Company: AILIM
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001002910-25-000055
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Company: Ameren Illinois Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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 after provisions are made for reasonable and proper reserves, or unless Ameren Illinois or ATXI has specific authorization from the ICC.

At December 31, 2024, the amount of restricted net assets of Ameren’s subsidiaries that may not be distributed to Ameren in the form of a loan or dividend was $4.0 billion.

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The following table presents common stock dividends declared and paid by Ameren Corporation to its common shareholders and by Ameren subsidiaries to their parent, Ameren:

20242023Ameren$714 $662 Ameren Missouri— 9 Ameren Illinois110 41 ATXI30 123 

Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois each have issued preferred stock, which provide for cumulative dividends. Each company’s board of directors considers the declaration of preferred stock dividends to shareholders of record on a certain date, stating the date on which the dividend is payable and the amount to be paid. See Note 5 – Long-term Debt and Equity Financings under Part II, Item 8, of this report for further detail concerning the preferred stock issuances.

Credit Ratings

Our credit ratings affect our liquidity, our access to the capital and credit markets and credit markets, our cost of borrowing under our credit facilities and our commercial paper programs, and our collateral posting requirements under commodity contracts.

The following table presents the principal credit ratings of the Ameren Companies by Moody’s and S&P effective on the date of this report:

Moody’sS&PAmeren:Issuer/corporate credit ratingBaa1BBB+Senior unsecured debtBaa1BBBCommercial paperP-2A-2Ameren Missouri:Issuer/corporate credit ratingBaa1BBB+Senior debtA2ASenior unsecured debtBaa1Not RatedCommercial paperP-2A-2AMF securitized utility tariff bondsAaaAAAAmeren Illinois:Issuer/corporate credit ratingA3BBB+Senior debtA1ASenior unsecured debtA3BBB+Commercial paperP-2A-2ATXI:Issuer credit ratingA2Not RatedSenior unsecured debtA2Not Rated

A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold securities. It should be evaluated independently of any other rating. Ratings are subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the rating organization.

Collateral Postings

Any weakening of our credit ratings may reduce access to capital and trigger