Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-182258-01
August 13, 2012
Pricing Term Sheet
| Issuer: | Ameren Illinois Company | |
| Expected Ratings* (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch): | A3/BBB/BBB+ | |
| Issue: | 2.70% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 | |
| Offering Size: | $400,000,000 | |
| Coupon: | 2.70% per annum | |
| Trade Date: | August 13, 2012 | |
| Settlement Date: | August 20, 2012 | |
| Maturity: | September 1, 2022 | |
| Treasury Benchmark: | 1.625% due August 15, 2022 | |
| US Treasury Spot: | 99-23+ | |
| US Treasury Yield: | 1.654% | |
| Spread to Treasury: | +105 basis points | |
| Re-offer Yield: | 2.704% | |
| Price to Public (Issue Price): | 99.964% | |
| Gross Proceeds: | $399,856,000 | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | March 1 and September 1, commencing March 1, 2013 | |
| Optional Redemption: | Prior to June 1, 2022, at any time at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest plus a make-whole premium at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Yield plus 15 basis points, and on or after June 1, 2022, at any time at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. | |
| Security: | The Senior Secured Notes will be secured by a series of the issuer’s first mortgage bonds | |
| CUSIP: | 02361DAL4 | |
| Minimum Denomination: | $2,000 x $1,000 | |
| Joint Bookrunners: | Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. | |
| Co-manager: | Loop Capital Markets LLC |
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 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. toll-free at 1-800-503-4611, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533 or UBS Securities LLC toll-free at 1-877-827-6444 ext. 561-3884.
* A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and should be evaluated independently of any other rating. The rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization.
