RWE shares: More than 100 years of experience at our shareholders' service

History of RWE shares

The RWE Group emerged from Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, which was founded in 1898. After the first municipalities had taken up shares in the young company in 1905, they represented the majority of the company´s shareholders for a long time. In 1922, the share was quoted on the Berlin Stock Exchange for the first time. But it was not before the change in the par value of the common share from DM 50 in 1968 to DM 5 in 1995 that RWE was increasingly tapping new investor circles.

After a capital measure in December 2011, RWE’s statutory capital stock amounts to € 1.574 million. It is divided into 575.7 million common shares and 39.0 preference shares.  As of December 31, 2011, the number of treasury shares amounts to 0.3 million common shares. Our shares are no-par stock. They represent a calculated share of the capital stock in the amount of € 2.56.


RWE shares details

(as of 31 December, 2011)
 Common sharesPreference shares
Share classNon-par-value shares
Total number of shares575.7 million39.0 million
Total number of shares outstanding575.3 million39.0 million
Total number of treasury shares0.3 million 
Market capitalization (12/31/2011)€15.6 bn€1.0 bn
Dividend 2010€3.50 per share€3.50 per share
Closing price (12/31/2011)€27.15€25.44
Share price high (01/01-12/31/2011)€55.26€52.19
Share price low (01/01-12/31/2011)€21.77€20.40
Average share price (01/01-12/31/2011)€37.57€35.13

 

Exchanges and securities code numbers

Official trading in RWE shares takes places in Germany at the stock exchanges Frankfurt/Main, Düsseldorf as well as Xetra. RWE shares are also listed in the over-the-counter market at Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart.

Internationally RWE shares can be traded in New York (sponsored level-one ADR programme for RWE common shares).

Common sharesPreference shares
ReutersRWEG.DE (Xetra)RWEGpr.DE (Xetra)
RWEG.F (Frankfurt)RWEGpr.F (Frankfurt)
BloombergRWE GY (Xetra)RWE3 GY (Xetra)
RWE GR (Frankfurt)RWE3 GR (Frankfurt)
German Security Identification No.703 712703 714
ISINDE0007037129DE0007037145
USA CUSIP-No. (ADR)74975E303--

 

Indices

The RWE share amongst others forms part of the following relevant stock indices:

1 Index to track the 16 strongest DAX companies by dividend yields

2 FTSE = Financial Times Stock Exchange Index

3 MSCI = Morgan Stanley Capital Index

4 Index regarding the companies´ sustainability management.

Source: Bloomberg

Stock indices Countries
DAX 30Germany
DAX 100Germany
DivDax1Germany
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50Europe (Eurozone)
Dow Jones Stoxx 600 UtilitiesEurope
Bloomberg European 500 Index Europe
Bloomberg European UtilitiesEurope
FTSE2 IndexEurope
MSCI3 EuroEurope
DJ Sustainability Index STOXX4Europe
DJ Sustainability Index World4worldwide

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