A.
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Full
title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different
from
that of the issuer named
below:
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B.
|
Name
of issuer of securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address
of its principal executive
office:
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Page(s)
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|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
1
|
Financial
Statements
|
|
Statements
of Net Assets Available for Benefits
|
2
|
Statements
of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
|
3
|
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
4-12
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Additional
Information*
|
|
Schedule
I: Schedule of Assets (Held at End of
Year).
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13
|
Schedule
II: Schedule of Reportable Transactions
|
14
|
*
|
Other
schedules required by 29 CFR 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s
Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended, have been
omitted because they are not
applicable.
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Assets
|
|||||||
Investments
(Note 3)
|
$ | 1,368,861,823 | $ | 1,284,627,581 | |||
Cash
|
- | 24,519 | |||||
Receivables
|
|||||||
Participant
contributions
|
707,260 | 2,097,201 | |||||
Employer
contributions
|
218,810 | 776,740 | |||||
Dividends
and interest
|
198,079 | 142,998 | |||||
Total
receivables
|
1,124,149 | 3,016,939 | |||||
Total
assets
|
1,369,985,972 | 1,287,669,039 | |||||
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
- | 29,479 | |||||
Net
assets reflecting all investments at fair value
|
1,369,985,972 | 1,287,639,560 | |||||
Adjustment
from fair value to contract value for fully
|
|||||||
benefit-responsive
investment contracts
|
(1,838,913 | ) | 2,162,412 | ||||
Net
assets available for benefits
|
$ | 1,368,147,059 | $ | 1,289,801,972 |
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Additions:
|
|||||||
Interest
and dividends
|
$ | 26,013,166 | $ | 24,616,902 | |||
Net
appreciation in fair value of investments (Note 3)
|
47,492,578 | 116,267,894 | |||||
Participant
contributions
|
58,760,626 | 57,769,091 | |||||
Employer
contributions
|
20,529,825 | 19,788,338 | |||||
Total
additions
|
152,796,195 | 218,442,225 | |||||
Deductions:
|
|||||||
Benefits
paid to participants
|
74,044,718 | 69,946,799 | |||||
Administrative
expenses
|
406,390 | 262,569 | |||||
Total
deductions
|
74,451,108 | 70,209,368 | |||||
Plan
transfers in (Note 1)
|
- | 681,561 | |||||
Net
increase
|
78,345,087 | 148,914,418 | |||||
Net
assets available for benefits
|
|||||||
Beginning
of year
|
1,289,801,972 | 1,140,887,554 | |||||
End
of year
|
$ | 1,368,147,059 | $ | 1,289,801,972 | |||
1.
|
Description
of the Plan
|
2.
|
Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Investments
at Fair Value as Determined
|
|||||||
By
Quoted Market Price
|
|||||||
Common
Stock
|
|||||||
Ameren
Corporation(1)(2)
|
$ | 216,157,171 | $ | 236,513,066 | |||
The
AES Corporation
|
12,879,946 | 14,690,520 | |||||
Managed
Domestic Equity Funds
|
|||||||
Lord
Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund
|
- | 189,058,193 | |||||
Nuveen
NWQ Small/Mid Cap Value Fund(1)
|
159,380,007 | - |
|
||||
American Funds Washington Mutual Investors Fund
|
129,794,486 |
|
|||||
Allianz
NFJ Dividend Value Fund(1)
|
130,013,958 | - | |||||
Vanguard
Asset Allocation Fund(1)
|
100,529,516 | 100,280,696 | |||||
Barclays
Global Investors Equity Index Fund(1)
|
103,534,220 | 100,064,867 | |||||
American
Funds Growth Fund of America(1)
|
106,907,541 | 81,702,630 | |||||
Vanguard
Extended Market Index Fund(1)
|
70,022,356 | 64,785,241 | |||||
Managed
International Equity Fund
|
|||||||
American
Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund(1)
|
157,385,716 | 110,091,094 | |||||
Managed
Fixed Income Fund
|
|||||||
PIMCO
Total Return Fund
|
49,311,716 | 31,649,737 | |||||
Investments
at Estimated Fair Value
|
|||||||
Managed
Fixed Income Funds
|
|||||||
Northern Trust Company Collective Stable Asset Fund(1)(3)
|
194,656,640 | ||||||
Northern Trust Co. Collective Short-Term Investment Fund
|
4,408,320 | ||||||
Participant
Loans
|
28,686,556 | 26,932,091 | |||||
Total
investments
|
$ | 1,368,861,823 | $ | 1,284,627,581 | |||
(1)
|
Investments
that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31,
2007.
|
(2)
|
Nonparticipant-directed
portion is $60,877,416 and $64,855,710 at December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
|
(3)
|
Stable
Asset Fund holds investment contracts that are presented at fair
value. Contract value of those investments, representing the
benefits available to Plan participants, was $228,876,694 and $196,819,052
as of December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Investments
at Fair Value as Determined
|
|||||||
By
Quoted Market Price
|
|||||||
Managed
Domestic Equity Funds
|
$ | 16,228,252 | $ | 75,270,700 | |||
Managed
International Equity Fund
|
18,922,616 | 16,128,295 | |||||
Managed
Fixed Income Fund
|
1,418,803 | (234,521 | ) | ||||
Ameren
Common Stock Fund
|
1,715,824 | 12,540,590 | |||||
AES
Common Stock Fund
|
(433,134 | ) | 4,415,178 | ||||
Net
change in fair value
|
37,852,361 | 108,120,242 | |||||
Investments
at Estimated Fair Value
|
|||||||
Managed
Fixed Income Fund
|
9,640,217 | 8,147,652 | |||||
Net
change in fair value
|
$ | 47,492,578 | $ | 116,267,894 |
4.
|
Nonparticipant-Directed
Investments
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Net
assets
|
|||||||
Ameren
Common Stock Fund
|
$ | 60,877,416 | $ | 64,855,710 | |||
Employer
contributions receivable
|
89,308 | 274,436 | |||||
Changes
in net assets
|
|||||||
Dividends
|
2,838,307 | 3,378,335 | |||||
Net
appreciation in fair value of investments
|
352,515 | 3,602,776 | |||||
Employer
contributions
|
7,270,965 | 6,968,989 | |||||
Benefits
paid to Participants
|
1,962,722 | 2,493,108 | |||||
Net
transfer out to other investments
|
12,662,487 | 15,568,828 |
5.
|
Transactions
with Parties-in-Interest
|
6.
|
Reconciliation
of Financial Statements to Form
5500
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Net
assets available for benefits per the
|
|||||||
financial statements
|
$ | 1,368,147,059 | $ | 1,289,801,972 | |||
Amounts
allocated to withdrawing Participants
|
- | (607,969 | ) | ||||
Amounts
allocated to deemed distributions of
|
|||||||
participant loans
|
(707,337 | ) | (306,234 | ) | |||
Adjustment
from contract value to fair value for
|
|||||||
fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
|
1,838,913 | (2,162,412 | ) | ||||
Net
assets available for benefits per the Form 5500
|
$ | 1,369,278,635 | $ | 1,286,725,357 |
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Total
additions per the financial statements
|
$ | 152,796,195 | $ | 218,442,225 | |||
Add: Adjustment
from contract value to fair value for
|
|||||||
fully benefit-responsive investment contracts as of the
|
|||||||
current year-end
|
1,838,913 | (2,162,412 | ) | ||||
Less: Adjustment
from contract value to fair value for
|
|||||||
fully benefit-responsive investment contracts as of the
|
|||||||
prior year-end
|
2,162,412 | - | |||||
Total
additions per the Form 5500
|
$ | 156,797,520 | $ | 216,279,813 |
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Benefits
paid to Participants per the
|
|||||||
financial statements
|
$ | 74,044,718 | $ | 69,946,799 | |||
Add: Amounts
allocated to withdrawing
|
|||||||
Participants during the current year
|
- | 607,969 | |||||
Less: Amounts
allocated to withdrawing
|
|||||||
Participants during the prior year
|
(607,969 | ) | (58,927 | ) | |||
Benefits
paid to Participants per the Form 5500
|
$ | 73,436,749 | $ | 70,495,841 | |||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Deemed
distributions of participant loans per the
|
|||||||
financial statements
|
$ | - | $ | - | |||
Add: Amounts
allocated to deemed distributions of
|
|||||||
participant loans during the current year
|
707,337 | 306,234 | |||||
Less: Amounts
allocated to deemed distributions of
|
|||||||
participant loans during the prior year
|
(306,234 | ) | - | ||||
Deemed
distributions of participant loans per the
|
|||||||
Form 5500
|
$ | 401,103 | $ | 306,234 |
7.
|
Federal
Income Tax Status
|
8.
|
Subsequent
Events
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(e)
|
||
Identity
of issue, borrower, lessor, or similar
party
|
Desciption
of investment including maturity date,
rate
of interest, collateral, par, or maturity value
|
Current
value
|
|||
*
|
Ameren
Corporation
|
Ameren
Common Stock Fund
|
$ 216,157,171
|
||
NAM
|
Nuveen
NWQ Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
159,380,007
|
|||
* ***
|
Northern
Trust Company
|
Collective
Stable Asset Fund
|
230,715,607
|
||
Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC
|
Allianz
NFJ Dividend Value Fund
|
130,013,958
|
|||
The
Vanguard Group
|
Vanguard
Asset Allocation Fund
|
100,529,516
|
|||
Barclays
Global Investors
|
Barclays
Global Investors Equity Index Fund
|
103,534,220
|
|||
American
Funds Group
|
Europacific
Growth Fund
|
157,385,716
|
|||
American
Funds Group
|
Growth
Fund of America
|
106,907,541
|
|||
The
Vanguard Group
|
Vanguard
Extended Market Index Fund
|
70,022,356
|
|||
Pacific
Investment Management Company
|
PIMCO
Total Return Fund
|
49,311,716
|
|||
* **
|
Participants
|
Participant
Loans
|
28,686,556
|
||
The
AES Corporation
|
AES
Common Stock Fund
|
12,879,946
|
|||
*
|
Northern
Trust Company
|
Collective
Short-Term Investment Fund
|
3,337,513
|
||
$ 1,368,861,823
|
*
|
Investment
represents allowable transaction with a
party-in-interest.
|
**
|
Interest
rates vary from 4.00 percent to 10.50 percent on loans maturing through
2018.
|
*** |
Stable
Asset Fund holds investment contracts that are presented at fair
value. Contract value of those investments, representing the
benefits available to Plan participants, was $228,876,694 as of December
31, 2007.
|
|
Note:Information
pertaining to column (d) was not available for nonparticipant-directed
investments, and was omitted for participant-directed investments because
it was not applicable.
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
(d)
|
(e)
|
(f)
|
(g)
|
(h)
|
(i)
|
Identity
of party involved
|
Desciption
of asset (include interest rate and maturity in case of a
loan)
|
Purchase
price
|
Selling
price
|
Lease
rental
|
Expense
incurred with transaction
|
Cost
of asset
|
Current
value of asset on transaction date
|
Net
gain or (loss)
|
Series
of Transactions
|
||||||||
Ameren
Corporation
|
Ameren
Common Stock Fund
|
$ 37,724,960
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$ 37,724,960
|
$ 37,724,960
|
$
-
|
-
|
57,527,665
|
-
|
-
|
45,016,030
|
57,527,665
|
12,511,635
|
||
Northern
Trust Company
|
Collective
Short-Term Investment Fund
|
111,229,851
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
111,229,851
|
111,229,851
|
-
|
-
|
112,300,657
|
-
|
-
|
112,300,657
|
112,300,657
|
-
|
||
Northern
Trust Company
|
Collective
Stable Asset Fund
|
79,527,060
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
79,527,060
|
79,527,060
|
-
|
-
|
57,109,635
|
-
|
-
|
52,346,987
|
57,109,635
|
4,762,648
|
||
Allianz
Global Investors
|
Allianz
NFJ Dividend Value Fund
|
158,540,047
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
158,540,047
|
158,540,047
|
-
|
-
|
19,042,983
|
-
|
-
|
13,004,003
|
19,042,983
|
6,038,980
|
||
American
Funds Group
|
Europacific
Growth Fund
|
56,972,406
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
56,972,406
|
56,972,406
|
-
|
-
|
28,600,399
|
-
|
-
|
14,656,007
|
28,600,399
|
13,944,392
|
||
Lord
Abbett
|
Lord
Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund
|
13,132,627
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
13,132,627
|
13,132,627
|
-
|
-
|
226,194,130
|
-
|
-
|
174,515,581
|
226,194,130
|
51,678,549
|
||
NAM
|
Nuveen
NWQ Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
218,071,093
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
218,071,093
|
218,071,093
|
-
|
-
|
29,753,524
|
-
|
-
|
33,543,104
|
29,753,524
|
(3,789,580)
|
||
American
Funds Group
|
Washington
Mutual Investors Fund
|
9,368,778
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
9,368,778
|
9,368,778
|
-
|
-
|
150,169,031
|
-
|
-
|
126,132,044
|
150,169,031
|
24,036,987
|
||
Individual
Transactions
|
||||||||
Allianz
Global Investors
|
Allianz
NFJ Dividend Value Fund
|
142,536,718
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
142,536,718
|
142,536,718
|
-
|
Lord
Abbett
|
Lord
Abbett Mid-Cap Value Fund
|
-
|
214,333,057
|
-
|
-
|
167,780,941
|
214,333,057
|
46,552,116
|
NAM
|
Nuveen
NWQ Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
214,333,057
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
214,333,057
|
214,333,057
|
-
|
American
Funds Group
|
Washington
Mutual Investors Fund
|
-
|
142,615,511
|
-
|
-
|
119,496,773
|
142,615,511
|
23,118,738
|