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): December 10, 2014
| 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 | ||
| 1-3672 | Ameren Illinois Company (Illinois Corporation) 6 Executive Drive Collinsville, Illinois 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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| ITEM 8.01 | Other Events. |
On December 10, 2014, Ameren Illinois Company (“Ameren Illinois”), a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (“Ameren”), issued and sold $300,000,000 principal amount of its 3.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-182258-01), which became effective on June 21, 2012, and a Prospectus Supplement dated December 3, 2014 to a Prospectus dated June 21, 2012. Ameren Illinois received net offering proceeds of approximately $297.9 million, before expenses, upon the closing of the transaction. Ameren Illinois intends to use the net offering proceeds to repay a portion of its short-term debt.
Ameren Illinois is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to report as exhibits certain documents in connection with the offering of the Notes.
| ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number |
Title | |
| 1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated December 3, 2014, between Ameren Illinois and the several underwriters named therein, for whom BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and TD Securities (USA) LLC are acting as representatives. | |
| *4.1 | Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2006, between Ameren Illinois and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to the Notes (Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 19, 2006, Exhibit 4.4, File No. 1-3004). | |
| 4.2 | Company Order establishing the Notes. | |
| 4.3 | Global Note. | |
| *4.4 | General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, dated as of November 1, 1992, from Ameren Illinois to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, Exhibit 4(cc), File No. 1-3004). | |
| 4.5 | Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2014, by and between Ameren Illinois and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee, relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series HH securing the Notes. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Craig W. Stensland, Esq., Senior Corporate Counsel of Ameren Services Company, regarding the legality of the Notes (including consent). | |
| 5.2 | Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP regarding the legality of the Notes (including consent). | |
| * | Incorporated by reference as indicated. |
This combined Form 8-K is being filed separately by Ameren Corporation 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.
| AMEREN CORPORATION | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Martin J. Lyons, Jr. | |
| Name: | Martin J. Lyons, Jr. | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
| AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Martin J. Lyons, Jr. | |
| Name: | Martin J. Lyons, Jr. | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: December 10, 2014
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit Number |
Title | |
| 1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated December 3, 2014, between Ameren Illinois and the several underwriters named therein, for whom BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and TD Securities (USA) LLC are acting as representatives. | |
| 4.2 | Company Order establishing the Notes. | |
| 4.3 | Global Note. | |
| 4.5 | Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2014, by and between Ameren Illinois and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee, relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series HH securing the Notes. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Craig W. Stensland, Esq., Senior Corporate Counsel of Ameren Services Company, regarding the legality of the Notes (including consent). | |
| 5.2 | Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP regarding the legality of the Notes (including consent). | |