Exhibit 10(a)75
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
OF ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2000)
On October 25, 1996, the Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation approved, authorized and adopted the
Entergy Executive Compensation Deferral Program for the benefit of certain executive employees of Entergy
Corporation and its subsidiaries. On December 4, 1998, the Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation
amended, restated and renamed the program as the Executive Deferred Compensation Program of Entergy
Corporation and Subsidiaries. On October 29, 1999, the Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation approved,
authorized and adopted certain changes to the program that are incorporated into this amendment and
restatement, which has been renamed the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of Entergy Corporation and
Subsidiaries, and which is effective January 1, 2000.
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE AND DURATION
1.01 Purpose. The Executive Deferred Compensation Plan of Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries has as its
purpose attracting and retaining certain executive employees who are members of a select group of management
or highly compensated employees. The Plan is designed to aid Participants in furthering their financial
independence by providing them with an opportunity to systematically defer receipt of a portion of their eligible
compensation as a means for providing benefits for the Participant at termination of employment. The Plan
thereby defers taxation of such benefits to the Participant until distribution, pursuant to Section 451 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Plan is intended to be a top-hat plan (i.e., an unfunded deferred
compensation plan maintained for a select group of management or highly compensated employees) under
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
1.02 Scope and Duration. Entergy hopes and expects to continue the Plan indefinitely but e