FPL Group, Inc. and Entergy Corporation today announced the termination, by mutual decision, of the merger agreement they signed last July.

Both companies agreed not to seek a termination fee under the terms of the merger agreement as a result of this termination. A fee will be payable if within 9 months of the termination one party agrees to a substantially comparable transaction with another party. Each company will bear its own merger-related expenses. The companies said that they would withdraw merger-related filings currently pending before federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.

FPL Group, with annual revenues of more than $7 billion, is one of the nation's largest providers of electricity-related services with a generating capacity of more than 23,000 megawatts. Its principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light, serves 3.9 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Group employs 10,850 employees and operates in 14 states. FPL Energy, LLC, FPL Group's independent power production subsidiary, is a leader in generating electricity from clean and renewable fuels.

Entergy Corporation, with annual revenues of more than $10 billion, is a major global energy company engaged in power production, distribution operations, and related diversified services, with more than 13,800 employees. Entergy owns, manages or invests in power plants generating more than 30,000 megawatts of electricity domestically and internationally and delivers electricity to about 2.6 million customers in portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Through Entergy-Koch, L.P., it is also a leading provider of wholesale energy marketing and trading services.

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SOURCE: FPL Group, Inc.; Entergy Corporation