RWE

RWE is among Europe’s five largest utilities.The company is active in the generation and transmission as well as the sale and trading of electricity and gas. This integrated business model gives RWE a good position from which to take advantage of the rising demand for energy. RWE 63,000 employees supply 20 millions customers with electricity and 10 millions clients with gas. In fiscal 2007, RWE recorded € 43 billion in revenue.

Europe is their market: RWE is the biggest power producer in Germany and N°2 in the UK. The company continues to expand its position in Central and South Eastern Europe. Generation capacity is becoming increasingly scare in all their market, causing wholesale prices to rise-factors that have a positive effect on RWE’s operating result.

RWE’s comprehensive power plant portfolio and investment programme for the modernization and construction of new generation capacity are the basis for growing earnings in the future. RWE’s leading position in European energy trading help the company make optimal use of their power plants on the market.

RWE gas and oil production business is displaying above-average growth. In light of ever-higher global demand, RWE will steadily increase the share of gas the company produces in-house.

RWE’s aim is to create sustainable value for their investors, customers and employees. Therefore, RWE’s strategy centres on organic growth, supplemented by value-increasing acquisitions. This is the basis on which RWE wants to let their shareholders take part in the Group’s success in the future.

Address:	D-44047 Dortmund - Rheinlanddamm 24
Website:	www.rwe.com
Phone:	+49(0)231/438-02
Fax:	+49(0)231/438-3182