<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001002910-24-000117.txt : 20241213
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001002910-24-000117
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241211
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241213
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241213

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mizell Gwendolyn G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001849779
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14756
		FILM NUMBER:		241548659

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 S HANLEY SUITE 8D
		CITY:			CLAYTON
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63105

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMEREN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001002910
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				431723446
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1901 CHOUTEAU AVE
		STREET 2:		MC 1310
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63166-6149
		BUSINESS PHONE:		314-621-3222

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1901 CHOUTEAU AVE
		STREET 2:		MC 1310
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63103
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            <otherText>Chief Sustain &amp; Diversity</otherText>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents the estimated number of share equivalents held by the reporting person in the unitized stock fund included in the Ameren Corporation Savings Investment Plan as of November 30, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Amount includes 38 shares acquired during the first through third quarters of 2024 through reinvested dividends, as well as 176 accrued dividend equivalents acquired during the first through third quarters of 2024 pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of restricted stock units granted under the issuer's 2022 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>Jonathan T. Shade, Deputy Corp. Secy. of Ameren Corporation, attorney-in-fact for Gwendolyn G. Mizell</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-12-13</signatureDate>
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