Ameren Illinois Announces Pricing of Senior Secured Notes Offering

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Ameren Illinois Company, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced today the pricing of a public offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% senior secured notes due 2025 at 99.943% of their principal amount.  The transaction is expected to close on December 10, 2014.

Ameren Illinois intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay a portion of our outstanding short-term debt.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and TD Securities (USA) LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement.  A prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, when available, for the offering may be obtained on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Desk, Phone: [phone]; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk - 3rd Floor, Phone: [phone]; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 222 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10038, Attention: Prospectus Department, Phone: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]; or TD Securities (USA) LLC, 31 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: US Debt Capital Markets, Phone: [phone].

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

About Ameren Illinois

Ameren Illinois delivers energy to 1.2 million electric and 807,000 natural gas customers in Illinois, and its mission is to power the quality of life. Ameren Illinois' service area covers more than 1,200 communities and 43,700 square miles. For more information, visit AmerenIllinois.com.

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