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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 7, 2024, Entergy Arkansas, LLC (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement for the sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 5.45% Series due June 1, 2034 (the “2034 Bonds”), and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 5.75% Series due June 1, 2054 (together with the 2034 Bonds, the “Bonds”). The sale of the Bonds closed on May 10, 2024. The Bonds were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by means of the Company’s automatic shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266624-05) (the “Registration Statement”), which such Registration Statement became effective upon filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Description of Exhibit | |
| 4.66 | Eighty-seventh Supplemental Indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds. | |
| 5.02 | Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP with respect to the Bonds. | |
| 5.03 | Opinion of Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP with respect to the Bonds. | |
| 5.04 | Opinion of Husch Blackwell LLP with respect to the Bonds. | |
| 23.11 | Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP with respect to its Opinion relating to the Bonds (included in Exhibit 5.02). | |
| 23.12 | Consent of Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP with respect to its Opinion relating to the Bonds (included in Exhibit 5.03). | |
| 23.13 | Consent of Husch Blackwell LLP with respect to its Opinion relating to the Bonds (included in Exhibit 5.04). | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Entergy Arkansas, LLC | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: May 10, 2024 |
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/s/ Barrett E. Green | ||||||
| (Signature) | ||||||
| Barrett E. Green | ||||||
| Vice President and Treasurer | ||||||