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  0001764398
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001002910
  AMEREN CORP
  001-14756
  1901 CHOUTEAU AVE
  MC 1310
  ST LOUIS
  MO
  63166-6149
  314-621-3222
  Nwamu Chonda J
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  1610
  131923.40
  266816725
  08/28/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  03/01/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1610
  03/01/2023
  Compensation
  Y
  08/28/2024
  /s/ Eric Janiak, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Chonda Nwamu