ENTERGY CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2005

Aug 25, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ENTERGY CORP /DE/ (ETR)
CIK: 0000065984
Period of Report: 2005-08-23

Reporting Person: PACKER DANIEL F (Officer pursuant to Section 16)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-08-23	Entergy Corporation Common Stock	M	14800	$37.00	Acquired	14800	Direct
2005-08-23	Entergy Corporation Common Stock	M	20000	$41.69	Acquired	34800	Direct
2005-08-23	Entergy Corporation Common Stock	F	23644.87	$76.60	Disposed	11155.13	Direct
2005-08-23	Entergy Corporation Common Stock	J	11155.13	$76.60	Disposed	0	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-08-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$37.00	M	14800	Disposed	2011-01-25	ETR Common (14800)	Direct
2005-08-23	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$41.69	M	20000	Disposed	2012-02-11	ETR Common (20000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Filing individual engaged in cashless exercise of in-the-money stock options, exempt under Rule 16b-6(b). The shares subject to option reported in this Form 4 were sold on the same day that the options were exercised in multiple executions and prices as follows: 200 shares at $76.54, 6,000 shares at $76.55, 1,300 shares at $76.56, 600 shares at $76.57, 9,300 shares at $76.58, 800 shares at $76.59, 100 shares at $76.60, 300 shares at $76.61, 2,800 shares at $76.62, 6,600 shares at $76.63, 3,800 shares at $76.64 and 3,000 shares at $76.66 for an average price of $76.6004. A portion of the sale price of the shares (Code F) was used to pay the exercise price, commission and the tax withholding. The remaining portion of the sale price of the shares (Code J) was retained by the filing individual. As of the date of this report, the filing individual's Savings Plan contained 556.85 shares of Company stock.