Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000065984-25-000033
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Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On March 25, 2025, Peter S. Norgeot, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Entergy Corporation (the “ Company”) and a member of the Board of Directors of Entergy Arkansas, LLC, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Mississippi, LLC, Entergy New Orleans, LLC and Entergy Texas, Inc. (collectively, the “ Operating Company Registrants”), advised the Company and each of the Operating Company Registrants that he intends to retire from these positions at the close of business on April 30, 2025, as part of a planned leadership transition.

On May 1, 2025, Kimberly Cook-Nelson, age 53, will be appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Ms. Cook-Nelson currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of the Company, EAL and ELL, a role she has held since November 2022. Prior to her current role, Ms. Cook-Nelson served as Chief Operating Officer, Nuclear Operations of Entergy Services, LLC (“ ESL”) from March 2021 to November 2022, Vice President, System Planning and Operations of ESL and each of the Operating Company Registrants, from March 2019 to March 2021 and Vice President, Operations Support, ESL, from July 2016 to March 2019.

As the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Cook-Nelson will be paid an annual base salary of $745,000 (“ Base Salary”) and will be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus under the Company’s Annual Incentive Program targeted at 80% of her Base Salary and to receive awards of performance units, restricted stock and stock options under the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan or any successor plan. The grants and awards to be made under these programs will be determined in conjunction with the Company’s normal annual compensation review process and at levels consistent with her seniority and scope of responsibility. Ms. Cook-Nelson will also participate in other compensation and benefit programs generally made available to other Company executives from time to time.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Cook-Nelson and any other person pursuant to which she will be appointed to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. There are no family relationships between