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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-25-093779
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		21
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250926
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250926
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250926

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

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		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14756
		FILM NUMBER:		251349560

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

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		STREET 1:		1901 CHOUTEAU AVE
		STREET 2:		MC 1310
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63103

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ameren Illinois Co
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000018654
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				370211380
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03672
		FILM NUMBER:		251349561

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10 RICHARD MARK WAY
		CITY:			COLLINSVILLE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62234
		BUSINESS PHONE:		618-343-8150

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		STREET 1:		10 RICHARD MARK WAY
		CITY:			COLLINSVILLE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62234

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On September&#160;26, 2025, Ameren Illinois Company
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March&#160;3, 2025, in the principal amount of $350 million. The Bonds were offered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-3
(File No.&#160;333-274977-01), which became effective on October&#160;13, 2023, and a Prospectus Supplement dated September&#160;15, 2025,
to a Prospectus dated October&#160;13, 2023. Ameren Illinois received net offering proceeds of approximately $358.1 million, before expenses,
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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Current Report on Form&#160;8-K is being filed
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<td style="width: 1in"><b>ITEM 9.01</b></td><td><b>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</b></td></tr></table>

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<td style="width: 1.25in"><a href="tm2526883d1_ex1-1.htm">1.1</a></td><td><a href="tm2526883d1_ex1-1.htm">Underwriting Agreement relating to the Bonds, dated September&#160;15, 2025, between Ameren Illinois and the several underwriters
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<td>4.1*</td><td>General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, dated as of November&#160;1, 1992, from Ameren Illinois to The Bank of New York Mellon
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<td><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18654/000110465925019676/tm257258d5_ex4-2.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.2*</a></td><td><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18654/000110465925019676/tm257258d5_ex4-2.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February&#160;1, 2025, by and between Ameren Illinois and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
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<td><a href="tm2526883d1_ex5-1.htm">5.1</a></td><td><a href="tm2526883d1_ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Stephen C. Lee,&#160;Esq., Vice President,&#160;Interim General Counsel and Secretary of Ameren Illinois, regarding the
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<td><a href="tm2526883d1_ex5-2.htm">5.2</a></td><td><a href="tm2526883d1_ex5-2.htm">Opinion of Morgan, Lewis&#160;&amp; Bockius LLP regarding the legality of the Bonds (including consent).</a></td></tr>
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registrant has been filed by such registrant on its own behalf. No registrant makes any representation as to information relating to any
other registrant.</p>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;1.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ameren Illinois Company</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>First Mortgage Bonds due 2055</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Underwriting Agreement</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">September&nbsp;15, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">As Representatives of the<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> </FONT>several
Underwriters</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">named in Schedule I to the applicable Pricing
Agreement</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">c/o&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT>KeyBanc Capital
Markets Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">127 Public Square</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Cleveland, Ohio 44114</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">1 Vanderbilt Avenue, 11th Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">New York, New York 10017</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">From time to time, Ameren
Illinois Company, an Illinois corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each,
a &ldquo;<B>Pricing Agreement</B>&rdquo;) in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and deletions as the parties thereto may
determine, and, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the
applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the &ldquo;<B>Underwriters</B>&rdquo; with respect to such Pricing Agreement and
the securities specified therein) certain of its first mortgage bonds specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect
to such Pricing Agreement, the &ldquo;<B>First Mortgage Bonds</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The terms and rights of any
particular issuance of the First Mortgage Bonds shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and will be issued under
and pursuant to the General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, dated as of November&nbsp;1, 1992, executed by the Company, as successor
to Illinois Power Company, to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to Harris Trust and Savings Bank (the
 &ldquo;<B>Trustee</B>&rdquo;), as heretofore amended and supplemented by various supplemental indentures, including by a supplemental
indenture relating to the First Mortgage Bonds (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the &ldquo;<B>Supplemental Indenture</B>&rdquo;).
The term &ldquo;<B>Mortgage</B>,&rdquo; as used herein, shall be deemed to refer to such General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust
as so amended and supplemented.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">1.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<U>Introduction</U>.
Particular sales of the First Mortgage Bonds may be made from time to time to the Underwriters of such First Mortgage Bonds, for whom
the firms designated as representatives of the Underwriters of such First Mortgage Bonds in this Underwriting Agreement or the Pricing
Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives (the &ldquo;<B>Representatives</B>&rdquo;). The term &ldquo;Representatives&rdquo;
also refers to a single firm acting as sole representative of the Underwriters or to an Underwriter or Underwriters who act without any
firm being designated as its or their representatives. This Underwriting Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation of the Company
to sell any of the First Mortgage Bonds or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase the First Mortgage Bonds. The obligation
of the Company to issue and sell any of the First Mortgage Bonds and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the
First Mortgage Bonds shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the First Mortgage Bonds specified therein. Each Pricing
Agreement shall specify the title and aggregate principal amount of such First Mortgage Bonds, the offering price of such First Mortgage
Bonds, the purchase price to the Underwriters of such First Mortgage Bonds, the Supplemental Indenture, the Time of Sale (as defined
herein) and the Time of Sale Information (as defined in the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds) with respect to such
First Mortgage Bonds, the names of the Underwriters of such First Mortgage Bonds, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriters,
if any, and the principal amount of such First Mortgage Bonds to be purchased by each Underwriter and shall set forth the Time of Delivery
(as defined herein). The obligations of the Underwriters under this Underwriting Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be several
and not joint.</P>

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Company meets the requirements for the use of an &ldquo;automatic shelf registration statement&rdquo;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Act</B>&rdquo;), and such registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-274977-01)
in respect of the First Mortgage Bonds has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B>Commission</B>&rdquo;)
not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective
on filing with the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, any post-effective amendment
thereto or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Act against the Company
or relating to the offering of the First Mortgage Bonds has been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection
of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;under
the Act has been received by the Company; any prospectus related to the Company included in such registration statement at the time it
became effective that omits Rule&nbsp;430 Information (as defined herein) is hereinafter called a &ldquo;<B>Base Prospectus</B>&rdquo;;
any preliminary prospectus supplement (together with the accompanying Base Prospectus) used in connection with the offering and sale of
the First Mortgage Bonds that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(e)&nbsp;under
the Act, is hereinafter called a &ldquo;<B>Preliminary Prospectus</B>&rdquo;; the various parts of such registration statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained
in such registration statement at the time each such part of such registration statement became effective, but excluding any Form&nbsp;T-1,
each as amended at the time each such part of such registration statement became effective, and including any information omitted from
such registration statement at the time each such part of such registration statement became effective, but that is deemed to be part
of such registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430A, Rule&nbsp;430B or Rule&nbsp;430C under the Act at the time set forth therein
(&ldquo;<B>Rule&nbsp;430 Information</B>&rdquo;), are hereinafter collectively called the &ldquo;<B>Registration Statement</B>&rdquo;;
the Base Prospectus and prospectus supplement in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule&nbsp;173
under the Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the First Mortgage Bonds and filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under the Act in accordance with Section&nbsp;5(a)&nbsp;hereof is hereinafter called the &ldquo;<B>Prospectus</B>&rdquo;;
any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement applicable to the Company and
for the First Mortgage Bonds pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(2)&nbsp;under the Act, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date
of the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include any documents filed after the effective date of the Registration Statement applicable to
the Company and for the First Mortgage Bonds pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f)(2)&nbsp;under the Act, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus
or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Exchange Act</B>&rdquo;),
and the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and, at the time set forth in the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds
(the &ldquo;<B>Time of Sale</B>&rdquo;), the Company had prepared the Time of Sale Information excluding the information provided by the
Underwriters specified in Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when they became effective
or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents, as of such times, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder and, as of
such times, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</P>

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Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated September&nbsp;15, 2025, together with the prospectus dated October&nbsp;13,
2023 (collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Specified Preliminary Prospectus</B>&rdquo;) and the Prospectus conform, and any further amendments
or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Specified Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects,
to the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Trust Indenture Act</B>&rdquo;), and the
rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not and will not, as
of the latest date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds became, or is deemed to have
become, effective under the Act in accordance with the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder, contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and the Specified Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective dates, and,
as to the Prospectus, as of the Time of Delivery, do not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, in each case, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of the First Mortgage Bonds through the
Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Specified Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, which information
is specified in Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof.</P>

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Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois,
with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus and to execute, deliver and perform the Company&rsquo;s obligations under, or as contemplated by, this Underwriting
Agreement and to do all and any of the acts necessary in connection with or arising from the transactions contemplated hereby; and the
Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified
or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined
herein). The Company has no subsidiaries (as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the Act).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(e)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
fairly present the financial condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of the Company&rsquo;s operations and
cash flows for the periods therein specified and have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as otherwise indicated therein; and the interactive data in eXtensible
Business Reporting Language filed as exhibits to the periodic reports incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance
with the Commission&rsquo;s rules&nbsp;and guidelines applicable thereto.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(f)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company has not sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, other than as set forth or contemplated
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale
Information, (i)&nbsp;the Company has not incurred any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any transactions,
not in the ordinary course of business, that are material to the Company and (ii)&nbsp;there has not been any material adverse change,
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
shareholders&rsquo; equity or results of operations of the Company, in each case, other than as set forth or contemplated in the Time
of Sale Information.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(g)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company has an authorized capitalization as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares
of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(h)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
First Mortgage Bonds have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale to the Underwriters, and, when the First Mortgage
Bonds are executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage and delivered by the Company in accordance with
this Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in such Pricing Agreement, such First
Mortgage Bonds will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms and the terms of the Mortgage, except as may be limited by the Exceptions (as defined below), and will be entitled to the
benefit of the security afforded by the Mortgage; the Mortgage has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and duly
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, subject to the laws of the State of Illinois affecting the remedies for the enforcement of the security
provided for therein and except as may be limited by (i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium
and other similar laws relating to or affecting mortgagees&rsquo; and other creditors&rsquo; rights generally, (ii)&nbsp;general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii)&nbsp;concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith
and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which any matter is brought (collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Exceptions</B>&rdquo;);
and the Mortgage conforms, and the First Mortgage Bonds will conform, in all material respects, to the descriptions thereof contained
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Substantially
all of the permanent, fixed properties of the Company are owned in fee simple or are held under valid leases, in each case subject only
to the lien of the Mortgage and &ldquo;Permitted Liens&rdquo; (as defined in the Mortgage); and such minor imperfections of title and
encumbrances, if any, which are not substantial in amount, do not materially detract from the value or marketability of the properties
subject thereto and do not materially impair the title of the Company to its properties or its right to use its properties in connection
with its business as presently conducted.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(j)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>This
Underwriting Agreement has been, and the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, at the date thereof, will be, duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(k)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, who has audited certain financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company as required by the
Act and the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(l)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
issuance and sale of the First Mortgage Bonds and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the First Mortgage Bonds,
the Mortgage, this Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated, will not (i)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject,
(ii)&nbsp;result in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended, of the Company or
(iii)&nbsp;result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule&nbsp;or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (i)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;above, for any such conflict,
breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(m)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Illinois Commerce Commission (the &ldquo;<B>ICC</B>&rdquo;) has issued a final order (the &ldquo;<B>ICC Order</B>&rdquo;) authorizing
the issuance and sale of the First Mortgage Bonds by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage; the ICC Order is in full
force and effect and is sufficient to authorize the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
relating to the First Mortgage Bonds to the extent authorization is required; to the extent the First Mortgage Bonds are valid and binding
obligations of the Company as of the Time of Delivery, such First Mortgage Bonds issued pursuant to the ICC Order shall continue to be
valid and binding in accordance with their respective terms and the terms and limitations specified in the ICC Order notwithstanding the
ICC Order being later vacated, modified or otherwise held to be invalid by the ICC or a reviewing court subsequent to the issuance of
such First Mortgage Bonds; and no other consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issuance and sale of the First Mortgage Bonds by the Company, or the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement or such Pricing Agreement or the Mortgage, except such as have
been, or will have been prior to the Time of Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction
(including any non-U.S. jurisdiction) in connection with the purchase and distribution of such First Mortgage Bonds by the Underwriters.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(n)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
statements set forth in the Specified Preliminary Prospectus (together with the information set forth in the Time of Sale Information)
and the Prospectus under the captions &ldquo;Description of Bonds&rdquo; and &ldquo;Description of First Mortgage Bonds and Mortgage Indenture&rdquo;,
insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the First Mortgage Bonds and the Mortgage, and under the captions &ldquo;Plan
of Distribution&rdquo; and &ldquo;Underwriting&rdquo; (except with respect to the information set forth under the caption &ldquo;Underwriting&mdash;Selling
Restrictions&rdquo;), insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate,
complete and fair.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(o)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company is not (i)&nbsp;in violation of its Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended, (ii)&nbsp;to the best knowledge
of the Company, after due inquiry, other than as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, in violation of any law,
ordinance, administrative or governmental rule&nbsp;or regulation applicable to the Company, the violation of which would, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, financial position,
shareholders&rsquo; equity or results of operations of the Company (a &ldquo;<B>Material Adverse Effect</B>&rdquo;), or of any decree
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, or (iii)&nbsp;in default in the performance or observance
of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of the Company&rsquo;s properties may be bound,
which default would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(p)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Other
than as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which
the Company is a party or of which any property of the Company is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company, would, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge, no such proceedings
are threatened by governmental authorities or others.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(q)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the First Mortgage Bonds and the application of the net proceeds
thereof, will not be an &ldquo;investment company,&rdquo; or an entity &ldquo;controlled&rdquo; by an investment company, as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(r)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Except
as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (i)&nbsp;is in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state and local
laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (&ldquo;<B>Environmental Laws</B>&rdquo;), (ii)&nbsp;has received all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of the Company under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct the Company&rsquo;s business and (iii)&nbsp;is in compliance with
all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(s)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Time of Sale Information at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Time of Delivery will not, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of the First Mortgage Bonds
through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, which information is specified in Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof;
and no statement of material fact that will be included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement
of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus will be omitted therefrom.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(t)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Other
than the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives,
other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not
prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any &ldquo;written communication&rdquo; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the Act)
that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the First Mortgage Bonds (each such communication by the Company
or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;below), an &ldquo;<B>Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus</B>&rdquo;) other than (i)&nbsp;any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(a)(10)(a)&nbsp;of the
Act or Rule&nbsp;134 under the Act or (ii)&nbsp;the documents listed on Annex II hereto and other written communications approved in writing
in advance by the Representatives; each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Act, has been filed
in accordance with the Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Time of Sale Information at the Time of
Sale, did not, and at the Time of Delivery will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of the First Mortgage
Bonds through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, which information is specified in Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof;
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Part&nbsp;B of Annex II hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(u)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>(A)&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;At
the time of the initial filing of the Registration Statement, (ii)&nbsp;at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes
of complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii)&nbsp;at the time the Company or any person
acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule&nbsp;163(c)&nbsp;under the Act) made any offer relating to the
First Mortgage Bonds in reliance on the exemption of Rule&nbsp;163 under the Act, the Company was a &ldquo;well-known seasoned issuer&rdquo;
within the meaning of subparagraph (1)(ii)&nbsp;of the definition of &ldquo;well-known seasoned issuer&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;405 under the
Act; and (B)&nbsp;at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant
made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;164(h)(2)&nbsp;under the Act) of the First Mortgage Bonds, the Company was not
an &ldquo;ineligible issuer&rdquo; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(v)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule&nbsp;13a-15(f)&nbsp;under the
Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company&rsquo;s principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that (i)&nbsp;transactions are executed
in accordance with management&rsquo;s general or specific authorizations; (ii)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)&nbsp;access
to assets is permitted only in accordance with management&rsquo;s general or specific authorization; and (iv)&nbsp;the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
and, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting
as of June&nbsp;30, 2025 was effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in the Company&rsquo;s internal control
over financial reporting since that date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(w)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Except
as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated
by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Chief Accounting Officer of Ameren Corporation,
there has been no change in the Company&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(x)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule&nbsp;13a-15(e)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act) that
comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information
relating to the Company is made known to the Company&rsquo;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within
those entities; such disclosure controls and procedures as of June&nbsp;30, 2025 were effective; and, since the date of the latest audited
financial statements incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Chief Accounting
Officer of Ameren Corporation, there has been no change in the Company&rsquo;s disclosure controls and procedures that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company&rsquo;s disclosure controls and procedures.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(y)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Ameren
Corporation maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by, among others, the Company and its respective directors,
officers, employees and agents with all laws, rules&nbsp;and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company from time to time
concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or money laundering (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Anti-Corruption Laws</B>&rdquo;) and applicable
economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including
those administrated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (&ldquo;<B>OFAC</B>&rdquo;) or the
U.S. Department of State (the &ldquo;<B>State Department</B>&rdquo;), or by the United Nations Security Council (the &ldquo;<B>UNSC</B>&rdquo;),
the European Union (the &ldquo;<B>EU</B>&rdquo;) or His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury of the United Kingdom (collectively, &ldquo;<B>Sanctions</B>&rdquo;),
and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its respective officers, employees, directors and agents, are in compliance with
Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions; and none of (A)&nbsp;the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its respective
directors, officers or employees, or (B)&nbsp;to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company that will act in any capacity
in connection with, or benefit from, this Underwriting Agreement, is (i)&nbsp;a person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated
persons maintained by OFAC or the State Department, or by the UNSC, the EU or any EU member state, (ii)&nbsp;a person operating, organized
or resident in a country or territory that is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (as of the date hereof, including, without
limitation, Crimea, Cuba,&nbsp;Iran, North Korea, the so-called Donetsk People&rsquo;s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People&rsquo;s
Republic, the non-government controlled areas of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson or any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to
Executive Order 14065) or (iii)&nbsp;any person 50% or more owned or controlled by any such person or persons.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(z)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the First Mortgage Bonds, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity to fund any activities of or business
with any person or entity that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(aa)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT>Except
as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the Company&rsquo;s knowledge there has been no security breach, unauthorized access
or other compromise or misuse of or relating to any of the Company&rsquo;s information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware,
software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers and vendors and any third party data maintained
by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (collectively, &ldquo;<B>IT Systems and Data</B>&rdquo;). Except as disclosed in the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not been notified of, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably
be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to its IT Systems and Data. The Company has implemented backup and
disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices. The Company has policies and procedures in place designed
to ensure the integrity and security of its IT Systems and Data and comply with such policies and procedures in all material respects.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">3.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Offering</U>.
Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, the several Underwriters propose to offer such First
Mortgage Bonds for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">4.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Payment
and Delivery of Securities</U>. The First Mortgage Bonds to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating
thereto, in the form specified in such Pricing Agreement, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives
may request, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment
by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified
by the Company to the Representatives at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery. The time and date of such delivery and
payment shall be as specified in Schedule&nbsp;II to the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds or at such other time
and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being herein called the &ldquo;<B>Time of
Delivery</B>&rdquo; for such First Mortgage Bonds.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">5.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Covenants
of the Company</U>. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>To
prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under the
Act not later than the Commission&rsquo;s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of the Pricing
Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under
the Act; to prepare a final term sheet in substantially the form attached as Schedule III to the applicable Pricing Agreement relating
to such First Mortgage Bonds, and approved by the Representatives, and to file such final term sheet pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(d)&nbsp;under
the Act within the time required by such rule; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(d)&nbsp;under the Act; to make no further amendment or supplement (except for such final term sheet) to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such First Mortgage Bonds and prior to the
Time of Delivery for such First Mortgage Bonds which shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such First Mortgage Bonds promptly
after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement or any amendment or supplement
to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus after such Time of Delivery and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; before using, authorizing,
approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters
a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for review and not to use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus disapproved by the Representatives; to promptly notify the Representatives of any notice given to the Company
by any of Moody&rsquo;s Investors Service,&nbsp;Inc. or S&amp;P Global Ratings, a division of S&amp;P Global Inc. (each, a &ldquo;<B>Rating
Agency</B>&rdquo;), of any intended decrease in any rating of any securities of the Company or of any intended change in any such rating
that does not indicate the direction of the possible change of any such rating, in each case by any such Rating Agency; to file promptly
all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or
in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a)&nbsp;under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of
the First Mortgage Bonds, and during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending
the use of any prospectus relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification
of such First Mortgage Bonds for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Act against the Company or relating to the offering of the First Mortgage Bonds, or of any
request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;
and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating
to the First Mortgage Bonds or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>If
required by Rule&nbsp;430B(h)&nbsp;under the Act in connection with the offer and sale of the First Mortgage Bonds, to prepare a prospectus
in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under the Act not later than may
be required by Rule&nbsp;424 under the Act; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such prospectus which shall be disapproved
by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Promptly,
from time to time, to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the First Mortgage Bonds for offering
and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit
the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of such
First Mortgage Bonds, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>To
promptly furnish the Underwriters with electronic copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus prepared by the Company
(to the extent not previously delivered), as amended or supplemented, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice
referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a)&nbsp;under the Act) is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the First Mortgage
Bonds and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus
(or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a)&nbsp;under the Act), such Time of Sale Information or such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during
such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify the Representatives and, upon their
request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many electronic
copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which
will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, or, if at any time prior to the Time of Delivery (i)&nbsp;any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information, as then amended or supplemented, would include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii)&nbsp;it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information
to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Representatives thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section&nbsp;5(a)&nbsp;hereof,
file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate,
such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information,
as so amended or supplemented, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or so that the Time of Sale
Information will comply with law; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred
to in Rule&nbsp;173(a)&nbsp;under the Act) in connection with sales of the First Mortgage Bonds at any time nine months or more after
the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon the Representatives&rsquo; request, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many electronic
copies as the Representatives may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(e)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>In
accordance with Rule&nbsp;158 under the Act, to make generally available to its security holders and to holders of the First Mortgage
Bonds, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 18 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined
in Rule&nbsp;158(c)&nbsp;under the Act), an earning statement of the Company (which need not be audited) complying with Section&nbsp;11(a)&nbsp;of
the Act and the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule&nbsp;158 under
the Act).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(f)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>During
the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for the First Mortgage Bonds and continuing to and including the Time of Delivery
for such First Mortgage Bonds, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise
dispose of any debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year after such Time of Delivery and which are substantially
similar to such First Mortgage Bonds, without the prior written consent of the Representatives.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(g)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Upon
request of an Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company&rsquo;s trademarks,
service marks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line
offering of the First Mortgage Bonds (the &ldquo;<B>License</B>&rdquo;); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for
the purpose described in this Section&nbsp;5(g), is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(h)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>To
apply the net proceeds from the sale of the First Mortgage Bonds for the purposes set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Pursuant
to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, to retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;433 under the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(j)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>If
immediately prior to the third anniversary (the &ldquo;<B>Renewal Deadline</B>&rdquo;) of the initial effective date of the Registration
Statement, any of the First Mortgage Bonds remain unsold by the Underwriters, to file, prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already
done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, in a form satisfactory
to the Representatives. If the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, prior
to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds,
in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective
within 60&nbsp;days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering
and sale of the First Mortgage Bonds to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the First Mortgage
Bonds. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf
registration statement, as the case may be.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(k)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>If
at any time when the First Mortgage Bonds remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;under the Act or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, to
(i)&nbsp;promptly notify the Representatives, (ii)&nbsp;promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the
proper form relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii)&nbsp;use its best efforts to cause
such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv)&nbsp;promptly notify the Representatives of
such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the First
Mortgage Bonds to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;notice or
for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration
statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">6.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Payment
of Expenses</U>. Whether or not any sale of the First Mortgage Bonds is consummated, the Company covenants and agrees with the several
Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i)&nbsp;the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company&rsquo;s
counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the First Mortgage Bonds under the Act and all other expenses in connection
with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and any dealers; (ii)&nbsp;the applicable Commission filing fees relating to the First Mortgage Bonds within
the time required by Rule&nbsp;456(b)(1)&nbsp;under the Act without regard to the proviso thereof; (iii)&nbsp;the cost of printing or
producing any agreement among underwriters, this Underwriting Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, the Mortgage, any blue sky surveys, closing
documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of
the First Mortgage Bonds; (iv)&nbsp;all expenses (not to exceed $5,000) in connection with the qualification of the First Mortgage Bonds
for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section&nbsp;5(c)&nbsp;hereof, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with any blue sky surveys; (v)&nbsp;any fees charged
by securities rating services for rating the First Mortgage Bonds; (vi)&nbsp;any filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the terms of
the sale of the First Mortgage Bonds; (vii)&nbsp;the cost of preparing certificates for the First Mortgage Bonds; (viii)&nbsp;the fees
and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with
the Mortgage and the First Mortgage Bonds; and (ix)&nbsp;all other costs and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the performance
of the Company&rsquo;s obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section&nbsp;6. It is understood,
however, that, except as provided in this Section&nbsp;6, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs
and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, any advertising expenses in connection with any offers the Underwriters may make and
transfer taxes on resale of any of the First Mortgage Bonds by them.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">7.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses</U>. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that, except for one or more term sheets containing the information
set forth in Schedule III to the applicable Pricing Agreement, it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate
in the use of, any &ldquo;free writing prospectus&rdquo;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the Act (which term includes use of any written
information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press
release issued by the Company) other than (i)&nbsp;one or more term sheets relating to the First Mortgage Bonds which are not Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses and which contain preliminary terms of the First Mortgage Bonds and related customary information not inconsistent
with the final term sheet prepared and filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;5(a)&nbsp;hereof, (ii)&nbsp;a free writing prospectus
that contains no &ldquo;issuer information&rdquo; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;433(h)(2)&nbsp;under the Act) that was not included (including
through incorporation by reference) in the Specified Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii)&nbsp;any
Bloomberg L.P. or other electronic communication regarding comparable bond prices, (iv)&nbsp;any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed
on Annex II hereto or prepared pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(t)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;5(a)&nbsp;hereof, or (v)&nbsp;any free writing prospectus
prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">8.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Conditions
to Underwriters&rsquo; Obligations</U>. The obligations of the several Underwriters of the First Mortgage Bonds under the Pricing Agreement
relating to such First Mortgage Bonds shall be subject, in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations
and warranties and other statements of the Company contained herein and in or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating
to such First Mortgage Bonds are, at and as of the Time of Sale and the Time of Delivery for such First Mortgage Bonds, true and correct,
the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed at and as of the Time
of Sale and the Time of Delivery for such First Mortgage Bonds, as the case may be, and the following additional conditions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under the Act within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by the rules&nbsp;and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section&nbsp;5(a)&nbsp;hereof; each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Act to the extent required by Rule&nbsp;433
under the Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and
no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering of the First Mortgage
Bonds shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;under the Act shall have been received; no stop
order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives&rsquo;
reasonable satisfaction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Counsel
for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the Underwriters such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery for such First
Mortgage Bonds, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents
and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (i)&nbsp;state
that such opinion is limited to matters covered by the federal laws of the United States of America and (ii)&nbsp;rely as to matters of
fact, to the extent deemed proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinions dated the Time of Delivery for such First Mortgage Bonds of:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1.5in">(i)&nbsp; Stephen C. Lee,&nbsp;Esq.,
Vice President,&nbsp;Interim General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, in the form attached as Exhibit&nbsp;A hereto (x)&nbsp;with
such changes therein as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Representatives with the approval of counsel for the Underwriters, and
(y)&nbsp;if the Time of Sale Information shall be supplemented after being furnished to the Underwriters for use in offering the First
Mortgage Bonds, with changes therein to reflect such supplementation; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1.5in">(ii)&nbsp; Morgan, Lewis&nbsp;&amp;
Bockius LLP, in the form attached as Exhibit&nbsp;B hereto (x)&nbsp;with such changes therein as may be agreed upon by the Company and
the Representatives with the approval of counsel for the Underwriters, and (y)&nbsp;if the Time of Sale Information shall be supplemented
after being furnished to the Underwriters for use in offering the First Mortgage Bonds, with changes therein to reflect such supplementation.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>On
the date of the Pricing Agreement for such First Mortgage Bonds and at the Time of Delivery for such First Mortgage Bonds, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter, dated the date of such Pricing Agreement, and a letter dated such Time of Delivery,
respectively, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to the financial statements of the Company incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(e)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>(i)&nbsp;The
Company shall not have sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale
Information, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, other than as disclosed or contemplated in the Time of Sale
Information, and (ii)&nbsp;since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information, there shall not
have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
shareholders&rsquo; equity or results of operations of the Company, other than as disclosed or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information,
the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i)&nbsp;or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering, sale or delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(f)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>On
or prior to the Time of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received satisfactory evidence that the First Mortgage Bonds are rated
as set forth in the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Part&nbsp;A of Annex II hereto and that such ratings are in effect at the
Time of Delivery.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(g)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>On
or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, (i)&nbsp;no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company&rsquo;s debt securities or preferred stock by any Rating Agency, and (ii)&nbsp;no such Rating Agency shall have publicly
announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company&rsquo;s debt
securities or preferred stock, unless such surveillance or review has been publicly announced prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(h)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>On
or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i)&nbsp;a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally by the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or The <FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Nasdaq</FONT>
Stock Market or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading thereon; (ii)&nbsp;a suspension or material limitation in trading
in the Company&rsquo;s securities by the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, or The <FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Nasdaq</FONT>
Stock Market; (iii)&nbsp;a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by Federal, New York state or Illinois state authorities
or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv)&nbsp;any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war;
or (v)&nbsp;the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United
States or elsewhere, if the effect of any event specified in clause (iv)&nbsp;or (v), in the judgment of the Representatives, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering, sale or delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery for the First Mortgage Bonds a certificate
or certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties
of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to
be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in Section&nbsp;8(a)&nbsp;and Section&nbsp;8(e)&nbsp;hereof
and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(j)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
ICC Order shall be in full force and effect at the Time of Delivery.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If any of the events specified
in Sections 8(e), 8(g)&nbsp;or 8(h)&nbsp;hereof shall have occurred or the representation in Section&nbsp;2(s)&nbsp;hereof is incorrect,
the Pricing Agreement relating to the First Mortgage Bonds may be terminated by the Representatives on notice to the Company at any time
on or prior to the Time of Delivery and upon such notice being given, the parties hereto and thereto shall be released and discharged
from their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder (except for the liability of the Company pursuant to Sections 6 or 12 hereof
and the obligations of the parties hereto and thereto pursuant to Section&nbsp;9 hereof). Notwithstanding any such termination, the provisions
of Sections 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 20 hereof shall remain in full force and effect.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">9.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Indemnification
and Contribution</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i)&nbsp;an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii)&nbsp;any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, or any &ldquo;issuer information&rdquo;
filed or required to be filed under Rule&nbsp;433(d)&nbsp;of the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, or any such amendment or
supplement of or to the foregoing, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
of the First Mortgage Bonds through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, or any such amendment or
supplement of or to the foregoing, which information is specified in Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Each
Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i)&nbsp;an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii)&nbsp;any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the First Mortgage
Bonds, or any such amendment or supplement of or to the foregoing, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Information, the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the First Mortgage Bonds, or any such amendment or supplement of or to the foregoing, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information consists of the following: (i)&nbsp;the third paragraph of text under the caption &ldquo;Underwriting&rdquo;
in the Specified Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, concerning the terms of the offering by the Underwriters, (ii)&nbsp;the third
and fourth sentences of the fifth paragraph of text under the caption &ldquo;Underwriting&rdquo; in the Specified Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus, concerning market-making by the Underwriters, and (iii)&nbsp;the sixth and seventh paragraphs of text under the caption
 &ldquo;Underwriting&rdquo; in the Specified Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, concerning overallotment, stabilization, short-positions
and penalty bids; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under Section&nbsp;9(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof of notice of the commencement of any
action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under Section&nbsp;9(a)&nbsp;or
Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure
or from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party other than under Section&nbsp;9(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof.
In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party
to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified
party under Section&nbsp;9(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in
each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
Notwithstanding the indemnifying party&rsquo;s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in any such action, the
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the
reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i)&nbsp;the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent
the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii)&nbsp;the actual or potential defendants in, or targets
of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available
to the indemnifying party; (iii)&nbsp;the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of any such action; or (iv)&nbsp;the indemnifying
party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party
shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment
(i)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii)&nbsp;does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(d)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>If
the indemnification provided for in this Section&nbsp;9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
Section&nbsp;9(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;9(b)&nbsp;hereof in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as
a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the First Mortgage Bonds on the other hand from
the offering of the First Mortgage Bonds to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however,
the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to
give the notice required under Section&nbsp;9(c)&nbsp;hereof, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault
of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the First Mortgage Bonds on the other hand in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other hand shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and such Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other hand and the parties&rsquo; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section&nbsp;9(d)&nbsp;were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for
such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section&nbsp;9(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section&nbsp;9(d)&nbsp;shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section&nbsp;9(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price
at which the First Mortgage Bonds underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f)&nbsp;of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters
of the First Mortgage Bonds in this Section&nbsp;9(d)&nbsp;to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations
with respect to such First Mortgage Bonds and not joint.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(e)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>The
obligations of the Company under this Section&nbsp;9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the
obligations of the Underwriters under this Section&nbsp;9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">10.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Defaulting
Underwriters</U>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>If
any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the First Mortgage Bonds which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such First Mortgage Bonds, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or
other parties to purchase such First Mortgage Bonds on the terms contained herein. If within 36 hours after such default by any Underwriter
the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such First Mortgage Bonds, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period
of 36 hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such First Mortgage
Bonds on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that they have
so arranged for the purchase of such First Mortgage Bonds, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the
purchase of such First Mortgage Bonds, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for such
First Mortgage Bonds for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements,
and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the
Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term &ldquo;Underwriter&rdquo; as used in this
Underwriting Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section&nbsp;10 with like effect as if such person had originally
been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such First Mortgage Bonds.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the First Mortgage Bonds of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;hereof, the aggregate principal amount of such First Mortgage Bonds
which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds, then the Company
shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such First Mortgage Bonds and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the First Mortgage Bonds of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements
have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(c)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the First Mortgage Bonds of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;hereof, the aggregate principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds
which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds, as referred to in Section&nbsp;10(b)&nbsp;hereof,
or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in Section&nbsp;10(b)&nbsp;hereof to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase
the First Mortgage Bonds of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such First Mortgage Bonds
shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to
be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section&nbsp;6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section&nbsp;9
hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">11.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Survival</U>.
The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters,
as set forth in this Underwriting Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of
any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the
Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the First Mortgage Bonds.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">12.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Termination</U>.
If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section&nbsp;10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to
any Underwriter with respect to the First Mortgage Bonds covered by such Pricing Agreement except as provided in Sections 6 and 9 hereof;
but, if for any other reason the First Mortgage Bonds are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein or the Company
does not comply with its other obligations as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives
for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters,
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such First Mortgage Bonds, but the
Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such First Mortgage Bonds, except as provided in Sections
6 and 9 hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">13.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Notices</U>.
In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of the First Mortgage Bonds shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters,
and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter
made or given by such Representatives jointly.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All statements, requests,
notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed, and if to the Underwriters
shall be delivered or sent by mail to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company
shall be delivered or sent by mail to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement: Attention: Secretary.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">14.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>No
Third Party Beneficiaries</U>. This Underwriting Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and
each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns,
and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Underwriting Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No
purchaser of any of the First Mortgage Bonds from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">15.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Miscellaneous</U>.
Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein, &ldquo;business day&rdquo; shall mean any day when the Commission&rsquo;s
office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">16.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Governing
Law</U>. This Underwriting Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>17.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Waiver
of Jury Trial</U>. The Company and each of the Underwriters hereby waive their respective rights to jury trial with respect to any litigation
arising under, or in connection with, this Underwriting Agreement and each Pricing Agreement.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">18.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Counterparts</U>.
This Underwriting Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and
the same instrument. The words &ldquo;execution,&rdquo; &ldquo;signed,&rdquo; &ldquo;signature,&rdquo; &ldquo;delivery&rdquo; and words
of like import in or relating to this Underwriting Agreement and each Pricing Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with
this Underwriting Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures complying with the U.S. federal
ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signature and Records Act or deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each
of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or
the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated
hereunder by electronic means.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">19.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>No
Fiduciary Duty</U>. The Company hereby acknowledges that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm&rsquo;s-length contractual
counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of First Mortgage Bonds contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining
the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally,
neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriters are advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment,
accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction with respect to the offering of First Mortgage Bonds contemplated hereby. The Company
shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and
appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with
respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such
transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">20.<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT><U>Qualified
Financial Contracts</U>. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity (as defined below) becomes subject to a proceeding
under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime (as defined below), the transfer from such Underwriter of this Underwriting Agreement, and any
interest and obligation in or under this Underwriting Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective
under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Underwriting Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws
of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate
(as defined below) of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights (as defined
below) under this Underwriting Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent
than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Underwriting Agreement were governed by the
laws of the United States or a state of the United States. &ldquo;<B>BHC Act Affiliate</B>&rdquo; has the meaning assigned to the term
 &ldquo;affiliate&rdquo; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &sect;&nbsp;1841(k). &ldquo;<B>Covered Entity</B>&rdquo;
means any of the following: (i)&nbsp;a &ldquo;covered entity&rdquo; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12
C.F.R. &sect; 252.82(b); (ii)&nbsp;a &ldquo;covered bank&rdquo; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
 &sect; 47.3(b); or (iii)&nbsp;a &ldquo;covered FSI&rdquo; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &sect;&nbsp;382.2(b).
 &ldquo;<B>Default Right</B>&rdquo; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &sect;&sect;
252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. &ldquo;<B>U.S. Special Resolution Regime</B>&rdquo; means each of (x)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (y)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If the foregoing is in accordance
with your understanding, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof.</P>

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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="3">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">Ameren Illinois Company</FONT></TD></TR>
                                                                                                                                          <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
                                                                                                                                          <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD></TD><TD>By:</TD><TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Mitchell Lansford</TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
                              <TD STYLE="width: 42%">Mitchell Lansford</TD></TR>
                                             <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>Title:</TD>
                              <TD>Vice President and Treasurer</TD></TR>
                                             </TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Accepted as of the date hereof:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">TD Securities (USA) LLC</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As Representatives of the several Underwriters</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: small-caps 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">KeyBanc
    Capital Markets Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: small-caps 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Eamon McDermott</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 42%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Eamon McDermott</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Managing Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: small-caps 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">TD Securities (USA) LLC</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: small-caps 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">/s/ Luiz Lanfredi</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 42%">Luiz Lanfredi</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Managing Director</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: small-caps 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: small-caps 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">/s/ Michael Priore</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; width: 42%">Michael Priore</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Managing Director</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">[<I>Signature Page&nbsp;to the Underwriting Agreement</I>]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: right"><B>ANNEX I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Pricing Agreement</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">September&nbsp;15, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">As Representatives of the<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT>several
Underwriters</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">named in Schedule I hereto</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">c/o<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&nbsp;</FONT>KeyBanc Capital
Markets Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">127 Public Square</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Cleveland, Ohio 44114</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">1 Vanderbilt Avenue, 11th Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">New York, New York 10017</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Ameren Illinois Company, an
Illinois corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement, dated September&nbsp;15, 2025 (the &ldquo;<B>Underwriting Agreement</B>&rdquo;), between the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the &ldquo;<B>Underwriters</B>&rdquo;), for whom KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., TD Securities
(USA) LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc., are acting as representatives (the &ldquo;<B>Representatives</B>&rdquo;), on the other
hand, to issue and sell to the Underwriters the First Mortgage Bonds specified in Schedule II hereto (the &ldquo;<B>First Mortgage Bonds</B>&rdquo;)
with the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto. Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference
in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Pricing Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth
in full herein, and each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date
of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated
by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein
as therein defined. Each of the Representatives designated to act on behalf of the other Representatives and on behalf of each of the
other Underwriters of the First Mortgage Bonds pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives
referred to in such Section&nbsp;13 are set forth at the end of Schedule II hereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place and
at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto, the principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">For all purposes of the Underwriting
Agreement, (i)&nbsp;the &ldquo;<B>Time of Sale</B>&rdquo; means 2:20 p.m.&nbsp;(New York City time) on the date hereof and (ii)&nbsp;the
 &ldquo;<B>Time of Sale Information</B>,&rdquo; collectively, means the following information: the Specified Preliminary Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Time of Sale (including the documents incorporated therein by reference as of the Time
of Sale), as supplemented by the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;5(a)&nbsp;of the Underwriting Agreement
and referred to on Part&nbsp;A of Annex II thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The purchase price for the
First Mortgage Bonds shall be 102.321% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon from and including September&nbsp;1,
2025 to, but not including, the Time of Delivery.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>{Signature Page&nbsp;Follows}</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If the foregoing is in accordance
with your understanding, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference,
shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter
on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in an Agreement among Underwriters, the form of
which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the
authority of the other signers thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="3">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
                                                                                                                                          <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
                                                                                                                                          <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">Ameren Illinois Company</FONT></TD></TR>
                                                                                                                                          <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
                                                                                                                                          <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD></TD><TD>By:</TD><TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"></TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
                              <TD STYLE="width: 42%"> Mitchell Lansford</TD></TR>
                                             <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>Title:</TD>
                              <TD>Vice President and Treasurer</TD></TR>
                                             </TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Accepted as of the date hereof:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">TD Securities (USA) LLC</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As Representatives of the several Underwriters</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</FONT></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>By:</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 38%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>Title:</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">TD Securities (USA) LLC</FONT></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>By:</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>Name:</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>Title:</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">[<I>Signature Page&nbsp;to the Pricing Agreement</I>]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Underwriter</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Principal
    Amount of<BR> First Mortgage Bonds<BR> to be Purchased</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
    <TD STYLE="width: 82%; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: normal; text-transform: none">KeyBanc
    Capital Markets Inc.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 15%; text-align: right">98,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
    <TD STYLE="font: small-caps 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">TD <FONT STYLE="text-transform: none">Securities</FONT>
    (USA) LLC</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">98,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">98,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Fifth Third Securities,&nbsp;Inc.</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">35,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Academy Securities,&nbsp;Inc.</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">7,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Cabrera Capital Markets LLC</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">$</font></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">7,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Samuel A. Ramirez&nbsp;&amp; Company,&nbsp;Inc.</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">7,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; padding-left: 0.25in; font-size: 10pt"><B>Total</B></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">350,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Title of First Mortgage Bonds:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">5.625% First Mortgage Bonds due 2055</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Aggregate principal amount:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">$350,000,000</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">&ldquo;First Mortgage Bonds&rdquo; for
purposes of the Underwriting Agreement refers to the $350,000,000 principal amount of the 5.625% First Mortgage Bonds due 2055 to be issued
at the Time of Delivery.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Offering Price:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">103.196% of the principal amount of
the First Mortgage Bonds, plus accrued interest thereon from and including September&nbsp;1, 2025 to, but not including, the Time of Delivery</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Purchase Price paid by the Underwriters:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">102.321% of the principal amount of
the First Mortgage Bonds, plus accrued interest thereon from and including September&nbsp;1, 2025 to, but not including, the Time of Delivery</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Form&nbsp;of First Mortgage Bonds:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">Book-entry only form represented by
one or more global securities deposited with The Depository Trust Company (&ldquo;<B>DTC</B>&rdquo;) or its designated custodian, to be
made available for checking (if delivery shall be made otherwise than through the facilities of DTC) by the Representatives at least twenty-four
hours prior to the Time of Delivery at such place as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Representatives.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Time of Delivery:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">10:00 a.m.&nbsp;(New York City time),
September&nbsp;26, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Supplemental Indenture relating to First Mortgage Bonds:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Dated as of February&nbsp;1, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Maturity:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">March&nbsp;1, 2055</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Interest Rate:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">5.625%</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Interest Payment Dates:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">March&nbsp;1 and September&nbsp;1, commencing March&nbsp;1,
2026</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Redemption Provisions:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">The First Mortgage Bonds may be redeemed
at the option of the Company as set forth in the Prospectus, as supplemented, relating to such First Mortgage Bonds.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Sinking Fund Provisions:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No sinking fund provisions</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Defeasance provisions:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As set forth in the Mortgage</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Closing location for delivery of First Mortgage Bonds:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Morgan, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Bockius
LLP, 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10178</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Designated Representatives:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.<BR>
TD Securities (USA) LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Addresses for Notices,&nbsp;etc.:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in">127 Public Square</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in">Cleveland, Ohio 44114</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in">Attention: Debt Syndicate</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">1 Vanderbilt Avenue, 11th Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">New York, New York 10017</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">Attention: DCM &ndash; Transaction Advisory</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">Attention: High Grade Syndicate</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE III</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ameren Illinois Company</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Pricing Term Sheet</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">September&nbsp;15, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 5pt; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Issue:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 5pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 5pt; width: 58%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5.625% First Mortgage Bonds due 2055</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Principal Amount:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">$350,000,000, which will be part of the same series of First Mortgage Bonds issued on March&nbsp;3, 2025 in the principal amount of $350,000,000</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Coupon (Interest Rate):</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5.625% per annum</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Maturity Date:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">March&nbsp;1, 2055</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Benchmark Treasury:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.750% due May&nbsp;15, 2055</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Benchmark Treasury Price:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">101-16+</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Benchmark Treasury Yield:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.655%</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Spread to Benchmark Treasury:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">+75 basis points</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Re-offer Yield:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5.405%</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Offering Price (Issue Price):</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">103.196% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest thereon from and including September&nbsp;1, 2025 to, but not including, the Settlement Date (such accrued interest totaling $1,367,187.50 on the Settlement Date)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Interest Payment Dates:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">March&nbsp;1 and September&nbsp;1, commencing March&nbsp;1, 2026</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Optional Redemption:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Prior to September&nbsp;1, 2054 (the &ldquo;Par Call Date&rdquo;) redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1)(a)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the First Mortgage Bonds to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the redemption date, and (2)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.&#8239;&#8239;On or after the Par Call Date, redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the First Mortgage Bonds being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Qualified Reopening:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; width: 58%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">This offering of First Mortgage Bonds is expected to qualify as a &ldquo;qualified reopening&rdquo; under U.S. Treasury regulations of the 5.625% First Mortgage Bonds due 2055 issued on March&nbsp;3, 2025.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Expected Ratings (Moody&rsquo;s/S&amp;P)*:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">{Intentionally omitted}</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Trade Date:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">September&nbsp;15, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Settlement Date:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">September&nbsp;26, 2025 (T+9)**</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">CUSIP / ISIN:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">02361D BC3 / US02361DBC39</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Joint Book-Running Managers:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.<BR> TD Securities (USA) LLC <BR>
U.S. Bancorp Investments,&nbsp;Inc. <BR>
Fifth Third Securities,&nbsp;Inc. &nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Co-Managers:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt">Academy Securities,&nbsp;Inc. <BR>
Cabrera Capital Markets LLC <BR>
Samuel A. Ramirez&nbsp;&amp; Company,&nbsp;Inc. &nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The term &ldquo;Treasury Rate&rdquo; has the meaning
ascribed to that term in the Issuer&rsquo;s Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated September&nbsp;15, 2025.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">*</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">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.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">**</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">It is expected that delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds will be made against payment therefor on or about
the Settlement Date specified above, which will be the ninth business day following the date hereof. Under Rule&nbsp;15c6-1 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless
the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the First Mortgage Bonds more than one business
day prior to the scheduled settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the First Mortgage Bonds initially are expected
to settle in T+9, to specify an alternative settlement arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>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&rsquo;s website 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 contacting (i)&nbsp;KeyBanc
Capital Markets Inc. toll-free at 1-866-227-6479, (ii)&nbsp;TD Securities (USA) LLC toll-free at 1-855-495-9846 or (iii)&nbsp;U.S. Bancorp
Investments,&nbsp;Inc. toll-free at 1-877-558-2607.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>ANNEX II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses To Be Included As Time of Sale Information:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">Pricing Term Sheet dated September&nbsp;15, 2025.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">B)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;</FONT>Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses Not Included As Time of Sale Information:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">None.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">September&nbsp;26, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ameren Illinois Company</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">10 Richard Mark Way</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Collinsville,&nbsp;Illinois 62234</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">I am Vice President,&nbsp;Interim General Counsel and Secretary of
Ameren Illinois Company, an Illinois corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;). The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;) a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-274977-01) (the
 &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;), with
respect to the registration of an unspecified amount of securities, which became effective on October&nbsp;13, 2023. On September&nbsp;26,
2025, the Company issued and sold $350,000,000 principal amount of its 5.625% First Mortgage Bonds due 2055 (the &ldquo;<U>Bonds</U>&rdquo;)
under the Company&rsquo;s General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, dated as of November&nbsp;1, 1992, executed by the Company to
The&nbsp;Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (the &ldquo;<U>Trustee</U>&rdquo;), as heretofore amended and
supplemented by various supplemental indentures, including by a supplemental indenture, dated as of February&nbsp;1, 2025 (as so amended
and supplemented pursuant to the terms thereof, the &ldquo;<U>Mortgage</U>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company,&nbsp;I,
or persons under my supervision and control, have reviewed originals (or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction)
of (1)&nbsp;the Registration Statement; (2)&nbsp;a prospectus dated October&nbsp;13, 2023 (the &ldquo;<U>Base Prospectus</U>&rdquo;) forming
a part of the Registration Statement, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated September&nbsp;15, 2025 (the &ldquo;<U>Prospectus
Supplement</U>&rdquo;) relating to the Bonds, both such Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under
the Securities Act; (3)&nbsp;the Company&rsquo;s Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended, each as in effect on the date
hereof; (4)&nbsp;the Mortgage; (5)&nbsp;a specimen of the Bonds; and (6)&nbsp;corporate and other documents, records and papers and certificates
of public officials. In addition,&nbsp;I, or persons under my supervision and control, have reviewed such other documents and materials
as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In connection with such review,&nbsp;I have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the conformity to the originals of the documents submitted to me as certified
or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such documents and all documents submitted to me as originals and the correctness
of all statements of fact contained in such original documents. I have relied upon a certificate of the Trustee as to the authentication
and delivery of the Bonds under the Mortgage.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On the basis of such review, and after consultation with other company
attorneys as I have deemed appropriate,&nbsp;I am of the opinion that the Bonds are valid and binding obligations of the Company, except
as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting mortgagees&rsquo;
and other creditors&rsquo; rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the discretion of the court before which any matter is brought.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Illinois and New
York and the federal laws of the United States of America insofar as they bear on the matters covered hereby. As to all matters of New
York law,&nbsp;I have relied, with your consent, upon an opinion letter dated the date hereof rendered to you by Morgan, Lewis&nbsp;&amp;
Bockius LLP, New York, New York. As to all matters of Illinois law, Morgan, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Bockius LLP is authorized to rely upon this
opinion as if it were addressed to them.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">I hereby consent to the reference to me under the heading &ldquo;Legal
Matters&rdquo; in each of the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, to the references to me in the Registration Statement, including
under the heading &ldquo;Legal Matters&rdquo; in the Base Prospectus, and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company&rsquo;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K to be filed on or about the date hereof, which will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
In giving the foregoing consents,&nbsp;I do not thereby admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Stephen C. Lee</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Stephen C. Lee</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice President,&nbsp;Interim General
    Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;5.2</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">September&nbsp;26, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ameren Illinois Company</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">10 Richard Mark Way</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Collinsville,&nbsp;Illinois 62234</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ameren Illinois Company, an Illinois corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;),
has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;) a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-274977-01) (the &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
 &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;), with respect to the registration of an unspecified amount of securities, which became effective
on October&nbsp;13, 2023. On September&nbsp;26, 2025, the Company issued and sold $350,000,000 principal amount of its 5.625%&nbsp;First
Mortgage Bonds due 2055 (the &ldquo;<U>Bonds</U>&rdquo;) under the Company&rsquo;s General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, dated
as of November&nbsp;1, 1992, executed by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (the &ldquo;<U>Trustee</U>&rdquo;),
as heretofore amended and supplemented by various supplemental indentures, including by a supplemental indenture, dated as of February&nbsp;1,
2025 (as so amended and supplemented pursuant to the terms thereof, the &ldquo;<U>Mortgage</U>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company,
we have reviewed originals (or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of (1)&nbsp;the Registration Statement; (2)&nbsp;a
prospectus dated October&nbsp;13, 2023 (the &ldquo;<U>Base Prospectus</U>&rdquo;) forming a part of the Registration Statement, as supplemented
by a prospectus supplement dated September&nbsp;15, 2025 (the &ldquo;<U>Prospectus Supplement</U>&rdquo;) relating to the Bonds, both
such Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act; (3)&nbsp;the Company&rsquo;s
Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended, each as in effect on the date hereof; (4)&nbsp;the Mortgage; (5)&nbsp;a specimen
of the Bonds; and (6)&nbsp;corporate and other documents, records and papers and certificates of public officials. In addition, we have
reviewed such other documents and materials as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In connection with
such review, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the conformity to the originals
of the documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such documents and all documents
submitted to us as originals and the correctness of all statements of fact contained in such original documents. We have relied upon a
certificate of the Trustee as to the authentication and delivery of the Bonds under the Mortgage.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ameren Illinois Company</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">September&nbsp;26, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Page&nbsp;2</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On the basis of such review, we are of the opinion that the Bonds are
valid and binding obligations of the Company, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting mortgagees&rsquo; and other creditors&rsquo; rights generally, general equitable principles
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and
the discretion of the court before which any matter is brought.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of New York and Illinois
and the federal laws of the United States of America insofar as they bear on the matters covered hereby. As to all matters of Illinois
law, we have relied, with your consent, upon an opinion letter dated the date hereof rendered to you by Stephen C. Lee,&nbsp;Esq., Vice
President,&nbsp;Interim General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. As to all matters of New York law, Mr.&nbsp;Lee is authorized to
rely upon this opinion as if it were addressed to him.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We hereby consent to the reference to us under the heading &ldquo;Legal
Matters&rdquo; in each of the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, to the references to us in the Registration Statement, including
under the heading &ldquo;Legal Matters&rdquo; in the Base Prospectus, and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company&rsquo;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K to be filed on or about the date hereof, which will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7
of the Securities Act or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Very truly yours,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ Morgan, Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Bockius LLP</P>

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<td class="text">0000018654<span></span>
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<td class="text">37-0211380<span></span>
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<tr class="ro">
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<td class="text">IL<span></span>
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<td class="text">62234<span></span>
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<td class="text">343-8150<span></span>
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<td class="text">false<span></span>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>For the EDGAR submission types of Form 8-K: the date of the report, the date of the earliest event reported; for the EDGAR submission types of Form N-1A: the filing date; for all other submission types: the end of the reporting or transition period. The format of the date is YYYY-MM-DD.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The type of document being provided (such as 10-K, 10-Q, 485BPOS, etc). The document type is limited to the same value as the supporting SEC submission type, or the word 'Other'.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 1 such as Attn, Building Name, Street Name</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the City or Town</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Code for the postal or zip code</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the state or province.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.</p></div>
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