---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-059889"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEE"
cik: "0001002910"
company_name: "AMEREN CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:02:08.004063+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ameren annual meeting votes: directors re-elected, PwC ratified, shareholder climate proposal rejected

## Summary
- All 14 Ameren directors re-elected; average votes for ~199M, including 191.7M for Brune and 195.8M for Johnson.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 195.1M votes for; board set frequency to every year.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as 2023 auditor approved with 216.6M for, 9.8M against.
- Shareholder proposal on Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions targets rejected with 173.2M against vs 27.7M for.
- Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois each elected uncontested slates of five directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-059889
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEE
- cik: 0001002910
- company_name: AMEREN CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002910/000110465923059889/0001104659-23-059889-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18654/000110465923059889/tm2315645d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AMEREN CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Regarding Adoption of Scope 1 and 2 Carbon Emissions Targets at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Item (5): Shareholder Proposal Regarding Adoption of Scope 1 and 2 Carbon Emissions Targets Vote Result Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Not Approved 27,710,328 173,173,775 2,405,742 23,759,108
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002910/000110465923059889/0001104659-23-059889-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMEREN CORP shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Frequency of Executive Compensation Shareholder Advisory Vote at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Item (3): Advisory Approval of the Frequency of Executive Compensation Shareholder Advisory Vote Vote Result Every Year Every Two Years Every Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Every Year 199,790,111 589,712 2,147,881 762,141 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002910/000110465923059889/0001104659-23-059889-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMEREN CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Item (1): Election of Directors The following individuals (comprising Ameren’s full Board of Directors) were elected: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Warner L. Baxter 196,489,386 6,359,418 441,041 23,759,108
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002910/000110465923059889/0001104659-23-059889-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMEREN CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Item (4): Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023 Vote Result Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Approved 216,552,867 9,834,442 661,644 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002910/000110465923059889/0001104659-23-059889-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMEREN CORP shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Item (2): Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation Vote Result Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Approved 195,075,541 7,272,936 941,368 23,759,108
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002910/000110465923059889/0001104659-23-059889-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.