AMEREN CORP FILES (8-Okay) Disclosing Entry right into a Materials Definitive Settlement, Creation of a Direct Monetary Obligation or an Obligation below an Off-Steadiness Sheet Association of a Registrant, Monetary Statements and Reveals

ITEM 1.01 Entry right into a Materials Definitive Settlement.

Reference is made to Notice 4 – Brief-term Debt and Liquidity to the monetary
statements below Half II, Merchandise 8. Monetary Statements and Supplementary Knowledge of
the Annual Report on Kind 10-Okay for the 12 months ended December 31, 2021, of
registrants Ameren Company (“Ameren”), Union Electrical Firm, doing
enterprise as Ameren Missouri (“Ameren Missouri”) and Ameren Illinois Firm
(“Ameren Illinois”) for a dialogue of the 2019 Credit score Agreements (as outlined
under).

On December 6, 2022, Ameren and Ameren Missouri (collectively, the “Missouri
Debtors”), JPMorgan Chase Financial institution, N.A., as agent, and the lenders celebration thereto
entered right into a $1.4 billion multi-year, senior unsecured revolving Amended and
Restated Credit score Settlement (the “Amended Missouri Credit score Settlement”) that amended
and restated the $1.2 billion multi-year, senior unsecured revolving Amended and
Restated Credit score Settlement, dated as of December 9, 2019, among the many events
thereto (the “2019 Missouri Credit score Settlement”). Additionally on December 6, 2022, Ameren
and Ameren Illinois (collectively, the “Illinois Debtors”, and the Illinois
Debtors and the Missouri Debtors, being, collectively, the “Debtors”),
JPMorgan Chase Financial institution, N.A., as agent, and the lenders celebration thereto entered into
a $1.2 billion multi-year, senior unsecured revolving Amended and Restated
Credit score Settlement (the “Amended Illinois Credit score Settlement” and along with the
Amended Missouri Credit score Settlement, the “Amended Credit score Agreements”) that amended
and restated the $1.1 billion multi-year, senior unsecured revolving Amended and
Restated Credit score Settlement, dated as of December 9, 2019, among the many events
thereto (the “2019 Illinois Credit score Settlement” and, along with the 2019
Missouri Credit score Settlement, in every case, as amended and prolonged efficient
November 5, 2021, to mature on December 9, 2025, the “2019 Credit score Agreements”).

The Amended Credit score Agreements prolonged from December 9, 2025, to December 6,
2027
, the maturity date of the commitments below every of the 2019 Credit score
Agreements. Much like the 2019 Credit score Agreements, the maturity date below every
Amended Credit score Settlement could also be additional prolonged for 2 further one-year
durations in that case requested by the relevant Debtors and agreed to by the
requisite lenders (such maturity date, as it might be prolonged every now and then,
the “Closing Maturity Date”). The overall facility measurement of the Amended Missouri
Credit score Settlement was elevated from $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion, and the
most borrowing limits for the Missouri Debtors had been elevated from $900
million
to $1.0 billion for Ameren and from $850 million to $1.0 billion for
Ameren Missouri. The overall facility measurement of the Amended Illinois Credit score
Settlement was elevated from $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion, and the utmost
borrowing limits for the Illinois Debtors had been elevated from $500 million to
$700 million for Ameren and from $800 million to $1.0 billion for Ameren
Illinois
. Borrowings by Ameren can be due and payable no later than the Closing
Maturity Date, whereas borrowings by Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois can be
due and payable no later than the sooner of the Closing Maturity Date or 364 days
after the date of such borrowing (topic to the precise of every such Borrower to
reborrow in accordance with the phrases of the relevant Amended Credit score
Settlement).

The utmost quantity of letters of credit score issuable below the Amended Credit score
Agreements stays unchanged at $250 million, in combination, for the Missouri
Debtors, within the case of the Amended Missouri Credit score Settlement, and $275
million
, in combination, for the Illinois Debtors, within the case of the Amended
Illinois Credit score Settlement. At closing, the Debtors below every of the Amended
Credit score Agreements had acquired commitments from lenders to concern letters of
credit score of as much as $100 million, in combination, below every such Amended Credit score
Settlement. As well as, the $50 million swingline subfacility stays unchanged
in every Amended Credit score Settlement.

The Amended Credit score Agreements present for revolving mortgage rates of interest to be
calculated, on the election of every Borrower, at both the Alternate Base Charge
plus such Borrower’s Relevant Margin, the Adjusted Time period SOFR fee relevant
to such curiosity interval plus such Borrower’s Relevant Margin, or the Adjusted
Each day Easy SOFR fee plus such Borrower’s Relevant Margin (in every case as
such phrases are outlined of their respective Amended Credit score Settlement). The
Relevant Margin will proceed to be decided primarily based on the actual
Borrower’s senior long-term unsecured credit score scores from every of Moody’s and
S&P. As well as, a dedication charge shall be payable quarterly on the mixture
commitments.

The Amended Credit score Agreements comprise customary covenants and occasions of default,
together with restrictions from pledging belongings and restrictions on sure asset
gross sales. Additionally they comprise covenants that require every of the Debtors to
keep a consolidated debt ratio of 65% or much less of its whole capitalization.

In line with the 2019 Credit score Agreements, neither Ameren nor Ameren Illinois
shall be answerable for or assure the obligations of the opposite below the Amended
Illinois Credit score Settlement and neither Ameren nor Ameren Missouri shall be liable
for or assure the obligations of the opposite below the Amended Missouri Credit score
Settlement.

The foregoing description of the Amended Credit score Agreements is certified in its
entirety by reference to the total textual content of the Amended Credit score Agreements, copies
of that are filed as Reveals 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and are integrated by
reference herein.

ITEM 2.03 Creation of a Direct Monetary Obligation or an Obligation below an

           Off-Steadiness Sheet Association of a Registrant.



The data set forth in Merchandise 1.01 is hereby integrated into this Merchandise
2.03 by reference.

ITEM 9.01 Monetary Statements and Reveals.





 (d) Reveals




 Exhibit Quantity Title




    10.1     Amended and Restated Credit score Settlement, dated as of December 6, 2022,
           by and amongst Ameren, Ameren Missouri and JPMorgan Chase Financial institution, N.A., as
           agent, and the lenders celebration thereto.




    10.2     Amended and Restated Credit score Settlement, dated as of December 6, 2022,
           by and amongst Ameren, Ameren Illinois and JPMorgan Chase Financial institution, N.A., as
           agent, and the lenders celebration thereto.



104 Cowl Web page Interactive Knowledge File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

This mixed Kind 8-Okay is being filed individually by Ameren Company, Union
Electrical Firm
and Ameren Illinois Firm (every a “registrant”). Data
contained herein regarding any particular person registrant has been filed by such
registrant by itself behalf. No registrant makes any illustration as to
data regarding some other registrant.

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