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~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2013

January 25, 2013


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, Illinois 62234 (618) 343-8039	37-0211380

Commission File Number	Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its 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) 300 Liberty Street Peoria, Illinois 61602 (309) 677-5271	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~~Item 85.0102 ~~Other~~Departure ~~Events~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On ~~January 25~~ April 22, 2013, ~~Ameren~~Stephen ~~Illinois~~F. ~~Company~~Brauer ~~(“AIC”)~~submitted ~~filed~~his aresignation ~~request~~from ~~with~~the Board of Directors (the ~~Illinois~~“Board”) ~~Commerce~~of ~~Commission~~Ameren Corporation (“~~ICC~~Ameren” or the “Company”), ~~seeking~~effective ~~approval~~immediately, toand ~~increase~~informed ~~its~~the ~~natural~~Company ~~gas~~that ~~delivery~~he ~~service~~did ~~rates~~not bywish ~~$50~~to ~~million~~be ~~annually.~~considered ~~The~~for ~~natural~~election ~~gas rate~~to ~~increase~~the ~~request~~Board isat ~~based~~the onCompany’s aannual ~~10.4~~meeting ~~percent~~of ~~return~~shareholders held on ~~equity~~April 23, 2013. Mr. Brauer’s resignation as a ~~capital~~director ~~structure~~and ~~composed~~decision ofto ~~51.82~~withdraw ~~percent~~from ~~equity~~consideration ~~and~~for aelection ~~rate~~to ~~base~~the ofBoard ~~$1.063~~was ~~billion~~due to business commitments and anot ~~test~~due ~~year~~to ~~ended~~any ~~December 31~~disagreements with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, ~~2014.~~policies or practices.

~~The~~Item ICC proceedings relating to the proposed natural gas delivery service rate changes will take place over a period of up to 11 months and decisions by the ICC in such proceedings are required by December 20135.07 ~~AIC~~Submission ~~cannot predict the level~~ of ~~any~~Matters ~~natural gas delivery service rate change the ICC may approve, when any rate change may go into effect, or whether any rate increase that may eventually be approved will be sufficient for AIC~~ to ~~recover its costs and earn~~ a ~~reasonable~~Vote ~~return~~of onSecurity ~~its investments when the increase goes into effect~~Holders.

-At 2the -annual meeting of shareholders of each of Ameren, Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri (“Ameren Missouri”) and Ameren Illinois Company d/b/a Ameren Illinois (“Ameren Illinois”) held on April 23, 2013 (each, its respective “Annual Meeting”), the matters listed below were submitted to a vote of its respective shareholders.

~~This~~Item ~~combined~~(1): ~~Form~~Election ~~8-K~~of isDirectors being filed separately by Ameren Corporation and Ameren Illinois Company. 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.

~~Forward-Looking~~Ameren ~~Statements~~

~~Statements~~Ameren inshareholders ~~this~~elected ~~report~~the ~~not~~following ~~based~~ten ~~on historical facts are considered “forward-looking” and~~nominees, ~~accordingly,~~each ~~involve~~of ~~risks~~whom ~~and~~was ~~uncertainties~~named ~~that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. Although such forward-looking statements have been made~~ in ~~good~~Ameren’s ~~faith~~definitive ~~and~~proxy ~~are~~statement ~~based~~relating ~~on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that the expected results will be achieved. These statements include (without limitation) statements as~~ to ~~future expectations, beliefs, plans, strategies, objectives, events, conditions, and financial performance. In connection with~~ the ~~“safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we are~~ ~~providing~~Annual ~~this cautionary statement to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The following factors~~Meeting, ~~in addition~~ to ~~those~~serve ~~discussed~~as ~~under~~directors ~~Risk~~until ~~Factors in~~ Ameren’s ~~and~~next ~~Ameren Illinois’~~annual ~~Annual~~meeting ~~Report~~of onshareholders ~~Form~~in ~~10-K~~2014 ~~for~~and ~~the~~until ~~year~~their ~~ended~~respective ~~December 31,~~successors ~~2011~~have ~~and~~been ~~elsewhere~~duly inelected ~~this report~~ and inqualified. ~~our~~Information ~~other~~as ~~filings~~to ~~with~~ the ~~SEC,~~vote ~~could~~on ~~cause~~each ~~actual~~director ~~results~~standing tofor ~~differ~~election ~~materially from management expectations suggested in such~~is ~~forward-looking~~provided ~~statements~~below:

• regulatory, judicial, or legislative actions, including changes in regulatory policies and ratemaking determinations;


Name	Votes For		Votes Withheld		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Catherine S. Brune		157,908,419		2,401,892		—		38,560,295
Ellen M. Fitzsimmons		157,997,688		2,312,623		—		38,560,295
Walter J. Galvin		157,911,078		2,399,233		—		38,560,295
Gayle P.W. Jackson		157,891,117		2,419,194		—		38,560,295
James C. Johnson		137,568,311		22,742,000		—		38,560,295
Steven H. Lipstein		155,020,988		5,289,323		—		38,560,295
Patrick T. Stokes		154,807,474		5,502,837		—		38,560,295
Thomas R. Voss		152,639,477		7,670,834		—		38,560,295
Stephen R. Wilson		155,319,258		4,991,053		—		38,560,295
Jack D. Woodard		155,000,831		5,309,480		—		38,560,295

~~• impairments of goodwill, intangible assets, or long~~-~~lived assets;~~2-

•Ameren ~~changes~~Missouri ~~in laws and other governmental actions, including monetary, fiscal, and tax policies;~~

•At ~~increasing~~Ameren ~~capital~~Missouri’s ~~expenditure~~annual meeting of shareholders held on April 23, 2013, the following individuals (comprising Ameren Missouri’s full Board of Directors) were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 and ~~operating~~until ~~expense~~their ~~requirements~~respective successors have been duly elected and ~~our~~qualified: ~~ability~~Warner toL. ~~recover~~Baxter, ~~these~~Daniel ~~costs;~~F. Cole, Adam C. Heflin, Martin J. Lyons, Jr., Michael L. Moehn, Charles D. Naslund and Gregory L. Nelson. Each individual received 102,123,834 votes for election and no withheld votes, abstentions or broker non-votes.

•Ameren ~~the cost and availability of natural gas for distribution and the level and volatility of future market prices for natural gas, including the ability to recover the costs of such natural gas;~~Illinois

•At Ameren Illinois’ annual meeting of shareholders held on April 23, 2013, the ~~effectiveness~~following individuals (comprising Ameren Illinois’ full Board of ~~our~~Directors) ~~risk~~were ~~management~~elected ~~strategies~~to ~~and~~serve until the ~~use~~next annual meeting of ~~financial~~shareholders in 2014 and ~~derivative~~until ~~instruments;~~their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified: Daniel F. Cole, Martin J. Lyons, Jr., Richard J. Mark and Gregory L. Nelson. Each individual received 25,452,373 votes for election and no withheld votes, abstentions or broker non-votes.

•Item ~~business~~(2): ~~and~~Advisory ~~economic~~Approval ~~conditions,~~of ~~including~~Executive ~~their~~Compensation ~~impact on interest rates, bad debt expense, and demand for our products;~~

•Ameren ~~disruptions~~shareholders ofapproved, ~~the~~on ~~capital~~an ~~markets~~advisory basis, ~~deterioration~~the compensation of certain executives as disclosed in ~~credit~~the ~~metrics~~Compensation ofDiscussion ~~Ameren~~and ~~Illinois~~Analysis, orthe ~~other~~compensation ~~events~~tables ~~that~~and ~~make~~other ~~Ameren~~narrative ~~Illinois’~~executive compensation ~~access~~disclosures toin ~~necessary~~the ~~capital,~~definitive ~~including~~proxy ~~short-term~~statement ~~credit~~relating ~~and~~to ~~liquidity,~~the ~~impossible~~Annual Meeting, ~~more~~as ~~difficult,~~set orforth ~~more~~below: ~~costly;~~

• our assessment of our liquidity;


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
139,118,205	17,791,401	3,400,705	38,560,295

•Item ~~the~~(3): ~~impact~~Ratification of the ~~adoption~~Appointment of ~~new~~Independent ~~accounting~~Registered ~~guidance~~Public ~~and~~Accounting ~~the~~Firm ~~application~~for ofthe ~~appropriate~~Fiscal ~~technical~~Year ~~accounting~~Ending December 31, ~~rules~~2013 ~~and guidance;~~

•Ameren ~~actions~~shareholders ratified the appointment of ~~credit~~PricewaterhouseCoopers ~~rating~~LLP ~~agencies~~as ~~and~~Ameren’s independent registered public accounting firm for the ~~effects~~fiscal ofyear ~~such~~ending ~~actions;~~December 31, 2013, as set forth below:

• the impact of weather conditions and other natural phenomena on us and our customers;


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
194,118,904	3,629,773	1,121,929	—

•Item ~~transmission~~(4): ~~and~~Shareholder ~~distribution~~Proposal ~~asset~~Relating ~~construction,~~to ~~installation,~~Report ~~performance,~~on Reducing Risk in Energy Portfolio Through Increased Energy Efficiency and ~~cost~~Renewable ~~recovery;~~Energy Resources

•Ameren ~~the~~shareholders ~~effects~~did ofnot ~~strategic~~approve ~~initiatives,~~a ~~including~~shareholder ~~mergers,~~proposal ~~acquisitions~~requesting ~~and~~a ~~divestitures~~report, ~~and~~to be ~~any~~reviewed ~~related~~by ~~tax~~a ~~implications;~~Board committee comprised of independent Ameren directors, on actions the

• the impact of current environmental regulations on utilities and new, more stringent or changing requirements, including those related to greenhouse gases, other emissions and energy efficiency, that are enacted over time and that could increase our costs, result in an impairment of our assets, reduce our customers’ demand for natural gas, or otherwise have a negative financial effect;-3-

• Company ~~labor~~is ~~disputes,~~taking ~~workforce~~or ~~reductions,~~could ~~future~~take ~~wage~~to ~~and~~reduce ~~employee~~risk ~~benefits~~throughout ~~costs~~its energy portfolio by diversifying the Company’s energy resources to include increased energy efficiency and renewable energy resources, ~~including~~as ~~changes~~described in ~~discount~~the ~~rates~~definitive ~~and~~proxy ~~returns~~statement onrelating ~~benefit~~to ~~plan~~the ~~assets;~~Annual Meeting, as set forth below:

• the inability of our counterparties and affiliates to meet their obligations with respect to contracts, credit facilities, and financial instruments;


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
14,646,481	117,957,546	27,706,284	38,560,295

~~• legal and administrative proceedings; and~~-4-

• acts of sabotage, war, terrorism, cybersecurity attacks or intentionally disruptive acts.

Given these uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or future events.

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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) /s/ ~~Martin~~Gregory JL. ~~Lyons,~~Nelson JrGregory L. ~~Martin~~Nelson J.Senior ~~Lyons~~Vice President, JrGeneral Counsel and Secretary UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY (Registrant) /s/ Gregory L. ~~Executive~~Nelson Gregory L. Nelson Senior Vice President, ~~and~~General ~~Chief~~Counsel ~~Financial~~and ~~Officer~~Secretary AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY (Registrant) /s/ ~~Bruce~~Gregory AL. ~~Steinke~~Nelson ~~Bruce~~Gregory AL. ~~Steinke~~Nelson Senior Vice President, ~~Finance~~General Counsel and ~~Chief Accounting Officer~~Secretary

Date: ~~January~~April 2523, 2013

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