Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · Entergy Corp (ETR)

Kimberly Cook-Nelson

A named executive officer of Entergy in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,017,742

FY2024: $3,109,740

4th of 5 named executive officers at Entergy by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Entergy, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Kimberly Cook-Nelson compensation by year

Entergy Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Entergy reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$643,846$720,749
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$1,091,699$1,110,763
Option awards$283,281$263,210
Non-equity incentive$693,000$864,920
Pension and deferred compensation$357,400$874,200
All other$40,514$183,900
Total$3,109,740$4,017,742

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Entergy Corp DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0000065984-26-000211, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Entergy Corp filed document, accession 0000065984-26-000211. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 27, 2026.

$3.1M
$4.0M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU27,344$2,527,406—
RSU18,640$1,722,895—
PSU15,428$1,426,010—
RSU3,947$364,821—
RSU3,384$312,783—
RSU1,394$128,847—
Option20,296—$49.54
Option6,540—$54.24
Option15,101—$82.79

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Entergy Corp's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 27, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-25Sale10b5-15,000$115.0030,770

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Entergy discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause———$0
Retirement———$0
Disability—$3,152,628—$3,152,628
Death—$3,152,628—$3,152,628
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,911,250$4,875,523$36,027$8,822,800
Involuntary for cause———$0
Voluntary resignation———$0

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Entergy Corp's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Entergy’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Andrew MarshChair of the Board and CEO$16,752,589
Kimberly FontanExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$4,668,828
Marcus BrownExecutive Legal Advisor to the CEO$4,447,526
Kimberly Cook-Nelson · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$4,017,742
John DinelliExecutive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer$3,116,111

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