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 28, 2016

 

 

 

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:

 

¨

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

 

¨

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

---

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 28, 2016 (“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 Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Warner L. Baxter			158,503,266				7,733,358				1,246,857				33,167,957
Catherine S. Brune			165,963,954				980,251				539,276				33,167,957
J. Edward Coleman			165,899,895				1,017,450				566,136				33,167,957
Ellen M. Fitzsimmons			163,704,070				3,246,251				533,160				33,167,957
Rafael Flores			165,890,765				1,029,778				562,938				33,167,957
Walter J. Galvin			165,004,567				1,899,820				579,094				33,167,957
Richard J. Harshman			165,374,038				1,542,449				566,994				33,167,957
Gayle P. W. Jackson			164,654,877				2,268,113				560,491				33,167,957
James C. Johnson			164,475,542				2,440,212				567,727				33,167,957
Steven H. Lipstein			165,792,271				1,113,758				577,452				33,167,957
Stephen R. Wilson			165,719,943				1,193,675				569,863				33,167,957

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

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Approved		159,340,158		7,130,754		1,012,569			33,167,957

Item (3): Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Approved		196,861,071		3,218,138		572,229			—

Item (4): Shareholder Proposal Relating to a Report on Aggressive Renewable Energy Adoption

 

Vote Result		Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Not Approved		14,166,532		112,673,253		40,643,696			33,167,957

 

1

---

Item (5): Shareholder Proposal Regarding Adopting a Senior Executive Share Retention Policy

 

Vote Result		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Not Approved			58,010,896				84,756,287				24,716,298				33,167,957

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: Mark C. Birk, Fadi M. Diya, Martin J. Lyons, Jr., Michael L. Moehn, Gregory L. Nelson, and David N. Wakeman. Each individual received 102,123,834 votes for election and no against 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: Mark C. Birk, 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 against 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.

 

2

---

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 29, 2016