UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2015

 

 

 

Commission File Number		Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter; State of Incorporation; Address and Telephone Number		IRS Employer Identification Number
1-14756		Ameren Corporation (Missouri corporation) 1901 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (314) 621-3222		43-1723446
1-2967		Union Electric Company (Missouri corporation) 1901 Chouteau Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63103 (314) 621-3222		43-0559760
1-3672		Ameren Illinois Company (Illinois corporation) 6 Executive Drive Collinsville, IL 62234 (618) 343-8150		37-0211380

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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ITEM 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the annual meeting of shareholders of each of Ameren Corporation (“Ameren”), Union Electric Company, doing business as Ameren Missouri (“Ameren Missouri”) and Ameren Illinois Company, doing business as Ameren Illinois (“Ameren Illinois”), held on April 23, 2015 (“Annual Meeting”), the matters listed below were submitted to a vote of each company’s respective shareholders.

Ameren

Item (1): Election of Directors

At Ameren’s Annual Meeting, the following individuals (comprising Ameren’s full Board of Directors) were elected:

 

Name		Votes For				Votes Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Warner L. Baxter			157,766,326				8,218,870				32,808,088
Catherine S. Brune			163,872,608				2,112,588				32,808,088
J. Edward Coleman			163,496,763				2,488,433				32,808,088
Ellen M. Fitzsimmons			162,800,414				3,184,782				32,808,088
Walter J. Galvin			162,740,067				3,245,129				32,808,088
Richard J. Harshman			163,344,094				2,641,102				32,808,088
Gayle P. W. Jackson			163,649,994				2,335,202				32,808,088
James C. Johnson			163,569,045				2,416,151				32,808,088
Steven H. Lipstein			163,250,923				2,734,273				32,808,088
Stephen R. Wilson			163,813,322				2,171,874				32,808,088
Jack D. Woodard			163,769,831				2,215,365				32,808,088

Item (2): Non-Binding Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Approved		156,809,760		7,256,910		1,918,526		32,808,088

Item (3): Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Approved		193,993,981		3,470,757		1,328,546		—

Item (4): Shareholder Proposal Regarding Having an Independent Board Chairman

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Not Approved		36,903,916		126,787,809		2,293,471		32,808,088

 

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Item (5): Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Lobbying

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Not Approved		57,419,627		82,663,188		25,902,381		32,808,088

Item (6): Shareholder Proposal Regarding Adopting Executive Compensation Incentives for Carbon Reduction

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Not Approved		11,101,213		126,758,667		28,125,316		32,808,088

Ameren Missouri

Item (1): Election of Directors

At Ameren Missouri’s Annual Meeting, the following individuals (comprising Ameren Missouri’s full Board of Directors) were elected: Daniel F. Cole, Fadi M. Diya, Martin J. Lyons, Jr., Michael L. Moehn, and Gregory L. Nelson. Each individual received 102,123,834 votes for election and no withheld votes, abstentions or broker non-votes.

Ameren Illinois

Item (1): Election of Directors

At Ameren Illinois’ Annual Meeting, the following individuals (comprising Ameren Illinois’ full Board of Directors) were elected: Daniel F. Cole, Martin J. Lyons, Jr., Richard J. Mark, Craig D. Nelson and Gregory L. Nelson. Each individual received 25,452,373 votes for election and no withheld votes, abstentions or broker non-votes.

 

 

This combined Form 8-K is being filed separately by Ameren Corporation, Union Electric Company and Ameren Illinois Company (each a “registrant”). Information contained herein relating to any individual registrant has been filed by such registrant on its own behalf. No registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any other registrant.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signature for each undersigned company shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such company or its subsidiaries.

 

Date: April 24, 2015