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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
85 Broad Street
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(Street)
New York, New York 10004
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
June 06, 2000
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Union Electric Company
(UEP)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ X ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[ X ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| | 3. Ownership Form: | |
| 2. Amount of Securities | Direct (D) or | |
1. Title of Security | Beneficially Owned | Indirect (I) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
(Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 5) | (Instr.5) |
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Union Electric Company | | | |
$4.50 Series Preferred Stock | 01 | 01 | 01 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
FORM 3 (continued)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| | | | 5. Owner- | |
| | 3. Title and Amount of Securities | | ship | |
| | Underlying Derivative Security | | Form of | |
|2. Date Exercisable | (Instr. 4) | | Derivative | |
| and Expiration Date | --------------------------------- | 4. Conver- | Security: | |
| (Month/Day/Year) | | Amount | sion or | Direct |6.Nature of |
|---------------------- | | or | Exercise | (D) or | Indirect |
|Date |Expira- | | Number | Price of | Indirect | Beneficial|
1. Title of Derivative |Exer- |tion | | of | Derivative| (I) | Ownership |
Security (Instr. 4) |cisable |Date | Title | Shares | Security | (Instr.5) | (Instr. 5)|
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Instruction 5(b)(v) list of other Reporting Persons:
This statement is being filed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs") and The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group" and, together with Goldman Sachs, the
"Reporting Persons"). The principal business address of each of Goldman Sachs
and GS Group is 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004.
Explanation of Responses:
01: Goldman Sachs may be deemed to own beneficially and directly and GS Group
may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly 25,050 shares of Union Electric
Co. $4.50 Series Preferred Stock. Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of GS Group.
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**Signatures:
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
By: s/ Roger S. Begelman
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Name: Roger S. Begelman
Title: Attorney-in-fact
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
By: s/ Roger S. Begelman
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Name: Roger S. Begelman
Title: Attorney-in-fact
Date: June 16, 2000
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Alternatively, this form is permitted to be submitted to the
Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
This power of attorney will expire December 31, 2000.
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. (the "Company")
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Hans L. Reich and Roger S.
Begelman, acting individually, its true and lawful attorney, to execute and
deliver in its name and on its behalf whether the Company is acting individually
or as representative of others, any and all filings required to be made by the
Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, giving and
granting unto each said attorney-in-fact power and authority to act in the
premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the Company might or could
do if personally present by one of its authorized signatories, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly subscribed these presents as of
December 21, 1998.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
By: THE GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. L.L.C.
By: s/ Robert J. Katz
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ROBERT J. KATZ, Executive Vice President
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
This power of attorney will expire May 31, 2001.
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. (the
"Company") does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Hans L. Reich and
Roger S. Begelman, acting individually, its true and lawful attorney, to execute
and deliver in its name and on its behalf whether the Company is acting
individually or as representative of others, any and all filings required to be
made by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
giving and granting unto each said attorney-in-fact power and authority to act
in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the Company might or
could do if personally present by one of its authorized signatories, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly subscribed these presents as of May
7, 1999.
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
By: s/ Robert J. Katz
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ROBERT J. KATZ, Executive Vice President and General Counsel