Ameren 8-K, dated August 31, 2006
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
CURRENT
REPORT
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to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
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Missouri
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1-14756
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43-1723446
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1901
Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
(Address
of principal executive offices and Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (314) 621-3222
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ITEM
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal
Officers.
(d)
On
August 25, 2006, the Board of Directors of Ameren Corporation (“Ameren”) elected
Jack D. Woodard to fill a vacancy on the Board. No arrangement or
understanding exists between Mr. Woodard and Ameren, or to Ameren’s
knowledge, any other person or persons pursuant to which Mr. Woodard was
selected as a director. Mr. Woodard was named to the Board’s Nuclear Oversight
Committee and Public Policy Committee. Mr. Woodard is a retired Executive
Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc., a subsidiary of The Southern Company, which is a utility holding company.
Mr. Woodard has previously served as an independent advisor to Ameren’s
Board of Directors and to the Board’s Nuclear Oversight Committee for which he
received fees of $139,300 in 2005 and $125,200 in 2006. Mr. Woodard was
also reimbursed for expenses of $10,400 in 2005 and $11,020 in 2006.
Mr. Woodard is no longer engaged as an independent advisor to Ameren’s
Board or to the Board’s Nuclear Oversight Committee. Mr. Woodard had no other
reportable business relationship with Ameren and its subsidiaries in 2005
and
2006 or any currently proposed business relationship that is required to
be
reported under Item 404(a) of SEC Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
AMEREN
CORPORATION
(Registrant)
/s/
Martin J.
Lyons
Martin
J.
Lyons
Vice
President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
Date:
August 31, 2006
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