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RWE's Annual General Meeting elects new Supervisory Board members

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  • Dr. Frank Appel, Prof. Jörg Rocholl and Thomas Westphal newly elected to the Supervisory Board; Ute Gerbaulet's mandate extended
  • Dividend of EUR 1.00 per share approved, distribution to be made on 8 May 2024
  • Acts of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board approved by a large majority; all proposed resolutions adopted by a majority

Essen, 3 May 2024

The Annual General Meeting of RWE Aktiengesellschaft today elected the following shareholder representatives to the Supervisory Board for a three-year term of office:

  • Dr. Frank Appel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG
  • Ute Gerbaulet, Personally Liable Partner of Dr. August Oetker KG
  • Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD, President of the European School of Management & Technology (ESMT Berlin)
  • Thomas Westphal, Mayor of the City of Dortmund

At the end of today's Annual General Meeting, Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Keitel, Dr. Erhard Schipporeit and Ullrich Sierau resigned from the Supervisory Board. In addition, shareholders ratified the acts of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board by a large majority, approved the Remuneration Report, and voted in favour of the proposal to pay a dividend of EUR 1.00 per share for the financial year 2023, to be paid to shareholders on 8 May 2024.

This year, the Annual General Meeting was once again held virtually and broadcast in full on the company's website. Shareholders were able to speak live and ask questions during the meeting. In total, the votes of approximately 465 million shares were represented. This corresponds to 62,5% of the share capital entitled to vote (previous year: 66.9%).

An overview of all voting results on all agenda items is available online. A recording of the AGM without the general debate will also be available on the RWE website in due course.

Note to editors

All information on the event is available at RWE Annual General Meeting 2024:

  • Invitation, Agenda and Documents 
  • Recording of speeches by the Executive Board and Supervisory Board 
  • Text of speeches by the Chairman of the Executive Board and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board
  • Voting results on the respective agenda items

Photos of the Annual General Meeting can be downloaded from the RWE Media Library. Up-to-date video footage is also available there.

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