Ameren Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

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): May 14, 2026

 

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) 10 Richard Mark Way 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 registrants 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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share		AEE		New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

	Emerging Growth Company
Ameren Corporation	¨
Union Electric Company	¨
Ameren Illinois Company	¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Ameren Corporation	¨
Union Electric Company	¨
Ameren Illinois Company	¨

 

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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 14, 2026 (“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			211,811,213				6,224,999				509,328				24,519,860
Ward H. Dickson			215,897,083				2,148,175				500,282				24,519,860
Jamie L. Engstrom			216,191,429				1,854,870				499,241				24,519,860
Ellen M. Fitzsimmons			210,790,937				7,306,393				448,210				24,519,860
Rafael Flores			212,466,281				5,556,585				522,674				24,519,860
Richard J. Harshman			211,458,704				6,517,496				569,340				24,519,860
Craig S. Ivey			213,177,307				4,882,181				486,052				24,519,860
Steven H. Lipstein			203,929,254				14,096,981				519,305				24,519,860
Martin J. Lyons, Jr.			211,634,204				6,520,326				391,010				24,519,860
Leo S. Mackay, Jr.			215,933,079				2,121,870				490,591				24,519,860
Timothy S. Rausch			215,974,758				1,948,882				621,900				24,519,860
Steven O. Vondran			215,831,571				2,064,068				649,901				24,519,860

 

Item (2): Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation

 

Vote Result		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Approved			208,210,735				9,383,298				951,507				24,519,860

 

Item (3): Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2026

 

Vote Result		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Approved			232,732,466				9,840,141				492,793				—

 

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: Michael L. Moehn, Ajay K. Arora, David M. Feinberg, Ryan J. Martin, and Leonard P. Singh. 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: Patrick E. Smith Sr., David M. Feinberg, Michael L. Moehn, Theresa A. Shaw, and Leonard P. Singh. 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/ David M. Feinberg
	Name:	David M. Feinberg
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ David M. Feinberg
	Name:	David M. Feinberg
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ David M. Feinberg
	Name:	David M. Feinberg
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Date: May 18, 2026