SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2025-05-14

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.5</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>GOLDMAN SACHS&nbsp;&amp; CO. LLC | 200 WEST STREET | NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10282-2198 | TEL: 212-902-1000</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">May&nbsp;13, 2025</P>

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 <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">To:&nbsp;</TD>
 <TD><B>Ameren Corporation</B></TD></TR>

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 <TD>1901 Chouteau Avenue</TD></TR>

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 <TD>St. Louis, Missouri 63103</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Dear Sirs,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The purpose of this letter agreement (this &ldquo;Confirmation&rdquo;)
is to confirm the terms and conditions of the transaction entered into between us on the Trade Date specified below (the &ldquo;Transaction&rdquo;).
This Confirmation constitutes a &ldquo;Confirmation&rdquo; as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The definitions and provisions contained in the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the &ldquo;2000 Definitions&rdquo;)
and the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the &ldquo;2002 Definitions&rdquo; and, together with the 2000 Definitions, the &ldquo;Definitions&rdquo;),
each as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,&nbsp;Inc., are incorporated into this Confirmation.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">Each
party further agrees that this Confirmation together with the Agreement evidence a complete binding agreement between Party A and Party
B as to the subject matter and terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates, and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous
written or oral communications with respect thereto. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement
in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the &ldquo;Agreement&rdquo;) as if Party A and Party B had executed an agreement in such
form on the Trade Date (but without any Schedule except for (i)&nbsp;the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing
law (without regard to New York&rsquo;s choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article&nbsp;5 of the New York General Obligations
Law); (ii)&nbsp;the election of U.S. Dollars as the Termination Currency; (iii)&nbsp;the word &ldquo;first&rdquo; shall be replaced with
the word &ldquo;third&rdquo; each time it occurs in Section&nbsp;5(a)(i)&nbsp;of the Agreement; and (iv)&nbsp;the election that the &ldquo;Cross
Default&rdquo; provisions of Section&nbsp;5(a)(vi)&nbsp;of the Agreement shall apply to Party A as if (a)&nbsp;the phrase &ldquo;, or
becoming capable at such time of being declared,&rdquo; were deleted from Section&nbsp;5(a)(vi)(1)&nbsp;of the Agreement, (b)&nbsp;the
 &ldquo;Threshold Amount&rdquo; with respect to Party A were three percent of the shareholders&rsquo; equity of The Goldman Sachs Group,&nbsp;Inc.,
(c)&nbsp;the following language were added to the end of Section&nbsp;5(a)(vi)&nbsp;of the Agreement: &ldquo;Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a default under subsection (2)&nbsp;hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (x)&nbsp;the default was caused solely by error
or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (y)&nbsp;funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due;
and (z)&nbsp;the payment is made within one Local Business Day of such party&rsquo;s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.&rdquo;;
and (d)&nbsp;the term &ldquo;Specified Indebtedness&rdquo; had the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;14 of the Agreement, except that
such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of a party&rsquo;s banking business. The
parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.
For purposes of the 2002 Definitions, the Transaction is a Share Forward Transaction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">In the event of any inconsistency among
the Agreement, this Confirmation, the 2002 Definitions, and the 2000 Definitions, the following will prevail in the order of precedence
indicated: (i)&nbsp;this Confirmation, (ii)&nbsp;the 2002 Definitions, (iii)&nbsp;the 2000 Definitio