Exhibit 10(a)78
SYSTEM EXECUTIVE CONTINUITY PLAN II
OF ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Certificate of Amendment
Amendment No. 1
THIS INSTRUMENT, executed and made effective this 29th day of December, 2004 ("Effective Date"),
constitutes the First Amendment of the System Executive Continuity Plan II of Entergy Corporation and
Subsidiaries (the "Plan"). All capitalized terms used in this document shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Plan unless otherwise defined in this document.
Pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:
1. Plan Section 1.04 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
4. "Benefit Continuation Period" shall mean:
A. with respect to a Participant at System Management Level 1 or 2, a thirty-six (36)
consecutive month period, commencing on the Participant's Date of Termination;
B. with respect to a Participant at System Management Level 3, a twenty-four (24)
consecutive month period, commencing on the Participant's Date of Termination;
C. with respect to a Participant at System Management Level 4, a twelve (12)
consecutive month period, commencing on the Participant's Date of Termination.
2. The term "Benefit Continuation Period" shall replace the term "Benefit Pay Continuation Period,"
wherever such term appears in the Plan.
3. Plan Section 4.02 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
4.02 Cash Payment . A Participant satisfying all of the terms and conditions of this
Plan shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of any further salary payments to the Participant
for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, but subject to the limitation
provisions of Section 4.09 and the forfeiture provisions of Section 6.01, a single-sum
cash payment calculated and payable in accordance with the following:
A. If Participant is at System Management Level 1 or 2, the total cash benefit amount
payable under this Section 4.02 to the Participant shall be equal to three (3) times the
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