SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2023-02-22

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<TYPE>EX-10.10
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<DESCRIPTION>SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMEREN DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="id97364efd0104502ae9946e8e8b2d13b_77"></div><div style="min-height:74.88pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-right:76.5pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Exhibit 10.10</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:6.45pt;padding-left:162pt;padding-right:162pt;text-align:center;text-indent:30.85pt"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:129%">SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AMEREN DEFERRED COMPENSATION </font><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:129%">PLAN</font></div><div style="padding-left:109.77pt;padding-right:109.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:110%">Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2010</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:5.6pt;padding-right:85.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:68.8pt"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:118%">WHEREAS, Ameren Corporation (&#34;Company&#34;) previously established and adopted the Ameren Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2010 (the &#34;Plan&#34;)&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">WHEREAS, the Company reserved the right to amend the Plan&#59; and</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:6.65pt;padding-right:83.75pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:68.75pt"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:118%">WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to provide that (1) a participant shall not be deemed to have terminated employment with the Company for purposes of Code Section 409A if, in connection with the sale of Ameren Energy Resources Company, LLC by the Company to Illinois Power Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Dynegy Inc. (&#34;Dynegy Transaction&#34;), either the participant (a) accepts and begins employment, with Dynegy Inc. or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (&#34;Dynegy&#34;) upon the closing date of the Dynegy Transaction or </font><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:118%">(b) </font><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:118%">is transferred to Dynegy as of the closing date of the Dynegy Transaction&#59; and (2) such a participant's deferral account balance shall earn interest at the ''Base Interest Rate&#34; effective as of the closing date of the Dynegy Transaction.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:7.9pt;padding-right:83.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:69pt"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the closing date of the Dynegy Transaction, the Plan is amended in the following respects&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:42.3pt;text-indent:-34.4pt"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The first paragraph of Section 7.A is amended in its entirety to read as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:42.95pt;padding-right:81.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-35.05pt"><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:119%">A.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;With respect to Deferred Amounts other than 401</font><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:119%">(k) </font><font style="color:#3b3b3b;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:119%">Restoration Benefits, Interest calculated at the rate or rates, as hereinafter described, shall accrue from the date Salary and&#47;or Incentive Awards deferrals are credited to the Participant's Deferral Account and shall be compounded annually and credited to the Participant's Deferral Account as of the last business day of each Plan Year (or as of such other dates as determined by the Company) for which the Participant has a Deferral Account balance. While the Participant is employed by Ameren, the Participant's Deferral Account balance shall earn Interest at the &#34;Plan Interest Rate.&#34; After retirement, termination of employment (in the case of a Specified Employee subject to a 6-month delay described in Section 9.C), following the death of the Participant or effective as of the closing date of the &#34;Dynegy Transaction&#34; described in Section 9.D (in the case of a Participant who accepts and begins employment with Dynegy or is transferred to Dynegy as of the closing date of the Dynegy Transaction), the Participant's Deferral Accoun