SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
Certificate is filed by:
ENTERGY BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(formerly known as "Entergy Holdings, Inc.")
This certificate is notice that the above named company
(the "Company") has issued, renewed or guaranteed the
security or securities described herein, which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of
Section 6 (a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended, and was neither the subject of a
declaration or application on Form U-1 nor included within
the exemption provided by Rule U-48.
1. Type of security or securities:
A Promissory Note
2. Issue, renewal or guaranty:
Issue
3. Principal amount of each security:
$4 million
4. Rate of interest per annum of each
security:
The rate of interest is adjustable
monthly at (i) the highest interest
rate borne on the last day of the
preceding month by the short term
bank borrowings of the lender (i.e.
Entergy Enterprises, Inc.) or, if
there are no such borrowings on that
day, (ii) at the LIBOR rate (as
reported in the Wall Street Journal
on that day), plus 45 basis points.
5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty
of each security:
May 6, 1998
6. If renewal of security, give date of
original issue:
Not applicable
7. Date of maturity of each security:
April 30, 1999
8. Name of the person to whom each
security was issued, renewed or
guaranteed:
Entergy Enterprises, Inc.
9. Collateral given with each security,
if any:
None.
10. Consideration received for each
security:
$4 million.
11. Application of proceeds of each
security:
To acquire an interest in certain
energy management contracts (within
the scope of the Company's "energy-
related" business activities
authorized pursuant to Rule 58).
12. Indicate by ("X") after the
applicable statement below whether
the issue, renewal or guaranty of
each security was exempt from the
provisions of Section 6 (a) because
of:
a. the provisions contained in the
first sentence of Section 6 (b):
b. the provisions contained in the
fourth sentence of Section 6 (b):
c. the provisions contained in any
rule of the Commission other than
Rule U-48: X
13. If the security or securities were
exempt from the provisions of
Section 6 (a) by virtue of the first
sentence of Section 6 (b), give the
figures which indicate that the
security or securities aggregate
(together with all other then
outstanding notes and drafts of a
maturity of nine months or less,
exclusive of days of grace, as to
which such company is primarily or
secondarily liable) not more than 5
per centum of the principal amount
of par value of the other securities
of such company then outstanding:
Not applicable.
14. If the security or securities are
exempt from the provisions of
Section 6 (a) because of the fourth
sentence of Section 6 (b), name the
security outstanding on January 1,
1935, pursuant to the terms of which
the security or securities herein
described have been issued:
Not applicable.
15. If the security or securities are
exempt from the provisions of
Section 6 (a) because of any rule of
the Commission other than Rule U-48,
designate the rule under which
exemption is claimed:
Rule 52.
ENTERGY BUSINESS SOLUTIONS,
INC.
BY: /s/ William J. Regan, Jr.
William J. Regan, Jr.
Vice President
Date: May 15, 1998
