Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000065984-25-000012
Chunk: 647

Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 647
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 market prices.(c)The common collective trusts hold investments in accordance with stated objectives.  The investment strategy of the trusts is to capture the growth potential of equity markets by replicating the performance of a specified index.  The issuer of these funds allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date, with no other trading restrictions.  Net asset value per share of common collective trusts estimate fair value.  Common collective trusts are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient.  Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table, but are included in the total.

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(d)Registered investment companies are money market mutual funds with a stable net asset value of one dollar per share.  Registered investment companies may hold investments in domestic and international bond markets or domestic equities valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund.  These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value and to transact at that price.  The money market mutual funds held by the trusts are deemed to be actively traded.  Certain registered investment companies are recorded at contract value, which approximates fair value.(e)Certain of these registered investment companies are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient.  The issuer of these funds allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date, with no other trading restrictions.  Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table, but are included in the total.(f)The other remaining assets are U.S. municipal and foreign government bonds stated at fair value as determined by broker quotes.(g)The unallocated insurance contract investments are recorded at contract value, which approximates fair value.  The contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus interest, less funds used to pay benefits and contract expenses, and less distributions to the master trust.Estimated Future Benefit PaymentsBased upon the assumptions used to measure Entergy’s qualified pension and other postretirement benefits obligations at December 31, 2024, and including pension and other postretirement benefits attributable to estimated future employee service, Entergy expects that benefits to be paid over the next ten years for Entergy Corporation and its subsidiaries will be as follows: Estimated Future Benefits Payments Qualified PensionNon-Qualified PensionOther Postretirement (In Thousands)Year(s