8-K - EAI - Equibles

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Entergy Arkansas, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas	1-10764		83-1918668
(State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation)	(Commission<br>File Number)		(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)
425 West Capital Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas			72201
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code		(501) 377-4000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Class	Trading<br>Symbol	Name of Each Exchange<br>on Which Registered
Mortgage Bonds, 4.875% Series due September 2066	EAI	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 2, 2022, Entergy Arkansas, LLC (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement for the sale of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 4.20% Series due April 1, 2049 (the “Bonds”). The sale of the Bonds closed on March 4, 2022. The Bonds were offered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-233403-05), which became effective upon filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
4.49	Eighty-second Supplemental Indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.39 to Form 8-K filed March 19, 2019, File No. 1-10764).
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 Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, 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 Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, 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: March 4, 2022
	/s/ Steven C. McNeal
	(Signature)<br><br>Steven C. McNeal<br><br>Vice President and Treasurer

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Exhibit 5.02

March 4, 2022

Entergy Arkansas, LLC<br>425 West Capitol Avenue <br>Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Entergy Arkansas, LLC (the “Company”) in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-233403-05) (the “Registration Statement”), relating to $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds, 4.20% Series due April 1, 2049 (the “Bonds”). The Bonds have been issued pursuant to the Company’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1944, with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as successor Corporate Trustee (the “Corporate Trustee”), and, as to property in Missouri, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., successor Co-Trustee (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented, including by the supplemental indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds, being hereinafter referred to as the “Mortgage”).

In our capacity as such counsel, we have examined the Registration Statement and the Mortgage, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. As to questions of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon representations and certifications of the officers of the Company and appropriate public officials without independent verification of such matters except as otherwise described herein. We have also examined or have caused to be examined such other documents and have satisfied ourselves as to such other matters as we have deemed necessary in order to render this opinion. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as originals of the documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have not examined the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and we have relied upon a certificate of the Corporate Trustee as to the authentication and delivery thereof.

Subject to the foregoing and the further exceptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Bonds are legally issued and are binding obligations of the

Company.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius llp<br><br>101 Park Avenue<br>New York, NY 10178-0060 +1.212.309.6000<br><br>United States +1.212.309.6001

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This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of New York, Arkansas, and Texas and the federal laws of the United States of America. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Arkansas, we have relied upon the opinion of Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.03 to the Registration Statement. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Texas, we have relied upon the opinion of Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.04 to the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.02 to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm, as counsel, in the Registration Statement under the caption “Legality.” In giving the foregoing consents, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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400 West Capitol Avenue<br>Suite 2000<br><br>Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3522<br><br>www.FridayFirm.com<br><br><br><br><br><br>Exhibit 5.03

March 4, 2022

Entergy Arkansas, LLC

425 West Capitol Avenue

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Entergy Arkansas, LLC (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-233403-05) (the “Registration Statement”), relating to $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds 4.20% Series due April 1, 2049 (the “Bonds”). The Bonds have been issued pursuant to the Company’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1944, with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as successor Corporate Trustee (the “Corporate Trustee”), and, as to property in Missouri, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., successor Co-Trustee (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented, including by the supplemental indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds, being hereinafter referred to as the “Mortgage”).

Subject to the foregoing and the further exceptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Bonds are legally issued and are binding obligations of the Company.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Arkansas, Texas, and New York and the federal laws of the United States of America. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Texas, we have relied upon the opinion of Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.04 to the Registration Statement. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters

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governed by the laws of the State of New York, we have relied upon the opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.02 to the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.03 to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm, as counsel, in the Registration Statement under the caption “Legality.” In giving the foregoing consents, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP

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[Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, LLP letterhead]

March 4, 2022

Exhibit 5.04

Entergy Arkansas, LLC

425 West Capitol Avenue

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Entergy Arkansas, LLC (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-233403-05 (the “Registration Statement”), relating to $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds 4.20% Series due April 1, 2049 (the “Bonds”). The Bonds have been issued pursuant to the Company’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1944, with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as successor Corporate Trustee (the “Corporate Trustee”), and, as to property in Missouri, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., successor Co-Trustee (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented, including by the supplemental indenture establishing the terms of the Bonds, being hereinafter referred to as the “Mortgage”).

In our capacity as such counsel, we have examined the Registration Statement and the Mortgage, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. As to questions of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon representations and certifications of the officers of the Company and appropriate public officials without independent verification of such matters except as otherwise described herein. We have also examined or have caused to be examined such other documents and have satisfied ourselves as to such other matters as we have deemed necessary in order to render this opinion. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have not examined the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and we have relied upon a certificate of the Corporate Trustee as to the authentication and delivery thereof.

Subject to the foregoing and the further exceptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Bonds are legally issued and are binding obligations of the Company.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Arkansas, Texas, and New York and the federal laws of the United States of America. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of Arkansas, we have relied upon the opinion of Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.03 to the Registration Statement. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the State of New York, we have relied upon the opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.02 to the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.04 to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the

[Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, LLP letterhead]

March 4, 2022

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references to our firm, as counsel, in the Registration Statement under the caption “Legality.” In giving the foregoing consents, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Duggins Wren Mann & Romero, LLP

DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO, LLP