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 earliest event reported): October 11, 1996 Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S. File Number Address and Telephone Number Employer Identifica tion No. 1-11299 ENTERGY CORPORATION 72-1229752 (a Delaware corporation) 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Telephone (504) 529-5262 Form 8-K Page 1 October 11, 1996 Item 5. Other Information Entergy Corporation The following press release was released on October 11, 1996 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), a major electric energy and diversified growth company, announced that it completed its planned acquisition of National Security Service (NSS) on October 3, 1996 for $32 million of debt. Entergy said its purchase of NSS, a full-service security monitoring company serving about 40,000 customers in North Carolina and Alabama with about $23 million in annual revenue, gives it an industry stake from which it plans to grow. Entergy, which has 2.4 million retail electric customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and an energy- management subsidiary serving commercial and industrial customers from offices in 29 U.S. states, said it will expand its security business through increased customer sales and future acquisitions. NSS is headquartered in Raleigh and has offices in Hickory, Charlotte, Wilmington, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, and Greensboro, N.C. Alabama customers are served from Birmingham and Montgomery offices by NSS' Automatic Detection Systems, Inc. Form 8-K Page 2 October 11, 1996 SIGNATURE 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 Corporation By: /s/Louis E. Buck, Jr. Louis E. Buck, Jr. Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Dated: October 11, 1996