ST. LOUIS, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AmerenUE, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), announced today that it is offering $425 million of 6.40% senior secured notes due 2017. The transaction is expected to close on June 15, 2007. AmerenUE intends to use the net offering proceeds of approximately $421.9 million to repay outstanding short-term debt. The underwriters for the offering are BNY Capital Markets, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. The offering may be made by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained when available from BNY Capital Markets, Inc. at One Wall St., New York, N.Y., 10286, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, Phone: 212-635-8974; Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 85 Broad St., New York, N.Y., 10004, Attention: Prospectus Department, Phone: 212-902-1171 and UBS Securities LLC at 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT, 06901, Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate, Phone: 1-888-722-9555, ext. 1088.
AmerenUE is a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation. Ameren companies serve 2.4 million electric customers and one million natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area of Missouri and Illinois.
SOURCE: AmerenUE
CONTACT: Media, Susan Gallagher, +1-314-554-2175, sgallagher@ameren.com,
or Analysts, Theresa Nistendirk, +1-314-206-0693, tnistendirk@ameren.com, or
Investors, Investor Services, invest@ameren.com, all of AmerenUE
Web site: http://www.ameren.com/