FWP 1 a08-16591_1fwp.htm FWP

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-151432

 

June 12, 2008

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

 

Union Electric Company d/b/a AmerenUE

Ratings (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch):

 

Baa1(stable) /BBB(stable) /A+(negative)

Issue:

 

6.70% Senior Secured Notes due 2019

Offering Size:

 

$450,000,000

Coupon:

 

6.70% per annum

Trade Date:

 

June 12, 2008

Settlement Date:

 

June 19, 2008

Maturity:

 

February 1, 2019

Treasury Benchmark:

 

3.875% due May 15, 2018

US Treasury Spot:

 

97–10+

US Treasury Yield:

 

4.207%

Spread to Treasury:

 

+253 basis points

Re-offer Yield:

 

6.737%

Price to Public (Issue Price):

 

99.707%

Gross Proceeds:

 

$448,681,500

Interest Payment Dates:

 

August 1 and February 1, commencing February 1, 2009

Optional Redemption:

 

Make-Whole Call, at any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 40 basis points

Security:

 

The Senior Secured Notes will be secured by a series of the issuer’s first mortgage bonds

CUSIP:

 

906548 CG5

Minimum Denomination:

 

$2,000 x $1,000

Joint Bookrunners:

 

Barclays Capital Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Co-managers:

 

BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Lazard Capital Markets LLC

 

Note:  A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. 

 

Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. toll-free 1-888-227-2275, ext. 2663, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC collect 1-212-635-8974 or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. collect at (212) 834-4533.