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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 16, 1999
Registration Statement No. 333-43743
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 2
(Post-Effective)
to
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
Under The
Securities Act Of 1933
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AMEREN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
State of Missouri 43-1723446
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1901 Chouteau Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
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CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY EMPLOYEE LONG-TERM SAVINGS PLAN
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY EMPLOYEE LONG-TERM SAVINGS PLAN
- IUOE LOCAL NO.148
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY EMPLOYEE LONG-TERM SAVINGS PLAN
- IBEW LOCAL NO. 702
(Full titles of the plans)
DONALD E. BRANDT, Senior Vice President, Finance
STEVEN R. SULLIVAN, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
(314) 621-3222
(Names, address and telephone number, including area code, of agents for
service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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| | | | | |
| | | Proposed | | |
| | Amount | maximum | Proposed maximum | Amount of |
| Title of securities | to be | offering price | aggregate | registration |
| to be registered | Registered(1)(2) | per share(3) | offering price | fee |
|------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| | | | | |
|<S> |<C> | <C> | <C> |<C> |
| Common Stock, $.01 par value, including | | | | |
| related plan interests - Employee | | | | |
| Long-Term Savings Plan IUOE Local No. | | | | |
| 148 | 200,000 shares | $32.50 | $6,500,000 | $1,716 |
|------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| | | | | |
| Common Stock, $.01 par value, including | | | | |
| related plan interests - Employee | | | | |
| Long-Term Savings Plan | | | | |
| IBEW Local No. 702 | 200,000 shares | $32.50 | $6,500,000 | $1,716 |
|------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| Total | 400,000 shares | $32.50 | $13,000,000 | $3,432 |
|------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.
(2) The shares being registered are in addition to the following shares,
including related plan interests, currently registered under this
Registration Statement: 87,010 shares under Employee Long-Term Savings Plan;
200,000 shares under Employee Long-Term Savings Plan IUOE Local No. 148; and
200,000 shares under Employee Long-Term Savings Plan IBEW Local No. 702.
(3) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the
high and low prices of Ameren Corporation Common Stock as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on December 15, 1999.
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Registration of Additional Securities; Incorporation by Reference. This
Amendment No. 2 registers additional securities of the same class as other
securities for which a Registration Statement filed on this Form relating to the
employee benefit plans described on the facing page of this Amendment No. 2 is
effective. The contents of such earlier Registration Statement (Form S-8,
Registration Statement No. 333-43743), as previously amended by Amendment No. 1
thereto, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Amendment No. 2.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
24 Power of Attorney.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Amendment No. 2 (Post-Effective) to Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis,
State of Missouri, on the 16th day of December, 1999.
AMEREN CORPORATION
By /s/Donald E. Brandt
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DONALD E. BRANDT
Senior Vice President, Finance
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
No. 2 (Post-Effective) to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date above indicated.
Signature Title
Chairman, President and Chief
/s/ Charles W. Mueller* Executive Officer and Director
------------------------------ (Principal Financial and
CHARLES W. MUELLER Accounting Officer)
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Donald E. Brandt Senior Vice President, Finance
------------------------------- (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
DONALD E. BRANDT
/s/ Clifford L.Greenwalt* Director
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CLIFFORD L. GREENWALT
/s/ William E. Cornelius* Director
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WILLIAM E. CORNELIUS
/s/ Thomas A. Hays* Director
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THOMAS A. HAYS
/s/ Richard A. Liddy* Director
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RICHARD A. LIDDY
/s/ Gordon R. Lohman* Director
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GORDON R. LOHMAN
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/s/ Richard A. Lumpkin* Director
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RICHARD A. LUMPKIN
/s/ John Peters MacCarthy* Director
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JOHN PETERS MACCARTHY
/s/ Hanne M. Merriman* Director
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HANNE M. MERRIMAN
/s/ Paul L. Miller, Jr.* Director
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PAUL L. MILLER, JR.
/s/ Robert H. Quenon* Director
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ROBERT H. QUENON
/s/ Harvey Saligman* Director
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HARVEY SALIGMAN
/s/ Janet McAfee Weakley* Director
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JANET MCAFEE WEAKLEY
/s/ James W. Wogsland* Director
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JAMES W. WOGSLAND
*By /s/ Steven R. Sullivan
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STEVEN R. SULLIVAN
Attorney-In-Fact
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The Plans. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
persons who administer the undersigned employee benefit plans have duly caused
this Amendment No. 2 (Post-Effective) to Registration Statement to be signed on
their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St.
Louis, State of Missouri, on the 16th day of December, 1999.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
EMPLOYEE LONG-TERM SAVINGS PLAN
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
EMPLOYEE LONG-TERM SAVINGS PLAN - IUOE
LOCAL NO. 148
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
EMPLOYEE LONG-TERM SAVINGS PLAN - IBEW
LOCAL NO. 702
By /s/Donald E. Brandt
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DONALD E. BRANDT
Senior Vice President, Finance
Ameren Corporation
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMEREN CORPORATION, a Missouri corporation (herein referred to as
the "Company"), is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
under the Securities Act of 1933, a Registration Statement(s) and any amendments
thereto, covering the registration of Common Stock under the dividend
reinvestment and stock purchase plan, stock incentive plan, and savings
investment plans, as authorized by the Company's Board of Directors on December
17, 1997 and December 10, 1999; and
WHEREAS, each of the below undersigned holds the office or offices in the
Company set opposite his or her name;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or Steven R. Sullivan the true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned to said
Registration Statement(s) and any amendments thereto, and, for the performance
of the same acts, each with power to appoint in their place and stead and as
their substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full
power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this 10th
day of December 1999:
Charles W. Mueller, Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Charles W. Mueller
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William E. Cornelius, Director /s/ William E. Cornelius
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Clifford L. Greenwalt, Director /s/ Clifford L. Greenwalt
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Thomas A. Hays, Director /s/ Thomas A. Hays
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Richard A. Liddy, Director /s/ Richard A. Liddy
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Gordon R. Lohman, Director /s/ Gordon R. Lohman
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Richard A. Lumpkin, Director /s/ Richard A. Lumpkin
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John Peters MacCarthy, Director /s/ John Peters MacCarthy
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Hanne M. Merriman, Director /s/ Hanne M. Merriman
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Paul L. Miller, Jr., Director /s/ Paul L. Miller, Jr.
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Robert H. Quenon, Director /s/ Robert H. Quenon
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Harvey Saligman, Director /s/ Harvey Saligman
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Janet McAfee Weakley, Director /s/ Janet McAfee Weakley
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James W. Wogsland, Director /s/ James W. Wogsland
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STATE OF MISSOURI )
)SS.
CITY OF ST. LOUIS )
On this 10th day of December, 1999, before me, the undersigned Notary
Public in and for said State, personally appeared the above-named officers and
directors of Ameren Corporation, known to me to be the persons described in and
who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that they
executed the same as their free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal.
/s/ K. A. Bell
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K. A. BELL
Notary Public - Notary Seal
STATE OF MISSOURI
St. Louis County
My Commission Expires: October 13, 2002
