RWE Annual General Meeting approves dividend of €0.80 per share

  • Dividend to be paid on 1 July
  • Management Board and Supervisory Board discharged by a large majority

At today’s Annual General Meeting of RWE Aktiengesellschaft, which was held in a purely virtual setting for the first time, shareholders voted by a large majority in favour of the dividend proposal submitted by the Executive and Supervisory Boards. RWE will thus pay out €0.80 per share for fiscal 2019. The discharge of the Executive and Supervisory Boards and other items on the agenda were also approved by a large majority.

The entire Annual General Meeting was broadcast live on the Internet and can also be accessed online afterwards. After registering in due time, all shareholders were able to submit questions via the Internet by 23 June, which were answered at the meeting. Voting was also conducted online by postal vote or by proxy to the company’s proxies. In advance, both could also be used on a form. In total, the votes of 389.564.808 shares were represented. The 63,37 % of the share capital entitled to vote (voting presence in the previous year: 61.29 %).

Über RWE Aktiengesellschaft

With its four subsidiaries RWE Renewables, RWE Generation, RWE Power and RWE Supply & Trading and a portfolio of around 43 gigawatts of generation capacity, the new RWE supplies clean, reliable and affordable electricity in the future. RWE has a generation capacity from renewables including hydropower and biomass of approximately 10 gigawatts. The company intends to further expand this position by investing up to net €5 billion until 2022 in onshore and offshore wind power, photovoltaics and storage. In addition, RWE generates electricity from gas, hard coal, lignite and nuclear power. RWE Supply & Trading is the interface between RWE and the energy markets around the world. In order to push ahead with the energy transition, RWE is investing in innovative projects such as heat storage power plants, the generation and use of hydrogen as an energy source and further Power-to-X processes. The group employs a total of around 20,000 people worldwide. RWE AG is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

Following the introduction of the GDPR, RWE would like to continue to send you press releases featuring information on the latest topics regarding RWE and to contact you via electronic means for this purpose. We hereby inform you that we have updated our privacy policy. We will not disclose any personal data that we have collected, stored and processed for the purposes of sending you our press releases to third parties. Your personal data has been submitted on a voluntary basis. You have the right to prohibit this use at any time. You have the right to obtain information from us concerning your stored personal data at any time and free of charge and to object to the processing or use of your data. If you do not wish to continue to receive press releases, please inform us of this via datenschutz-kommunikation@rwe.com. Your data will then be removed from our system and you will not receive any more press releases from us. Please direct enquiries regarding our privacy policy to datenschutz@rwe.com.

Firmenkontakt und Herausgeber der Meldung:

RWE Aktiengesellschaft
Altenessener Straße 35
45141 Essen
Telefon: +49 (201) 5179-0
Telefax: +49 (201) 5179-5005
http://www.rwe.com

Ansprechpartner:
Lothar Lambertz
Leiter Externe Kommunikation/Pressesprecher
Telefon: +49 (201) 12-23984
Fax: +49 (201) 12-22115
Für die oben stehende Pressemitteilung ist allein der jeweils angegebene Herausgeber (siehe Firmenkontakt oben) verantwortlich. Dieser ist in der Regel auch Urheber des Pressetextes, sowie der angehängten Bild-, Ton-, Video-, Medien- und Informationsmaterialien. Die United News Network GmbH übernimmt keine Haftung für die Korrektheit oder Vollständigkeit der dargestellten Meldung. Auch bei Übertragungsfehlern oder anderen Störungen haftet sie nur im Fall von Vorsatz oder grober Fahrlässigkeit. Die Nutzung von hier archivierten Informationen zur Eigeninformation und redaktionellen Weiterverarbeitung ist in der Regel kostenfrei. Bitte klären Sie vor einer Weiterverwendung urheberrechtliche Fragen mit dem angegebenen Herausgeber. Eine systematische Speicherung dieser Daten sowie die Verwendung auch von Teilen dieses Datenbankwerks sind nur mit schriftlicher Genehmigung durch die United News Network GmbH gestattet.

counterpixel