Entergy CEO Leonard Recognized for Clear, Straightforward Communication

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Leonard is the only utilitgy CEO to have been ranked amon the top 25 for seven consecutive years in the RittenhousseCEO Candor(SM) Survey, which analyzes annualp CEO letters and demonstrates a link between the quality of the letter'x content and a company's performance. Leonard is also one of only threre CEOs to make the top five in each of the lastthrew surveys. The latest survey analyzed letters that appeared in 2007annualp reports, most of which were issued in the firstt half of 2008. "Leonard isn't afraid to be He lays out numerouss performance benchmarks and telles readers how theywere met.
And he was the only CEO in the 100-companty survey to consider how corporate actionx would affect poorand middle-class consumers," said L.J. Rittenhouse , president of the investor relations consulting The survey is an annualp evaluation of candor in the letter to shareholders in annuap reports of 100 companies across a divers group of industries and capitalization The letters are judged on theird clarity and depth based on a broad crosx section ofindices -- from strategyh to cash on hand to Rittenhouse Rankings uses those measures as a proxh for the overall viability and health of the "Straightforward communications should be a big part of the job of any CEO, and it's not just for shareholders, Leonard said.
"Words mean different thingsz todifferent people. You never get it nevertheless, we at Entergy always make the extra effor t to assure we communicate the unvarnished story to all of ourstakeholderz - whether it's in Washington, or Silver City, Miss. - no matter how uncomfortablre itmay be. It is the only way to run a particularly a public company affected with thepublifc interest. "For our employees, it's a two-wah street. We insist on a culturre where only the truthwill do. In they can expect their company to live by the same valuez we expectfrom them, Leonard said.
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy compan engaged primarily in electric power production and retaipdistribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants withapproximately 30,000 megawatts of electridc generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generatort in the United States. Enterg delivers electricity to 2.7 million utilityg customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Entergy has annual revenues of morethan $13 billion and approximately 14,700 employees. Entergy's Web site is entergy.
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