Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 

WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO: 
 Ameren Illinois Company 

Craig W. Stensland 
 One Ameren Plaza (MC 1310) 

1901 Chouteau Avenue 
 St. Louis, MO 63103 

AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY 

(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 
  

 
 SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE 
 DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2019 

TO 
 GENERAL MORTGAGE
INDENTURE AND DEED OF TRUST 
 DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 1992 

 
  

This instrument was prepared by Chonda J. Nwamu, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Ameren Illinois Company c/o Ameren Corporation,
One Ameren Plaza, 1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103. 
  
  

 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of November 1, 2019 (this “Supplemental
Indenture”), made by and between AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY (formerly named Central Illinois Public Service Company (“CIPS”) and successor to Illinois Power Company (“IP”) pursuant to the Merger, as defined
below), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), party of the first part, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as successor trustee to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) under the General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust dated as of
November 1, 1992, hereinafter mentioned, party of the second part; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered
its General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust dated as of November 1, 1992 as from time to time amended and supplemented (the “Indenture”), to the Trustee, for the security of the Bonds issued and to be issued thereunder
(the “Bonds”); and 
 WHEREAS, as of 12:01 a.m. Central Time (the “Effective Time”) on
October 1, 2010, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 13, 2010 among CIPS, IP and Central Illinois Light Company (“CILCO”), IP and CILCO were merged with and into the Company (the
“Merger”) whereby the Company is the surviving corporation; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 13.01 and 14.01(a)
of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee executed the Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2010 whereby, among other things, the Company (a) assumed the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on all of the Bonds then Outstanding and the performance and observance of every covenant and condition of the Indenture to be performed or observed by IP and (b) subjected to the Lien of the Indenture all equipment and
fixtures (other than Excepted Property, which is expressly excepted and excluded from the Lien of the Indenture) that were owned by CIPS immediately prior to the Effective Time and were of the same kind and character as the Mortgaged Property
immediately prior to the Effective Time; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 13.02 and 14.01(a)(i) of the Indenture, the Company has
succeeded to, and has been substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, IP under the Indenture with the same effect as if the Company had been named the “Company” in the Indenture; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14.01(a) of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee executed 59 Supplemental Indentures dated
as of January 15, 2011 subjecting to the Lien of the Indenture certain real property that was owned by CIPS immediately prior to the Merger; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Indenture there were created and authorized by supplemental indentures thereto
bearing the following dates, respectively, the Bonds of the series issued thereunder and respectively identified opposite such dates: 
  

					
	 DATE OF

SUPPLEMENTAL

INDENTURE
	  	 IDENTIFICATION OF SERIES
	  	 CALLED

			
	February 15, 1993	  	8% Series due 2023 (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the 2023 Series
			
	March 15, 1993	  	6 1/8% Series due 2000 (paid at maturity)	  	Bonds of the 2000 Series
			
	March 15, 1993	  	6 3/4% Series due 2005 (paid at maturity)	  	Bonds of the 2005 Series
			
	July 15, 1993	  	7 1/2% Series due 2025 (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the 2025 Series
			
	August 1, 1993	  	6 1/2% Series due 2003 (paid at maturity)	  	Bonds of the 2003 Series
			
	October 15, 1993	  	5 5/8% Series due 2000 (paid at maturity)	  	Bonds of the Second 2000 Series

  
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	 DATE OF

SUPPLEMENTAL

INDENTURE
	  	 IDENTIFICATION OF SERIES
	  	 CALLED

			
	November 1, 1993	  	Pollution Control Series M (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series M
			
	November 1, 1993	  	Pollution Control Series N (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series N
			
	November 1, 1993	  	Pollution Control Series O (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series O
			
	April 1, 1997	  	Pollution Control Series P (retired)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series P
			
	April 1, 1997	  	Pollution Control Series Q (retired)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series Q
			
	April 1, 1997	  	Pollution Control Series R (retired)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series R
			
	March 1, 1998	  	Pollution Control Series S (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series S
			
	March 1, 1998	  	Pollution Control Series T (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series T
			
	July 15, 1998	  	6 1/4% Series due 2002 (paid at maturity)	  	Bonds of the 2002 Series
			
	September 15, 1998	  	6% Series due 2003 (paid at maturity)	  	Bonds of the Second 2003 Series
			
	June 15, 1999	  	7.50% Series due 2009 (paid at maturity)	  	Bonds of the 2009 Series
			
	July 15, 1999	  	Pollution Control Series U (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series U
			
	July 15, 1999	  	Pollution Control Series V (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series V
			
	May 1, 2001	  	Pollution Control Series W (retired)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series W
			
	May 1, 2001	  	Pollution Control Series X (retired)	  	Bonds of the Pollution Control Series X
			
	July 1, 2002	  	10 5/8% Series due 2007 (not issued)	  	Bonds of the 2007 Series
			
	July 1, 2002	  	10 5/8% Series due 2012 (not issued)	  	Bonds of the 2012 Series
			
	December 15, 2002	  	11.50% Series due 2010 (redeemed)	  	Bonds of the 2010 Series
			
	June 1, 2006	  	Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series AA (retired)	  	Bonds of Series AA
			
	August 1, 2006	  	Mortgage Bonds, 2006 Credit Agreement Series Bonds (retired)	  	2006 Credit Agreement Series Bonds

  
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	 DATE OF

SUPPLEMENTAL

INDENTURE
	  	 IDENTIFICATION OF SERIES
	  	 CALLED

			
	March 1, 2007	  	Mortgage Bonds, 2007 Credit Agreement Series Bonds (retired)	  	2007 Credit Agreement Series Bonds
			
	November 15, 2007	  	Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series BB (retired)	  	Bonds of Series BB
			
	April 1, 2008	  	Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series CC (retired)	  	Bonds of Series CC
			
	October 1, 2008	  	Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series DD (retired)	  	Bonds of Series DD
			
	June 15, 2009	  	Mortgage Bonds, 2009 Credit Agreement Series Bonds (retired)	  	2009 Credit Agreement Series Bonds
			
	October 1, 2010	  	Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series CIPS-AA	  	Series CIPS-AA Mortgage Bonds
			
	October 1, 2010	  	Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series CIPS-BB (retired)	  	Series CIPS-BB Mortgage Bonds
			
	October 1, 2010	  	Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series CIPS-CC	  	Series CIPS-CC Mortgage Bonds
			
	August 1, 2012	  	First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series EE	  	Bonds of Series EE
			
	December 1, 2013	  	First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series FF	  	Bonds of Series FF
			
	June 1, 2014	  	First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series GG	  	Bonds of Series GG
			
	December 1, 2014	  	First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series HH	  	Bonds of Series HH
			
	December 1, 2015	  	First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series II	  	Bonds of Series II
			
	November 1, 2017	  	3.70% First Mortgage Bonds due 2047	  	Bonds of the 2047 Series
			
	May 1, 2018	  	3.80% First Mortgage Bonds due 2028	  	Bonds of the 2028 Series
			
	November 1, 2018	  	4.50% First Mortgage Bonds due 2049	  	Bonds of the 2049 Series
			
	October 15, 2019	  	First Mortgage Bonds, Senior Notes Series CILCO-AA	  	Series CILCO-AA Mortgage Bonds

 and 

WHEREAS, a supplemental indenture with respect to the Bonds of the 2007 Series and the Bonds of the 2012 Series listed above
was executed and filed but such Bonds of the 2007 Series and Bonds of the 2012 Series were never issued and a release with respect to such supplemental indenture was subsequently executed and filed; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14.01(a)(xi) of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee executed a Supplemental Indenture dated as
of October 25, 2017 amending the Indenture and reserving rights to amend the Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 14.01(a) of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee executed the Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2019 whereby, among other things, the Company subjected to the Lien of the Indenture (a) all equipment and
fixtures (other than Excepted Property, which is expressly excepted and 

  
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excluded from the Lien of the Indenture) that were owned by CILCO immediately prior to the Merger and were of the same kind and character as the Mortgaged Property immediately prior to the Merger
(the “CILCO Equipment and Fixtures”), (b) all property, real, personal and mixed, acquired by the Company after the Merger (other than Excepted Property, which is expressly excepted and excluded from the Lien of the Indenture) which
constitutes an improvement, extension or addition to the CILCO Equipment and Fixtures or a renewal, replacement or substitution of or for any part thereof, and (c) all franchises, permits, licenses, easements and rights of way that are owned by
the Company and are transferable and necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Mortgaged Property; and 
 WHEREAS, the
Company desires to create a new series of Bonds to be issued under the Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the
powers and authority conferred upon and reserved to it under the provisions of the Indenture, and pursuant to appropriate resolutions of the Board of Directors, has duly resolved and determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee this
Supplemental Indenture in the form hereof for the purposes herein provided; and 
 WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary
to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been done, performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized; 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

THAT the Company, in consideration of the purchase and ownership from time to time of the Bonds and the service by the Trustee, and its
successors, under the Indenture and of One Dollar to it duly paid by the Trustee at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby covenants and agrees to and with the Trustee and its
successors in trust under the Indenture, for the benefit of those who shall hold Bonds, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

DESCRIPTION OF THE BONDS OF THE 2050 SERIES 

Section 1. The Company hereby creates a new series of Bonds to be known as “3.25% First Mortgage Bonds due 2050” (the
“Bonds of the 2050 Series”). The Bonds of the 2050 Series shall be executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in all respects be subject to, all of the terms, conditions and covenants of
the Indenture, as supplemented and modified. 
 The Bonds of the 2050 Series shall be dated as provided in Section 3.03 of
Article Three of the Indenture. The Bonds of the 2050 Series shall mature on March 15, 2050, shall accrue interest as set forth in the form of such Bonds below and shall bear interest at the rate of three and twenty-five hundredths percent
(3.25%) per annum. Interest on the Bonds of the 2050 Series is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2020, until the principal sum is paid in full. Payments of principal,
premium, if any, and interest of or on the Bonds of the 2050 Series shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America, which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. 

  
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 Section 2. The Bonds of the 2050 Series and the Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication shall be substantially in the following forms respectively: 
 [FORM OF BONDS OF THE 2050 SERIES]

 

			
	REGISTERED	  	REGISTERED

 [DTC Legend 

THIS BOND IS A GLOBAL BOND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY (REFERRED TO HEREIN) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL BONDS REPRESENTED HEREBY AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW, THIS BOND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO
THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS BOND IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK), TO THE TRUSTEE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] 
 AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY 

(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois) 

Illinois Commerce Commission 

Identification No.: Ill. C.C. No.              

3.25% FIRST MORTGAGE BOND DUE 2050 
  

					
	CUSIP:	  	                    	  	NUMBER:
	ISIN:	  		  	
			
	ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: _____________	  		  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $_____________
	INTEREST RATE: 3.25%	  		  	MATURITY DATE: March 15, 2050

 AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois (the
“Company”), which term shall include any Successor Corporation as defined in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, for value received, hereby promises to pay to ______________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
_____________ ($______) on the Maturity Date set forth above in any coin or currency of the United States of America, which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon from and including the
Original Issue Date specified above or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on
March 15, 2020, and on the Maturity Date, at the per annum Interest Rate set forth above until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. No interest shall accrue on the Maturity Date, so long as the principal amount of this
Bond is paid on the Maturity Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any such Interest Payment Date (except for interest 

  
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payable on the Maturity Date set forth above or, if applicable, upon acceleration), will, as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the Person in whose name this Bond is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1, as the case may be, whether or not a Business Day, next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, that the
first Interest Payment Date for any part of this Bond, the Original Issue Date of which is after a Regular Record Date but prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, shall be the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record
Date; and provided further, that interest payable on the Maturity Date set forth above or, if applicable, upon acceleration, shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders not more than fifteen days nor fewer than ten days prior to such Special Record Date. 

This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Company (the “Bonds”) in unlimited aggregate principal amount
except as provided in the Indenture, of the series hereinafter specified, all issued and to be issued under and equally secured by the General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust (as amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”),
dated as of November 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 “Trustee”), to which
Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the properties mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of registered owners of the Bonds and of the Trustee in respect thereof, and the terms and conditions
upon which the Bonds are, and are to be, secured. The Bonds may be issued in series, for various principal sums, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Bond is
one of a series designated as the Bonds of the 2050 Series of the Company, unlimited in aggregate principal amount except as provided in the Indenture, issued under and secured by the Indenture and described in the Supplemental Indenture dated as of
November 1, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 2019”), between the Company and the Trustee, supplemental to the Indenture. 

Each Bond of this Series shall be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by the Trustee and shall bear an Original Issue Date.
Each Bond of this Series issued upon transfer, exchange or substitution of such Bond shall bear the Original Issue Date of such transferred, exchanged or substituted Bond, as the case may be. 

The Bonds of this Series shall be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

Interest on this Bond will accrue from and including the Original Issue Date specified above to, but excluding, March 15, 2020, and
thereafter, from and including each Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or any redemption date, as the case may be. 

All or a portion of the Bonds of this Series may be redeemed at the option of the Company at any time or from time to time. The redemption
price for the Bonds of this Series to be redeemed on any redemption date prior to September 15, 2049 (six months prior to the Maturity Date) (the “Par Call Date”) will be equal to the greater of the following amounts:
(a) 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds of this Series being redeemed on that redemption date; or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Bonds of this Series being
redeemed on that redemption date that would be payable if such Bonds matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, as determined by the Reference
Treasury Dealer (as defined below); plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. The redemption price for the Bonds of this Series to be redeemed on any redemption date on or after the Par Call Date will be equal
to 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds of this Series being redeemed on that redemption date plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. 

  
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 The redemption price for the Bonds of this Series to be redeemed shall be payable to the
Person to whom principal shall be payable except that installments of interest on Bonds of this Series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the
Holder of this Bond as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date pursuant to the Indenture. 
 With respect to a
redemption occurring prior to the Par Call Date, the Company shall give the Trustee written notice of the redemption price promptly after the calculation thereof and the Trustee shall not be responsible for such calculation. 

The Company shall mail notice of any redemption at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of
the Bonds of this Series to be redeemed, and, if less than all Bonds of this Series are to be redeemed, the particular Bonds of this Series to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair;
provided, that as long as the Bonds of this Series are represented by global certificates registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or its nominee, beneficial interests in such global certificates will be
selected for redemption by DTC in accordance with its standard procedures therefor. 
 Any notice of redemption at the Company’s option
may state that such redemption will be conditional upon receipt by the Trustee, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Bonds of this Series or portions
thereof called for redemption, and that if such money has not been so received, such notice will be of no force and effect and the Company will not be required to redeem such Bonds or portions thereof. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the
redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Bonds of this Series or portions thereof called for redemption. 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent
yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. 

“Business Day” means, with respect to Bonds of this series, any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions or
trust companies in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, or in the city where the corporate trust office of the Trustee is located, are obligated or authorized by law or executive order to close. 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a
maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Bonds of this Series to be redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that the Bonds of this Series matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Par Call Date. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations, or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation. 
 “Reference Treasury
Dealer” means each of (A) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, or, in each case, an affiliate thereof, which are
primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the
Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. 

  
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 Interest payments for this Bond shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months (and for any partial periods shall be calculated on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months). If any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest due on such Interest Payment Date will be
paid on the next succeeding Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). If the Maturity Date of this Bond or any redemption date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium,
if any, and interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Maturity Date or such redemption date, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the Maturity
Date or such redemption date. 
 The Company, at its option, and subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture, will be
discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Bonds of this Series (except for certain obligations including obligations to register the transfer or exchange of Bonds of this Series, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Bonds of this
Series, maintain paying agencies and hold monies for payment in trust, all as set forth in the Indenture) if the Company deposits with the Trustee money, Government Obligations which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide money, or a combination of money and Government Obligations, in any event in an amount sufficient, without reinvestment, to pay all the principal of and any premium and interest on the Bonds of this Series on
the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of the Bonds of this Series. 
 In case an Event of Default, as defined in the
Indenture, shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all Bonds at any such time outstanding under the Indenture may be declared or may become due and payable, upon the conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture provides that such declaration may be rescinded under certain circumstances. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions
as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Bonds of all series directly affected by such amendment or modifications, considered as one class. Each initial and future Holder of this Bond, by its acquisition of an interest in this Bond,
irrevocably (a) consents to the amendments set forth in Article I of the Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 25, 2017, supplemental to the Indenture, without any other or further action by any Holder of this Bond, and
(b) designates the Trustee, and its successors, as its proxy with irrevocable instructions to vote and deliver written consents on behalf of such Holder in favor of such amendments at any meeting of Holders, in lieu of any meeting of Holders,
in any consent solicitation or otherwise. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Bond shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Bond and of any Bond issued upon the registration of transfer hereof
or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Bond. 
 As set forth in and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Bonds will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written
notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such Bonds, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Bonds shall have made written request and offered reasonable indemnity to the Trustee to institute such
proceeding as Trustee and the Trustee shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days after its receipt of such notice; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement
of payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on this Bond on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 No
reference herein to the Indenture and to provisions of this Bond or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Bond at the
times, places and rates and the coin or currency prescribed in the Indenture. 
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, this Bond may be transferred only as permitted by the legend hereto and the provisions of the Indenture. 

  
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 This Bond shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Illinois, except to the extent that the law of any other jurisdiction shall be mandatorily applicable. 
 This Bond shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until the form of certificate endorsed hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as successor trustee to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or a successor trustee thereto under the Indenture. 

All terms used in this Bond that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise
indicated herein. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ameren Illinois Company has caused this Bond to be signed (manually or by facsimile signature) in
its name by an Authorized Executive Officer, as defined in the aforesaid Indenture, and attested (manually or by facsimile signature) by an Authorized Executive Officer, as defined in such Indenture on the date hereof. 

Dated: 
  

			
	AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY
		
	By:	 	
             

 
			
	            AUTHORIZED EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

			
	ATTEST:
		
	By:	 	
         

			
	            AUTHORIZED EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  
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 [FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION] 

This is one of the Bonds of the series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture dated
as of November 1, 2019. 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 

as successor trustee to 
 Harris
Trust and Savings Bank, 
 TRUSTEE, 

By:______________________________ 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY 

ARTICLE II 
 REDEMPTION
AND CONSENT TO AMENDMENTS 
 Section 1. The Bonds of the 2050 Series are redeemable as set forth in the form of such Bonds in
Article I hereof. If the Company elects to redeem any Bonds of the 2050 Series, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of such Bonds to be redeemed not less than 15 days nor more than 90 days before such
redemption date. 
 Section 2. Each initial and future Holder of the Bonds of the 2050 Series, by its acquisition of an interest in
such Bonds, irrevocably (a) consents to the amendments set forth in Article I of the Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 25, 2017, supplemental to the Indenture, without any other or further action by any Holder of such Bonds, and
(b) designates the Trustee, and its successors, as its proxy with irrevocable instructions to vote and deliver written consents on behalf of such Holder in favor of such amendments at any meeting of Holders, in lieu of any meeting of Holders,
in any consent solicitation or otherwise. 
 ARTICLE III 

ISSUE OF THE BONDS OF THE 2050 SERIES 

Section 1. The Company hereby exercises the right to obtain the authentication of $300,000,000 principal amount of additional Bonds
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, all of which shall be Bonds of the 2050 Series. 
 Section 2. Such Bonds of the 2050 Series may
be authenticated and delivered prior to the filing for recordation of this Supplemental Indenture. 
 Section 3. After the
authentication of such Bonds of the 2050 Series, without the consent of any existing Holder of the Bonds of the 2050 Series, the Company may thereafter obtain from time to time the authentication of additional Bonds of the 2050 Series pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture by Company Order referring to this Supplemental Indenture having the same terms and conditions as the Outstanding Bonds of the 2050 Series in all respects (including the same CUSIP number), except for the date of original
issuance, the offering price and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial Interest Payment Date. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 

THE TRUSTEE 
 The Trustee
hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared and provided, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Indenture set forth and upon the following terms and conditions: 

The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture
or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely. In general, each and every term and condition contained in Article Eleven of the Indenture
shall apply to this Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full, with such omissions, variations and modifications thereof as may be appropriate to make the same conform to this Supplemental
Indenture. 
 ARTICLE V 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined. This Supplemental Indenture
may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture and all other indentures supplemental thereto, is in all respects
ratified and confirmed, and the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Ameren Illinois Company has caused this Supplemental Indenture to
be executed on its behalf by an Authorized Executive Officer as defined in the Indenture, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by an Authorized Executive Officer as defined in the
Indenture; and said The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, in evidence of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its
behalf by one of its Vice Presidents and this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Vice Presidents; all as of November 1, 2019. 

AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY 
 (CORPORATE SEAL)

  

					
	By:	 	 /s/ Darryl T. Sagel

		 	Name:	 	Darryl T. Sagel
		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Treasurer

  

					
	ATTEST:
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Craig W. Stensland

		 	Name:	 	Craig W. Stensland
		 	Title:	 	Assistant Secretary

  
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 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 

successor trustee to 
 Harris Trust
and Savings Bank, 
 TRUSTEE, 
  

					
	By:	 	 /s/ Linda Wirfel

		 	Name:	 	Linda Wirfel
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

					
	ATTEST:
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert W. Hardy

		 	Name:	 	Robert W. Hardy
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	 STATE OF MISSOURI
	 	 	)	 	  	
		 				  	 ss.

	 CITY OF ST. LOUIS
	 	 	)	 	  	

 BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this 18th day of November, 2019, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within
and for the City and State aforesaid, personally came Darryl T. Sagel, Vice President and Treasurer and Craig W. Stensland, Assistant Secretary, of Ameren Illinois Company, a corporation duly organized, incorporated and existing under the laws of
the State of Illinois, who are personally known to me to be such officers, and who are personally known to me to be the same persons who executed as such officers the within instrument of writing, and such persons duly acknowledged that they signed,
sealed and delivered the said instrument as their free and voluntary act as such officers and as the free and voluntary act of said Ameren Illinois Company for the uses and purposes therein set forth. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal on the day and year last above written. 

 

	
	 /s/ Kelly J. Roth

	 Kelly J. Roth
 Notary Public – Notary
Seal
 State of Missouri
 Commissioned for St. Charles
County
 My Commission Expires: May 12, 2022 Commission Number: 14440245

  
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	STATE OF ILLINOIS	 	)	  	
		 		  	ss.
	COUNTY OF COOK	 	)	  	

 BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this 13th day of November, 2019, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within
and for the County and State aforesaid, personally came Linda Wirfel, Vice President and Robert W. Hardy, Vice President, of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association duly organized, incorporated and existing
under the laws of the United States, who are personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the same persons who executed as such officers the within instrument of writing, and such persons duly acknowledged that
they signed and delivered the said instrument as their free and voluntary act as such Vice President and Vice President, and as the free and voluntary act of said The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. for the uses and purposes therein
set forth. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal on the day and year last above written.

  

	
	 /s/ Lawrence M. Kusch

	Lawrence M. Kusch
	Notary Public – State of Illinois
	My Commission expires 10/24/22

  
 16Exhibit

Exhibit 4.5
Description of the Company’s Capital Stock
The following is a description of the authorized capital stock of Nuance Communications, Inc. (the “Company”). This summary is qualified by reference to the actual provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), and Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), copies of which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to the provisions of the Delaware statutes described herein.
Common Stock
The Company’s authorized common stock consists of 560,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is listed for trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “NUAN”.  
Holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends, if any, as may be declared by the Company’s Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, subject to any preferential dividend rights of preferred stock that may be issued in the future.
In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities, subject to prior rights of preferred stock then outstanding, if any. Common Stock has no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions available to Common Stock. The rights, preferences, and privileges of holders of Common Stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of holders of shares of the Preferred Stock, as discussed below.
Preferred Stock
The Company’s Board of Directors is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, without further stockholder approval, to issue from time to time up to an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value (“Preferred Stock”), in one or more series. 
No shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding.
The Charter currently designates two series of preferred stock: 1,000,000 shares as Series A Participating Preferred Stock and 15,000,000 shares as Series B Preferred Stock.  
The Series A Participating Preferred Stock, if issued, have no conversion or redemption rights and upon a liquidation would entitle holders to the greater of $1,000.00 per share or an amount equal to the payment made on one share of the Common Stock.  The holders of Series A Participating Preferred Stock are entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of the greater of (x) $1.00 per quarter per share and (y) 1,000 times the amount of all cash and 1,000 times the amount of all non-cash dividends declared on the Common Stock since the prior dividend payment, payable when, and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors.  The Series A Participating Preferred Stock ranks junior to all other series of Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets.
The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. The Series B Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $1.30 per share plus all declared but unpaid dividends. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to non-cumulative dividends at the rate of $0.05 per annum per share, payable when, and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. 
The undesignated shares of Preferred Stock will have rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be 

determined by the Company’s Board of Directors upon issuance of the Preferred Stock. The Company’s right to issue shares of Preferred Stock may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company without further action by the stockholders. Additionally, the issuance of Preferred Stock may adversely affect the rights of the holders of Common Stock as follows: 
	
			
	 
	 
	 

	 
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	Dividends.  Preferred Stock is entitled to receive dividends out of any legally available assets, when and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors and prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend on the Common Stock. In addition, after the first issuance of the Series A Participating Preferred Stock, the Company cannot declare a dividend or make any distribution on the Common Stock unless the Company concurrently declares a dividend on such Series A Participating Preferred Stock. Moreover, the Company cannot pay dividends or make any distribution on the Common Stock as long as dividends payable to the Series A Participating Preferred Stock are in arrears. With respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company cannot declare a dividend or make any distribution on the Common Stock unless full dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock have been paid or declared and the sum sufficient for the payment set apart.

	 
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	Voting Rights.  Each share of Series A Participating Preferred Stock entitles its holder to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of Company stockholders. In addition, the Series A Participating Preferred Stock and the holders of Common Stock vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are not entitled to vote on any matter (except as provided in Delaware law in connection with amendments to the Charter that, among other things, would alter or change the rights and preferences of the class, in which case each share of Series B Preferred Stock would be entitled to one vote). However, the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock, and as a result, may dilute the voting power of the common stock.

	 
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	Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.  The Preferred Stock is entitled to certain liquidation preferences upon the occurrence of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. If there are insufficient assets or funds to permit this preferential amount, then the Company’s entire assets and all of our funds legally available for distribution will be distributed ratably among the holders of Preferred Stock. The remaining assets, if any, will be distributed to the holders of Common Stock on a pro rata basis.

	 
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	Preemptive Rights.  The Series A Participating Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock do not have any preemptive rights.

Anti-Takeover Provisions of Delaware Law and the Charter and Bylaws 
Certain provisions of Delaware law and the Charter and Bylaws could make the acquisition of the Company by means of a tender offer, or the acquisition of control of the Company by means of a proxy contest or otherwise more difficult. These provisions, summarized below, are intended to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids, and are designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of the Company to negotiate with the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company believes that the benefits of increased protection against an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure the Company outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals. Among other things, negotiation of such proposals could result in an improvement of their terms. 
Delaware Anti-Takeover Law.  The Company is subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an anti-takeover law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a 

“business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years following the date the person became an interested stockholder, unless the “business combination” or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved by the Company’s Board of Directors in a prescribed manner. Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Generally, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns or, within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, did own, 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock. The existence of this provision may have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions not approved in advance by the board of directors, including discouraging attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of common stock held by stockholders.
Other Provisions in the Charter and Bylaws.  The Company’s Charter and Bylaws provide other mechanisms that may help to delay, defer or prevent a change in control. For example, the Charter provides that stockholders may not take action by written consent without a meeting, but must take any action at a duly called annual or special meeting. This provision makes it more difficult for stockholders to take action opposed by the Company’s Board of Directors.
The Charter does not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors. Cumulative voting provides for a minority stockholder to vote a portion or all of its shares for one or more candidates for seats on the board of directors. Without cumulative voting, a minority stockholder will not be able to gain as many seats on the Company’s Board of Directors based on the number of shares of Common Stock that such stockholder holds than if cumulative voting were permitted. The elimination of cumulative voting makes it more difficult for a minority stockholder to gain a seat on the Company’s Board of Directors to influence the Board of Directors’ decision regarding a takeover.
Under the Charter, 24,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock remain undesignated. The authorization of undesignated Preferred Stock makes it possible for the Board of Directors, without stockholder approval, to issue Preferred Stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to obtain control of the Company.
The Bylaws contain advance notice procedures that apply to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors by stockholders other than nominations made pursuant to the notice given by the Company with respect to such meetings or nominations made by or at the direction of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Lastly, the Bylaws do not provide for right of stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting.
These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of the Company.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, is the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock.

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