8-K

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): March 9, 2018

AMEREN CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Missouri	1-14756	43-1723446
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 621-3222

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ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On March 9, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ameren Corporation (“Ameren”) elected Mr. Craig S. Ivey to the Board, with a term beginning on March 9, 2018, and expiring at Ameren’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018. Also effective March 9, 2018, the Board appointed Mr. Ivey to the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nuclear and Operations Committee of the Board. No arrangement or understanding exists between Mr. Ivey and Ameren or, to Ameren’s knowledge, any other person or persons pursuant to which Mr. Ivey was selected as a director. Mr. Ivey will receive compensation for Board and committee service as described on Exhibit 10.4 to Ameren’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

Mr. Ivey served as President of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (“Con Edison”) from December 2009 through his retirement in December 2017. Con Edison, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., provides electric service to approximately 3.4 million customers and delivers gas to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County. It also operates the largest steam distribution system in the United States for customers in New York City. Mr. Ivey previously served in various positions with Dominion Resources, Inc. from 1985 to 2009, most recently as Senior Vice President for Transmission and Distribution.

ConEd had no business relationships with Ameren or its subsidiaries in 2017 or to the date hereof in 2018 which are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.

ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 13, 2018, Ameren issued a press release announcing Mr. Ivey’s election to the Board. A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Title
99.1	Press Release dated March 13, 2018.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

AMEREN CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:	/s/ Martin J. Lyons, Jr.
Name:	Martin J. Lyons, Jr.
Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 13, 2018

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

1901 Chouteau Avenue : St. Louis, MO 63103 : Ameren.com

Contacts:	Media	Analysts
	Joe Muehlenkamp	Douglas Fischer
	314.554.4135	314.554.4859
	jmuehlenkamp@ameren.com	dfischer@ameren.com

For Immediate Release Retired President of Consolidated Edison Company of New York Elected to Ameren Board of Directors ST. LOUIS (March 13, 2018) — The board of directors of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) announced today that Craig S. Ivey, retired president of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., has been elected to the Ameren board of directors effective March 9, 2018.

Ivey served as president of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) from 2009 through 2017. Con Edison provides electric service to approximately 3.4 million customers and delivers gas to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County. It also operates the largest steam distribution system in the United States for customers in New York City. He previously served in various positions at Dominion Resources, an electric utility company in Virginia, from 1985 to 2009, most recently as senior vice president for transmission and distribution. “We are very pleased to have Craig join the Ameren Board of Directors,” said Warner L. Baxter, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ameren. “His extensive utility operating experience coupled with his deep regulatory expertise will bring tremendous value to our customers and shareholders.” Ivey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and has completed executive education programs at the University of Michigan and Harvard University.

NEWS RELEASE

Ivey’s election increases the size of the Ameren board of directors from 11 members to 12. He will serve on the board’s Audit and Risk Committee and its Nuclear and Operations Committee.

St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation powers the quality of life for 2.4 million electric customers and more than 900,000 natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area through its Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois rate-regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren Illinois provides electric distribution and transmission service, as well as natural gas distribution service, while Ameren Missouri provides vertically integrated electric service, with generating capacity of nearly 10,300 megawatts, and natural gas distribution service. Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois develops regional electric transmission projects. For more information, visit Ameren.com, or follow us on Twitter at @AmerenCorp, Facebook.com/AmerenCorp, or LinkedIn.com/company/Ameren.

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