Ameren Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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 May 8, 2025 (“Annual Meeting”), the matters listed below were submitted to a vote of each company’s respective shareholders.
Ameren
Item (1): Election of Directors
The following individuals (comprising Ameren’s full Board of Directors) were elected:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| Cynthia J. Brinkley | 210,452,419 | 5,343,302 | 516,931 | 22,512,263 |
| Catherine S. Brune | 207,329,218 | 8,537,121 | 446,313 | 22,512,263 |
| Ward H. Dickson | 214,393,842 | 1,464,784 | 454,026 | 22,512,263 |
| Ellen M. Fitzsimmons | 209,364,050 | 6,518,784 | 429,818 | 22,512,263 |
| Rafael Flores | 211,063,253 | 4,732,696 | 516,703 | 22,512,263 |
| Richard J. Harshman | 210,268,482 | 5,593,134 | 451,036 | 22,512,263 |
| Craig S. Ivey | 214,290,975 | 1,575,990 | 445,687 | 22,512,263 |
| Steven H. Lipstein | 208,128,668 | 7,680,587 | 503,397 | 22,512,263 |
| Martin J. Lyons, Jr. | 209,341,722 | 6,565,956 | 404,974 | 22,512,263 |
| Leo S. Mackay, Jr. | 213,522,767 | 2,289,027 | 500,858 | 22,512,263 |
| Steven O. Vondran | 214,666,359 | 1,182,638 | 463,655 | 22,512,263 |
Item (2): Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation
| Vote Result | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| Approved | 206,339,111 | 8,984,597 | 988,944 | 22,512,263 |
Item (3): Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2025
| Vote Result | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| Approved | 229,830,516 | 8,435,345 | 559,054 | — |
Item (4): Shareholder Proposal Regarding Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
| Vote Result | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| Not Approved | 17,271,457 | 196,547,939 | 2,493,256 | 22,512,263 |
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, and Michael L. Moehn. 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: Leonard P. Singh, Michael L. Moehn, Theresa A. Shaw, and Patrick E. Smith. 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.
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/ Stephen C. Lee | |
| Name: | Stephen C. Lee | |
| Title: | Vice President, Interim General Counsel and Secretary | |
| UNION ELECTRIC
COMPANY (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen C. Lee | |
| Name: | Stephen C. Lee | |
| Title: | Vice President, Interim General Counsel and Secretary | |
| AMEREN ILLINOIS
COMPANY (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen C. Lee | |
| Name: | Stephen C. Lee | |
| Title: | Vice President, Interim General Counsel and Secretary | |
Date: May 12, 2025