Ameren Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) On December 13, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Ameren Corporation ("Ameren") elected Mr. Steven O. Vondran to the Board, with a term beginning on January 1, 2025, and expiring at Ameren's Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2025. Also effective January 1, 2025, the Board appointed Mr. Vondran to the Finance Committee and the Nuclear, Operations and Environmental Sustainability Committee of the Board. No arrangement or understanding exists between Mr. Vondran and Ameren or, to Ameren's knowledge, any other person or persons pursuant to which Mr. Vondran was selected as a director. Mr. Vondran will receive compensation for Board and committee service consistent with the compensation paid to the other non-employee directors of Ameren; in 2025, this compensation consists of an annual cash retainer of $125,000 and an annual grant of Ameren common stock valued at $170,000.
Mr. Vondran is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the board of directors, of American Tower Corporation ("American Tower"), a global real estate investment trust and independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate with a portfolio of over 148,000 communications sites and a highly interconnected footprint of U.S. data center facilities. Mr. Vondran has held various leadership positions since joining American Tower in 2000, including serving as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Operating Officer from November 2023 through February 2024, and as Executive Vice President and President, US Tower Division from August 2018 through October 2023.
Mr. Vondran had no business relationships with Ameren or its subsidiaries in 2023 or to the date hereof in 2024 which are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.
ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 16, 2024, Ameren issued a press release announcing Mr. Vondran's election to the Board. A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press release issued on December 16, 2024, by Ameren. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| AMEREN CORPORATION | ||
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| By: | /s/ Chonda J. Nwamu | |
| Name: | Chonda J. Nwamu | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Date: December 16, 2024