) and management's report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Entergy Louisiana, LLC for the year ended December 31, 2005 and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
March 23, 2006

EX-25

Exhibit 25(a)

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FORM T-1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |__|

___________________________

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

New York (State of incorporation if not a U.S. national bank)	13-5160382 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. (Address of principal executive offices)	10286 (Zip code)

___________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Texas (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	75-3206126 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Address of principal executive offices)	70802 (Zip code)

___________________________

First Mortgage Bonds
(Title of the indenture securities)

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1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Name	Address
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York	One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York	33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association	New York, New York 10005

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-106702.)

7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 16th day of March, 2006.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

By: /S/ BEATA HRYNIEWICKA
Name: BEATA HRYNIEWICKA
Title: ASSISTANT TREASURER

Exhibit 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2005, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

ASSETS	Dollar Amounts In Thousands
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin	$3,361,000
Interest-bearing balances	7,528,000
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities	1,977,000
Available-for-sale securities	22,664,000
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Federal funds sold in domestic offices	809,000
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	309,000
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale	0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income	33,263,000
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses	408,000
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance 9;	32,855,000
Trading assets	5,625,000
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)	821,000
Other real estate owned	0
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies	283,000
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding9;	117,000
Intangible assets:
Goodwill 9;	2,138,000
Other intangible assets 9;	764,000
Other assets 9;	6,617,000
Total assets 9;	$85,868,000
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices 9;	$38,100,000
Noninterest-bearing9;	18,123,000
Interest-bearing 9;	19,977,000
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs9;	27,218,000
Noninterest-bearing9;	383,000
Interest-bearing 9;	26,835,000
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices	844,000
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	118,000
Trading liabilities 9;	2,555,000
Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	1,327,000
Not applicable
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding9;	119,000
Subordinated notes and debentures 9;	1,955,000
Other liabilities 9;	5,119,000
Total liabilities 9;	$77,355,000
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries	139,000
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus	0
Common stock 9;	1,135,000
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) 9;	2,097,000
Retained earnings 9;	5,256,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income	-114,000
Other equity capital components	0
Total equity capital 9;	8,374,000
Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital 9;	$85,868,000

I, Thomas J. Mastro, Executive Vice President and Comptroller of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas J. Mastro,
Executive Vice President and Comptroller

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

Thomas A. Renyi
Gerald L. Hassell Directors

EX-25

Exhibit 25(b)

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FORM T-2

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF AN
INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)           |__|

___________________________

Stephen J. Giurlando
(Name of trustee)

###-##-####
(Social Security Number) 101 Barclay Street, 8E
New York, New York 10286
(Business address: street,
city state and zip code)

___________________________

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Texas (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	75-3206126 (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Address of principal executive offices)	70802 (Zip code)

___________________________

First Mortgage Bonds
(Title of the indenture securities)

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1. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None. (see Note on page 3.)

2. Trusteeships under other indentures.

If the trustee is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the obligor are outstanding, file a copy of each such indenture as an exhibit and furnish the following information:

(a) Title of the securities outstanding under each such other indenture.

Not applicable.

(b) A brief statement of the facts relied upon by the trustee as a basis for the claim that no conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b)(1) of the Act arises as a result of the trusteeship under such other indenture, including a statement as to how the indenture securities will rank as compared with the securities issued under such other indenture.

Not applicable.

11. List of Exhibits.

None.

NOTE

Inasmuch as this Form T-2 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 1, the answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.

Item 1 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an amendment to this Form T-2.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, I, Stephen J. Giurlando have signed this statement of eligibility in The City of New York and State of New York, on the 21st day of March, 2006.

/S/ STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO
Name: STEPHEN J. GIURLANDO