Exhibit








Execution Version
Exhibit 4(a)
EXTENSION AGREEMENT


August 7, 2017


Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement 
referred to below 


Citibank, N.A.
1615 Brett Road, Building III
New Castle, Delaware 19720


Ladies and Gentlemen:


Reference is made to (i) the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2015 (as amended by that certain Amendment, dated as of August 8, 2016, among the Lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) under each of the Credit Agreements referred to therein, Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Texas, Inc., as supplemented by the Extension Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2016, and as further amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among Entergy Corporation, as the Borrower, the banks and other financial institutions party thereto as Lenders, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as an LC Issuing Bank, and the other LC Issuing Banks party thereto, and (ii) the Borrower’s request, dated July 6, 2017, for an extension of the Termination Date to August 14, 2022 (the “Extension Request”).  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement.  


Solely in connection with the “Extension” (as defined in the Extension Request), (a) each of the parties hereto agrees that the Specified Date shall be deemed to be July 31, 2017 notwithstanding anything in Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement to the contrary and (b) each undersigned Lender agrees, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the documents described in Section 2.18(c) of the Credit Agreement, to extend the Termination Date applicable to such Lender’s Commitment to August 14, 2022, such extension to be effective on August 7, 2017. 


This Extension Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.  Except as specifically provided above, (i) the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by the parties hereto, and (ii) the execution and delivery of this Extension Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Documents.  This Extension Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.  




[Signature pages follow]















THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA


By: /s/ David Dewar        
Name: David Dewar
Title:   Director




Barclays Bank PLC


By: /s/ Vanessa Kurbatskiy    
Name: Vanessa Kurbatskiy
Title:   Vice President




BNP PARIBAS 


By: /s/ Claudia Zarate        
Name: Claudia Zarate
Title:   Managing Director


By: /s/ Theodore Sheen    
Name: Theodore Sheen
Title:   Director


The Bank of New York Mellon


By: /s/ Molly C. Homoki    
Name:  Molly C. Homoki
Title:    Senior Associate




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.


By: /s/ JB Meanor        
Name: JB Meanor 
Title:   Managing Director




CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


By: /s/ Cheryl Denenea    
Name: Cheryl Denenea
Title:   Senior Vice President



















Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd., 
Los Angeles Branch 
as a Lender 


By: /s/ Wan-Chin Chang    
Name: Wan-Chin Chang
Title:   VP & General Manager




CoBank, ACB


By: /s/ Mike Rehmer        
Name: Mike Rehmer
Title:   Vice President




GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA


By:    /s/ Josh Rosenthal        
Name: Josh Rosenthal
Title:   Authorized Signatory




JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.


By: /s/ Juan J. Javellana    
Name: Juan J. Javellana
Title:   Executive Director




KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


By: /s/ Sukanya V. Raj        
Name: Sukanya V. Raj
Title:   Senior Vice President




MIZUHO BANK, LTD.


By: /s/ Nelson Chang        
Name: Nelson Chang
Title:   Authorized Signatory















MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.


By: /s/ Michael King        
Name: Michael King
Title:   Authorized Signatory




THE BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.


By: /s/ ERIC OTIENO        
Name: ERIC OTIENO
Title:   VICE PRESIDENT




THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY


By: /s/ Keith L. Burson         
Name: Keith L. Burson
Title:   Senior Vice President




REGIONS BANK


By: /s/ Brian Walsh         
Name: Brian Walsh
Title:   Director




Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 


By: /s/ Katsuyuki Kubo    
Name: Katsuyuki Kubo
Title:   Managing Director




Taiwan Cooperative Bank 


By: /s/ Ming-Chih Chen    
Name: Ming-Chih Chen
Title:   V.P. and General Manager















U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


By: /s/ Michael T. Sagges    
Name: Michael T. Sagges
Title:   Vice President




WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


By: /s/ Keith Luettel        
Name: Keith Luettel
Title:   Director




WHITNEY BANK, N.A.


By: /s/ Donna J Richardson    
Name: Donna J Richardson
Title:   Vice President


AGREED AND ACCEPTED:


ENTERGY CORPORATION




By:     /s/ Steven C. McNeal    
Name: Steven C. McNeal
Title:   Vice President & Treasurer








CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, an LC Issuing Bank
and a Lender




By: /s/ Michael Vondriska    
Name:  Michael Vondriska
Title:   Vice President