SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-02-21

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<div><a name="sab22a655515c44dda0cafe5d121a7f3f"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:336px;font-size:10pt;"><img src="entergylogoa72.gif" alt="entergylogoa72.gif" style="font-size:9pt;height:96px;width:241px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;Exhibit 10(a)45</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;</font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;">2020 TEMPLATE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Stock Option Agreement (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8221;)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Under the 2019 Entergy Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Personnel Committee of the Board of Directors (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Committee</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) of Entergy Corporation has agreed to grant you, pursuant to the 2019 Entergy Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), a nonstatutory stock option (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Option</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) to purchase that number of Shares set forth on the Stock Option Grant Notice to which this Agreement is attached (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Grant Notice</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) at the Exercise Price set forth as the award price on the Grant Notice, subject to the Plan and the following terms and conditions:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Grant Date; Acknowledgement and Acceptance</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">. This Option grant is effective as of the award date set forth on the Grant Notice (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Grant Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), contingent upon your acceptance of this Option in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Grant Notice. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to your electronically acknowledging and accepting this Agreement and all of its terms and conditions and the terms of the Plan in the manner and at the time set forth on the Grant Notice. If you do not timely acknowledge and accept this Agreement in accordance with the Grant Notice, the Company shall be entitled to unilaterally cancel and render void this Agreement and the Grant Notice. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Option Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">. The term of the Option (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Option Term</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) shall commence on the Grant Date and, unless the Option is previously terminated pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement, shall terminate upon the