FWP 1 a09-7617_3fwp.htm FWP

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-151432

 

March 13, 2009

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

 

Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE

Ratings (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch):

 

Baa1 (stable)/BBB (stable)/A (stable)

Issue:

 

8.45% Senior Secured Notes due 2039

Offering Size:

 

$350,000,000

Coupon:

 

8.45% per annum

Trade Date:

 

March 13, 2009

Settlement Date:

 

March 20, 2009

Maturity:

 

March 15, 2039

Treasury Benchmark:

 

4.50% due May 15, 2038

US Treasury Spot:

 

115-02

US Treasury Yield:

 

3.656%

Spread to Treasury:

 

+482.5 basis points

Re-offer Yield:

 

8.481%

Price to Public (Issue Price):

 

99.667%

Gross Proceeds:

 

$348,834,500

Interest Payment Dates:

 

March 15 and September 15, commencing September 15, 2009

Optional Redemption:

 

Make-Whole Call, at any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 50 basis points

Security:

 

The Senior Secured Notes will be secured by a series of the issuer’s first mortgage bonds

CUSIP:

 

906548 CH3

Minimum Denomination:

 

$2,000 x $1,000

Joint Bookrunners:

 

Barclays Capital Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

Co-managers:

 

Fifth Third Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. toll-free at 1-888-227-2275, Ext. 2663, BNY Mellon

 



 

Capital Markets, LLC collect at 1-212-635-8974 or Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. collect at 1-212-782-6940.