Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-128517
June 12, 2007
Pricing Term Sheet
Issuer: | | Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE |
Ratings: | | A3 (negative outlook)/BBB- (negative credit watch)/A+ (negative outlook) |
Issue: | | Senior Secured Notes due 2017 |
Offering Size: | | $425,000,000 |
Coupon: | | 6.400% per annum |
Trade Date: | | June 12, 2007 |
Settlement Date: | | June 15, 2007 |
Maturity: | | June 15, 2017 |
Treasury Benchmark: | | 4.500% due May 15, 2017 |
US Treasury Spot: | | 94-10 |
US Treasury Yield: | | 5.242% |
Spread to Treasury: | | 117 basis points |
Re-offer Yield: | | 6.412% |
Price to Public (Issue Price): | | 99.912% |
Gross Proceeds: | | $424,626,000 |
Net Proceeds: | | $421,863,500 |
Interest Payment Dates: | | June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2007 |
Optional Redemption: | | Make-Whole Call, at any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 20 basis points |
Security: | | Until the release date, the Senior Secured Notes will be secured by a series of the issuer's first mortgage bonds |
CUSIP: | | 906548CE0 |
Minimum Denomination: | | $2,000 × $1,000 |
Joint Bookrunners: | | BNY Capital Markets, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC |
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